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.
Jindřich Brůda is in a silent war with his wife. Going to wash himself in a lake, he discovers that there are more important things than the everyday problems of life. The story is based on the short text Seven Insights into the Life of Jindřich Brůda written by the same author.
An allegory about people and the borders of their world. The film tells the story of how something simple can start a spiral of strife, and how difficult it then becomes to stop it. Difficult, but not impossible.
She didn't understand the papers because the few headlines she had the time and energy to read made her feel that the courts are increasingly compensating children for the harm suffered through their upbringing. She didn't understand why no one mentioned the suffering of the parents.
Gamekeeper Karel tracks a mysterious beast awakened by poachers. In fairy tales, the creature is called Leshy, but meeting it is definitely no fairy tale. Meanwhile, Leshy and Karel's young daughter form a special kind of bond. Who will become the true ruler of the forest?
Bohemia, 19th Century. Ladislav, the mischievous son of a local landlord, terrorizes the village with his cruel practical jokes. When a war breaks out, Ladislav is sent to a monastery, where he unexpectedly discovers his hidden desires… A twisted queer romance telling the true but taboo story of…
The star of the film is the white circle of the sun on its orbit across the sky. Its circular shape and elliptical movement are metaphors for the diversity, intricacy and fragility of life.
Techsquat - a new form of community living for creatives, entrepreneurs and managers who want to share their personal and working space-time with like-minded people. The film offers a fly-on-the-wall look at a way of life that is based solely on efficiency.
Did you know that the grizzly bear is not as solitary as people claim? You can learn this interesting fact, which you almost certainly didn't know, and four others from the world of bears in the short animated movie The Bearytales.
An old man wants to share the story of his life before he dies. We watch him grow up, facing life's enigmas, reassured by his surroundings that this is the way it is meant to be. The older he gets, however, the less sense he finds in it all. What is the ultimate truth he will be able to pass on?
A box of 254 postcards at 1 CZK apiece. Dozens of senders but only one addressee. A portrait of the unknown recipient culled from 50 years of birthday and Christmas greetings. An attempt to put something static into motion, to make something flat deeper, to put life into something dead.
A paint-on-glass animated story of the parallels between the lives of trees and people. It is a parable about parenthood, relationships, apparent hopelessness, and the promise of happiness. The technique, being so painstaking and artistic, works as another level of the parable.
A short story about an inquisitive child visiting the ZOO with her mother. While her mother handles business calls, she sneaks into the gorilla enclosure and makes a new friend. When the mother starts looking for her, the evidence and her own fears lead her to the tiger cage...
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