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ANIMATION WITHOUT NARRATION FOR CHILDREN ANIMATION WITH NARRATION FOR CHILDREN ANIMATION FOR ADULTS

CHILDREN AND FAMILY 31

FAIRY-TALES DRAMA SERIES EDUCATIONAL

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ART & CULTURE HISTORY GEOGRAPHY & TRAVEL LIFE STYLE SOCIAL SUBJECTS

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MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES MUSIC PERFORMANCE FEATURE FILMS

Dolls 4 Bored in Brno 6 Pusinky Nuda v Brně Pleasant Moments 4 Cosy Dens 6 Hezké chvilky bez záruky Pelíšky The Indian and the Nurse 4 The Damned 7 Indián a sestřička Zatracení The New Breed 4 Divided We Fall 7 Sametoví vrazi Musíme si pomáhat Bonds of Blood 5 I Thank You for Each New Morning 7 Krev zmizelého Díky za každé nové ráno Skritek 5 Lovers and Murderers 7 Skřítek Milenci a vrazi A Little Piece of Heaven 5 Pupendo 8 Kousek nebe The Spring of Life 8 Up And Down 5 Pramen života Horem pádem The Wild Bees 8 Autumn Spring 6 Divoké včely Babí léto Zelary 8 Bolero 6 Želary FEATURE FILMS

Dolls Pleasant Moments The Indian and the Nurse The New Breed Pusinky Hezké chvilky bez záruky Indián a sestřička Sametoví vrazi

A dynamic road-movie featuring A bitter comedy set in Who would mind love? A psychological murder mystery three girls on their last holiday after contemporary days, about how to A love story – the classical triangle about crime, love and betrayal… high-school graduation. The girls dispel illusions. set against the background of The film is based on a true event, keep being told to grow up at last. The main character is Hanna, conflict between traditional social the most notorious case of stark But they don’t want to grow up yet. a psychologist; her clients and models (the Romanies and the violence that took place since Ishka, Karolina and Vendula patients come to her hoping that white Czechs like the Montagues November 1989. They were the definitely don’t want to end up doing she will help them overcome the and Capulets) so-called Orlik Murders eight-hour shifts at some fast-food problems brought by life. Hanna Frantisek is a young workman who perpetrated during the first half of place. They are in no hurry to enter gives them her time and her feels close to the community of the 1990s, where the victims were the prison of responsibility, into a professional advice, but who will people simulating the lifestyle of the found at the bottom of the Orlik dam world where, despite of all its rules, help her? Her husband is ever American Indians, falls in love with lake in Bohemia. confusion reigns anyway. jealous of her and finally leaves her, Marie, a Romany nurse who has a The main protagonists of the film The story brings down taboos, and their young teenager son hides long-standing understanding with are three business partners who tells about girls who do not feel like away in the world of computers a Romany entrepreneur. Frantisek are after big money and perpetrate pretending to be quiet, gentle and games. and Marie’s relationship is faced four premeditated murders. Divers fragile beings. They want to live life The film is a kaleidoscope of with many a banal prejudice and brought up the bodies of two out their own way, and not according to the various comic, tragic and family aversion, and so the happy of the four victims from the lake. their parents’ manual on living. banal stories clients bring to a ending to their story seems to lie far The third victim died after being They are simply having a good time psychologist’s office – they all long beyond the horizon… delivered a parcel that exploded, and trying out this and that. for love, families, interesting jobs, The film is the directing debut of and the last victim was shot right success and riches. Dan Wlodarczyk there in the house… 90' It was actually a much more 108' Festival Awards: 36th Polish extensive case, but in his film the 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, festival Lubusie Film Summer – director mainly aims at unraveling © 2007, Dolby digital, 1:1.85, 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, Lagow 2006 (called the festival the murderers’ motives. The story co-production: Cineart TV Prague © 2006, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, of Polish film critics) in the town makes a thrilling and exciting film co-production: Negativ director: Karin Babinská of Lagow Lubuski – 3rd prize – and also uncovers a broader range director: Věra Chytilová Bronze Bunch of Grapes of connected facts. Rights Available: At the 16th Film Festival Cottbus The events that became the story Rights Available: TV Video Internet Theatrical 2006, Germany – the prize of the of this film are fascinating and

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cruelty and an absolute absence of 90' any moral values on the part of the murderers. 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, © 2006, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, 129' co-production: Cineart TV Prague 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, director: Dan Wlodarczyk © 2005, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85 Rights Available: director: Jiří Svoboda TV Video Internet Theatrical Rights Available: TV Video Internet Theatrical

4 www.ceskatelevize.cz/sales Bonds of Blood Skritek A Little Piece of Heaven Up And Down Krev zmizelého Skřítek Kousek nebe Horem pádem

A stirring drama that follows the A slapstick comedy set in present There is no place on the world A dramatic tale of altruism and tragic fate of a mother and later that days about a family that moves where might not find love. xenophobia, about our fear of the of her daughter during the fateful from a village to the city. A colourful A love story – a fleeting encounter unknown and the feeling of being flow of history in Europe from the cascade of gags and tragicomic between two young people who threatened that awakens the demon beginning of the Second World War situations. Funny music, sound met at the wrong time at the wrong of racism hidden in every one of us. until the year 1961. effects and exclamations replace place. A picture of the current existential The story begins in the early days language. The story takes place in the 1950s feeling of central Europeans, who of the war with a love story between in a communist prison compound were isolated in the past by the Arno von Lieven, a Baltic aristocrat, Festival Awards: 27th Festival of in Czechoslovakia. Luboš, the Iron Curtain and whose insular and Helga, a Czech girl who is a Czech Film and Television Comedy hero of the film, happens to meet incubator has been shattered member of a German hospital staff “Nove Město’s Pot of Laughter” Dana and he falls in love with her. before their eyes and turned into in the Sudetenland. Arno had fled 2005 in Nove Město nad Metuji. Dana reciprocates his feelings the global village. from the Soviet threat and took part Main prize of the Golden Prim and their love affair is all the more in the Finnish war as a volunteer. Festival, category of best film breathtaking the more impossible it 107' He fought against the Russians comedy Director Tomas becomes for it to be fulfilled in this 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, alongside his Finnish comrades Vorel – FITES Prize for best script setting. © 2004, Dolby Digital, 1:1:85, and is injured in one of the battles. Actress Eva Holubova – best This story is more than a political co-production: Total HelpArt T.H.A. Saved as if by miracle, he is woman acting performance statement. It is primarily a love story brought to the German hospital Syracuse International Film that shows how love and youth find director: Jan Hřebejk where Helga is working. Helga and Video Festival, New York – their own way to fulfillment, however helps him back to life. They fall in The Main Prize in category dramatic the circumstances. Rights Available: love but their short love story has European Film (2006) Skip TV Video Internet Theatrical a tragic end with Arno’s voluntary City International D-Cinema Festival Awards: Audience Award death. However, a new life is to be at Kawaguchi (Japan) – Best Winner of the European Film born from their love… Technology Prize (2006) Competition 7th Norrköping Film Festival Flimmer International 126' 87' Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2005 selected by the film ctritics of the 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, 35mm, © 2005, Dolby Digital, prestigious Variety magazine for © 2005, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, 1:1:85, co-production: Vorelfilm, the section Variety Critic’s Choice co-production: Happy Celluloid Studio Mirage Participation at festivals: Face of director: Milan Cieslar director: Tomáš Vorel love in Sochi, Russia International Film Festival in Cleveland 2006 Rights Available: Rights Available: Best film in the category Eastern TV Video Internet Theatrical TV Video Internet Theatrical European Film Competition

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Autumn Spring Bolero Bored in Brno Cosy Dens Babí léto Nuda v Brně Pelíšky

A tragicomic story of a youthful A psychological thriller inspired by A comedy about the things that can A family retro-comedy for all ages seventy-five-year-old man, an real events from the 1980s. happen when “it is the first time”. set at the end of the sixties about eternal dreamer and joker who A gang of young men held erotic The two young mentally everyday family fun and hardship, behaves very differently from his parties at their parents’ summer handicapped heroes of the about the drama inherent in re la- be loved yet worrying wife: he cottages – playing perverse games film – Standa and Olinka – meet at tion ships and differing opinions, refuses to reconcile himself to living by bringing in girls and forcing a Sports Olympic. As they live in about sorrow – but also finally, as an old man resignedly preparing them to perform group sex. None different places, they write to each about the awakening of first love. himself for death. In stead, he has of the victims ever spoke up about other every day. After a year’s pen- This is a gently poetic and chosen to live life as a never-ending it, because of fear and shame. friendship, Olinka writes :”Standa, humorous story of the fate of challenge, and thus each new day One day these young men carry come on Saturday for dinner and aging par ents, maturing teens and brings a wonderful opportunity for off Marika, a beautiful student, you can stay the night if you like.” younger children. The actual plot new adventure. His faithful friend from the university club. But she Both young people put great of the film takes place in villa, in from the operetta helps him inject refuses to keep silent about the hopes into that future moment, the which two families, the Šebeks a bit of theater into his world and humiliation she suffered, and so possibility of a night spent together and Krauses, live side by side. in this way to fulfill his longtime they pronounce the death sentence excites them greatly. For both of Mr. Šebek, a simple-mind ed, good- dreams. Just as con vinc ing ly our on her. They draw lots – in front of them it will be “the first time”. They na tured officer by profession is hero manages to enact various Marika – as to who is to become have to suffer the advice of friends a supporter of the ruling political roles: as a ticket in spec tor, a her murderer… and relatives on “how to go about re gime. In contrast, Mr. Kraus, a mountain climber, a philanthropist, Despite intensive investigation, it”, and soon we see the stories of former resistance fighter with bitter and as an emeritus mem ber of the it took several years before the further couples developing who war experiences is his staunch Metropolitan Opera who decides to police found a clue leading to the long for love and sex… adversary. In the end, each buy a palace. In a number of richly perpetrators of this horrible crime. member of both families must live comic sit u a tions full of both gentle The boys’ parents then used all Festival Award: Grand Prix Award out his own story in his own ‘cosy and black hu mor he daily defends possible means to prevent their for Best Film & Prize for Best Actress dens’ until the Soviet invasion of his carefree and in de pen dent ways guilt being proved –without the (Kateřina Holánová) – International August 1968 violently disturbs their to his wife, and amply demonstrates least sympathy for the victim, led Film Festival Bratislava 2003 world. the ART OF LIVING. only by the egotistic effort to save their children, their good name and 103' Festival Awards: Golden Grape Festival Award: Roxanne their positions. (Main Prize) – Lubuskie Lato 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, T. Mueller Award – International Filmowe, Lagow 2000 Special b& w, © 2003, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, Film Festival Cleveland 2002 100' Mention & FIPRESCI Prize – co-production: První veřejnoprávní Audience Choice Award: Best International Film Festival Karlovy 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, of Fest Feature – St. Louis director: Vladimír Morávek Vary 1999 Golden Afrodite (Main © 2004, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, International Film Festival 2002 Prize) & Special Mention of Film co-production: Diamant Film Praha Prize for the best foreign film – Rights Available: Critique – Int. Film Festival Varna US. Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen director: F. A. Brabec TV Video Internet Theatrical 2003

2003 Rights Available: 116' 97' TV Video Internet Theatrical 35mm, English subtitles , m/e track, 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, © 1999, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, © 2001, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, co-production: Total HelpArt T.H.A co-production: BUC-FILM, director: Jan Hřebejk BKP FILM director: Vladimír Michálek Rights Available: TV Video Internet Theatrical Rights Available: TV Video Internet Theatrical

6 www.ceskatelevize.cz/sales The Damned Divided We Fall I Thank You for Each New Lovers and Murderers Zatracení Musíme si pomáhat Morning Milenci a vrazi Díky za každé nové ráno The film is inspired by a true The dramatic story of a hero against They commit murder because they story about two young men who his will. A black comedy about Screenwriter Halina Pawlovská sets love. They love enough to murder. were arrested, condemned and the ability of fear and necessity this autobiographic comedy in the The film story takes place in imprisoned in Asian prisons for the to turn common peo ple into period between the 1968 Soviet the 1970s and 1980s in North attempted smuggling of heroin and heroes. The story is set in a occupation of Czechoslovakia and Bohemia. The central setting is a other hard drugs. small Czech town occupied by the post-Velvet Revolution ‘taste house somewhere in the town of The film bears testimony to the the German Army during the of freedom’. One prominent plot Ústí nad Labem that belongs to the cruel fate that can befall anyone last years of WWII. One day a line centers on family problems Kotex factory. who may think of this “easy” way of childless Czech couple named involving the ridiculous figure of the The film is a dynamic collage of making money by smuggling drugs. Josef and Marie come across their comically despotic Ukrainian father. human fates, unraveling in fast It is the first time that the Kingdom former neighbor, a Jew who has The heroine gently and humorously rhythm, but in all not lacking a of Thailand officially permitted a film man aged to escape imprisonment pulls significant social events into humorous, detached attitude. on this subject to be made on Thai in a Nazi camp. Although des- the plot and analyzes them from her territory. perate ly fearful of taking on personal perspective. 108' such a po ten tial ly dangerous 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, Festival Awards: Special Mention – responsibil i ty, they decide to offer Festival Award: Silver Georgius © 2004, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, International Film Festival of Crimi David refuge in their home. This for the Best Direction – Moscow co-production: Arva Film Films, Moscow 2003 is the be gin ning of a dramatic International Film Festival fight for survival that forever Production 98' connects their fates. Heroism 100' director: Viktor Polesný and collaboration, generosity and 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, cowardice intermin gle, making it 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, Rights Available: © 2002, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, dif fi cult – if not impossible – to pass © 1994, co-production: Česká TV Video Internet Theatrical co-production: Whisconti and judgement. filmová společnost, KF a.s. Holiday Films director: Milan Steindler director: Dan Svátek Festival Awards: Air Canada People’s Choice Award – Rights Available: Rights Available: International Film Festival, TV Video Internet Theatrical TV Video Internet Theatrical Vancouver 2000 FIPRESCI Prize – FilmFestival of East European Films, Cottbus 2000 Audience Award – International Film Festi val, Portland 2001 Prix UIP Award – International Film Festival, Sydney 2001 Silver Grape – Lubuskie Lato Filmowe, Lagow 2001 Nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Award category – Annual Acade my Awards 2001

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Pupendo The Spring of Life The Wild Bees Zelary Pramen života Divoké včely Želary

Pupendo is an infantile ritual Far from battlefields of World A bitter comedy about the difficult The strong dramatic story about a practiced by young schoolchildren. War II, the story of this powerful life of young people who live in an fatal love born of the common will A tiny bit of torture, which is neither film focuses on the bizarre SS out-of-the-way spot in northern to survive. The time is the 1940s, a matter of life nor of health, where operation known as Lebensborn. Moravia. when Bohemia and Moravia were the point is to endure the little pinch The aim of this program was to The story is a confrontation of occupied by the Germans. of a metal coin and then proudly select the healthiest and most beau- several love relationships where Zelary is the story of an extraordinary display the reddish imprint on one’s ti ful young men and women in all the heroes have neither sufficient relationship, of fear, misgivings, bare tummy… the occupied ter ri to ries in order to strength nor reason to bring about suspicion and of the love that This unusual ritual comes up in the breed racially pure children into the fulfillment, because they are all forms out of antagonism between bitter comedy by the successful so-called ‘master race’. The main eternally aware of their social the modern, educated girl Eliska team that created Cozy Pads and character, a Czech girl named situation which limits and often and the barbaric, salt of the earth We Must Help Each Other, this time Gretchen, survives this incredible parodies their longings and dreams. man with the soul of a child, Joza. set just before the Orwellian year experience and is the only one who Wild Bees is a film about the This story of a clash between two 1984. manages to extract a small bit of emotional and social isolation of different worlds and two different Side by side with the generation of personal revenge. young people living in a narrow people takes place in a God-forsaken parents we watch the generation world in the country. part of Europe surrounded by the of their children. These teenagers Festival Awards: Special Mention – storm of war. know a thing or two about the FilmFestival Festival of East 94' Festival Awards: People Choice efforts and attitudes of their parents European Films, Cottbus 2000 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, Award – Sydney International Film and kill time with dreams about City of Laon Award & Special © 1994, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, Festival 2004 The Best Musical fleeing over the border of mundane Mention – Laon International Film co-production: CINEART TV Prague Score – Karachi International Film life together and, particularly, about Festival for Young People, Laon Festival 2004 Nomination for a trip to the sea… 2001 Golden Dolphin (Golfinho director: Bohdan Sláma the Best Foreign Language Film de Prata): The Best Actress – Troia Rights Available: Award Category – Annual Academy 116' International Film Festival, Awards 2003 The Best Actress Troia 2001 The Camério Best TV Video Internet Theatrical 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, Kinnaree for Anna Geislerova. Screenplay & The Camério Best © 2003, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, Bangkok International Film Festival Full Length & The CIFEJ Award – co-production: Total Help Art T.H.A 2005 Carrousel international du film de director: Jan Hřebejk Rimouski 2001 The CineStar: 150' the best youth film awarded by Rights Available: a jury of young film enthusiasts – 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, © 2003, Dolby Digital, 1:1.85, TV Video Internet Theatrical International Children’s Film Festival

