Famu Movies

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

Symbols and political analogies abound in this dramatically frustrating first work by a recent film-school graduate. In the story, Vojtech has...

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.

Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to write engagé lyrics for pop songs...

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...

Short musical comedy from Tomas Vorel.

In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and...

A film about filmmaking.

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

Final train station turnes out to be something much more different...

In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home...

Jakub, The Old Believers, and Piemule are three documentaries about forgotten people by director Jana Sevciková. All three are distributed on...