When Kees visits his life companion Arnold in the nursing home, he struggles to make any meaningful contact with him. Still, Kees is shocked to hear that advanced data measurements indicate a critical decrease in Arnold’s sense of joy in life.
The Original Story of Zafer Uzegul offers an intimate look at the life of Zafer, a struggling telecom worker and devoted father to a child with disabilities. Rather than framing his journey as simple hardship, the film explores the quiet strength, emotional depth, and unspoken burdens that shape his everyday world. Through small, revealing moments, Zafer’s resilience and love illuminate a story where ordinary routines carry extraordinary weight, inviting the audience to see a hidden hero from a fresh and human perspective.
Surf Soup® Buttons is a hand-drawn animated short inspired by Donna Kay Lau's Chinese American heritage. A magical laundry turns garments into gateways of imagination, celebrating family, culture, and resilience.
A personal and intimate exploration of the legacy of the Walt Disney Company, told through the voices of the artists, artisans, and collaborators who have shaped its magic for generations.
This film is about a part of the living conditions of a person with a disability in society. The animation is from the perspective of a mother who wants to bring her daughter home from school.
Following the journey of a Glaswegian litter picker and the strange and compelling locals he meets in a single day. Sometimes, what you notice when others don’t can change how you see everything.
The film, which took five years to make and was initiated by Senate President Vystrčil's visit to Taiwan in 2020, maps the current geopolitical situation of this island nation and seeks not only historical but mainly current parallels between Taiwan's position vis-à-vis China and Russia's position vis-à-vis smaller countries, including Ukraine, the Baltic states, and even the Czech Republic. China's pressure on Taiwan is intensifying, and this island state is increasingly under threat. Will it maintain its freedom and independence in today's complex world, where conflicts are on the rise and, with the possible help of the democratic world, it is becoming increasingly complicated?
A building on the outskirts of Tunis, built by Italians in 1905, was transformed into a special refuge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight residents of various origins have taken shelter here, living in isolation from their loved ones and the rest of the city, from which they are also culturally distant. The filmmakers capture their nomadic existence not only in interviews, revealing the peculiarities of these unique personalities, but also in poetically stylized sequences that give the house an almost magical dimension of a transitional, mystical space.
After hundreds of years, thanks to Prague Zoo, the last species of wild horse, Przewalski's horse, is returning home to Kazakhstan. In June 2024, two military aircraft took off with a special cargo on board. Seven Przewalski's horses are heading via Istanbul and Baku to the old abandoned airport of Arkalyk in central Kazakhstan. Thus begins the return of wild horses to the Golden Steppe, which was originally their home.
A portrait of Joy Adamson, a remarkable woman, author of the bestseller about the fate of the lioness Elsa and a pioneer in the protection of wild animals, who was born in Opava exactly 115 years ago. The documentary uses unique, newly discovered footage from her life.
This cinematic epiphany, shot on 16mm film with lightness and gentle humour, pierces the crust of everyday life to reveal the miracle of existence. A web of tactile images and slightly surreal scenes braided around a girl's body is interwoven with verses by the late Latvian poet Imants Ziedonis.