Foreign

Czechoslovakian drama co-written and directed by Otakar Vávra. Set in 17th century Moravia, an old woman is accused of witchcraft after being caught stealing the bread passed out at communion. Despite protesting that she was only taking it to give to...

Czechoslovakian drama co-written and directed by Otakar Vávra. Set in 17th century Moravia, an old woman is accused of witchcraft after being caught stealing the bread passed out at communion. Despite protesting that she was only taking it to give to...

Experimental documentary from director Pere Portabella. The film follows the shooting of Jesús Franco's 'Count Dracula' (1970) starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Soledad Miranda, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the production process...

Experimental documentary from director Pere Portabella. The film follows the shooting of Jesús Franco's 'Count Dracula' (1970) starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Soledad Miranda, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the production process...

Dark Czech comedy written and directed by Vera Chytilová. After meeting old friend Petr (Tomás Hanák) at a party, government minister Dohnal (Miroslav Donutil) is taken for a spin so he can be shown how to properly handle a woman. After picking up and...

Andrzej Wajda writes and directs this Polish period drama starring Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak and Andrzej Seweryn. The film follows Max (Seweryn), Moritz (Pszoniak) and Karol (Olbrychski), three ambitious businessmen looking to profit from the...

Observational documentary directed by Ilian Metev. The film follows Krassimir, Plamen and Mila, a paramedic crew in charge of an ambulance in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. Filmed over two years, Metev's documentary provides an, at times humorous,...

Czech New Wave drama directed by Stefan Uher. The film follows the relationship between Bela (Jana Beláková) and Fajolo (Marián Bielik) and their dysfunctional home lives. Although the couple are initially happy with each other, Fajolo is sent to a...

Romanian-language drama in which a married man with a child finds himself compelled to choose between his wife and his lover in the lead up to Christmas. Paul Hanganu (Mimi Branescu) has been with Adriana (Mirela Oprisor) for ten years. The pair are...

Pia Marais' semi-autobiographical debut feature recounts the adolescence of Stevie (Ceci Schmitz-Chuh), a resourceful 14-year-old girl who finds methods of her own to cope with the unstable upbringing afforded her by her hippy parents. When the family...

Polish director Andrzej Zulawski's award-winning debut feature is set in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. A young man, Michal (Leszek Teleszynski), escapes the massacre of his family, and his subsequent guilt and experiences are shown through...

Foreign drama set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the brutal civil war, Hungarian volunteers supported the 'Red' revolutionaries who were being hunted by the 'White' Government forces ordered to cursh them. The film details a series of...

Foreign drama based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks. The film centres around the demonic, death obsessed Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrusinsky). He is the owner of a crematorium in the early stages of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia who finds in the...

Czech drama from director Frantisek Vlácil. Set in 16th century Bohemia, a miller and his son find themselves at the centre of an investigation after they are suspected of working with the Devil. The cast includes Vitezslav Vejrazka, Miroslav Machacek,...

Perhaps best known for being 'banned forever' in its native Czech Republic, Jan Nemec's experimental film is a surreal, creepy allegory about the cause and effects of power and conformity. A group of happy, carefree picnickers are accosted by a group of...