‘Schlingel’, Chemnitz 2001 co-production: Total HelpArt T.H.A., Barrandov Studio, Dor Film 107' (Austria), ALEF Film & Media Group (Slovak Republic) 35mm, English subtitles, m/e track, director: Ondřej Trojan © 2000, Dolby Digital Stereo, 1:1.85, co-production: Happy Celluloid Rights Available: director: Milan Cieslar TV Video Internet Theatrical

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TV MOVIES Swingtime 10 It’s a Dog’s Life 12 Roundabout 10 Psí kus Kolotoč The Snake Dance 12 The Blurred Voice 10 Hadí tanec Zastřený hlas Ruth Sees Things Differently 12 Comeback 10 Ruth to vidí jinak A Beautiful Time 11 In Nomine Patris 13 Krásný čas The Gentleman Companion 13 9 Lives 11 Společník Kočky The Black Miss, Miss Black 13 Miss Guru 11 Černá slečna slečna Černá Slečna Guru Lessons in Dance and Love 13 The Flood 11 Hodina tance a lásky Povodeň Coup De Grace 12 Rána z milosti

SERIES Eden 14 The Good Neighbourhood 15 Arena of Ice 14 Dobrá čtvrť Poslední sezona Sink or Swim 16 Bonds of Blood 1–4 14 Hop nebo trop Krev zmizelého Guardian of Souls 16 The New Breed 1–2 14 Strážce duší Sametoví vrazi Cops and Robbers 16 Suburb 15 Četnické humoresky Příkopy Hospital at the End of the City Village Green 15 Twenty Years on 16 Náves Nemocnice na kraji města po dvaceti letech Town Square 15 Náměstíčko

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Swingtime Roundabout The Blurred Voice Comeback Kolotoč Zastřený hlas

The suspenseful dramatic story A television comedy set in present A detective story set in present This is the story of a rock singer, from the 1950s is all the more times about the change in the times. the frontman of a popular band incredible for being based on lifestyle of a young family when A girl of thirteen is discovered dead whom popularity lifted high and a true story. “Operation Stone” a baby is born. The period of in Hvezda Park, the victim of a sex then flung down to rock bottom; really was a trap set up by the “happy motherhood” when the deviant. Olga, the heroine of our after having left the limelight for a communist State Police, enticing new mummies spend all their story – the dead girl’s classmate – drying-out cure, he is now trying people who wanted to emigrate time changing the baby, washing has a thrilling secret, she gets to find himself and his path back from Czechoslovakia towards their and breast-feeding and putting to telephone calls from a stranger, to stardom. He decides to leave fall. They were brought to a false sleep their darling – and her family who consoles and advises her in the city and begin again. Will he State border, where they were and friends consider all this to be a compelling blurred voice on her manage to change his lifestyle, find duly arrested and taken to prison. absolutely natural and wonderful, teenage problems. One of them is new inspiration and slowly renew Moreover the police wiled precious in actual fact gives the young Olga’s relationship with her parents. his family’s faith in him? information out of them. It was woman a really hard time. The Her mother loves her husband and all arranged in such a way, that writer describes wittily what this her only daughter to distraction 85'12" not even after their imprisonment period can do to the mother and but with the effect that there is a videotape, m/e track, © 2006 did the victims comprehend the those around her, in this case to her permanently tense atmosphere in principle of the trap. The main hero husband and his career. their home. When her mother starts director: Václav Křístek is a jazz pianist who unwillingly suspecting that the stranger on the becomes part of this diabolic 67'31" telephone could be the murderer, Rights Available: machine for a few months. she turns to the police and also TV Video Internet videotape, m/e track, © 2007 starts investigating the stranger’s 90'30" director: Zuzana Zemanová identity on her own. But her hot- tempered behaviour drives the girl videotape, m/e track, © 2007 Rights Available: straight into a critical situation. The director: Jaromír Polišenský TV Video Internet murderer is getting closer. Luckily

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A Beautiful Time 9 Lives Miss Guru The Flood Krásný čas Kočky Slečna Guru Povodeň

A story set in contemporary times A story with psychological twist set A bitter comedy about love and the The story of two old ladies, who are about a young woman who returned in present days, revolving round a eternal battle between the male and temporarily brought together by the from exile in order to begin a new dead man’s secret; the revelation the female principles. disastrous flood. life back at home. But the past of this secret brings together two Oldřich Brůna always had a soft Gabriela, a prominent citizen of can never be completely deleted. women who should never have met. spot for women. Irene, his wife, a small town near Prague lives Renata fled to France shortly Vera and Vladimir were a childless knows what she knows and has alone in a large apartment. When before the Velvet Revolution of couple, closely linked by a bond arranged her own life accordingly. she sees television shots showing 1989 without really understanding of love, work and the longing for a But never before has Oldřich met the terrible flood and the damage why. When the communist regime child. When Vladimir died, forty- a woman like Ljuba Pelíšková. She it caused in Prague, she decides in Czechoslovakia came to an five-year-old Vera feels she has is so intelligent, so well-educated to offer a temporary home to an end, Renata remained in Paris, sunk to rock bottom. But from her so beautiful! She is familiar with elderly lone woman. Vera arrives struggling on as best she could. husband’s estate surfaces a trail alternative medicine, understands next day. Thus begins the story She studied to become a journalist to a young woman, with whom herbs and massage techniques. of two lonesome old ladies with and only returned several years Vladimir had a child. She is a girl Oldřich is simply enchanted, he different characters and different later, convinced she was coming with a shady past, but Vera – gives up his stance of skeptical pasts, a story that is not really about home for good. But Renata found though in a state of shock – realizes rationalism and starts enthusing the flood disaster, but about human neither her friends’ open arms nor that little Vladimir is all that remains about positive thinking and rational loneliness, mutual confidence and the dear old places she knew so of her husband. She decides nutriment. Ljuba becomes his friendship. well. to take in Agatha and the child, guru – his spiritual teacher. He to live with her. However, soon never dreams that something much Festival Awards: Main Prize of the 98' afterwards Agatha disappears. more prosaic could be behind the Viewers‘ Jury at the International Vera is dismayed at first, but then great spiritual love that Ljuba keeps Television Festival in Rheims, videotape, m/e track, © 2006 she begins to look after the little talking about. France director: Andrea Sedláčková boy as if he were her own, and she is happy. But Agatha returns a few 84'27" 82' Rights Available: weeks later, determined to look videotape, m/e track, © 2006 videotape, m/e track, © 2005 TV Video Internet after the child properly herself.

Mother and child leave Vera’s director: Zdeněk Zelenka director: Jiří Strach house. So she is alone again, but she does not give in to despair, Rights Available: Rights Available: in fact this, her second loss, has TV Video Internet TV Video Internet

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Coup De Grace It’s a Dog’s Life The Snake Dance Ruth Sees Things Differently Rána z milosti Psí kus Hadí tanec Ruth to vidí jinak

A drama of contemporary days, a A contemporary comedy – an Violence in the home, that is a The story of two friends, pitted gripping crime story. absurd metaphor of marriage after subject spoken of ever more against one another through The night it happened, Aleš Berka twenty years. Mr. Otto Posta is a frequently. Physical and mental jealousy, whose relationship suffers the regional Police Chief was quiet person lacking assertivity and cruelty in the setting where one a chance blow at the hands of fate. celebrating his fiftieth birthday. A beside his dominant wife usually should feel absolutely safe, at Ruth and Magda have been mature, successful man at the peak feels in the doghouse. He goes to a home within the family circle, inseparable friends since of his life and career. The fact that psychiatrist for help but to no avail, can result in tragedy – given the childhood. Both get accepted to one of his guests has a car crash he gets worse and his feelings of general indifference that mankind university and both fall in love with on returning from the party, could self-worth keep diminishing, until suffers from these days. That is the same boy, Adam. have become a mere episode one day he truly does turn into a what happened in the case of Olga, of lesser importance – had the dog. His wife is in shock at first, an intelligent and highly educated 86' guilty party not been Radek Máša but she recovers soon enough, woman who was married at 27 to videotape, m/e track, © 2004 the boss of the local underworld, and her husband’s subservient a man twenty years older and of a and had his victim who ended up position as Otto the dog actually lower educational level. During the director: Jitka Němcová unconscious in hospital not been suits her very well. But oh dear, years when she was a home-maker, Martha, Berka junior’s beloved. Otto starts expressing all too much looked after three children and Rights Available: empathy for the neighbour’s fine was an obedient wife, everything TV Video Internet

70' bitch. And so he ends up in a home seemed to be all right. But in due for unwanted dogs. But then luck course Olga wanted to apply her videotape, m/e track, © 2005 smiles at him. He is taken home education and abilities by ﬁnding a director: Jiří Svoboda by a pleasant and what is more, job outside the home. This led to a rather good-looking widow, whose deep crisis in her marriage, a crisis Rights Available: kindness and loving care soon turn she was incapable of resolving. TV Video Internet Otto the dog back into Mr. Otto

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In Nomine Patris The Gentleman Companion The Black Miss, Miss Black Lessons in Dance and Love Společník Černá slečna slečna Černá Hodina tance a lásky

This film set in Bohemia during the A romantic comedy set in A black comedy about life and A drama based on the novel totalitarian regime in the 1950s is contemporary times, when – by about dying, where grief gives way by Pavel Kohout, set during a free reconstruction of the so – way of exception – it isn’t the poor to humour, emotion to wisdom – but the Second World War at called Miracle of Zivohošť, when an and honest girl who strikes gold, life and its unpredictable situations Theresienstadt concentration altar cross moved of its own accord but a poor and not quite honest wins above all. camp, during a single day. during holy services in small-town male music teacher. The story begins with three old Young Christine Kleinburger, church. In consequence of this Mikuláš Mysliveček teaches violin bachelors who decide to buy a daughter of the fort commander, affair, the Secret Police arrested playing at a music school. As a grave in a country cemetery – for arrives from bombarded Berlin and later brutally murdered the teacher he is paid a desperately low one of the threesome. They to join her parents. Christine is priest involved, Father Josef Toufar. salary, and so he makes an extra choose a grave decorated with a a ‘true’ German girl, brought up penny by playing at a nightclub in black sculpture of a woman. They to blind faith in Hitler’s ideology; Festival Awards: Prix Claude the evenings. But he still doesn’t decide to make a promise to this she is full of clichés and empty Santelli for the best TV film make enough. He has a very statue – the ‘Black Lady’ – that phrases but doesn’t really know 1st prize – TV Festival (France) dominating girl-friend who wants she would be the only woman in anything about life or the war. At 2005 them to get married, an eccentric their bachelor lives. However, Theresienstadt Fort, in the close father whose antics aren’t cut their fine plans are suddenly vicinity of the concentration camp, 97' short neither by his age, nor by the endangered when a local family Christine comes to face some real- rules of the old folks’ home where expresses interest in purchasing life scenes. Her parents’ world of videotape, m/e track, © 2004 he is living; and last but not least, this grave. In order to be able to the harmony, peace and security director: Jaromír Polišenský Mikuláš has a big dog. The man is hold on to their claim the three of home, as well as the black-and- so kind-hearted that he tends to be friends decide that one of them white world of good and evil seen Rights Available: used by others. When his dog – his would marry a seriously ill old lady, as yet only as mediated by their TV Video best friend – causes yet another who has but days to live. After her ‘wise’ teachers, are in danger of

expensive accident, Mikuláš is death they would bury her in ‘their’ being shattered. really broke. The only solution grave, which would thus ‘legalize’ he can see is to become a paid the situation for them. However, 106' companion to rich ladies. But will the dying woman is still very vital videotape, m/e track, © 2003 this really be the best solution? despite her sickness and she sees through their plan immediately. director: Viktor Polesný 87' Being a thoroughly practical soul, she does not mind. But life is much Rights Available: videotape, © 2003 more complicated and fate mixes TV

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Eden Arena of Ice Bonds of Blood 1–4 The New Breed 1–2 Poslední sezona Krev zmizelého Sametoví vrazi

The main hero of this gripping A dramatic view behind the 1. Winter 1939 A psychological murder mystery serial set in present times is magnificent coulisse of the world of 2. Spring 1945 about crime, love and betrayal… Honza Boudny, a detective. He ice-hockey. 3. Summer 1956 The film is based on a true event, was injured in a shoot-out during A story about what lies in the back- 4. Winter 1961 the most notorious case of stark a police action, with the result that ground of great sports matches. violence that took place since he is bound to a wheelchair for life. What is actually such a fight, how A stirring drama that follows the November 1989. They were the But for the resolute young man does failure taste, how much does tragic fate of a mother and later that so-called Orlik Murders this does not mean the end. While victory weigh? What it means to of her daughter during the fateful perpetrated during the first half of still at the rehabilitation centre in be up at the peak and how it hurts flow of history in Europe from the the 1990s, where the victims were Kladruby, his friend and colleague to fall down to rock bottom. How beginning of the Second World War found at the bottom of the Orlik dam Lada comes to him asking for help very difficult such a final season until the year 1961. lake in Bohemia. with a case that has its roots here can become. The stories of the The story begins in the early days The main protagonists of the film at this institution. After his release men and the battles they fight not of the war with a love story between are three business partners who from the centre Honza decides only on the ice. Stories about their Arno von Lieven, a Baltic aristocrat, are after big money and perpetrate to become a taxi driver. In a large wives, children, lovers, friends and and Helga, a Czech girl who is a four premeditated murders. Divers city like Prague there is no lack of enemies – all those whose lives member of a German hospital staff brought up the bodies of two out customers – nor of mysterious and cross each other’s paths in some in the Sudetenland. Arno had fled of the four victims from the lake. criminal cases in which a taxi driver way or other against the shining from the Soviet threat and took part The third victim died after being gets involved all too easily. And arena of ice. in the Finnish war as a volunteer. delivered a parcel that exploded, then of course he helps his former He fought against the Russians and the last victim was shot right colleagues to resolve them. 10× 53' alongside his Finnish comrades there in the house… and is injured in one of the battles. It was actually a much more videotape, m/e track, © 2006, 1× 77' Saved as if by miracle, he is extensive case, but in his film the co-production: J. B. J. Film, Luxor 5× 52' brought to the German hospital director mainly aims at unraveling director: Hynek Bočan where Helga is working. Helga the murderers’ motives. The story videotape, m/e track, 1. © 2005, helps him back to life. They fall in makes a thrilling and exciting film 2.–6. © 2007 Rights Available: love but their short love story has and also uncovers a broader range directors: Petr Nikolaev, TV Video Internet a tragic end with Arno’s voluntary of connected facts.

Jiří Chlumský death. However, a new life is to be The events that became the story born from their love… of this ﬁlm are fascinating and Rights Available: shocking. They show exceptional TV Video 1. 68'35" cruelty and an absolute absence of

2. 68'56" any moral values on the part of the 3., 4. 69'57" murderers.

