Foreign

Triple bill of Polish war dramas directed by Andrzej Wajda. In 'A Generation' (1955) a young man (Tadeusz Lomnicki) decides to fight against the Nazis after falling for a pretty Resistance leader. His first mission is to assist escapees during the Warsaw...

Made in 1965, this Czechoslovak film is set in the German-occupied, 'independent' Slovak state during World War II. A carpenter is appointed 'Aryan Controller' of a button shop owned by an old Jewish woman, who, being both near-sighted and deaf, has no...

Made in 1965, this Czechoslovak film is set in the German-occupied, 'independent' Slovak state during World War II. A carpenter is appointed 'Aryan Controller' of a button shop owned by an old Jewish woman, who, being both near-sighted and deaf, has no...

Jaroslava Schallerová stars in this Czech fantasy horror based on the novel by Vitezslav Nezval. 13-year-old Valerie (Schallerová) is on the cusp of adolescence as she indulges in Gothic daydreams and fantasies. After she disturbs a thief stealing...

1970s Czech sci-fi comedy directed by Jindrich Polák. Following the death of his identical twin brother, rocket designer Karel (Petr Kostka) is caught up in a plot involving a group of former Nazis who are attempting to travel back in time to alter the...

Martin Sulík directs this Slovakian coming-of-age drama about a young man trying to find his path in life. The cast includes Maria Pakulnis, György Cserhalmi, Gejza Benkö and Iva Bittová.

Vitalina Varela stars as a fictionalised version of herself in this Portuguese drama from film-maker Pedro Costa. The story follows on from Costa's 'Horse Money' (2015) in which Vitalina told how she struggled when her husband relocated for work 25 years...

Czechoslovakian drama directed by Stefan Uher. The film follows the mysterious Anabella (Jolanta Umecka) as she inspires a group of young artists. The cast also includes Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda, Rudolf Thrún and Stefan Bobota.

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...

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...

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...

A stark, cold and powerful film from Hungarian director, Miklos Jancso. The setting is the desolate countryside some time after Kossuth's 1848 rebellion against the oppressive Habsburg Austrian Empire. Power has been restored to the oppressors but...

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...

Karel Zeman co-writes and directs this fantasy adventure starring Milos Kopecky as eccentric adventurer Baron Munchausen. After coming across young astronaut Tonik (Rudolf Jelínek) on the moon, the Baron decides to take him back to Earth to meet a...