Made In Prague 2018
The Interpreter The Interpreter
The Interpreter and Insect
Angel Of The Lord 2 (Andel Páne 2) (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2016; Director: Jirí Strach; Writer: Marek Epstein, Marek Epstein, Lucie Konásová, Bozena Nemcová, Jirí Strach, Jirí Strach; Stars: Ivan Trojan, Jirí Dvorák, Vica Kerekes, Anna Ctvrtnícková, Jirí Bartoska, Bolek Polívka, Stanislav Majer, Pavel Liska, Marek Taclík, Marián Labuda, Roman Luknár, Martin Huba, Matej Hádek, Klára Issová, Vojtech Dyk)
Petronel, an inept angel and Uriah, his devil side-kick are sent to Earth to retrieve the Apple of Knowledge.
Barefoot (Po strnisti bos) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark; Year: 2017; Director: Jan Sverák; Writer: Jan Sverák, Zdenek Sverák; Stars: Jan Tríska, Oldrich Kaiser, Tereza Voriskova, Ondrej Vetchý, Alois Grec, Petra Spalková, Hynek Cermák, Zdenek Sverák, Viera Pavlíková, Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Táborský, Petr Brukner, Dominika Frydrychová, Miroslav Hanus, Martin Havelka)
Story of a young boy forced to relocate from Prague in the Second World War to a small village.
Bear With Us (Chata na prodej) (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2018; Director: Tomáš Pavlíček; Writer: Lucie Boksteflová, Tomás Pavlícek; Stars: Ivana Chýlková, David Vávra, Tereza Voriskova, Michael Pitthan, Judit Bárdos, Jan Strejcovský, Jana Synková, Jan Kacer, Václav Kopta, Ivana Chýlková, David Vávra, Tereza Voriskova, Michael Pitthan, Judit Bárdos, Jan Strejcovský)
A family has decided to sell their lovely cottage as none of them has visited it for some time. Yet it holds so many nostalgic memories that the mother suggests they all spend one last day there before the sale takes place.
Červená (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2017; Director: Olga Sommerová; Writer: Olga Sommerová; Stars: Sona Cervená, George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Sona Cervená, George Voskovec, Jan Werich)
Documentary portrait of 92-year-old opera singer Soňa Červená.
Insect (Hmyz) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2018; Director: Jan Svankmajer; Writer: Karel Capek, Josef Capek, Jan Svankmajer; Stars: Jan Budar, Jirí Lábus, Kamila Magálová, Jaromír Dulava, Ivana Uhlírová, Norbert Lichý, Jan Budar, Jirí Lábus, Kamila Magálová, Jaromír Dulava, Ivana Uhlírová, Norbert Lichý)
An amateur drama troupe rehearse the Čapek Brothers’ The Insect Play.
Winter Flies Winter Flies
Winter Flies and President Blaník
The Interpreter (Dolmetscher) (Country: Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Austria; Year: 2018; Director: Martin Šulík; Writer: Martin Šulík; Stars: Peter Simonischek, Jiří Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Anita Szvrcsek, Anna Rakovská)
An 80-year-old translator, Ali Ungár, comes across a book written by a former SS officer recounting his war experiences in Slovakia and realises that one of the chapters may well describe his own parents’ execution.
President Blaník (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2018; Director: Marek Najbrt; Writer: Jan Bartes, Robert Geisler, Tomás Hodan, Marek Najbrt, Benjamin Tucek; Stars: Marek Daniel, Michal Dalecký, Tomás Klus, Jakub Zelezný, Michal Horácek, Jirí Drahos, Milos Zeman, Ivan Bartos, Eva Drahosová, Halka Tresnáková, Miroslav Kalousek, Mirek Topolánek, Ladislav Spacek, Tomás Sokol, Tomás Sedlácek)
Czech political satire.
The White World According To Daliborek (Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, UK; Year: 2017; Director: Vít Klusák)
A stylised portrait of an authentic Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to change.
Winter Flies (Všechno bude) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia; Year: 2018; Director: Olmo Omerzu; Writer: Petr Pýcha; Stars: Tomás Mrvík, Jan Frantisek Uher, Eliska Krenková, Lenka Vlasáková, Martin Pechlát, Tomás Mrvík, Jan Frantisek Uher, Eliska Krenková, Lenka Vlasáková, Martin Pechlát)
Mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into the frozen wastes in search of adventure – by car, naturally. After all, Mára's turning 15 soon.
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