Film

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...

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...

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...

Double bill of documentaries from director Andrea Luka Zimmerman. Narrated by John Berger, 'Taskafa: Stories from the Street' (2013) follows a resilient group of people from Istanbul as they take care of the stray street dogs which roam the city. In...

Double bill of documentaries from British film-maker Marc Isaacs. 'Someday My Prince Will Come' (2005) looks at life in a small coastal town in Cumbria and follows a young girl and her cousin as they share memories from their childhood and begin to think...

Vaclav Vorlicek's 1973 reworking of the classic Cinderella is one of the most beloved films in all Central European cinema. Delightful and unconventional, Three Wishes for Cinderella places the familiar fairy tale into a wintry setting with down-to-earth...

Catalan historical drama co-written and directed by Lluís Miñarro. The film follows ruler Amadeo I (Alex Brendemühl) as he attempts to establish himself as the King of Spain in the early 1870s. After being elected during a period of violent social...

Low-budget Romanian drama co-written and directed by Cristi Puiu. Struggling entrepreneur Ovidiu (Alexandru Papadopol) is approached by a local crime lord with a job offer. Tempted by the prospect of earning some quick cash, Ovidiu and his two friends...

Double bill of features from Czech film-maker Vera Chytilová. 'Something Different' (1963) follows the lives of frustrated housewife Vera (Vera Uzelacová) and gymnast Eva (Eva Bosáková). While Vera struggles to get her husband to appreciate her and...

Anand Patwardhan directs this documentary exploring the militarisation of his native India since the death of peace activist Mahatma Gandhi. Since Gandhi's assassination in 1948, the country has joined the global race to arms along with their...

Historical drama directed by Albert Serra. As his life comes to an end, Giacomo Casanova (Vicenç Altaió) travels to the mountains of Carpathia to seek out young peasant girls with whom he can satisfy his sexual desires. When he arrives, however, he...

Karel Kachyna writes and directs this Czech drama starring Radoslav Brzobohaty and Jirina Bohdalova as husband and wife Ludvik and Anna. Ludvik, a senior official of Prague's Communist regime, returns home with his wife after a dinner party to find that...

Zoltán Fábri's striking film is a powerful love story set against the turbulent changes to rural life in 1950s Hungary. In her dazzling debut performance, the late, great Mari Törocsik plays a young girl who falls for a farm worker, but is betrothed...

Oldrich Lipsky's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great...

Second Run presents a selection of essential works by Polish filmmaker and iconoclast Jerzy Skolimowski, one of international cinema's most prolific and celebrated filmmakers. This special edition box set contains three features - Walkover (1965),...