Ivan Arsenjev

The End of the World (2024)

An original story told by Uncle Igor, a son of Russian aristocrats, and his nine year old grandson Tonda. A powerful story of complicated times around 1968, a story full of contrasts: Whether it is the relation between what Grandpa's plentiful life entails ...

My Sunny Maad (2021)

When Herra, a young Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea what kind of life awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor of the family she is about to integrate into. A liberal grandfather, an adopted child who is highly intellig ...

Shadow Country (2020)

The film chronicles the events of a village on the Czech-Austrian border from the 1930s to 1950s, where genocide occurred due to fallout between German citizens and Czechs who collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. ...

Nomad Meets the City (2020)

Currently Mongolia's capital has 1.5 million inhabitants - half the population of the country. 50-year Tumurbaatar is only one of many coming to the city to fulfil their dreams of a better life. ...

Little from the Fish Shop (2015)

Deep underneath the sea surface, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story of Little -- the Sea King's daughter. They left the plundered waters of their home to live among humans. They now lead a strenuous life in a somber ...

Lean A Ladder Against Heaven (2014)

At his parsonage over the Tatra Mountains, Marian Kuffa readily takes care of more than 200 people in need. This unostentatious movie is not just a portrait of a remarkably selfless man but also a more general contemplation of the complicated lives of alco ...

My Dog Killer (2013)

Môj pes Killer is a one-day drama portraying eighteen-year-old Marek living near the Slovak-Moravian border with his dad and his racist friends. However, Marek's best true friend is his dog. His life is shaken up when he discovers the secret of his lost m ...

Rok konopí (2012)

One Night in One City (2007)

Jan Balej's animated film One Night in One City (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds and music which more than match the detailed animation and curious vignettes that create the film. ...

Crimson Sails (2001)

A dream of love and beauty in a world of malice and hatred. A feature film based on the literary works of the passionate dreamer Alexander Grin and the performances of the Forman Brothers Theater. The call of the distant seas. A longing for adventure and u ...

Previanti (1999)

Hamsa, já jsem (1999)

The Way Through the Bleak Woods (1997)

The Šumava Mountains hide buildings lost in the mountains, the Vydra River, a church, a rectory, marshes, a post office, a gold mine, and a hermit's hut. In this environment, the fates of the beautiful girl Anna, a tormented widow, her perpetually drunk h ...

Mystery of the Puzzle (1993)

A group of teenagers are trying to solve a mystery of a puzzle created and left to them by the dead boy. ...

Vojtech, Called the Orphan (1990)

Symbols and political analogies abound in this dramatically frustrating first work by a recent film-school graduate. In the story, Vojtech has survived World War II in a Czech prison following an unjust sentence. Now he is free, and the world is full of po ...

Deadtown aneb Cesta tam a zase zpátky (2019)