A collection of short films from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. If you go into the woods tonight, you’re sure to be in for a […]

Renowned Czech writer-director Petr Zelenka’s latest film is variously a bizarre political black comedy, a clever slice of speculative historical revisionism, and its own ingenious […]

This much loved comedy is Jiří Menzel’s third feature-length adaptation of a novel by Bohumil Hrabal, drawing from the legendary Czech author’s memories of childhood […]

One of the great cult classics of Czechoslovak cinema has just been digitally restored by the National Film Archive in Prague. New Yorker Nick Carter […]

Comic books and cinema, reality and dreams. All collide as never before in this extraordinarily inventive, zany, CinemaScope sci-fi comedy from director Václav Vorlíček, featuring […]

Some have called Schmitke, Štěpán Altrichter’s engimatic debut feature, “the Czech Twin Peaks“, though the deadpan comedy of Roy Andersson is also an apt touchstone. […]

A huge box-office hit in its homeland, veteran journalist-cum- filmmaker Radek Bajgar’s poignant debut feature is a tragicomic road movie concerning Jan (legendary Czech actor […]