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Suburb Village Green Town Square The Good Neighbourhood Příkopy Náves Náměstíčko Dobrá čtvrť

This series of six stories is a loose A proper village square should have The series of individual stories The story of this serial is set in continuation of the series Town a pub, a church, a village hall and in about the ordinary and extra- contemporary days and tells about Square and Village Green and we the middle a pond with a couple of ordinary joys and sorrows of the lives of a group of high-school return to some of their characters benches, where people can gossip everyday living in a small Czech students in their final year, their to follow the next phase in their about important happenings. The town is a riveting mosaic of parents and teachers. The young lives. The stories mainly pivot round Krepelka sisters, two lively old destinies linked through the setting people are on the threshold of life, family relationships, and children ladies who are featured throughout of the Town Square and two and life does mostly not consist of in particular – after all, children are the series of independent stories characteristic personalities – the fun and games. Life can be difficult our future. We bring them up and from the life of a contemporary lady in the newspaper booth and a and unfair and young people have look after them – but how well and Czech village, usually know about former inspector. to learn to accept its gifts and its for how long? We adore them – but everything that’s going on. And as minor and major losses; finally they how long? And sometimes we lose the village does not lie far from the 10× 52' come to terms with it all, each in his touch altogether. town of Bor, round whose town or her own way. videotape, m/e track, © 2004, square we already followed human co-production: Bull Film Co. Ltd. 6× 52' fates in the series Town Square, we 11× 53' shall find many a character we have director: Jaroslav Hanuš videotape, m/e track, © 2007, videotape, m/e track, © 2005 met before. co-production: Bull Film Co. Ltd. Rights Available: director: Karel Smyczek director: Jaroslav Hanuš 10× 52' TV Video Internet Rights Available: Rights Available: videotape, m/e track, © 2006, TV Video co-production: Bull Film Co. Ltd. TV Video Internet

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Sink or Swim Guardian of Souls Cops and Robbers Hospital at the End of the Hop nebo trop Strážce duší Četnické humoresky City Twenty Years on Nemocnice na kraji města The story of a group of thirty- A series of detective stories where This television series takes place po dvaceti letech somethings who are too old for realistic old mysteries are linked during the first Czechoslovak juvenile games and seemingly too with contemporary criminal cases. Republic (1918–1939). The The heroes and heroines of Dietl’s young to enter the adult world. Our guides through all the parts stories make use of the historical famous serial are back, let us see After her divorce, Bára Dušková are the author, who is fascinated existence of an investigative how life has treated them. must work and take care of her by the unsolved mysteries of the constabulary unit (the precursors This serial follows up on the two kids alone. Ten-year-old Ondráš past, and a student who has extra- of today’s detectives) and its previous serials about doctors and has little affection for P. E. or, sensory abilities. And of course the actual cases. At the time, the their patients, produced twenty for that matter, any other activity Guardian of Souls. constables were a key organization, years ago. The present story is involving movement, and his older helping to investigate and solve based on the passing of time and sister Marcelka is in the throes of 76'42" criminal activities in mainly the the natural aging of the characters, adolescent insolence. So Bára 8× 52' countryside and small towns. the changed political and social decides that the kids need to get The lead characters in the series videotape, © 2004 conditions in the Czech Republic. involved in sports. And she signs are constables from the Brno The children born in the first two them up for a ski camp offered directors: Juraj Deák, Dušan Klein, investigative unit who solve serials have grown up. The main at her work and organized by a Pavel Jandourek, Roman Motyčka, crime as part of their everyday characters take stock of their lives, colleague, an architect named Ivo Macharáček experience – from tragic and violent come to terms with the generation Mikuláš. She herself wants to go felonies to banal and even slightly Rights Available: problem, with latent racism, with along to prevent Mikuláš from being humorous cases of petty thievery crises brought about by new too hard on them, so she signs TV Video Internet and other wrongdoing. Each phenomena of the post-communist up as the trip’s nurse. A group of episode usually features a serious economy. The members of the Mikuláš’ friends decide to sleep case and one seemingly less young generation seek their right at the company cabin (without important. At the same time we are partners in love and their right paying) and Bára unexpectedly and given a peek into the private lives of niches in life. against her will gets embroiled in the officers in the investigative unit their affairs. At first her maturity and and thus get to know something 13× 57' responsibility drive them crazy but about their joys and cares, their eventually the group accepts her. loves and desires. videotape, m/e track, © 2003, Bára and her kids then spend many co-production: Media Consulting exceptionally pleasant days in their 26× cca 80' director: Hynek Bočan company videotape, m/e track, © 2000–2003 Rights Available: director: Antonín Moskalyk 4× 75' TV Video

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ANIMATION WITHOUT NARRATION FOR CHILDREN Honzik and Samuel 18 Babbie and Bertie 19 Honzík a Samuel Bambulka a Bazilínek The Doings of the Hippopotamus Family 18 Kanga, Roo and Dingo the Dog 19 Jak to chodí u hrochů Klok, Kloček a pes Dingo Bugo and Picola 18 Theresa in Trouble or Hopkin Intervenes 19 Bugo a Pikola Terezka v nesnázích aneb Hopkin zasahuje Bon Appetit, Your Lordship 18 Slip and Slap 19 Dobré chutnání, vaše lordstvo Štaﬂík a Špagetka

ANIMATION WITH NARRATION FOR CHILDREN Four Ears on the Field Path 20 Magic Tales 24 Čtyři uši na mezi Čarodějné pohádky Hushabyes 20 Mathylda 24 Hajadla Matylda Kayetan and the Blue Fox 20 Milk the Imp 24 Kajetán a modrá liška O raráši Mlíkovi Amina 20 Mufﬁe and Mufﬂes 24 Pučálkovic Amina Štuclinka a Zachumlánek Into the Fairy Tale 21 Mumps 25 Do pohádky Příušnice Stripey the Slumber Elf 21 Nils and the Wild Geese 25 O Kanafáskovi Nils a divoké husy Mach and Šebestova’s Travels 21 Oshtrozock 25 Mach a Šebestová na cestách Oštrozok Mach and Šebestová’s Summer Holidays 21 Razzokheil the Elf 25 Mach a Šebestová na prázdninách O skřítku Racochejlovi A-hunting We Will Go 22 Rumcais the Robber 26 Halali O loupežníku Rumcajsovi The Adventures of the Bee Teddies 22 Sophie, the ZOO Manager 26 Příběhy včelích medvídků Žofka ředitelkou ZOO The Enchanted Bell 22 Spooks and Goblins 26 O kouzelném zvonu Bubáci a hastrmani Follow the Plum Fragrance 22 Stories of Amelia the Forest Sprite 26 Putování za švestkovou vůní Říkání o víle Amálce Friends of Mr. Touch’n’go 23 Toronto Tom 27 Kamarádi pana Semtamťuka We Three Pals from the Band 27 From the Diary of a Third-grade Pupil, My tři braši od muziky or Edudant and Francimore 23 The Wonderful Show 27 Z deníku žáka III. B aneb Edudant a Francimor Báječná show Hazelnette 23 Yaya and Paya 27 Lískulka Jája a Pája Journey to the Sunset Land 23 Pouť do krajiny soumraku

ANIMATION FOR ADULTS Fimfarum 28 The Fall 29 Famfárum Pád A Crazy World 28 Bloodthirsty Hugo, an Eastern 29 Pakárna Eastern krvavý Hugo Tales from Pitsville 28 Thoughts 30 Pytlíkov Myšlenky Friction 28 Fables from the Garden 30 Fester nebo ﬁkce Bajky ze zahrady Pictographs 29 Mister Jaryn 30 Piktogramy Pan Jaryn A Prague Nocturn or the Closet 29 Uaa 30 Pražské nokturno aneb Komora Uáá [email protected] ANIMATION

Honzik and Samuel The Doings of the Bugo and Picola Bon Appetit, Your Lordship Honzík a Samuel Hippopotamus Family Bugo a Pikola Dobré chutnání, vaše lordstvo Jak to chodí u hrochů A series of animation cartoons for A cartoon animation series An animated series for young the youngest viewers. An original series of puppet featuring Bugo the bear, Picola children, featuring a lordly dog The heroes in these stories are a cartoons about a hippopotamus the penguin and their adventures and the cat and mouse servants boy named Honzik and his friend grandfather and grand son, and with a travelling circus. Whenever who must prepare his daily meal. Samuel, their little adventures. Human the caravan stops, they set out As lunch must be ready at twelve a polar bear. Whenever Samuel children could envy them for their to ex plore. Once, however, their sharp, the cat and mouse face doesn’t like something at home, imaginative games and ideas that curiosity gets the better of them great trouble and often have to he decides to run away north bring fun to their happy days. and Bugo and Picola end up on improvise. After all, catching a trout, beyond the Polar Circle. Honzik board an ocean liner, unsure if milking a goat or picking plums are tries to catch up with him in order 26× 6' they’ll be able to get back to the no easy tasks. to persuade him to return. Amidst safety of their circus caravan. Please note: This series is without the big chase and all kinds of funny 35mm, (1–13) © 2000, videotape narration but has a few short title- adventures, the fugitive ﬁnally (14–26) © 2005 7× 7' links which need to be dubbed. becomes the boy’s loyal protector. artist: Jan Balej 35mm, © 1998, 7× 7' 13× 8' Rights Available: co-production: Kabel Plus 35mm, © 1996 artist: Jaromír Gal videotape, © 2005, 2006 TV Video artist: Václav Mergl artist: Gabriel Filcík Rights Available: Rights Available: TV Video Rights Available: TV Video TV Video Internet

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Babbie and Bertie Kanga, Roo and Dingo the Dog Theresa in Trouble or Slip and Slap Bambulka a Bazilínek Klok, Kloček a pes Dingo Hopkin Intervenes Štaflík a Špagetka Terezka v nesnázích aneb A series without narration featuring An animated series for children Hopkin zasahuje Two dogs, one small and one large, the combined technique of cartoon without narration that focuses on have made a home together and are and puppet animation. Before a rather odd but happy little family Theresa is a good little girl who up to all sorts of things. Problems going to sleep, little Babbie drinks consisting of big Kanga, little Roo has wild dreams. And sometimes in come their way in the form of their from a cup with a rose painted on and a parrot. Their adversary, these dreams she tends to act a bit ever-squabbling neighbor, the it. The moment she falls asleep, Dingo the dog, causes a lot of naughty, just like any child. Luckily crow, who always manages to make little Bertie the dragon pops out of trou ble through his many attempts though, when she gets in a fix the dogs look bad – especially with the flower, wakes Babbie up and to steal Roo. But the kangaroos are her strong and clever, true friend, his own aims in view. carries her away. Each night after smart and they always defeat silly, Hopkin the Jumping-Jack, gladly an exciting adventure, Babbie slips greedy Dingo. helps Theresa out of whatever 13× 7' back into her bed and happily drops trouble she might be in. 35mm, © 1988–1990 back to sleep. 7× 6' 13× 8' artist: Zdeněk Smetana 7× 7' 35mm, © 1994–1995 artist: Ilja Novák 35mm, m/e track, © 1990–1995 Rights Available: 35mm, © 1993 TV artist: Josef Lamka artist: Eva Natus-Šalamounová Rights Available: TV Video Rights Available: Rights Available: TV TV Video

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Four Ears on the Field Path Hushabyes Kayetan and the Blue Fox Amina Čtyři uši na mezi Hajadla Kajetán a modrá liška Pučálkovic Amina

Two bunnies – a rabbit and a hare – The world of fantasy, adventure and The blue fox from the house sign The Czech actor Jindřich Plachta make their burrows on the same dreams is typical for human beings, in the Kampa district of Prague wrote a charming little book about field path. They meet in time, and but also resides in woodland comes alive and tells its story to a an enchanting puppy who turns become friends. They envy each clearings and thickets. Every little boy named Kayetan. The fox out not to be a puppy at all – but other this and that, quarrel at times forest creature longs for its own wants to take the boy into his world a young giraffe. This strange and even pick a fight – but finally special dream to come true. But of fantasy and fairytales. They jump creature, whom they find in the they realize that two pals can get who will arrange that for them? The through the spider’s web of eternal street is given the name Amina, and along just fine in one burrow. forest sprites of course, they call time together and find themselves Amina brings about many a funny themselves Hushabyes and just in the kingdom of wondrous situation in Counsellor Pučálka’s 13× 8' love a bit of teasing and fun. legends. family. Rosie makes a lasting pact of friendship with Amina and sees videotape, m/e track, © 2006 7× 8' 7× 8' to it that the swiftly growing giraffe artist: Rudolf Štorkán becomes a fully-fledged family videotape, m/e track, © 2005 videotape, m/e track, © 2005 member. Rights Available: artist: Jan Tománek artist: Marie Satrapová TV Video Internet 11× 8' Rights Available: Rights Available: videotape, m/e track, © 2004 TV Video Internet TV Video Internet

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Into the Fairy Tale Stripey the Slumber Elf Mach and Šebestova’s Travels Mach and Šebestová’s Do pohádky O Kanafáskovi Mach a Šebestová na cestách Summer Holidays Mach a Šebestová na In this animated series Honzik and Animated series about the Our inseparable twosome of prázdninách his friend Jurasek the dog lead friendship of a little boy Jonas and classmates, Mach and Šebestová, a group of children into the fairy a Slumber Elf called Stripey, who use their magic telephone receiver The animated series about two tale world. Our heroes decide looks like a fluffy duvet in a striped to take them to places all over school-children is full of funny and to liberate the princess who had gingham cover. the world, where they have some unusual stories that bring a smile been carried off by an evil dragon. Dreamspun Castle is the seat of unbelievable adventures. to every face. Mach and Šebestová On their journey the meet a giant, the Dream Wizard and the home of In Africa they compete in were once given a magic tele phone a magician, a water goblin and his subjects, Slumber Elves who performing magic tricks with the receiver which brings them many an many other fairy tale characters. help children fall asleep when their Medicine Man, at the North Pole adventure. They have a wonderful They find out that although things bed-time comes. Stripey, the most they search for a famous polar sum mer vacation with their dog are occasionally different than able among them, is chosen to deal scientist, in Paris they save Aunt Jonathan – turning Grandpa into in books, what is still valid is that with Jonas, who always thinks of Vilma from falling off the Eiffel Tarzan, helping a painter study courage and friendship win against all sorts of excuses why he cannot Tower, they return from Venice with Leonardo da Vinci, punishing all evil. sleep. But Stripey does not feel like as pigeons and even take a trip a greedy woman, causing a nice sleeping either. Every evening they to Hollywood, where their faithful little boy to disappear and actually 26× 8' play together, after which Jonas doggy pal Jonathan is to become a fulfilling a life-long dream for an old is fast asleep in a jiffy and has the film star after they had saved him in videotape, m/e track, © 2003–2005 lady. sweetest of dreams. the last minute from the clutches of artist: Pavel Koutský a dog-thief in Australia. 13× 7' 7× 7' Rights Available: 8× 7' 35mm, m/e track, © 1997, videotape, m/e track, © 2004, TV Video co-production: Krátký Film Praha co-production: Krátký Film Praha videotape, 35mm, m/e track, Internet © 2005 artist: Adolf Born only up to parts 14–26 artist: Galina Miklínová artist: Adolf Born Rights Available: Rights Available: Rights Available: TV TV Video Internet

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A-hunting We Will Go The Adventures of the Bee The Enchanted Bell Follow the Plum Fragrance Halali Teddies O kouzelném zvonu Putování za švestkovou vůní Příběhy včelích medvídků A series of cell animation cartoons Short animated ﬁlm by the young An animated series about a little for children, about Ferdinand Stories about two little bumblebees talented director A. Klimt and the dwarf who, after escaping from a Bullseye the hunter and his faithful who live in a cottage under the well-known de sign er M. Velíšek. silly, mean spirited goose, leaves dog Samson. They set out on heather. They are as naughty as any After years, the authors have his story-book life in an attempt to distant adventures to win hunting other little boys, making trouble for restored back to life the technique discover a true friend. In the real tro phies, but the animals are far their mother and all the insects in of the relief puppet. The inhabitants and often tough world he meets too clever – master and dog return the meadow. The gently portrayed, of a small town receive from Tibet several candidates, but human evil home empty-hand ed every time. child-like puppets with their simple, as a gift an en chant ed bell whose creates all kinds of ob sta cles. In But that doesn’t prevent them from witty di a logues and lyrics remind us harmonic chimes have the power of the end, however, the little dwarf planning ever new expeditions. of a picture books for little kids. awakening their kind-heartedness. manages to ﬁnd happiness. The enchanted bell stirs up great 7× 7' 20× 9' interest. The director of a circus 13× 7' tries to steel it, but it is soldiers 35mm, m/e track, English version, 35mm, m/e track, © 1998, 35mm, m/e track, © 1984, 1994 of a foreign army who eventually © 1996, co-production: ANI Film co-production: Krátký Film Praha artist: Ivo Houf steel the bell and recast it into a artist: Pavel Koutský gun which they take to the east. artist: Dagmar Berková Rights Available: A forgotten circus elephant and little Rights Available: Rights Available: TV Susan succeed in bringing the gun TV Video back, recast it into the bell again TV Video

and return it to its original place in the church on the rock over the little town. For their heroic deed they are appropriately awarded by the grateful inhabitants. This is a fairy tale for viewers from 5 to 105, told in a lively and humorous way.

