FAMU
The Dynamite Watcher 1963
Piemule 1984
Jakub, The Old Believers, and Piemule are three documentaries about forgotten people by director Jana Sevciková. All three are distributed on the same DVD under the name Old Believers. Piemule offers a close look at the descendants of Czech immigrants in Romania.
Aquarius 1955
A color puppet film based on the famous ballad of K. J. Erben "Aquarius".
The Hall of Lost Steps 1964
In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due to the atomic bomb.
Oil Gobblers 1988
A zoologist and a biochemist go out into an oilfield with a cameraman and filmmaker to observe and study the elusive oil gobblers.
Guernica 1978
The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.
Ceiling 1962
The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice. It is seldom that Marta gets the space to speak, instead she is mostly subject to the voice of others.
Ghoulash 1989
The new pub patron is advised to take a stew. He asks for its recipe from the hostess, but she refuses. Then he sneaks into the kitchen and peeks into the freezer, discovering a horrible thing.
The Uninvited Guest 1991
A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.
Ó ti lektoři 1954
A Box of Film 1958
A film about filmmaking.
Alice 2017
Konečná 1970
Final train station turnes out to be something much more different...
Chemikál 1986
Worldly Children 1981
Debut film.
Our Mr. Foerster Died 1963
On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag is unfurled outside the town monument: news has arrived over the radio that the famous composer Foerster, born in the town, has just died.
Cars Without a Home 1959
Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.