Second Run

Barnabás Kos, a meek and modest triangle-player in a state orchestra finds himself unfathomably promoted to musical director. Now drunk with power, the once timid Kos turns into a poised, commanding...

In a dark dystopian future, a solitary worker suffers a breakdown after being interrogated about crimes he has no recollection of committing. Is he a real human, or a clone created by scientists in...

Kevin Jerome Everson's epic, immersive, observational eight-hour documentary Park Lanes follows workers in an American factory over the course of an eight-hour shift, from clock-in to clock-out,...

The first ever Czechoslovak film musical, Ladislav Rychman's sumptuous The Hop-Pickers was a sensation upon release. Its popularity has since endured for generations of Czech viewers with its...

The first director to be shortlisted for both the Grierson and Jarman Awards, the work of filmmaker, artist and cultural activist Andrea Luka Zimmerman presents tender portraits of community and...

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...

Jerzy Kawalerowicz's dazzling epic revolves around a lethal power struggle in ancient Egypt. As the youthful Ramses XIII ascends the throne, he clashes with powerful priests who seek to undermine his...

Set in 13th-century Europe, Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epic chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Years later he abandons the Crusaders, only...

In 2016, four reels of Derevensky Detektiv ('The Village Detective'), a 1969 Russian film starring the Soviet-era character actor Mikhail Zharov, were found in a fisherman's net off the Icelandic...

The British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers is internationally renowned for creating a body of bold experimental docufictions that search for an escape from modern society. Rivers shoots in various...

Geoffrey Smith's multi-award-winning documentary film centres on the work of Henry Marsh, an exceptionally gifted leading British brain surgeon, and a pioneer of neurosurgical progress in Ukraine...

Set in Prague, this powerful tale is informed as much by Czech resistance to Soviet impositions as it is by the torments of the Nazi era. A Jewish former doctor is compelled to work cataloguing the...

Set in Prague, this powerful tale is informed as much by Czech resistance to Soviet impositions as it is by the torments of the Nazi era. A Jewish former doctor is compelled to work cataloguing the...

The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village. Aravindan Govindan's poetic and allegorical film The Circus Tent explores the often-marginalised...

A seasoned detective investigates a series of child murders, succumbing to an all-consuming and tragic obsession with the case, finding empty solace in his quest for vengeance. What emerges is not a...

A travelling circus and its magical feline mascot arrive in a provincial Czech town and expose the virtues, vices and desires of its unruly inhabitants.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kazuo Hara directs this documentary following Japanese war veteran Kenzo Okuzaki as he travels around Japan on a quest to expose Emperor Hirohito and his men who killed two Japanese soldiers during...

Kazuo Hara directs this documentary following Japanese war veteran Kenzo Okuzaki as he travels around Japan on a quest to expose Emperor Hirohito and his men who killed two Japanese soldiers during...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...