Festival Awards: Children’s jury prize for TV ﬁlms International Animated Film Festival Annency, 1999 l Special Mention of the Jury for the Short Film Cinema Jove Valencia, 1999 l Poznan Goats to Martin Velíšek ALEKINO, Poznan, 2000

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Friends of Mr. Touch’n’go From the Diary Hazelnette Journey to the Sunset Land Kamarádi pana Semtamťuka of a Third-grade Pupil, or Lískulka Pouť do krajiny soumraku Edudant and Francimore Charles and Betty are friends of Z deníku žáka III. B aneb Friendly Hazelnette is a vivacious, A Red-Indian tale of times long past a crazy inventor – Mr. Touch’n’go. Edudant a Francimor inquisitive and courageous little about the Sun Mother who did not In spite of the fact that Betty is in girl born from a hazelnut. On her like people and wanted to destroy a wheelchair, she does same things way through life she visits a great them by her blazing heat. To defend An animated serial about Edudant and makes the same mischief as variety of places (forest, mead ow, them selves, people send a water and Francimore, sons of the witch other children. In each episode underworld, human world, fairy tale serpent and a rattlesnake to kill and herb doctor Frumpyhex. The we are treated to the unusual land, undersea king dom etc.) and her. But the impatient rattlesnake boys enjoy helping their mother adventures of the inventor and his makes many friends along the way. stings by mistake the Sun Mother’s with her witchcraft, which gives friends. daughter. The grief-stricken mother them an opportunity to learn many 13× 7' retires to her dwelling place, a trick. They love entertaining 7× 7' and the world grows dark. The their classmates with them and 35mm, m/e track, © Fedor Gál, desperate people ﬁrst try in vain videotape, m/e track, are ever willing to lend a helping Krátký Film Praha, 1998 to bring the daughter back to the © AAA Studio 1999 hand. Everything doesn’t always artist: Vlasta Baránková world from the Sunset Land. Then quite work out, but when the worst artists: Dagmar Doubková, they send the most beautiful girls comes to the worst there is always Jan Tománek Rights Available: and young men to comfort the Sun their witch-mummy Frumpyhex to TV Video Mother and divert her by dance turn to. Rights Available: and music. Finally they succeed: The serial is based on a book by TV Video they make the Sun Mother laugh, the popular Czech humourist Karel and light spreads all over the world Poláček. once again.

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Magic Tales Mathylda Milk the Imp Mufﬁe and Mufﬂes Čarodějné pohádky Matylda O raráši Mlíkovi Štuclinka a Zachumlánek

A cartoon series inspired by the A series of originally cut cartoons Cut animation series about a young Cut animation series about two charming tales of Josef Štefan about an arrogant duck who boy whose friendship with a forest forgotten children who take Kubín (writer of tales for children loves to give ev ery one advice, imp helps him to overcome the care of a snow-cov ered cottage, and prose for adults based on but then watches the results in intrigues of an evil witch. abandoned by a sick gaffer. Czech folklore; 1864–1965). amaze ment. She’s a kind-hearted A village boy, Kuba, gets lost deep The gaffer and Muffie live in a Once upon a time, there was a duck, however, and so would gladly in the forest, home of nymphs, wild cottage by the woods. The gaffer father who had seven children – six set right what she has spoiled. woodmen, and other remarkable was used to keeping his strength sons and one daughter. He sent Mathylda is always prepared to give fairy-tale creatures, including a up by eating toast and garlic, but them, one by one, out into the wide further good advice to any and all witch who harms people in any a bad year came and the garlic world to ac quire experience; and living creatures. way she can. Kuba rescues Milk, didn’t amount to much. The gaffer they all dis tin guished themselves, a forest imp who refused to serve becomes ill and must go to the each in a dif fer ent way. His eldest 33× 7' the hag, and together the set to hospital, and Muffie must take son mar ried the smart fairy Amelia, battling against her scheming. It’s charge of the house. It is a good 35mm, m/e track, © 1999–2002, who then helped his brothers and not easy, but none of her spells thing that she’s got her bosom 2005, co-production: ANIMA sister. can stop Kuba and Milk who don’t friend Muffles to help out in any artist: Eva Sýkorová-Pekárková give up until a devil carries the hag way he can. In fact, he’s the first 7× 8' off to hell. But the old hag does to notice a small green leaf pok ing Rights Available: not give up even after she ends up up through the gaffer’s garlic bed. 35mm, m/e track, © 2002, TV Video in hell. She is contriving to marry Last year’s forgotten cloves are co-production: Krátký Film Praha Belzebub, the King of Hell, become sprout ing and that means that the artist: Tomáš Paul the Devil Queen and destroy gaffer will soon be better and return everything nice and good on Earth. home. Rights Available: TV 13× 8' 10× 7'

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Mumps Nils and the Wild Geese Oshtrozock Razzokheil the Elf Příušnice Nils a divoké husy Oštrozok O skřítku Racochejlovi

An animated program about An animated series based on the The series tells the story of a This series about an elf comes everything that happens during a book by Swedish Nobel Prize famous writer and animal lover from the workshop of Czech artist month of vacation before little six- winning author Selma Lagerlöf Mr. Lorence, whose household Zdeněk Smetana, the creator year-old Maria goes to first grade. about a little boy who is learning is increased by a most fantastic of such popular ‘bedtime story’ Memories of childhood illness to understand nature, animals and creature one day. Till then Mr. cartoons as Stories from the Moss mix with those of moving to a new people – and in the process learns Lorence’s family had consisted and Fern and Reedy. Razzokheil is apartment, getting to know mother’s to understand himself. An elf turns of his housekeeper Mathylda, a busy-body of an elf who lives in new part ner, and, above all, waiting young Nils into a dwarf because he his bodyguard Frigo the dog, a hat-cottage in the dense forest. for the arrival of a new sibling. mistreats animals and humans. Nils Liza the cat and Marianna the His meddling often gets him into travels on the back of a boastful mastiff. Suddenly this Oshtrozock trouble, but there are always plenty Festival Awards: 1st Prize in gander who joins other wild geese Sharpalicus turns up – it was of friends around to lend a helping category Animation – Prix Danube flying north to Lapland. During his born as an idea in Mr. Lorence’s hand. 1999 travels Nils faces various dramatic mind. But the idea got stuck in his situations and realizes how difficult head and oh dear, how it plagued 26× 8' 8' it is for little creatures who are him until the witch brought it 35mm, m/e track, © 1997, 2000, dependent on others for help. out! Oshtrozock looks like many 35mm, © 1998, co-production: Danone creatures jumbled together, alike co-production: FAMU 7× 8' none other. It has the magic artist: Zdeněk Smetana artist: Mária Procházková power to help animals and people 35mm, m/e track, © 1998, live together with affection and Rights Available: Rights Available: co-production: Krátký Film Praha kindness. TV Video

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Rumcais the Robber Sophie, the ZOO Manager Spooks and Goblins Stories of Amelia the Forest O loupežníku Rumcajsovi Žofka ředitelkou ZOO Bubáci a hastrmani Sprite Říkání o víle Amálce Rumcais the Robber started life as A joyful cell-animation series for A cut animated series taken from a decent cobbler in Wallenstein’s children about animals with human Josef Lada’s popular children’s In the colour cartoon series, town of Jičín. characteristics. Sophie the monkey book about unfrightening ghosts children experience many exciting He only started living as a robber works as manager of the zoo and whose main purpose in the world is adventures with Amelia, the clever after his big quarrel with the must face all kinds of prob lems. to play with children. little forest sprite, who protects her powerful and mighty Zbyněk the tapir, Mr. Wolf and In and around the village of Syslov, forest friends from people intent on Of his world, after which he was Jirka the sloth need help, while the ghosts live in uncommon harmony disturbing thein peace. exiled from town. He settled in the Gorillas, Ostriches and Mr. Fox with the local inhabitants and their nearby woods of Řáholec, but only need to be taught a lesson. With children. Josef Lada endowed his 13× 7' people who who came with evil the help of the other zoo animals ghosts with the character traits humans and fairy – tale begins. The Sophie always knows what to do. of ordinary country people, and videotape, 35mm, m/e track, stories round Rumcais the robber, regards the troubles and joys of © 1974 his wife Manka and their little boy 7× 7' both people and ghosts with the artists: Bohumil Šiška and Václav Cipísek same loving humor. 35mm, m/e track, © 1996, Bedřich Are amongst the most successful of co-production: Krátký Film Praha the Czechoslovak animated series. 20× 8' Rights Available: artist: Adolf Born TV 19× 8' 35mm, m/e track, © 1999–2000, Rights Available: 2002 videotape, 35mm, m/e track, TV artist: Josef Lada © 1971–1983 artist: Radek Pilař Rights Available: TV Video Rights Available: TV

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Toronto Tom We Three Pals from the Band The Wonderful Show Yaya and Paya My tři braši od muziky Báječná show Jája a Pája

Merry tales of tomcat Toronto Tom Alois and Emil, two Czech The animated series is based on A puppet series for pre-schoolers. who has come from Canada to musicians, are preparing to set La Fontaine’s fables. The generally Brothers Paya and Yaya are two catch fish in Bohemia. out into the world and Theresa the known and less well known fables good village boys who are alone in The main hero of the story is tomcat pig would be glad to accompany full of life’s truths and experience the world with the exception of kind Tom who lives in Toronto but has them on their musical wanderings. are set into the attractive world of old Lebeda. The boys were taught numerous cat relatives in Bohemia, Because she’s a pig with a good a great TV show. The entertainer is hard lessons at a tender age and in the town of Kittyville. When he heart, the moon gives her a bit of a duckbilled platypus who explains know that in order to receive they re ceives a tempting telegram: its magic power, and Alois and Emil the meaning of the different fables must also give. But their neighbor “Tom, come, they’re biting!”, he teach her to play. And so the three in an amusing form comprehensible Mr.Meanie is a miser who often takes off on a journey to Bohemia pals take their music from town to for children. tricks the boys in order to cheat where he im me di ate ly sets into town, experiencing more than one Some melodious songs enhance them. Fortunately, wise old Lebeda fishing and catch ing mice with the fairy-tale adventure along the way. this film, created in a combination intervenes to help Yaya and Paya other cats. The results of the hunt of classical cell animation and out-fox old Meanie. are always nil, and Tom or one 20× 7' plasticine puppets with computer of the others always ends up the models and special effects. 26× 8' 35mm, m/e track, © 1999, 2003 loser. But Tom, never one to give In these modern times even adults 35mm, m/e track, © 1986–1987, up, tirelessly supplies the others artist: Stanislav Duda will enjoy being reminded of the 1995–1996, co-production: aiF with energy and advice. traditional wisdom presented in the old fables. artist: Jan Tippmann 13× 7' Rights Available: 73' or 8× 8' Rights Available: 35mm, m/e track, © 1999, 2000 TV Video TV videotape, m/e track, © 2001, artist: Marie Satrapová 2003, co-production: QQ Studio Rights Available: Ostrava and Mr. A-Z Production TV Video artist: Josef Quis

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Fimfarum A Crazy World Tales from Pitsville Friction Famfárum Pakárna Pytlíkov Fester nebo ﬁkce

Fimfarum (phim-pha-rum) is a An animation series for young An animation serial for the whole An existential biography of a magic cane, the only in the world. people of whatever age. The main family. mad scientist from Green Bay, However it is also the name of characters are a foursome of The heroes – Vendelin and Wisconsin who has written many a book full of gentle fairy tales teenagers, who comment the world Christopher – are typical teenager dangerous books and whose works about various human weaknesses around them in terms typical for schoolboys, and they have their have recently affected the political and virtues, as well as a range of their age – that is to say they are own way of commenting and order. successful puppet films to entertain short, to the point and they do not handling the rumours spread by the and educate filmgoers of all ages. mince their words. media that shock the fictitious small Festival Awards: Gold Medal town in which the brothers and their Experimental Films Category – The fairy tales can also be used 13× 15' parents live. Education Channel’s Ninth Annual individually. Independents’ Film & Video videotape, © 2006, 13× 12' Festival, 2002 Festival Grand co-production: Alkay Animation Festival Award: 5th International Prize and Special Jury Prize – Prague videotape, m/e track, © 2006, Festival of Animated Films Ani Fest Dahlonega International Film co-production: QQ Studio 2006 in Třeboň award for best full- artist: Tomáš Vlasák Festival, 2002 1st Prize in the length film artists: Lukáš Najbrt, Petr Chytil category of Experimental Films – Rights Available: International Film Festival of Fine Rights Available: 96'40" TV Video Internet Arts, Szolnok, Hungary 2002

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Pictographs A Prague Nocturn or the The Fall Bloodthirsty Hugo, an Eastern Piktogramy Closet Pád Eastern krvavý Hugo Pražské nokturno aneb A stylized animation documentary – Komora A bizarre, even absurd puppet The film animation technique of a poetic picture collage about one film full of black humor that will pixilation was used in this short day in a large city. One of those An animated film for adults which completely shock you while making comedy. The notorious criminal days when nothing much happens takes a peek into the human soul. you laugh. It presents a day on a Bloodthirsty Hugo has broken out to us and yet that day forms an The hero enters a dark closet gray Moscow street during which of prison again. He is an arsonist, indivisible part of our existence. It’s and looks around. There he sees life and death are treated rather has no respect for old people and about our very dreams consisting of various figures symbolizing different cavalierly – passersby watch with absolutely no maiden in the region the chance pictures and frag ments aspects of relationships (self- their own per son al in ter est while an is safe with him on the loose. In of the lives we pass, un know ing… It interest, misunderstandings, the old man hangs onto the edge of a order to catch him his pursuers set is an inner realm in the stage setting yearning for love, the emotional roof. In the mean time, the mis hap of a trap with irresistible bait: a lovely of the real world. void, etc.) and witnesses their in ter- several old hags and an un for tu nate maiden bending over her washing ac tion. tomcat create a situation typical for by a stream. 10' This film is about making de ci sions the Russian imagination and lit er a ture of the be tween-war Festival Awards: 1st Prize – Cergy 35mm, © 2000, and the need to take a positive period, the dif fi cult time in which it Pontoise, Paris 1998 Finalist for co-production: BIONAUT, SAF step in the face of negative circumstances – humans simply was written. Student Oscar Prize 1998 artist: Mária Procházková cannot avoid be ing touched by Festival Awards: events. Golden Danzante 6' Rights Available: (Main Prize) & Don Quijote Award 35mm, © 1997, TV Video & Special Mention – Festival de 7' co-production: FAMU Cine de Huesca, 2000 Prize 35mm, © 1998, Laboratorio Mediterraneo – Alpe artist: Aurel Klimt co-production: Tereza Kučerová Adria Cinema, Italy, 2000 Rights Available: artist: Tereza Kučerová 15' TV

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Thoughts Fables from the Garden Mister Jaryn Uaa Myšlenky Bajky ze zahrady Pan Jaryn Uáá

The story of a boy who, while A short animation fable in A series of cell animation blackouts An animated film without narration playing with a tape recorder, which animals take on human without narration for adults. for all ages about what happens discovers a way of read ing other characteristics. In this case not Mr. Jaryn, a man in his best years, when a young married couple have people’s thoughts. When he very complimentary for humankind. resolves ordinary and extraordinary their first child. Baby is treated to investigates his parents’ minds The events that take place under situations in a very characteristic all the loving care rec om mend ed he realizes that their heads are the blades of grass and flowers of way. by modern parenting theories, but cluttered with all sorts of things, an ordinary garden seem to reflect He thus gets into situations too he decides to create his own rules. though neither spends much the very image of human behaviour. funny for words, situations that The question is, of course, which time thinking about him. As manage to surprise even… Mister side will win out in the end. compensation, he is happy to find 9' Jaryn. a girl thinking about him, someone 11' 35mm, © 1999, who may even think him worthwhile. 10× 30" co-production: ANIfilm 35mm, © 1992 videotape, © Nykl Film 1995 8' artist: Galina Miklínová artist: Dagmar Doubková artist: Jiří Nykl 35mm, © 1990 Rights Available: Rights Available: Rights Available: artist: Jindřich Kovařík TV TV Video

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FAIRY-TALES An Angel of the Lord 32 The Emperor and the Drummer 34 Anděl Páně Císař a tambor Sleeping Beauty 32 Ernestine the Fairy 34 O Šípkové Růžence O víle Arnoštce Water Nymph 32 Gillian and the Wildradish Vixen 35 Voděnka Vohnice a Kiliján The Stone Key 32 The Golden Princess 35 Kamenný klíč Zlatá princezna The Barley Boy 33 Lace for the Wedding 35 O Ječmínkovi O svatební krajce Malvina 33 Miraculous Swords 35 Malvína Zázračné meče The Devil Knows Why 33 The Princess from the Mill 36 Čert ví proč Princezna ze mlejna A Royal Promise 33 Rufﬁano and Sweeteeth 36 Královský slib Lotrando a Zubejda Apple Maiden 34 The Taste of Love 36 Jabloňová panna Jak chutná láska The Bride with the Big Feet 34 When the Swords Are Ringing 36 Nevěsta s velkýma nohama Zvonící meče

