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Will Marie from a small town in the Czech Republic succeed by fulfilling her lifetime dream to conquer New York as a still photographer?

A fictionalized tale of the escape by Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, based on the novel by Wetzler called 'What Dante did not See.' They hide for 3 days and escape once the search for them is over. They report their experiences.

Sara -a young refugee on the run- befriends a young lost dragon, and teams up with a nerd and do battle with school administrators, the police, and gangs of bullies as their attempt to return the dragon becomes the adventure of a lifetime.

Detective Robert has Downs, his own office, a trench coat and a Bogart hat. The only thing he is missing is a case. But then a lady comes to his rescue.

A story about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster.

Adrian is a poor Romanian writer trying to make it in Spain, while grappling with the prejudices that are inflicted both upon and by him. An unabashed romantic with a temper to boot, he divides his time evenly between typing out his woes and attempting to woo the dreamy-but-doomed Maria, a Spanish musician.

Count Frank Kostka, his wife Vivien and their daughter Marie live in their ancestral castle Kostka. The housekeeper Mrs. Ticha, the maintenance man Krasa and the castellan Josef help them keep the castle running. The original interest of visitors in the castle in the curse of the Comtesse Marie is not as strong as it used to be, which doesn't bother Marie at all - at least she has enough time for her Max, a nobleman from the neighbouring castle Hvezda. But Frank is at a loss, there is neither enough money for salaries nor for the necessary repairs. Just then, Deniska, the daughter of Benda's lawyer, appears and stirs up the calm waters of the family mansion...

A car thief (Michal Nemtuda) tries to change his lifestyle when he finds romance with a beautiful collegian (Kristína Svarinská).

The picturesque story of the Czech-American family of Count Frantisek Antonín Kostka of Kostka who learns that his aristocratic fore bearers have left him their ancient family seat - the Castle of Kostka.

A lonely teenage boy of divorced parents and an alcoholic mother makes friends with a mysterious man who moves into the flat opposite his.

The four friends decides to turn the workhouse of a dead dressmaker into a pizza restaurant.

A miniseries following the story of a (imaginary) small village football club in the middle of nowhere in the Czech Republic.

Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can happen, the master sends his apprentice out into the world with the task of looking for a mythical watch that can warn of death. No one knows if the watch even exists, but if Urban doesn't bring it back, Laura will never be his wife. The watchmaker's apprentice therefore sets out on a long journey full of hardships, which he must overcome with bravery, skill and a good heart.

1983. Czechoslovakia is still under communist rule. Micky is an eighteen-year old secondary school student. His best friend David has just been kicked out of school. Their dream is to put together a band, but they don't have the slightest clue as to what kind of music to play. Once they hear The Clash's 'London Calling,' their path is clear.

German teacher Maruna runs the local pub. It doesn't look like she'll ever get married, since there aren't many suitable men in her small village. But one day, something unexpected happens here, Nowhere in Moravia.

As a psychiatrist, Frantisek (Josef Polásek) should have his private life under perfect control, except that he's too fond of women. In addition to his wife Eliska (Ela Lehotská), he's in several other relationships, a problem which one day gets out of hand. Now aged forty with an established, lucrative practice and a new dream house, he suddenly doesn't know where to turn and what to save first. When his secret life as a skirt-chaser comes out into the open, he sees all too well how suddenly, unexpectedly and completely his "perfect" life, envied by everyone around him, can grind to a halt: in one day, he loses his psychiatrist's license, the roof over his head and his wife, too.

A film about friendship, freedom and (day)dreaming.

Documentary about world-renowned Czech opera mezzo-soprano Sona Cervená.

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on thing in common: Jirí Brdecka. The Screenwriter, writer and cartoonist Brdecka was known in Czechoslovakia for his cooperation with Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich or Oldrich Lipský, and became a worldwide famous and respected director of animated films. But who was he in reality? Where did he seek inspiration and where did his rich inner world come from? How did he fight the non-free political regime and manage to show the world his free and timeless creation? Director Miroslav Janek gradually penetrates the interior of one of the most prominent personalities of Czech film and presents to the audience a miraculous world of animated paintings, graphics, oils, watercolors, frescoes and mosaics. On Christmas Eve in 2017, Jirí Brdecka would celebrate his 100th birthday.

Stalin grasps a pencil in his hand as he prepares to draw a line on a map of the Soviet Union. Where the graphite touches paper, some 80,000 people - almost all of them gulag inmates - will build a railroad in the grueling conditions of the polar taiga.

Actor Pavel Snajdr (Pavel Simcík) loves the art of improv and stand-up comedy. He enjoys acting in his everyday life too. He is thrilled by any chance to discomfit other people and to create embarrassing situations but people around him find it difficult to bear. Even Pavel's wife Marketa (Klára Melísková) is allergic to his jokes and tries to save their burnt-out relationship at a marriage counselor (Jakub Zácek). When Pavel gets an offer to direct his theatrical debut in a culture club in Olomouc he departs from Prague without hesitation and leaves his failing marriage behind. His beloved grandma (Iva Janzurová) is expecting him in Olomouc, she will co-star in his play. Right after his arrival to grandma's flat Pavel meets her friendly home carer Mikina (Iva Pazderková) who turns out to be one of a few people who get his jokes and is even willing to accept the games Pavel and his grandma love to play. Things do not go very smoothly right from the beginning of Pavel's Olomouc engagement. The head of the culture club Grunt (Miroslav Krobot) cares about his political score more than anything else, he considers culture a pain and does not understand Pavel's sense of humor at all. Pavel is also stalked by a jealous janitor Roman (Roman Vencl). On the other hand, Grunt's flirtatious secretary Renata (Jenovéfa Boková) displays way too much affection for Pavel. But he prefers company of Mikina who turns out to be his important ally. Rehearsals are under way and the opening night is near. But all the preparations hit a snag. There is something wrong with grandma. Just before the big opening Pavel realizes he will have to ease off his ambitions and direct the whole show in a completely different way.

The members of a quartet of so called contemporary music experience many funny situations, as well as misunderstandings, on their way to find their freest composition.

"The Magic Voice Of A Rebel" portrays the Czech singer Marta Kubisová, who without never intending it, became a symbol of freedom for all generations in the newly free Czhecoslovakia in 1989.