A Concerto for Czechoslovak Tourists

A documentary shot in Zagreb in 1968, showing the local orchestra playing for the Czechoslovak people who escaped their country after Soviet invasion.

Czechoslovakia 1918/68. A Dream of Unfair Retribution

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

The Liberated Czechoslovakia

Twenty-four Hours in Czechoslovakia

Chicago Black Hawks hockey star Stan Mikita visits his native Czechoslovakia for a family reunion in this 1968 documentary. The cameras follow him over the course of a day and evening as he and his wife and daughter trav

New Czechoslovakia

Documentary about life in post-war socialist Czechoslovakia

Made in Czechoslovakia

Jan Nemec and the Czechoslovak New Wave

An interview with Irena Kovarova, Czech film programmer and expert, discussing the emergence of the Czechoslovak New Wave in the 1960s and the significance of director Jan Nemec's 1960 film Diamonds of the Night.

Midsummer Pilgrimage in a Czechoslavic Village

Scene of pilgrimage fair in a Czechoslavic village.

Matrix AB

This documentary portrait of Andrej Babiš presents to us a volatile personality without an anchor, a dilettante master of populism and a straightforward drive to gain power regardless of the consequences. The Babiš matri

Love and the End of Romance in Czechoslovakia

After the birth of Czechoslovakia in 1918, a new architectural style flourished in cities such as Brno and Bratislava. The fate of the famous Tugendhat Villa, designed by Mies van der Rohe, mirrors the turbulent history

Krivoklat Castle, Czechia

Explore the 'Krivoklat Castle, Czechia', one of the oldest and most important castles of the Czech kings and princes, with origins dating back to the 12th century. This royal residence was built as a seat of the ruling P

Czechs and Balances

Tells the story of an unemployed Japanese woodworking man in New York City who steals the purse of a Czechoslovakian dressmaker and ends up falling in love with her

Czechs in Chicago

The story of the Czech immigrant experience in Chicago, past and present. Spanning nearly two centuries of turbulent times, it shows how the Bohemians helped build and shape the city, and what Chicago did in turn, to emp

Czechnical Difficulties

Genevieve is an up-and-coming young actress right on the cusp of her breakout role. When her agent refers her to an opportunity to star in a film set in Prague, it seems too good to be true. It is. Faced with a wacky dir

Shameless

When Oskar, a self-centred TV weatherman, cheats on his wife Zuzana with their au pair, she kicks him to the curb and enlists her in-laws in the search for a new boyfriend.

Teaching War

This episode from the Czech Journal series examines how a military spirit is slowly returning to our society. Attempts to renew military training or compulsory military service and in general to prepare the nation for th

Little Big Boy

Jimmy Duncan is a film director working on his fourth film but things are not exactly going as planned.

Naked Nation

Hundreds of thousands of Czech men and women who travel to the seaside in Croatia every year not only shed their clothing, but also their cultural mimicry on the country’s beaches. From distinct and close encounters betw

Tabloid Workers

This documentary study of the mechanisms that turn the gears of the tabloids is conducted by the unique figure Pavel Novotný. This editor-in-chief of one of the most widely read Czech media outlets of the time, providing