Czech films - student

The film is a portrait of cinematographer Tomáš Šťastný, from whom the director inherited his name and profession. The director combines archival family materials and personal videos with a feature dramatization that is an intimate insight into his memories and an attempt to understand his father.“I’m not saying goodbye to you with this film because I know I’ll keep discovering you.” — Tomas Stastny Jr.

Eva Eisler is an important Czech designer and jewelry maker. The short film shows her creative process from ideation to the realization of her ideas and presents the basic building blocks of her work: purity, elegance, and minimalistic originality. All the while her metallic structures contrast with the dreamy, tender aesthetics of the film.“Both in life and in work – if we want to be honest – we should constantly be looking for the essence of things and ourselves.”---Source: Interview with Eva Eisler, Heroine, 15. 9. 2020. https://www.heroine.cz/kultura/3049-ceska-stopa-ve-svetovem-designu-sperky-evy-eisler-nosila-i-zaha-hadid

The operation of the Turów brown coal mine and electric plant in the area around the Czech-Polish-German tripoint has been springing tensions in international relations. For the Polish, Turów is a means of livelihood, while local Czechs fear an eventual expansion of the plant would lead to drinking water deficiency and other ecological problems. This conflict, seen from a distance, is symbolized by the Czech-Polish contest for the best homemade potato salad, in which Teresa, whose family is employed at the plant, takes part.“You know, we are just ‘lowly humans’, we don’t decide anything. It would be very bad if we didn’t have water here, but we don’t understand these things, it’s a game amongst those at the top.” – Anonymous protagonist

My hair isn’t an invitation for conversation. My hair doesn’t want to be touched. My hair doesn’t ask for compliments. My hair just exists, and there’s nothing you can do about it. And you can’t do anything about me. A stylized and claustrophobic articulation of the boundaries of the body and personal space.“You have beatiful hair.”

A film portrait about a young plumber who defies the ideas of his whole family about his future. The skeleton of the story becomes an Excel spreadsheet full of mundane tasks, according to which Tomáš, after his burnout in his adult and working life, guides himself every day.    This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Zuza Piussi and Adam Oľha.

What if your girlfriend tells you she's having a baby with you? What if home birth seems more appealing to you than hospital birth? What if you live in a house with other roommates? Find out how a young couple dealt with these issues.   This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Martin Dušek.

Two apartments where he lives alone. A vacation he would like to die on. The astrological intervals he assigns to the planets when composing. Composer Jan Klusák has written music for the greatest films of the 1960s. But even in his nineties, he does not lose his unique sense of humor and insight.“When I was a child, decent people died at the age of 57, and that was it.” — Jan Klusák

The film follows a burnt-out artist who has found an alternative way through life. However, the same cannot be said about the film's director, who is still waging an internal battle about meaning of life. --- This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Jan Sacher. The film received third prize of the My Street Films Award.

The first vernissage of Disgusting Pictures by the author Nosičhoven (Shitcarrier) captured in similarly disgusting and sometimes a bit funny way. --- This film participated in the film competition My Street Films Award. The film received special mention.

The editor of internationally acclaimed films, e.g. Ida, Cold War or Quo vadis, Aida?, is Jarosław Kamiński, a FAMU graduate. A native of Łódź, Poland, he takes a walk through his city in this short, refined film portrait, remembering his childhood when he used to run away from school to the cinema, and reflecting on his ties with today’s Poland and yesterday’s Prague alike. “I remember one day when I ran away from my school to the cinema. It was a French film.” — Jarosław Kamiński

20 years ago, a car ran over a man at a pedestrian crossing in Prague's Čimická street. It was my dad. I couldn't walk across that crosswalk for years. A short poetic film from a place that has a special meaning for me and a glimpse into the relationship with my father. --- This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Jan Sacher. The film received first prize of the My Street Films Award as well as Student Jury Award.

Animals exhausted by the unbearable weight of existence, existential frustration and everyday squabble. Humans as empty puppets waiting for the command from the director or romping actors frenziedly protecting their fragile egos. A theatrical, multidimensional performance inspired by the author’s frustrations and artistic (dis)illusions.“We have a problem with you; we have a problem with us. We’re afraid to speak without metaphors.”

War is no joke. But does that mean you can't joke about war? Stand-up comedian Mariana Shama fled from Kiev to Prague. Here she wonders if it is appropriate to joke in tragic times.   This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Zuza Piussi and Adam Oľha.

The last Prior, an unrenovated socialist department store, no longer meets the standards of modern shopping centers. It rather resembles a well-preserved open-air museum where time has stood still to allow its peculiar inhabitants to relive the eighties indefinitely. A film about what it looks like when genius loci swallows everything around it. “Nothing makes sense here.”

The protagonist of the film is Pavel, a pensioner who keeps hoarding things in his apartment. Pavel is convinced of the value of his collection although he doesn’t actually know it. The film is a meditation on the issue of hoarding and the need to own things in general. The filmmaker enhances the image with the help of rotoscoping, intensifying the emptiness of the captured space.“I figured out I’m my own worst enemy. To fight your own self is the hardest.” — Pavel, the protagonist

Martin Imrich lives and studies in Prague. But he comes from South Moravia, where he makes a pilgrimage on foot to overcome the contradiction between “tím, kým jsem, a tím, kým jsu” (“who I am” in Czech and the Moravian dialect), as he says. His video diary, accompanied by a frank off-screen commentary, captures in fragmentary form the journey to the roots and the search for the meaning of such an artistic project.“Vlašim and Benešov are the most disgusting places in the world, and I pity all the people who have to live there.”

We all need juggling. Training attention, increasing speed, improving physical condition, connecting brain hemispheres. Enjoying community. At any age. Senior Circus! --- This film was made during the My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Jan Sacher. The film received second prize of the My Street Films Award.