Premieres in Czech cinemas

Doctor on a Trip
Doctor on a Trip

Release date
24.07.2025

Director
David Čálek

One in four people will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime. Depression and other mental health issues are not just individual struggles; they reflect the stressful nature of modern society. Tibor, Richard, and Lucie have battled depression for years, with traditional antidepressants offering no relief. Just when change seemed impossible, new hope emerged: groundbreaking research led by Tomáš Páleníček, MD, and an international team of scientists. Their goal is ambitious: to see if psychedelics can make a real difference in the lives of people with depression and open the door to new alternative treatments. To test this, they travel to the Amazon rainforest, where the experiences of indigenous people could represent a major breakthrough in alternative treatments.

Summer School, 2001
Summer School, 2001

Release date
24.07.2025

Director
Dužan Duong

Summer, 2001. Kien, 17 and blazing with red hair, returns to his family at a bustling Cheb market after a decade in Vietnam. But the homecoming isn’t what he imagined: a cold father, a worried mother, and a younger brother ready to challenge him at every turn. As he prints Pokémon on T-shirts, fumbles through Czech grammar, and flirts by the lake, a buried secret emerges—one that will shake the entire marketplace. With wit and warmth, director Dužan Duong paints a vivid portrait of a generation caught between two worlds.

The Magic of the Derby
The Magic of the Derby

Release date
17.07.2025

Director
Petr Kolečko, Vladimír Skórka

One match, many stories, one passion. In this star-packed comedy by Petr Kolečko, lives collide during the biggest football game of the season. A literature professor secretly obsessed with football, a father and his daughter’s boyfriend, a referee facing a milestone, a singer and a lovestruck councilwoman, a TV commentator and a young rising star—each with their own path. As kickoff approaches, their stories gradually intertwine and come to a head in a spectacular finale on the field. The Magic of the Derby is not just about football, but about love, passion, and the surprising ways life brings people together.

Broken Voices
Broken Voices

Release date
10.07.2025

Director
Ondřej Provazník

In the early 1990s 13-year-old Karolína, a gifted novice singer, is given the chance to become a member of a world-famous girls' choir, taking her place alongside her older sister and her other rivals in the ensemble. Karolína’s exceptional talent has caught the attention of the formidable and much admired choirmaster whose attention is wanted by all the young singers. What will be the price Karolína has to pay to become his favourite?  

Introducing

Sound designer Martin Ženíšek, 45, has already worked with Zuzana Kirchnerová on her film Bába, which won the Cinéfondation section at Cannes. Now his name also appears in the credits of her feature film Caravan, a rroad movie that follows a woman and her son with a disability on their journey through  Italy. The intimate atmosphere of the film is greatly enhanced by the sound component. Caravan will compete in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.

by Vojtěch Rynda for CZECH FILM / Summer 2025

More

Our partners

Kreativní Evropa European Film Promotion NEW APA

Czech Film Center
division of the Czech Audiovisual Fund promoting Czech audiovisual production worldwide

Email: info@filmcenter.cz
 

 

Contact us