My Street Films

In the Czech Republic, where democracy is on the decline and a populist movement rules, it may seem as if the issue of climate change has been relegated to the background. The environmental initiative   Limity jsme my / The Limits Are Us uses civic disobedience, whereby the participants knowingly break the law, to draw attention to this problem. Disobedience, which traditionally bears a negative connotation, is a path towards emancipation and change.

This melancholic film tells a story of a deserted Ukrainian beach that is currently mined and dangerous due to explosives under water. Images of the post-apocalyptic landscape are accompanied with a voiceover and personal memories of the locals and opinions of experts. 

A few steps away from Main Railway Station, just below the main highway, you will find the social center Naděje pro lidi bez domova / Hope for the Homeless. This is the twenty-fifth year that evangelist Petr Ševčík has been holding weekly services here.  He calls himself a missionary sent by God to spread the faith amongst people whom society views with a mix of compassion and contempt.

A personal documentary about the (im)possibility of living in the center of Prague. The filmmaker and her five-year-old-son received an eviction notice from City Hall ordering them to leave the one-room apartment in which her grandfather lived for almost thirty years. The film illustrates the impact that mass tourism and City Hall’s housing policy have on the capita city’s inhabitants.