DRAMA Maharal 37 Daddy 38 Maharal – tajemství talismanu Taťka Aliens in Colorado 37 Kidnapped Home 38 Vetřelci v Coloradu Únos domů An Ark for Voyta 37 The Ring 38 Archa pro Vojtu Kruh Arthur, Merlin and the Prchliks 37 St. Nicholas is in Town 38 Artuš, Merlin a Prchlíci Městem chodí Mikuláš

SERIES Cubbies I. 39 Our Striped Friends 40 Méďové I. Pruhovaní kamarádi Cubbies II. A Story for Annie 39 The Little Rover 40 Méďové II. Povídání pro Aničku Tuláček Little Brothers 39 The Seven of Spades Ranch 40 Bráškové Ranč U Zelené sedmy The Otter Baby 39 Love Lost 40 Vydrýsek O ztracené lásce Boys from the Castle 39 Kluci ze zámku

EDUCATIONAL The Little Building Blocks 41 World Geography 41 Kostičky Paciﬁc Islands 1–10, Northern and Southern Alaska 11–12 Wisenose 41 Zeměpis světa Moudronos Příběhy ostrovních říší Paciﬁku, Severní a jižní Aljaška Waterbirds 41 The Children’s Encyclopedia of the World 41 Vodní ptáci Dětská encyklopedie světa

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An Angel of the Lord Sleeping Beauty Water Nymph The Stone Key Anděl Páně O Šípkové Růžence Voděnka Kamenný klíč

A tale about love, forgiveness and The classical fairy-story about This is a cheerful fairy-tale about a An imaginative story about true the ability to help others selflessly. beautiful Princess Rosemary and water-nymph from a forest well, a friendship, set in contemporary Angel Petronel is a charming the evil spell that was to doom her young potter and spooks from the times. muddle-pate, whatever he touches to eternal sleep when she pricks marshes. Tom is a boy who is guilty of he wrecks or ruins, even the her finger on a rose thorn at the age Nymphie is a real live girl, an having groundlessly killed a living honourable office he is entrusted of sixteen. But luckily, in the world orphan who had been brought up creature – a snake – and he must with as Guardian of the Heavenly of fairy-tales there are also good by three bewitching aunties. One now pay for the life he has taken Gate. By way of punishment, God fairies who help mortals whenever day jirkathe potter and Vodenka with his own. His friend Bara tries sends him down to Earth, so that he they can; and, first and foremost, lose their way in marshes and fall in to explain what happened to Tom learns about how hard it is to live a there is the invincible power of love, love with each other.It is no simple to the adults, but no-one believes blameless life. But what a calamity strong enough to waken a whole matter to liberate the girl from a her. And so Bara decides to liberate it becomes, having this scatterbrain sleeping kingdom. And it doesn’t magic spell, but true love always Tom on her own. try to convince people that he is always have to be a Prince’s love… wins. God’s messenger! Moreover, what 57' can one expect of an angel who is 57' 57' videotape, English subtitles, naïve enough to believe that Uriah videotape, English subtitles, videotape, English subtitles, m/e track, © 2005 the Devil is his friend! Luckily he m/e track, © 2006 m/e track, © 2005 director: Milan Cieslar has support up in Heaven – all the director: Otakar Kosek saints and their miracles. Finally director: Zdeněk Zelenka Rights Available: he grows wise he is even willing Rights Available: TV Video Internet to go to hell in order to help the Rights Available: TV Video Internet blossoming of a romance between TV Video Internet

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Festival Awards: Ota Hofman’s 38th Children’s Film Festival and Television Festival 2006 in Ostrov. The Ota Hofman Prize for best work in category up to 12 years Special Jury Prize for the work with the strongest moral message – for script-writer Lucie Konášová The Children and Youth Jury – awarded the Crystal gem Viewers‘ category up to age12

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The Barley Boy Malvina The Devil Knows Why A Royal Promise O Ječmínkovi Malvína Čert ví proč Královský slib

A TV fairy-tale based on the legend The whimsical story of Malvína, a King Dobromil is a good and just A romantic fairy-tale where the about King Barley, who, it is said, disobedient fairy who is banished king, but he spends more time royal promise is a law and love can will appear when the people of from Queen Harabundie’s in foreign battlefields than in his overcome any obstacle. Moravia are in dire need. community after she pulls as kingdom and so the land is ruled by It was during a raging battle many Lovely Marina’s wedding to Jan, especially dirty trick. A young a greedy Minister who has signed a years ago that a king promised Margrave of Moravia, should have lieutenant named Arthur finds the contract with the devil. In exchange his dying friend to take the latter’s been the happiest day in their forlorn Malvína, and the two of for bringing the king to penury daughter into his family one day. lives. But an evil fairy casts a spell them seem to have more than just and finally to hell, he himself was The young prince has now come on Jan, he drives his young wife something in common. Malvína to climb the throne. And the evil of age and the time has come for away and rules his land with a cruel continues to use her magic powers Minister nearly had his way – were the king to keep his prom ise – he hand. Prince Barley, the son of Jan whenever she feels wronged, or it not for Princess Annie, Prince celebrates the engagement of his and Marina, was born in a barley when she wishes to please or help Philip and Apolena the herb-lady. son with the daughter of the faith ful field – and he and his mother enjoy her new friends. She creates so Because not even the plots of hell friend who had saved his life. The the protection of the good fairies. much confusion, however, that itself can win over true love. princess arrives at the splendid Armed with magic gifts, as a young things get completely out of hand. cel e bra tion and the two young man Barley sets out to relieve his But love is the strongest magic of 99' people soon fall in love – but each people of his father’s cruel rule. all, something even the fairy queen falls in love with someone else. 35mm, English subtitles, m/e must respect when conjuring up a How can this complicated sit u a tion track, © 2003, co-production: 61' curse. be resolved? The king is wise but VERBASCUM Co. Ltd. hardheaded and refuses to break videotape, English subtitles, 58' director: Roman Vávra his word. But the prin cess is wise m/e track, © 2003 and witty, and as she lets true love videotape, English subtitles, director: Milan Cieslar Rights Available: lead her, she finds the right way. m/e track, © 2003 TV Video Internet Theatrical

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Apple Maiden The Bride with the Big Feet The Emperor and the Drummer Ernestine the Fairy Jabloňová panna Nevěsta s velkýma nohama Císař a tambor O víle Arnoštce

A deep and dark forest hides the An adventure tale of chivalric A story based on legends about Amusing fairy tale about the little ruins of a house and the secrets romance, based on the legend Emperor Joseph II. Like him, fairy- fairy Ernestine, who breaks with of the family which once inhabited about King Pippin the Short and tale Emperor Maximilian slips out buoyant elegance and gentle it. The father lived happily there Bertha, Princess of Hungary. of his castle in dis guise in order to charm all the rules of ‘fairy-like’ with his son and daughter until King Pippin is a wise ruler and learn about the lives of his subjects. behaviour – as if she were not a he brought home a new wife, a courageous warrior, the best knight On one of his secret excursions fairy at all… Though the King of the cruel and vicious woman who is, in in the land. Unfortunately he is he meets a drummer returning Fairy Mead tries his best to keep reality, a witch. She destroys the somewhat short in stature and is from the wars. They become Ernestine’s lineage top secret, her house and changes the children in therefore not very lucky with the friends and have many adventures love for an earthly prince finally apples hanging on a tree. ladies. So he decides to bring in together, even facing up to a gang brings her to the arms of her true Ev ery thing would have remained in a Princess from a foreign land. of robbers. They are, how ev er, par ents. this terrible state if chance had not Princess Bertha has a beautiful harmed more by the stupidity and led a young prince to lose his way figure, she is lovely and clever, but treachery of humans who nearly 51' in the forest and discover the apple her feet don’t exactly correspond to bring them to the scaffold. This videotape, m/e track, © 2001 maiden. Based on a classic fairy the conception of a noblewoman’s thrilling story re flects friendship, tale, the film was shot on location at tiny foot. That is surely no obstacle humor and love, and, as in every director: Dušan Klein several beautiful Czech castles. and the wedding preparations can good fairy-tale, even the gloomiest begin. We find that much more pros pects turn out well. Rights Available: 48' important things can arise to spoil TV Video

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Gillian and the Wildradish The Golden Princess Lace for the Wedding Miraculous Swords Vixen Zlatá princezna O svatební krajce Zázračné meče Vohnice a Kiliján A fairy tale about many different A romantic fairy-tale about a An adventurous fairy-tale comedy A humorous tale about the power forms of love and the power of naughty princess who stopped abounding with heroic duels, of true love which withstands all forgiveness, con tain ing a mes sage being followed by strokes of bad intrigue and love, an independent ad ver si ties, surmounts all ob sta cles which is very ‘up-to-date’ and luck only when she comprehended sequel to the story When the presented by all sorts of bans – and surprisingly relevant for the world that she alone could decide on her Swords are Ringing. defeats all kinds of ‘hoodoos’. The of today: being different does not future, on her fate. Young King Valentin ascends the WILDRADISH VIXEN is a ﬂower mean being inferior or worse than throne when his father decides to in one sense, and a forest fairy others. 80' retire. But ambitious Count Meron longs for power and the royal in another, who lives in a world of videotape, m/e track, © 2003 magic creatures governed by the 57' throne; he tries to poison Valentin director: Jiří Chlumský and manages to put the blame Silver Hata. Silver Hata has lost videotape, m/e track, © 2001 trust in peo ple’s goodness and on Peter, the king’s best friend. Rights Available: in the power of love. Therefore director: Moris Issa The young queen knows nothing she em ploys all sorts of mag ic to TV Video of this, as she and her sister are Rights Available: frustrate the Wildradish Vixen’s love travelling to their father’s bedside. TV Video The journey is quite dangerous as for Prince Gillian. Nor does Queen Filomena fancy the idea that her highwaymen are at rampage in the son should fall in love with a forest forests. The old king temporarily fairy… well you have to admit that appoints treacherous Count Meron a fairy can hardly be expected to to act on behalf of his sick son. It make the right kind of wife for the is all going from bad to worse, but successor to the throne? What the luckily there is also Maruna the prince needs is a rich wife! But good witch, and the magic swords. Gillian is determined never to give And then – we’re in a fairy-tale. up his fairy sweetheart… In the end So evil is justly punished, good is even the callous Silver Hata comes rewarded and all lovers ﬁnd a happy to un der stand that true and faithful end. love does exist in the human world and is able to overpower all sorts 63' of magic. videotape, m/e track, © 2002 63' director: Miroslav Sobota videotape, m/e track, © 2001 Rights Available: TV Video Internet directors: Věra Šimková-Plívová, Drahuše Králová Rights Available: TV Video

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The Princess from the Mill Rufﬁano and Sweeteeth The Taste of Love When the Swords Are Ringing Princezna ze mlejna Lotrando a Zubejda Jak chutná láska Zvonící meče

A fairy story based on South- A comedy for the whole family full A romantic comedy fairy-tale about A romantic fairy tale full of duels, Bohemian motifs, about Henry the of funny misunderstandings, humor the Princess who dreamed about intrigue, and danger – but of love country lad who won the hand of and love, from the screenwriter great and passionate love but did and laughter as well. pretty Eliska despite the goblin and of Kolya, 1997’s Oscar for Best not know how to be loving. The evil and vengeful Prince devil’s tricks. Foreign Film. Deep in the forest Princess Lucy is a sweet and tender Gaston cannot reconcile himself Henry always loved his lives Ruffiano, and old bandit too girl but all her suitors end up in the to the fact that his older brother grandmother’s stories and so he busy robbing to take notice of his castle dungeon. She only finds the has inherited the crown and the sets out one day to find and liberate son. He sends young Ruffiano to knight of her dreams in romantic government of the coun try. And his own princess – she is sure to school at a monastery, but on his novels and she tries to cast herself so with the substantial help of an be waiting for him somewhere. He deathbed makes the youngster into the mould of their ethereal evil witch he hatches a vile plot comes to a mill where the miller has promise to continue with the heroines. So she refuses to eat, to revenge himself on the three a good and lovely daughter. Eliska family business. When put to the causing worry to her father and people who, in his final bid for is wooed by a goblin and a devil test, young Ruffiano finds he is their faithful servants. The young victory, pre vent ed him from seizing and even by the Count, but she has no ruffian – but in the process a cook is in love with her and finally the royal crown. These three are eyes only for Henry. But the young woodcutter teaches him how to fell he and the King show the Princess his nephew Valentin – the future man neither sees nor hears this, trees. In the meantime, a Sultan that hunger is the best cook and king, his wife Alexandra, and the he only dreams about princesses is searching for a doctor to cure that the best meal is one enjoyed brave knight Krištof – Alexandra and only in the nick of time does he his ailing daughter, Sweeteeth. after a hard day’s work. And that and her father’s great friend. The realize into whose net his heart is Mistakenly, young Ruffiano and the a grand passion need not always prince does not hesitate to use any caught. woodcutter come to the Sultan’s have a tragic end. means necessary, and for a long palace and manage to cure the time it seems that he will succeed in Festival Awards: 1994 – Child Princess – with sunshine, fresh air 65' carrying out his abominable plans. viewer’s prize – The New-Town and, most importantly, with love. But love is stronger than envy, and videotape, m/e track, © 2002 Pot of Laughter Best woman when the good witch Maruna adds actor – The Ota Hofmann Film 100' director: Jana Semschová the final helping touch everything in and Television Festival, Ostrov the end turns out well. 35mm, videotape, English subtitles, nad Ohří The Ota Hofmann Rights Available: m/e track, © 1997, prize – a crystal vase Best TV Video 62' co-production: Mirage Production comedy performance prize for Service videotape, m/e track, © 2000 Yvetta Blanarovičová The “Blue Telephone” prize for episode role to director: Karel Smyczek director: Miroslav Sobota Ladislav Županič – MFF Giffoni Rights Available: Rights Available: 106' TV Video TV Video

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Maharal Aliens in Colorado An Ark for Voyta Arthur, Merlin and Maharal – tajemství talismanu Vetřelci v Coloradu Archa pro Vojtu the Prchliks Artuš, Merlin a Prchlíci The holiday-time adventure story Amusing present-day story; the A story set in present times, about a about three Prague children – chief characters are three children family with a Down-syndrome child. Arthur is the Prchlik family darling Alena, David and Ondra and the who have set off on an adventurous Little Voyta’s parents decided to Dalmatian and village pet. Grandma charismatic treasure seeker Aaron holiday trip. bring him home from the institution, Prchlik is somewhat muddle- Cohen takes us to the mysterious Rick, Pete and Jane secretly ‘Akeep despite his problem. They want him headed and lets a stray dog in by places of old Prague, to the ruins of an eye’ (or ‘spy on’, if you prefer) to lead as much of a normal life as mistake. This Mer lin is the spit ting an ancient water castle and among on their elder brothers who have possible, the way healthy children image of Arthur, just as beautiful some strange beings from times set out on a trip to Colorado. Little do. But the task is not a simple but much naughtier. The neighbors long bygone. Those are the settings Rick believes that he will reach one, neither for them nor for Voyta’s soon lose track of which dog is of the exciting search for the the ‘real’ Colorado, and meet ‘the sister Anna. The twelve-year-old which and many hilarious situations mysterious talisman, Golem and the Aliens’. What really happens is not girl learns to handle her feelings arise to plague the adults and legendary Stone of the Sages… all that fan tas tic but quite thrilling towards her brother and also her delight the children. nevertheless. The children free friends’ reactions to the child that is 100' their older pals from sub ser vi ence ‘different’. 76' 5× 25' to a village gang; they will help to catch thieves who have been 60' 35mm, m/e track, © 1995, 35mm, m/e track, © 2007, Dolby burgling a local shop, and become co-production: Filmové Ateliéry Digital, 1:1.85, 35mm, videotape, m/e track, the ‘local heroes’ and leaders in all Zlín, AB Barrandov co-production: Artur Krensky Films © 2001 subsequent holiday ad ven tures. directors: Věra Šimková-Plívová, director: Pavel Jandourek director: Monika Elšíková Drahuše Králová Festival Awards: The Prize of the Rights Available: Children’s Jury & Special Mention & Rights Available: Rights Available: TV Video Internet Theatrical The Audience Prize – International TV Video TV Video Film Festival for Children, Chemnitz 2002

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Daddy Kidnapped Home The Ring St. Nicholas is in Town Taťka Únos domů Kruh Městem chodí Mikuláš

