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Czech Short Films 2015
The Czech Short Films is an annual collection of best short films made in Czech Republic. It represents student as well as professional work and spans over all genres - fiction, documentary, animation and experimental. The collection is intended for promotion and distribution purposes and for film professionals only.
You can watch each film by clicking on "Film Preview", upon registration. The registration process last up to 24 hours. Please, use your work email for registration, if possible. You can watch the films once your registration is succesfully completed. If you are interested in any of the films, you can contact Czech Film Center on info@filmcenter.cz, or find the direct contact to rights holder or distributor in the profile of each film.
Films in collection
A Child of True Love
A portrait of a 40-year-old childless woman rethinking her life so far. Not even waking from her romantic dreams can suppress her desire to have a child.
Black Hole Apocalypse
A short piece about fate, faith and gravity, created as a homage to the animation and special humour of Terry Gilliam.
God Particle
A story about the dilemma over doing what you really want to do in your life and facing a feeling of guilt, or sacrificing yourself for others and abandoning your dreams.
How to Get People to Like You
An animated film based on the popular article How to Get People to Like You, offering a recipe to get a perfect personality merely by following simple social rules.
Kamila
Kamila is 30 years old. She still lives with her parents, and hates her job and her life. Everything seems hopeless until she meets young Mirek.
Mario and the Magician
Animated clip inspired by the famous Thomas Mann´s novella Mario and the Magician about the dangerous ability to manipulate crowds.
The Entangled
An animated drama about the strong connection between two lovers from the plant life.
The Last of the Righteous
Petr and Daniel, two colleagues in a battle of the generations fight not only for the favour of the beautiful intern, Hana...
The Light Well
A small flat with only one window - onto a light well. When is it right to intrude on our neighbours' privacy? And do we actually want to do it?
The Potato Eaters
A homage to Vincent Willem van Gogh, the artist who walked the land of Brabant.
The Rock from Sand
Two strangers are trying to build a shelter on a sheer and barren in the middle of the ocean. Will they cooperate?
Tony and Mr. Illness
A short film about little Tony outsmarting Mr. Illness.
Transition
What can we do when we need to stop needing? Is it possible to root out the ego by the ego? Is it worth it to try to stop trying? To struggle for the stage when there's no more struggling?
What We Did Before We Drank Cocoa Together
What is the value of the energy invested in a friendship? How can you defend yourself when there is no one to stick up for you?