Premieres in Czech cinemas

One Night
One Night

Release date
09.05.2024

Director
David Laňka

Two years ago, it seemed that Adam and Eliška could do everything. He was a successful rock guitarist. She was his muse. But one stupid decision and it was all gone. Now Adam's done two years in jail, working as a digger, can't get a proper job. He'd like to get back to music, but he's got a family to provide for, and debts to pay. And it's the whole bleak situation of their lives and the fact that Eliška has to sell herself via livechat for money that goes over Adam's head one night. He realises that what they are living is entirely his fault and decides to do something about it. Even at the cost of breaking the law again.

Django
Django

Release date
02.05.2024

Director
Olga Malířová Špátová

The life story of Petr Janda & Olympic

Shaman´s Tale
Shaman´s Tale

Release date
25.04.2024

Director
Beata Baskhirova, Mikhail Baskhirov

Alexander Gabyshev, a shaman from Yakutia in the Russian Far East, has a revelation: God has chosen him to be a crusader, whose role is to exorcise a demon – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin – from the Kremlin. He’s willing to sacrifice his life to fulfil this task, which will lead to a new and bright future for Russia. Alexander’s walking pilgrimage captures the attention of many people as well as the police. He discusses his ambitious plan with passers-by in remote parts of Siberia and with lorry drivers travelling on the endless roads. His 8,000 km journey offers a mosaic of current pro- and anti-Putin opinions, and highlights the social instability in both the eastern and the western parts of Russia.

Forest Killer
Forest Killer

Release date
25.04.2024

Director
Radim Špaček

Based on the true case of Viktor Kalivoda, ´the forest killer´, who shot and killed 3 people in Czech forests in 2005, the film captures the last year of his life, before he was apprehended by the police. The story is framed by a pair of the main character’s suicide attempts, his unsuccessful attempt on the Žampach viaduct and the successful one in prison. We follow Kalivoda’s actions from his victory in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire TV game show through the systematic degradation of his ethical inhibitions to the commitment of three murders, he refuses to reveal the motivation for. The film leaves us with a burning question, what led him to his actions.

Introducing

Slovak composer and musician Jonatán Pastirčák, aka Pjoni (b. 1993), was nominated for two Czech Lions in 2023, for his scores on Arved and Nightsiren, taking home the prize for the former. He also composed the score for the film adaptation of Jáchym Topol’s prize-winning novel A Sensitive Person, which competed in the Karlovy Vary IFF that same year. The hard-working composer has also been involved in a host of other projects of various genres appearing at leading festivals, including the miniseries Suspicion, the sci-fi drama Ordinary Failures, and the documentary The Visitors.

Written by Vojtěch Rynda for CZECH FILM / Spring 2024

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