A television film set in contemporary A children film in which the words The story of a young girl whose During the evening when days about the problems faced by love, friendship, and family still accident takes her out of the St. Nicholas hands out gifts to today’s children that often form their haven’t lost their meaning. spotlight she enjoyed as a star good children, and human hearts whole future lives. After the tragic death of his parents, gymnast and brings her among and souls yield to the mood of the Filip is thirteen. He lives in a small thirteen-year-old Libor lives with the outsiders sentenced to life in a Christmas season, events interlink town with his divorced mother, his wealthy aunt and uncle. They’re wheel chair. in the lives of four people. There‘s her new husband and their small a career-minded couple who try Fanny is ten, and she is the star of an incorrigible alcoholic, the aging daughter. His gang of friends kill to use their affluent lifestyle as her sports gymnastics team. She matron whose lover he used to be, time any way available to them– compensation for a lack of love and is the best; she realizes this and a young nurse, and a 12-year-old spraying graffiti on gravestones, time. But their very wealth attracts behaves accordingly among her boy who has spent months in the piercing the tyres of the Austrian a pair of amateur kidnappers. In classmates. This hits her back in hospital, out of sight and mind of tourists’ cars. a flash Libor is violently pulled the form of envy and estrangement his uncaring mother. Each of the Filip’s own father has spent a few from the luxury of nouveau and Fanny gets to be ever lonelier. four goes through a personal crisis, years in prison and has just been riche Prague – with its fancy She lives only with her father; though in the end a gesture of released. houses, snobbish dinner parties, her mother has remarried and is human love and sympathy becomes Filip is forced to unravel the chauffeurs, and private schools – to expecting a baby with her new part- the greatest gift of all – one that not complicated knot of events he had the terror of fighting for his life. ner. And so Fanny makes up for her even St. Nicholas can offer. brought about – the effort involved Thus begins a miserable adventure loneliness with her sports success. would be the determining factor in that deprives him of everything, All the hard er is it for her to come to 85' his further relationship with his Dad, even his name. But then out of terms with the results of her tragic videotape, English subtitles, his mother, her second husband, nowhere Libor finds himself part of accident that has definitely put an m/e track, © 1992 his gang of pals and all the other a family that seems to understand end to her sports career and leaves boys and girls. him and is able to provide the love her tied to a wheelchair. How ev er, director: Karel Kachyňa he so greatly needs but would just when it would seem that she 67' never have dared hope for. has lost all meaning in life Fanny Rights Available: discovers new values and starts to TV videotape, m/e track, © 2003 100' comprehend the power of love and director: Jiří Vanýsek friendship – to realize that they are 35mm, m/e track, © 2002, values we must know how to give co-production: Mediarex Movie Rights Available: and also receive. TV Video Internet director: Ivan Pokorný

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Role Award – International Children’s Film Festival ‘Artek’ 2002 The Best Direction (feature ﬁlm category) – Golden Knight, Riazan 2002

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Cubbies I. Little Brothers The Otter Baby Boys from the Castle Méďové I. Bráškové Vydrýsek Kluci ze zámku

The story of three abandoned bear This is another of the successful A thirteen-part serial about the first The story of little pheasant chicks cubs and the photographer who serials that introduce children year of a young otter, a story about born in a castle courtyard. Under takes them under his wing to help to the wonders of nature and the yearning for freedom and life in the able care of baby sitter them find a new mother and teach nature’s creatures. Little Vašek is the natural world. The story is set Hedvabnicka the hen and Ciperka them all they need to know about spending his summer holidays in on Czech rivers, ponds and dam the dachshund, the pheasants grow life. a forester’s lodge amidst endless lakes. The main protagonist is the big and strong, and successfully woods and forests. One day he river otter, an endangered species. escape the hunting wiles of Kudla 16× 7' finds a box on the threshold and in Although protected by law, it is the marten. And before they it two puppies that look somewhat often caught illegally by fishermen become full-grown pheasants they videotape, m/e track, © 2001, like German sheep dogs. Vašek’s and hunters. have enough animal-packed co-production: Václav Chaloupek father, a professional photographer, ad ven tures to satisfy every young director: Václav Chaloupek is willing to take them in, and so 13× 8' viewer. Vašek becomes a nurse and coach videotape, m/e track, © 2002, Rights Available: to the two little orphans. The pups 7× 7' narration o.s., co-production: TV Video are doing well, they are growing Západočeská energetika videotape, m/e track, © 2000, fast and soon the sweet little balls narration o.s., of fluff become leggy rascals director: Václav Chaloupek co-production: TV Aura Cubbies II. A Story for Annie whose games and battles look like Rights Available: Méďové II. Povídání pro Aničku serious fights and hunts. Vašek is director: Václav Chaloupek ever more convinced that the two TV Video Internet Rights Available: A free-standing sequel to the little dogs he is looking after are in fact wolves. This is finally confirmed TV Video Internet “Teddy-bear Stories”. This time the heroes are two bear cubs named by the vet. When the holidays Honzík and Eliška. As is typical come to an end, Vašek will have to for all young creatures, they throw leave the wolves at the forester’s, themselves into exploring the and how sad that makes him. He beauties of life with all too much spent the most wonderful summer zest – sometimes resulting in holiday ever with his pups. He can’t quite a head-ache for the adults. stop thinking of ‘his wolves’ even Our bear cubs wander through in faraway Africa, where his father the picturesque landscapes of has taken him on a photography Bohemia and enjoy many an safari. On his return he could adventure hardly recognize his darlings, but they recognized him all right and 13× 7' welcomed him back like a long-lost friend. videotape, m/e track, © 2004 director: Václav Chaloupek 7× 8' videotape, m/e track, © 2003, Rights Available: narration o.s. TV Video Internet director: Václav Chaloupek Rights Available: TV Video Internet

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Our Striped Friends The Little Rover The Seven of Spades Ranch Love Lost Pruhovaní kamarádi Tuláček Ranč U Zelené sedmy O ztracené lásce

A serial for children filmed in a real This series created for young An average city family living in Though unloved and scorned, the forest with real live animals. The children was filmed in a real forest a high-rise apartment building girl sets out on a struggle against heroes are two young wild piggies setting. The hero is a fox cub, The suddenly inherits a large farm. Now evil in order to free a prince held in born in Sunny Glade in spring. Little Rover, and this is the story of we can do without store-bought prison, although her fate puts the Courageous Boldie and tiny Lady- how he grows up. One day he finds food, cries the mother joyfully. hardest obstacles in her way. She bird explore the woods around himself alone, without his mother or The sons, aged six and twelve, often finds herself in mortal danger them, learning all that real wild boar siblings. Roaming around the forest are ecstatic when they imagine all both in the human world and in the have to know. They make friends all alone he meets many animals, the animals they’ll be able to have, realm of fairy tales while sacrificing with Joe, a young stripey bad ger, including large eagle owls and a and their father is carried away by herself for others. In the end she and together they set out on an herd of wild boar. He witnesses visions of the beauty of country finds out that ‘her prince’ has expedition and meet other forest the hatching of young pheasants, a living. Only the grandmother, always been nearby. The real-life animals. They encounter a large grouse fight and hears the sad song a sharp old lady confined to a story is interwoven with uncommon watch-dog at the forester’s lodge of a large deaf grouse. Nearly a wheelchair, conceives of such a fairy tale elements and fantasy and actually come into contact grown fox by now, The Little Rover move with trepidation. How the figures. The fairy tale characters with humans as well. During the is lucky to es cape his greatest various family members face the and the factual background create summer we see the piggies grow enemy, the lynx. joys and horrors of rural life forms genuine artistic scenery, an integral and mature, and before the onset He also pays a visit to a forester’s the humorous basis of this family part of the final form of the story. of winter they go to Sunny Glade to back yard, but finally, as a young series. see Joe one more time. adult fox, returns to where he was 9× 52' born that spring. 42× 26' or 21× 52' 10× 7' videotape, m/e track, © 2002 videotape, m/e track, © 1998, 7× 7' director: Viktor Polesný videotape, m/e track, © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, narration o.s., videotape, m/e track, © 1997, co-production: Filmové Ateliéry Zlín Rights Available: co-production: TV Aura narration o.s., director: Miroslav Balajka TV Video co-production: TV Aura director: Václav Chaloupek director: Václav Chaloupek Rights Available: Rights Available: TV Video Rights Available: TV Video

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TheLittle Building Blocks Waterbirds World Geography The Children’s Kostičky Vodní ptáci Pacific Islands 1–10 Encyclopedia of the World Northern and Southern Alaska Dětská encyklopedie světa An encyclopedia for pre-school This nature study series depicts 11–12 children with the aim to stimulate and narrates the sometimes Zeměpis světa This educational series brings child receptivity. With the help of a dramatic stories of waterbirds living Příběhy ostrovních říší Pacifiku children closer to the world around clown, animation and marionettes, in the natural world, during the them in a simple and exciting children’s eyes, ears and souls are different seasons of the year. Severní a jižní Aljaška way. Using a wide variety of opened. The little building blocks The tales about several birds tell locations around our planet, the serve to build up a big pyramid of us for example about the life of a The series for children discovers series introduces them to natural knowl edge. The programme shows forlorn male swan, or the fate of an the geographical uniqueness of the phenomena, common and unusual why and how the world around us oriole, that beauty with varicoloured Pacific Islands and Alaska. Each objects and materials, as well as is made. plumage, and others. part describes and explains the to people and their religions. At geographical phenomena typical the same time it teaches them 58× 10' 9× 8' for the region. to accept such diversity with Concrete characters help the understanding and tol er ance. videotape, © 1994–2000 videotape, m/e track 7–9 part, children to discover and became © 2002–2004 director: Ivan Látal aware of the close relationship 42× 5' director: Oldřich Mikulica between Man and nature… Rights Available: videotape, m/e track (22–42), Rights Available: TV Video Internet 1–10× 18' © 2000–2002,

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DOCUMENTARIES

ART & CULTURE Private Museums 44 Joža Uprka – Colours and Songs 45 Soukromá muzea Joža Uprka – Barvy a písně Franta – Everywhere, Elsewhere 44 Masterpieces in the Czech Collections 45 Franta – všude, jinde Mistrovská díla z českých sbírek Santini 44 Ten Centuries of Architecture 45 Alfons Mucha in the Municipal House 44 Deset století architektury Alfons Mucha v Obecním domě The Plastic People of the Universe 45

HISTORY Zenta… Fate of an Austro-Hungarian Private Century 47 Cruiser 46 Soukromá století Zenta… osud rakousko-uherského křižníku The Aristocrat 47 Report from Aboard the “Gruzia”, or Aristokrat It is not important Win, but to Return 46 My Lucky Star 47 Cestovní zpráva z lodi Gruzia Má šťastná hvězda aneb Není důležité zvítězit, ale vrátit se Hitler, Stalin and I 47 My 20th Century 46 Hitler, Stalin a já Moje 20. století Brundibar – opera behind the walls of ghetto 46 Brundibár – opera za zdmi ghetta

GEOGRAPHY & TRAVEL Travelling Around 48 Czech Himalayan Adventures 49 Na cestě České himálajské dobrodružství Aquamarine – Colours of Sea 48 Travelmania 49 Aquamarine – barvy moře Cestomanie The Undersea World of the Philippines 48 Via Imperialis 49 Podmořský svět Filipín Back to the Sources or A pilgrimage to the unknown springs of known rivers 49 Tales From The South Seas 48 Zpět k pramenům aneb Putování Příběhy z jižních moří k neznámým pramenům známých řek

LIFE STYLE Style 50 In Search of Wine 50 Styl Putování za vínem Etiquette An Encyclopedia A Gourmet’s History 50 on Good Manners 50 Labužnický dějepis Etiketa

SOCIAL SUBJECTS And Who Are You? 51 Hamsa, I Am 51 A vy jste kdo? Hamsa, já jsem No Regrets 51 The Unseen 51 Ničeho nelituji Nespatřené DOCUMENTARIES

Private Museums Franta – Everywhere, Santini Alfons Mucha in the Soukromá muzea Elsewhere Municipal House Franta – všude, jinde Alfons Mucha v Obecním This is a documentary series The partially acted documentary domě about private collections owned by A documentary film about František program tells us of the life and work enthusiasts who collect interesting Mertl, the Czech painter and of master-builder Jan Blažej Santini, The Municipal House, built exhibits of all kinds. In the individual sculptor who lives in France. He is who lived in the Czech Lands between 1905 and 1912, is one parts we can visit and admire the known abroad under the surname during the first half of the 18th of the most important buildings of collections at the museum of dolls, Franta. He studied at the School century. Typical for his buildings the Prague Secession. One of the postcards, clocks, nativity scenes of Arts and Crafts in Brno and then are their monumentality, daring central ceremonial rooms is the and others… at the Academy of Art in Prague. construction, unique of design circular Mayor’s Hall. The author of In 1960 he settled permanently and also the unusual emphasis of its decoration – the ceiling and wall 10× 10' in the south of France, where he the architecture through light as a paintings, stained glass, designs creative source. Santini became videotape, © 2006 came under the direct influence for the curtains, mascaroons of Picasso and Chagal, his work famous as a leading representative and ornamental panels – was director: Jaroslav Bouma was actually shown at their of the Bohemian Baroque. The the renowned Czech painter exhibitions. During the abstract Baroque conception of space and Rights Available: Alfons Mucha. He created – on period his leading theme was the substance, unifying the spiritual the themes of Slavonic concord, TV Video Internet and material aspects of the world, human body – subjects he often the historical roots of the Czech handled with brutal techniques. are superlatively expressed in his nation, and a desire for national Further parts in production The African and American influence peak works – the pilgrimage church sovereignty – a moving work became very vivid at this time too, of St. Jan of Nepomuky on Zelená imbued with symbolism and sometimes violently colourful, Hora in Žďar on the Sázava, which mystery. at other times seen in a range of is on the UNESCO Heritage list, black-and-white tones. František and the church of the Ascension 15' Mertl, or Franta, became one of of the Holy Virgin in Sedlec near the personalities of the so-called Kutná Hora. The documentary film videotape, m/e track, ‘new figuration’ in France, and like aims to show us Santini’s work, © The Municipal House 2002 František Kupka and Josef Šima which belongs to the most valuable director: Alena Hynková he too is considered to be an artist of the Czech cultural heritage simultaneously French and Czech. and also helps us comprehend Rights Available: his life, so strongly influenced by His work is represented in several TV Video Internet dozens of the leading world mysticism, artistic humility and the museums and art galleries. striving for perfection.

