Miroslav Janek

All Ends Well (2023)

The queen, or mother, bee, drones and workers. Industriousness, togetherness, and selflessness in the name of a functional community that leaves no room for egocentrism. This poetic essay depicts the fascinating world of beehives, the layouts of which are ...

Kouzelná Rybovka (2021)

Traces of a Landscape (2021)

Jan Jedlička is one of the best kept secrets in the world of art. He was born in Prague in 1944 where he studied painting at the academy before immigrating to Switzerland in 1969. Petr Zaruba conveys through cinematic and formal choices the complexities o ...

Mobilizace Luboše Dobrovského (2019)

Jiří Bělohlávek: But I just love conducting so much (2019)

Sarcophagus for a Queen (2019)

Bjørn Nørgaard and a team of Czech glass artists in the demanding process of creating a grave monument for Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark. ...

Markéta chce taštičku (2018)

Universum Brdečka (2017)

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on thing in common: Jirí Brdecka. The Screenwriter, writer and cartoonist Brdecka was known in Czechoslovakia ...

Varga (2017)

Sonia Maletzová's documentary film portrait follows the legend of the Czechoslovak music scene, rock keyboardist Marian Varga (1947-2017), at the end of his life, when he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. It captures the great introvert and avid smok ...

Normal Autistic Film (2016)

Through unique artistic approach, the director reveals the world of autism - bringing the audience closer to the main characters - talented and creative children with a fascinating way of thinking. ...

Odvaha (2016)

Piš, Kafka, piš! (2016)

The Gospel According to Brabenec (2015)

Journalist Renata Kalenská's book of interviews with Vratislav Brabenec, prominent member of the Plastic People group, recorded not only his memories of the underground years, but also the author's experiences with this highly distinctive individual. The ...

Film Spa (2015)

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the world's oldest and most respected. Film Spa was made to celebrate its belated 50th edition in 2015 in its 69th year – belated because from 1959 to 1993 it was forced to alternate with the festiva ...

Confession of the Vanished (2015)

The film follows the staging of the opera Olimpiade while at the same time exploring the dramatic life of its composer Josef Mysliveček, a friend and teacher of W. A. Mozart. ...

Olga (2014)

Eugenic Minds (2014)

The history of one idea with monstrous consequences, presented in the style of old newsreels and interspersed with quotes from Patrik Ouředník's Europeana. Archival footage is combined with animation as a kindly narrator takes us on a journey from the id ...

The Four Agreements (2013)

Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and lead to unnecessary suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the four agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can quickly transform our lives into a new experience of ...

Otázky pana Lásky (2013)

Experience of an Exorcist (2011)

The film is a monolog in which Catholic priest Vojtěch Kodet recounts his experiences with souls in the clutches of evil forces. The film, which frequently quotes from the writings of Raul Salvucci, is based on a sermon focused exclusively on the taboo su ...

For Semafor (2010)

Citizen Havel (2008)

The documentary explores the presidency of Václav Havel, a poet who unexpectedly became president. The film, starting in 1992, captures Havel's experiences after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, a significant defeat for him as he had campaigned for its cont ...

Ghetto No. 1 (2007)

Ghetto No. 1 is Chanov. Chanov is a Roma ghetto. It is synonymous with helplessness, powerlessness, a mixture of hypocrisy and well-intentioned efforts to solve the so-called Roma question. Chanov, our nightmare, our remorse, our guilty conscience. But als ...

Vierka, or The Mystery of Family B's Disappearance (2006)

When Czech singer Ida Kelarová meets the young Roma singer, Vierka Berkyová, she discovers an extraordinary and vibrant talent. Determined to develop her musical abilities and career, she brings her and her family from their home in Slovakia to live in t ...

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 ...

Bitva o život (2000)

A documentary based on the mutual experiences of a trio of directors, which portrays life in the border village of Bystré during the last year of the millennium. The film concentrates on the exuberant social life of the community, including many bizarre r ...

On Grandma (2000)

Many important things can happen in ninety-three years of human history. As in the seemingly ordinary story of Grandma Marta, one of our most successful contemporary short film authors combines archival materials, animation, and documentary. ...

Previanti (1999)

Hamsa, já jsem (1999)

The Unseen (1997)

At a blind school in the Czech Republic, the children exuberantly show off their remarkable talents – as musicians, as radio announcers, as daredevil bike riders and, most extraordinary of all, as photographers. Why take pictures of a world you can't see ...

Cosmic Voyage (1996)

The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery to pinpoint where humans fit in our ever-expanding universe. Highlighting this journey is a "cosmic zoom" based on the powers of 10, extending f ...

Anima Mundi (1991)

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsi ...

K.O. Kippers (1988)

The story of modern-day vaudevillians, the "Kipper Kids." Harry and Harry Kipper are "somewhere in South America" training for a boxing match staged by Tony LaRosa, a down-and-out scam artist who has promised to make the Kippers "champions of the entire wo ...

Universum Brdečka (2017)

Lemonade Joe, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, Dinner for Adele, The and the Golem - These and other Czech cinematography film hits have on thing in common: Jirí Brdecka. The Screenwriter, writer and cartoonist Brdecka was known in Czechoslovakia ...