My Street Films
In its eleven years of existence, My Street Films has established itself as a vital educational project that inspires interested members of the general public to make short films about issues they feel are important. The uniqueness of the project lies in its openness - it connects a year-round community of people who are actively with professionals from the media industry. In addition to the national competition for the best film, it organises workshops for selected candidates on documentary filmmaking, open seminars for the public, intensive workshops or film screenings combined with lectures and discussions. In the online edition of IDFF Ji.hlava we will present the films produced at this year's workshops in Prague, Brno and Ostrava, including the winning films of the My Street Films Award competition.
(Trans)formation
director: Eliáš Doležílek
original title: (Trans)formace
country: Czech Republic
running time: 10 min.
(Trans)formation. From child to woman to man. You’re on the edge, full of doubts, who wouldn’t be? And you lack a way to cope when you’re queer. You try to find it and discover you may have grown up long ago. For the first time, you view your childhood from above, one foot still inside. This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Classmates
director: Karol Filo, Martin Krátky
original title: Spolužiaci
country: Czech Republic
running time: 11 min.
A film about how neither time nor distance can stop a reunion and the fulfillment of a dream. After ten years, former classmates meet again to discover the gulf that has grown between them – and see if they can come together once more. The beat as a weapon, the lyrics as a manifesto.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Daughter Like a Bitch
director: Natálie Danielová
original title: Dcera jako sviňa
country: Czech Republic
year: 2025
running time: 10 min.
This documentary is about illnesses that don’t remain confined to the mind. And when that unravels, the home falls apart too. The film explores the strength of family ties and asks what it means to stand by someone, even when their world seems inaccessible.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková.
Do Not Open!
director: Eliška Huclová
original title: Neotvírat!
country: Czech Republic
year: 2025
running time: 7 min.
How many doors must a person lock to open what is inside them? A short documentary film that reveals the space behind closed doors and strips one naked.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková.
Grandkids
director: Eliška Hríbová
original title: Vnučky
country: Czech Republic
running time: 9 min.
Two granddaughters, born twenty years apart, connected by shared memories of their grandmother. A ballad about fleeting memories and lasting emotions. What was it like before, and what’s it like now? How to make peace with it all?This film was submitted to the My Street Films Award competition.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Manchester, That Disappears
director: Esti Sochorcová
original title: Manchester, co mizí
country: Czech Republic
running time: 10 min.
Giants of glass and steel, rising before our very eyes. Symbols of a new era, proud of speed and convenience. But what have we sacrificed for this life of perfection? What have we left behind beneath these gleaming giants of modernity? And what parts of ourselves remain buried there as well? This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Mulleins
director: Natálie Holubová
original title: Divizny
country: Czech Republic
year: 2025
running time: 9 min.
Is “sousída” coming over again today? Of course, at eleven as usual. This film captures the essence of the friendship between my grandmother and her neighbour, who’ve met for coffee twice a day for over twenty years, chatting about whatever comes to mind.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová.
Spirals
director: Zuzana Horáková
original title: Spirály
country: Czech Republic
running time: 9 min.
Who are the people caught halfway between art and school, past and present? Their experiences include both student and teacher roles, balancing craft, teaching, and life, while pondering what legacy we will leave behind.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Surveilled Area
director: Monika Búřilová
original title: Objekt střežen
country: Czech Republic
running time: 10 min.
“No one can afford to live here,” says a Roma woman at a new complex. In a place called the Bronx stands a house with a chip-controlled entrance. My grandma once lived here but when she returns, she no longer recognizes it. The city attracts investors but is it losing life?This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance ofKateř Tureček.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
There Is Nothing Here
director: Sabina Polakova
original title: Není tady nic
country: Czech Republic
running time: 11 min.
Sometimes we forget to see the inner beauty in others. Pain from past hurts and conflicts may block it. Yet it can emerge – when we slow down or when the other person leaves. This film is about inner beauty, both theirs and our own.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Twins
director: Zdeněk Vídeňský
original title: Dvojčata
country: Czech Republic
running time: 8 min.
What does it mean to have a twin – and to be an adult twin? This film follows two brothers returning to their hometown where they spent their entire childhood. Through memories and conversations, they reflect on growing up as twins, and what it means to them today.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF
Voices
director: Nela Faltusova
original title: Hlasy
country: Czech Republic
running time: 8 min.
Paranoid schizophrenia, a complex diagnosis the author has struggled with for two and a half years. This documentary portrays the illness itself, everyday life with this difficult condition, and the painful journey through life.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Womb+
director: Mariana Petřáková
original title: Děloha+
country: Czech Republic
year: 2025
running time: 10 min.
Why don’t we tell stories about pain? Are they too intimate, chaotic, “feminine”? Womb+ is a collective testimony of living with endometriosis and chronic pain that resists reproduction rhetoric and patriarchal concepts of the body.This film was made during the 2025 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová.