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Joža Uprka – Colours and Masterpieces in the Czech Ten Centuries of Architecture The Plastic People of the Songs Collections Deset století architektury Universe Joža Uprka – Barvy a písně Mistrovská díla z českých sbírek This documentary series presents The story of the band that – The documentary ‘Joža Uprka – the architectural heritage of the unwillingly – made history. Colours and Songs’ tells us about The series of documentary portraits Czech and Moravian territories – The artistic documentary looks the life and art of the Moravian of paintings in Czech galleries, from Romanesque rotundas and back at the band’s over three painter Joža Uprka. His art is based depositories and private collections gothic castles right up to Prague’s decades of activities. However, on the traditions of the national is devoted to works now in the controversial modern-style more that its history, the main style and clearly belongs to the Czech Republic. Each episode buildings. The series presents each subject of the film is the conflict turn of the 19th and 20th century. first introduces the work of art, preserved architectural gem as an between an artistic spirit creating In the late 19th century he brought the explication of the subjects artifact able to offer information under conditions of freedom, new life to his paintings with the and motifs being presented by about the life of the contemporary and under the totalitarian regime. Impressionist technique. The various techniques. The second society. Leading Czech film Although the Plastic People depicted scenes showing life in part of the programme is devoted directors have accepted these never did define themselves as a the Moravian and Slovak country, to the artist, the times and setting assignments. protest or political ensemble, in presented in a style between in which the work was created. the 1970s and 1980s they were the Romantic and Art Nouveau The titles of episodes are for 234× 15' one of the symbols of resistance against communist state power in decorativism, have also become example Marc Chagall – Woman videotape, m/e track, © 1997–2001, Czechoslovakia. The arrest and of ethnographical importance. The Rider, Jan Zrzavý – Cleopatra, co-production: DaDa girls wearing the folk costume of Rembrandt van Rijn – A Scholar imprisonment of the “Plastics” Moravian Slovakia who form the in his Study, Albrecht Dürer – The directors: M. Kubala, P. Hykš, horrified the world cultural public central motif of one of his most Rosary Celebration, Josef J. Šilhaň and contributed to the origin of famous paintings ‘The St. Anthony Charter 77 in the Czech Lands. The Mánes – Josephine, Petrus Paulus Rights Available: Fair’, also remained the dominating Rubens – Head of Medusa, Pablo so-called third culture thus started TV Video to form round this band, a culture motif in his work till the end of Picasso – Sitting Female Nude, Uprka’s life. Standing Woman, Václav Brožík – on which the regime could not The narrated life story of this Master Jan Hus in front of the exercise its influence. Musicians as strikingly characteristic painter Council in Constance. great as Lou Reed have expressed is interspersed with a series of their admiration for the music of The Moravian folk songs. In many cases 32× 9' Plastic People. There are excerpts their texts are directly connected shown in the film. to Uprka’s paintings and in the videotape, m/e track, © 2001–2002 documentary film they are mixed directors: Blažena Hončarivová, 74' into identical live situations in Zdeněk Gawlik, Aleš Lowák, 35mm, © 2001, co-production: provincial life. Vít Hájek, Daniela Gébová and VIDEO 57 others 37' director: Jana Chytilová Rights Available: videotape, © 2002, co-production: Rights Available: TV Video Internet Vítězslav Kopřiva – agency MARS TV Video Internet director: Petr Ryšavý Rights Available: TV Internet

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Zenta… Fate of an Austro- Report from Aboard My 20th Century Brundibar – opera behind Hungarian Cruiser the “Gruzia”, or It is not Moje 20. století the walls of ghetto Zenta… osud rakousko- important Win, but to Return Brundibár – opera za zdmi uherského křižníku Cestovní zpráva z lodi A documentary film about three ghetta Gruzia aneb Není důležité admirable women – artists who The documentary film investigates were born in Prague in the 1920s Documentary testimony about zvítězit, ale vrátit se and dedicated their lives to the story of the cruiser Zenta, sunk the children’s opera Brundibar during the First World War, which creativity and to their families. (The Bumble-bee) by Hans Krása A documentary film about Sonia Červená – opera singer – lies at a depth of 80 m near the former Czechoslovak sports and Adolf Hoffmeister, which was harbour of Bar in Montenegro. performed on the elite podiums rehearsed and presented by Jewish representatives Dana Zátopková, of the world after emigrating from The film tells us about the cruiser Olga Fikotová-Connoly and others children in the Theresienstadt itself and also about the situation Bohemia, while her name was ghetto during the 2nd World War. in 1956. The sports representatives forgotten in her own country. in which the ship found itself. We left for the XVI Olympic Games in There are personal testimonials can see some unique pictorial Lenka Reinerová – a writer who from the few who, unlike the Melbourne in an Air France plane. was hit dramatically during both reconstructions made through But the expedition leaders feared majority of the child singers, animation, and we hear what totalitarian regimes to the extent survived subsequent deportation to that some of their charges would that her personal life became the happened to the Czech diving emigrate, and so they had to return concentration camps. expedition. The story of this inspiration for her writings. Adriena on the Soviet ship that took them Šamotová – visual artist, lived her warship is supplemented by the practically right round the globe… 58'03" personal testimonial of a woman creative life in artistic resistance to They won a gold medal but the the communist regime. videotape, © 2005 whose father had participated in the name of the Olympic winner Olga battles aboard the Zenta as a sailor. These three women personally director: Aleš Koudela Fikotová-Connoly remained taboo experienced the dramatic historical for many decades because she Festival Award: Tourfilm Festival changes of the 20th century and Rights Available: married an American sportsman… stepped into the 21st century not 2006 in Karlovy Vary – Jury Prize TV Video Internet as retired ladies enjoying their in the category of documentary and Festival Awards: Main prize Velký public affairs television films well-deserved rest, but as active, Ještídek – 9th International Festival thoughtful and perceptive old of Sports Films Sportfilm Liberec 56' women. They are the memory of the bygone century and personal videotape, m/e track, © 2006, 57'45" founts of the history of the Czech co-production: Zdeněk Partyngl videotape, © 2006 nation…. director: Petr Jančárek directors: Karel Hynie, Pavel Taussig 56'37" Rights Available: Rights Available: videotape, m/e track, © 2005 TV Video Internet TV Video Internet director: Olga Sommerová Rights Available: TV Video Internet

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Private Century The Aristocrat My Lucky Star Hitler, Stalin and I Soukromá století Aristokrat Má šťastná hvězda Hitler, Stalin a já

The film series Private Century An acted documentary about the The story of a woman who survived Heda Margolius-Kovaly’s fate is presents stories created through Russian borzoi breed the hell of several concentration a story that sounds stranger than private and family film footage, The word borzoi is synonymous camps. fiction. bringing spontaneous evidence with nobility. During the 1917 Zdenka Fantlová recounts her Heda Blochová was born in of the private lives of prominent revolution these elegant dogs unique life story with its dramatic Prague into the Jewish family of families during the 20th century. were nearly all killed off, for turns – from a happy childhood the cofounder of the well-known Russian Smoke Clouds – the story the revolutionaries the borzoi during pre-war days, deportation to Koh-i-noor factory. She married of Popov, inventor of the cigarette- represented the symbol of the Theresienstadt and the great love Rudolf Margolius, a lawyer. Soon packaging machine, and his family. aristocratic society of Czarist she experienced there, then further after the wedding the young couple King of Velichovky – the story Russia. deportation to Auschwitz, Gross and the whole Margolius family of farmer Seisser, who lived in The filmmakers present the history Rosen, Mauthausen, the Death were deported to the ghetto in Velichovky on the Czech-German of the borzoi, a breed that is now March and Bergen Belsen, where a Lodz. After spending a couple of border. being introduced to the Czech British soldier saved her life. years there, they were all taken to Daddy and Lilly Marlene – sequel to castle Konopiště and to the spa Oswiecim concentration camp. the part King of Velichovky. of Karlovy Vary. The American 57' There the family was parted. Heda Grandfather Vinda’s Sculptures – journalist Donald Thomson was lucky enough to be taken to a videotape, © 2004, the story of Havel the sculptor, set mediates encounters for us labour camp after a few months and co-production: Helena Třeštíková in northern Moravia in the 1950s. between the great figures of history was finally made to join the Death at hunting scenes and elsewhere. director: Helena Třeštíková March. She managed to escape the 3× 52' guards and thus saved her life. 57' Rights Available: However, her fight for survival videotape, m/e track, TV Video Internet continued. Heda roamed around © 2005–2006, videotape, m/e track, © 2004, Prague, where none of her former co-production: Pragafilm co-production: Bon Art Film ‘friends’ were willing to put her director: Jan Šikl director: Jan Brichcín up. Only her optimistic and active nature helped her survive these Rights Available: Rights Available: disappointments. TV Video Internet TV Internet

Festival Awards: Special Further parts in production Commendation (Adult Education Category) – Japan Prize, Tokyo 2002

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Travelling Around Aquamarine – Colours of Sea The Undersea World of the Tales From The South Seas Na cestě Aquamarine – barvy moře Philippines Příběhy z jižních moří Podmořský svět Filipín A documentary travelogue focusing This documentary film takes us If we turn the pages of a Tahiti on attractive but less well-known into the undersea world, a world A travelogue about the Philippines, telephone directory we find whole localities, for example Yemen, where Man can be but a guest and the second largest archipelago paragraphs of typically Czech Acapulco, Ethiopia, Vietnam and silent spectator. Our guide will be in the world. Our documentary surnames. Is that just coincidence? other places. The individual parts a sea turtle, the symbol of peace, film describes the area around All these names? Why? of this series bring descriptions of composure and eternal wandering. the Busuanga and Koron Islands. It brought about the origin of our all the typical aspects – natural, We also manage to approach great, Visually the most interesting are the documentary cycle, in which we historical, cultural and social. majestic shark and the manta, as under-water shots of the coral reefs tried to answer these questions. However, stress is mainly laid on well as sharing for a moment the and the creatures whose habitat We’ll find out about Milan Rastislav the lifestyles and traditions of the private world of the tiny but equally this part of the world is. Bare- Štefánik’s sojourn and his inhabitants, because it is they who interesting creatures. gilled slugs are among the most observatory in Tahiti, and about create their environment. Our entrancing journey is further beautiful undersea invertebrates. the New Slovakia project. On the enhanced by music composed Their brightly coloured bodies and other hand Miloš Rivňáč is a name 35× 28' especially for this non-verbal film. graceful movements are much to we are probably hearing for the first time, and we find that it was he who videotape, m/e track, © 2006, be admired. The undersea camera Festival Awards: 2005 – initiated the arrival of Czechs in the co-production: Frmol caught their beauty together with Envirofilm Slovak republic – The that of the squids, sepias, starfish South Seas. We shall also travel to directors: Mojmír Kučera, ministr of Culture Prize 2005 – and sea urchins. What the Indian the distant Marquise Archipelago, David Sís, Jiří Novák and others International film festival Water, Ocean also has to offer divers where there is a Czech Valley. Seas, Oceans – best artistic is exploring one of the largest But primarily we shall learn about Rights Available: treatment shipwreck cemeteries dating the fates of courageous people who TV Video Internet set out from Czechoslovakia to find back to the Second World War. 40'49" A barracuda two metres long found their fortune right on the other side of the globe. videotape, © 2005, a hideaway in one of the Japanese co-production: © Miroslav Hrdý ships that were sunk here. This predator, but also the wonders of 11× 18' director: Miroslav Hrdý diving in the freshwater Barracuda Videotape, m/e track, © 2004, Lake with its unique thermo- Rights Available: co-production: Martin Kratochvíl – climate, are just some of the things STUDIO BUDIKOV TV Video Internet you can see in the documentary film. director: Jiří Tesař Rights Available: 52' TV Video Internet Videotape, m/e track, English version, Germany version, © 2004 AQUA MOVIE director: Naďa Kverková Rights Available: TV Video Internet

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Czech Himalayan Travelmania Via Imperialis Back to the Sources Adventures Cestomanie or A pilgrimage to the České himálajské unknown springs of known dobrodružství A series about countries, people, This series bears the name of the rivers journeys and travelling. organization which co-operated Zpět k pramenům aneb This documentary series is devoted The documentary cycle Travelmania with Czech TV on its production. consists of programmes that Its parts, together forming a self- Putování k neznámým to the history of the conquests pramenům známých řek of the 14 Himalayan summits are more than mere classical contained whole, narrate the by Czech mountaineers. The travelogues. Various countries history of selected architectural We join our guide through this Czech Republic has thus become and places on our planet are monuments – castles, châteaux documentary series to set out one of the few countries whose presented in an entertaining and monasteries – on the territory upstream various rivers to the forty- climbers ascended to the 8000m manner. For example we find out of today’s Austria. The past of each four springs of the most generally peaks of all of these mountains. how Buddhism affects the lives of of them is linked in one way of known rivers of Bohemia, Moravia The filmmakers managed to Thailand’s inhabitants, what life is another with the lives of members and Silesia. collect many unique film shots like on Cyprus, the island of love, of the ruling Habsburg-Lorraine Thus, in the very centre of Europe, and photographs, and to acquire for a handful of Czech and Slovak family. we shall be discovering the history the personal testimonials of the women who married and settled Each part can be broadcast of unknown and forgotten river mountaineers and their often there many years ago, or how the separately; each is introduced by springs. unbelievable stories experienced Irish live at Valentia Island, the an explanation of the mission of furthermost point of Ireland and the the Via imperialis association, with in the setting of the world’s highest 13× 20' mountains. European Union. a reminder of the relation of the It is a cycle of discovery – we are monuments presented to Bohemia, videotape, m/e track, © 2004 Festival Awards: 2004 often shown the beauty, historic Moravia or Silesia. director: Bedřich Ludvík International Festival of Outdoor sights and contemporary life of near, far and exotic spots on our 5× 29' Films Ostrava – 2nd prize in Rights Available: planet in quite unusual ways. the category Rock Climbing videotape, m/e track, © 2000 TV Video Internet and Mountain Films 2003 International Rock Climbing Film 182× 28' director: Karel Fuksa Festival Teplice nad Metují – 1st videotape, m/e track, © 1999–2004, Rights Available: prize co-production: Febio Film TV Video Internet

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Style Etiquette An Encyclopedia In Search of Wine A Gourmet’s History Styl on Good Manners Putování za vínem Labužnický dějepis Etiketa A documentary magazine about The makers of this television Series on the previously unexplored contemporary design, architecture This cycle gives us some basic documentary series acquaint history of legendary culinary and life-style. orientation in the rules of social viewers with the most renowned specialties from Europe and the In the individual parts the guides behaviour on all levels – from vine-growing regions in the Americas. The film-makers visited take us through subjects like Table everyday activities to special world and their wines. A new a number of places inseparably Glass, Bohemian Glass, How events. classification of viniculture regions connected to the history of People Live in Lofts, Living under The parts are independent of each and their wines was compiled gastronomy to find out the ‘where, the Roof, Style in Jewellery, etc. other. in Europe in the 1990s and this why and how’ of ingredients and documentary series became one of recipes of both legendary dishes 30× 23' 43× 9' the first film projects catching this and everyday meals which have change and it also brings a review gone down in cooking history. But videotape, © 2006 videotape, m/e track, of the new rules for marking the don’t expect to be able to take directors: Pavel Jirásek, © 2003–2004, regions. In the first fifteen parts down complicated recipes; instead Ladislav Cmíral and others co-production: FreeCom Agency viewers can see and hear about you’ll discover the true importance directors: Radim Špaček, the wine regions of France and of Tirolean speck, where the best Rights Available: Pavel Marek viniculture in Bohemia and Moravia, Brittany oysters are harvested, and TV Video Internet in the next fifteen parts they will how the American hamburger came

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And Who Are You? No Regrets Hamsa, I Am The Unseen A vy jste kdo? Ničeho nelituji Hamsa, já jsem Nespatřené

Is an illegal “wedding” the The documentary film showing family To be blind is a handicap. To be a This documentary film on blind “wedding” of an illegal couple? life in Bohemia and Moravia in the talented musician is a gift. Miroslav children is a sensitive guest for our The “wedding” of a homosexual early 21st century originated through Janek, di rec tor of the internationally common values of life and enables couple as food for thought about the linking up of two separate films: successful documentary The us to glance at the secluded world how our society perceives the The Standard, and No Regrets. The Unseen, has here created an of the blind. personal and social context of so- documentary titled The Standard intimate dialogue with several In this documentary we can see called registered partnerships. is a psychological investigation of a strong personalities through which spontaneous unexpected interest family that consists of a grandmother, (in a series of daily encounters) of the blind children in photography, 28' her divorced daughter and the he succeeds in showing a vivid the way they take photos as well granddaughter, who is about to be picture of life in a community of as the results of their work. Above videotape, © 2004 married. The three women set out blind conservatory students. The all, the film shows the importance director: Janek Růžička on a trip to the Bohemian Paradise film is surprising for its humorous of this activity for the children. It region, where they all used to live. and non-sentimental rendering of captures their life in the bording Rights Available: An unexpected outburst of long people most of us approach with school, their contact with nature, TV Video Internet pent-up anger over family injustices shyness. Its gentle pace makes it a lots of interviews and other

occurs here. The documentary film pleasure to watch as we share in interaction with surrounding world No Regrets depicts the genuineness their aspirations and dreams. and thus tries to get us tuned to of a countrywoman who always their intensive, rich and fulfilled managed to come to terms with 59' life. Even though it is difficult and her adverse fate, be it her unhappy demanding they bear their fate 35mm, © 1999 marriage or her physical handicap. quietly and often much better than director: Miroslav Janek we do. Festival Award: Jury Panel’s Prize at the International Film Festival Rights Available: Festival Awards: Ex aequo The Karlovy Vary 2004 TV Video best documentary & Prize of

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ﬁlm – International Festival of Documentary Films ‘It’s All True’, Sao Paulo 1998

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MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES It’s the Prague Spring Every Year, Mischa Maisky in Prague 56 Opus No. 1 54 Mischa Maisky v Praze Každý rok je Pražské jaro, Opus 1 Karel Ančerl – A Belated Portrait 56 Sweat and Tears – the Making Karel Ančerl – Opožďěný portrét of the Prague Spring, Opus No. 2 54 Between Heaven and Earth 56 Pot a slzy Pražského jara, Opus 2 Mezi nebem a zemí Chief Conductors of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 54 Antonín Dvořák – A European? 56 Šéfdirigenti České ﬁlharmonie Antonín Dvořák – Evropan? Touched by the Grace of God 54 Searching for Janáček 57 Dotkl se mě prst boží Hledání Janáčka Pandurango – in Search of the God Meeting with Music under the Guidance of Music 55 of Zdeněk Mahler 57 Pandurango – cesta za bohem hudby Hudební toulky se Zdeňkem Mahlerem IBBUR – The Prague Mystery 55 Meeting with Music under the Guidance of Ladislav Smoljak 57 IBBUR – Pražské mystérium Hudební toulky s Ladislavem Smoljakem The Magic of a Flute 55 Strange Young Lady 57 Kouzlo jedné ﬂétny Divná slečinka All the Prodigies… 55 Všechny ty zázračné děti…

MUSIC PERFORMANCE Bedřich Smetana: The Secret 58 Leoš Janáček: Jenufa 61 Bedřich Smetana: Tajemství Leoš Janáček: Její pastorkyňa Czech Philharmonic Day 58 Sister Paskalina 61 Den České ﬁlharmonie Sestra Paskalína Homage to Czech Music 58 Voice of the Forest 61 Pocta české hudbě Hlas lesa A Christmas Dream 58 The Polish Jew 61 Vánoční sen Polský žid ČT Live – Iva Bittová 59 Golem 62 José Cura Gala – Tenor and Conductor 59 Prague Mass 62 José Cura Gala – Tenor a dirigent Pražská mše Autumn Festival of Sacred Music – J. S. Bach: Magniﬁcat 62 Olomouc 2005 59 Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Gratis Podzimní festival duchovní hudby Agimus Tibi 62 Olomouc 2005 Concert in the Old Town Square 62 Greek Passion Plays 59 Koncert ze Staroměstského náměstí Řecké pašije Concerts from the Senate 60 Koncerty ze senátu MUSIC

It’s the Prague Spring Every Sweat and Tears – the Chief Conductors of Touched by the Grace of Year, Opus No. 1 Making of the Prague the Czech Philharmonic God Každý rok je Pražské jaro, Spring, Opus No. 2 Orchestra Dotkl se mě prst boží Opus 1 Pot a slzy Pražského jara, Šéfdirigenti České Opus 2 filharmonie A documentary film about the life of A special music project that composer Josef Suk, who toured originated to celebrate the 60th This documentary is the second in A music documentary about the the world with the Czech Quartet year of the significant European the trilogy Prague Spring Comes outstanding chief conductors, who and spread the fame of Czech music festival Prague Spring. Every Year, a film which disrupts have linked their names with the music. The film presents the world of the stereotype in which the world of history of the Czech Philharmonic Poet and writer Jan Suk tells us “serious” music and the people serious music is presented by the Orchestra. Personalities like Václav about his famous grandfather. round the Prague Spring Music media. This part consists of four Talich, Rafael Kubelík, Karel Ančerl, We also see how family traumas Festival as a close and sometimes story-lines. Václav Neuman, Jiří Bělohlávek, and curses overflow into the very “unserious” link between The story of conductor Sir Charles Vladimír Aschkenázy and Zdeněk generations to follow, and that it art and the human element; it Mackerras, told as he rehearses Mácal, together with a long list of is very difficult for Suk’s heirs to avoids the usual clichés of music Janáček’s Taras Bulba with the guest-conductors, have shaped the forgive… documentaries and peeps into the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and festival background and rehearsals, The second story shows a its renown all over the world. 56'10" and also into the private lives of the unique event of two grand pianos These conductors participated in video tape, m/e track, © 2006 musicians. being reassembled into a single the nurturing of the orchestra‘s instrument, and the concert that outstanding players and have director: Petr Kaňka 58'10" follows. In the third story we become ambassadors of Czech Rights Available: are present at an international music, Czech culture. videotape, m/e track, © 2005, TV Video Internet co-production: AFIS – Association trombone competition. Garrick Film and Sociology, International Ohlsson, a star of the first order, 58' figures in the fourth story, which Music Festival Prague Spring videotape, © 2006, tells about the artist’s feelings co-production: MAX TV-FILM, director: Pavel Koutecký towards the composer and about Česká filharmonie the endless path to perfection. Rights Available: director: Jan Mudra TV Video Internet 58'08 Rights Available: videotape, © 2006, TV Video Internet co-production: AFIS – Association Film and Sociology, International Music Festival Prague Spring director: Pavel Koutecký Rights Available: TV Video Internet

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Pandurango – in Search of IBBUR – The Prague Mystery The Magic of a Flute All the Prodigies… the God of Music IBBUR – Pražské mystérium Kouzlo jedné flétny Všechny ty zázračné děti… Pandurango – cesta za bohem hudby A documentary film about the A music documentary about the A documentary film about the young Prague National Theatre production second part of the famous Magic Mozart pianists who, though of A cycle of musical documentaries that was inspired by the novel Flute, this time from the workshop tender age, are becoming great that presents famous world Golem by Gustav Meyrink, which of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and personalities. personalities in music of all takes us into the ambiance of the Czech minimalist composer Vít In 1767 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, genres and continents. The long-ago Prague and is based on Zouhar. then eleven years old, played with presenters seek a present-day knowledge of the ancient esoteric When Mozart’s Magic Flute set out his sister at a concert in Brno. link between the traditional and arts of alchemy, kabala and tarot. on a tour of the European opera This concert became the inspiration the modern, classic and pop and houses after its composer’s death, for organizing of the Amadeus ethno, acquainting us with the 38'08" in Weimar J.W. Goethe decided to international competition for young write a libretto to the second part pianists; 90 children aged five to contemporary musical scene and videotape, © 2005, of the opera, but he did not find eleven participated in this concert the development of world music co-production: Jiří Věrčák in the most remote places on our a composer for it in his time. The in 2005. In the film we follow globe. director: Jiří Věrčák libretto was not set to music for two eight of these children during the hundred years. competition and also in their home Rights Available: 7× 28' The documentary follows this little setting. TV Video Internet known opera story as well as the The documentary primarily videotape, © 2006, well-known one about Pamin, Tamin bears witness to the youngest co-production: Kangaroo and Papageno. contemporary generation of Production European children, who are directors: David Sís, 57' growing into surprisingly strong personalities. Šimon Koudela, Jakub Sommer videotape, m/e track, © 2006 Rights Available: director: Rudolf Chudoba 56'35" TV Video Internet Rights Available: videotape, English version, © 2005 TV Video Internet director: Rudolf Chudoba

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Mischa Maisky in Prague Karel Ančerl – A Belated Between Heaven and Earth Antonín Dvořák – A European? Mischa Maisky v Praze Portrait Mezi nebem a zemí Antonín Dvořák – Evropan? Karel Ančerl – Opožďěný A documentary film about the world portrét A documentary film about Zdeněk What kind of man was he? What renowned violoncellist’s stay in Mácal, the present chief conductor were the times like? What did Prague and his concert, through A documentary film about an of the Czech Philharmonic he achieve? How did the world the eyes of his children, fellow outstanding Czech conductor of the Orchestra. receive him and how did he see the musicians and members of the 20th century. Zdeněk Mácal, the present surrounding world? Quite a different public. The filmmakers’ aim was to find and chief conductor of the Czech person suddenly emerges within M. Maisky gave the filmmakers interview as many of Karel Ančerl’s Philharmonic Orchestra has worked the context of these questions to the opportunity for some insight contemporaries as possible, with with this ensemble before, in 1966. the man who had been presented to into his often dramatic past, and the aim of compiling a complete At the time they presented Bohuslav us to date. An energetic person, a his narration supplements the and telling picture his life. From his Martinů’s First Symphony at a knowledgeable manager who knew impressive picture of this famous childhood – remembered by his concert held within the International his price, a composer, conductor, artist. junior school classmate; through Music Festival Prague Spring. He teacher – but also a kind, cultured his early youth spent at Voskovec then went on tour abroad with the and yet modest man. He belonged 27' and Werich’s Liberated Theatre, ensemble, and they also recorded to Europe and the whole world and gramophone discs together. In yet his roots remained forever in the videotape, © 2004 to the years of Nazi persecution and concentration camps, up to 1968, after the Soviet occupation, land of his birth. director: Martin Kubala the highly successful period of his Zdeněk Mácal emigrated; since The new documentary film about then he has conducted over 160 Antonín Dvořák presents the great Rights Available: life when, as chief conductor, he brought laurels and world fame to orchestras abroad. His return composer in the context of the TV Video Internet to his native land again came 19th century and the European the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Karel Ančerl spent the last five in connection with the Czech musical and social scene of the years of his life in Canada, where Philharmonic Orchestra, which he day. he emigrated in 1968. conducted in 1996 and 1997. In his new position of chief 57' conductor, Mácal conducted the 57' videotape, m/e track, © 2001 Czech Philharmonic during the videotape, © 2004 first tour of the season in Germany director: Maxmilián Petřík director: Jaroslav Hovorka (Weimar, Wiesbaden) and Italy (Merano) in August 2003. The Rights Available: Rights Available: documentary catches an over-all TV Video Internet

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Searching for Janáček Meeting with Music Meeting with Music under Strange Young Lady Hledání Janáčka under the Guidance of the Guidance of Ladislav Divná slečinka Zdeněk Mahler Smoljak The documentary film presents the Hudební toulky se Zdeňkem Hudební toulky A documentary portrait of an life and work of Leoš Janáček in Mahlerem s Ladislavem Smoljakem interesting creative personality, a monographic review. The script original composer, violinist and mixes the author’s essay with a singer. Iva Bittová began as an A music documentary cycle through A music documentary series in dramatic web of monologues, actress but she soon set forth on which we are guided by Dr. Zdeněk which our guide, as an enthusiastic with dialogues spoken by actors the course of soloist. She created Mahler, the charismatic and tourist, takes us in the footsteps of who enter the story from our her own characteristic style with knowledgeable narrator who takes the great music-makers of the past. contemporary days. Like their violin and voice, based on the roots us into the world of music history He seeks them at Czech Castles historical examples the characters of folk music. She is very popular, and – particularly – to the places and Chateaux, reminding us in an do not age, and yet they carry the not only in the Czech Republic but in Prague that are immortalized endearing way of various historical fateful motifs without destroying also in Holland, Belgium, France by the work of the great music facts about famous people and the their veracity. They also enter the and other countries. masters of world renown. We shall places where they provably stayed. story as narrators, thus achieving be exploring the Prague of Mozart, The programme gives us musical the estrangement effects needed 57' Smetana and also the Prague excerpts from their work. for the documentary genre. of Gustav Mahler and we shall videotape, m/e track, © 2002 Moreover, the structure of the hear about how deeply this city Festival Award: 3rd International work is enhanced by personal director: Rudolf Chudoba influenced the composers’ lives and Film Festival of European Art testimonials voiced by actors their music. Arts&Film 2006 In Telč – Jury Prize and musicians on several basic Rights Available: in the category music, theatre, film questions such as love and fidelity, TV Internet 6× 14' and literature death, or the mission of the artist and his work. videotape, © 2003 6× 14' director: Radovan Urban Festival Awards: Special videotape, © 2003, Mention – Int. TV Festival Golden Rights Available: co-production: Agency Prague Prague, 2003 Cherry TV Video Internet

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Bedřich Smetana: Czech Philharmonic Day Homage to Czech Music A Christmas Dream The Secret Den České ﬁlharmonie Pocta české hudbě Vánoční sen Bedřich Smetana: Tajemství A recording of the gala concert to A recording of the introductory A recording of the Christmas This is a recording of the three- celebrate the 110th anniversary of concert of the jubilee 110th Concert held at the Goja act comic opera with libretto by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra season of the Czech Philharmonic Music Hall. Compositions by Eliška Krásnohorská made at held at the Dvořák Hall of Prague’s Orchestra, presented at the Dvořák G.F. Haendel, W.A. Mozart, the international opera festival Rudolphinum. Hall of Prague’s Rudolphinum. G. Bizet, F. Schubert and others Smetana’s Litomyšl held in the The following compositions are on The programme: Zdeněk feature the singer of international courtyard of Litomyšl Castle. the programme: Fibich – Záboj, Slavoj and Luděk, fame Eva Urbanová and her guests Since the time of its origin (the B. Smetana: The Bartered symphonic poem op. 37; Leoš Daniel Hůlka, Tereza Mátlová premiere was held on 18th Bride – Overture, Polka, Furiant Janáček – Taras Bulba, rhapsody and Ladislav Elgr. The Moravian September 1878 at the New Czech and Skočná for orchestra; Antonín Dvořák – Philharmonic Orchestra is Theatre in Prague), The Secret is E. Zámečník: Concerto giocoso Symphony no. 7 in D minor, op. 70. conducted by František Preisler considered Smetana’s most perfect (premiere) Conducted by Vladimír Válek. and most mature opera. A. Dvořák: Symphony no. 5 in F 51'40" major, op. 76 89'38" videotape, © 2005, Conducted by Zdeněk Mácal 112 '14" videotape, © 2005, co-production: GOJA, Gott- videotape, © 2006, 90'57" co-production: Czech Philharmonic Janeček Agency Orchestra co-production: Smetanova director: Adam Rezek videotape, © 2006, Litomyšl, Národní divadlo director: Tomáš Šimerda co-production: Česká ﬁlharmonie Rights Available: director: Jiří Nekvasil Rights Available: director: Tomáš Šmerda TV Video Internet

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ČT Live – Iva Bittová José Cura Gala – Tenor and Autumn Festival of Sacred Greek Passion Plays Conductor Music – Olomouc 2005 Řecké pašije A recording of the performance José Cura Gala – Tenor a Podzimní festival duchovní presented by violinist and singer Iva dirigent hudby Olomouc 2005 Bohuslav Martinů composed Bittová together with the American his opera Greek Passion Plays group Bang on a Can All-Stars. The recording of a gala concert A recording of the Slovak Radio between 1956 and 1959. The The singer introduced the musical presented by the renowned Symphony Orchestra conducted story, based on Kazantzakis’ novel, project of her album called Elida, Argentinean tenor José Cura at the by Stanislav Macura playing Anton Christ Re-crucified, draws on the which she presented at the Municipal House in Prague. Bruckner’s Symphony no. 7 in tradition of performing Easter plays. Carnegie Hall in New York in the With the accompaniment the E flat major at the St. Wenceslas A shepherd named Manolios is to year 2005. This music mixes the Prague Symphony Orchestra, José Cathedral. portray Christ, but not everyone is classical music of Eastern Europe Cura sang well-known arias from pleased with his blatantly Chris tian with folk tradition. The untraditional operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, 64' urge to help a group of refugees combination of Iva Bittová’s singing Verdi and other composers. whose village has been raided by with piano accompaniment creates videotape, © 2006, José Cura stems from Argentina Turks. He gradually comes into inspiring melodies. co-production: Czech Television, and originally studied conducting con flict with Grigoris, a greedy local Dobromila Hamplova – art agency and composing, and for a long priest de ter mined to set the village 56'31" ARS VIVA time he refused a singer’s career, against him. In spite of his virtuous videotape, © 2006, despite his obvious talent. director: Tomáš Šimerda nature, Manolios is eventually killed co-production: Indies Records, However, finally he succumbed to by his fellow villagers. Stillking Films the magic of song and now has a Rights Available: The opera is sung in English, based on an excellent recording number of title roles to his name on TV Video Internet director: Jakub Kohák prestigious world stages. conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. The impressive outdoor Rights Available: scenes were filmed on the Adriatic TV Internet 106' Sea. videotape, © 2003, 93' co-production: Panart videotape, English version, director: Stanislav Vaněk © 1999, co-production: RTV SLO Slovenia, Rights Available: HRT Croatia, RKM Czech Re pub lic TV director: Tomáš Šimerda Rights Available: TV

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Concerts from the Senate Concerts from the Senate Koncerty ze senátu 2004 2005

Chamber music from the Chamber concerts from the Main Wallenstein Palace, Prague Hall of Prague’s Wallenstein Palace CONCERT No. 1 CONCERT No. 7 CONCERT No.14 CONCERT No.19 Prague Chamber Orchestra Prague Guitar Quartet Compostions by Johannese The Czech Philharmonic Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – overture to Johann C. Demantius – Dances – 4'30" Brahms and the jazz pianist Emil Orchestra plays compositions by the Marriage of Figaro – 4'30" Joaquin Rodrigo – Two Andalusian Antonín Dvořák – Czech Suite – 23' Miniatures – 4'30" Viklicky played by the Adamus trio Jiří Ignác Linka Serge Prokofiev – 2 pieces from Romeo J. Adamus – oboe and French horn, Sinfonia Pastoralis and Christmas CONCERT No. 2 and Juliet – 8'30" J. Adamusová – violin and K. Novotná – piano melodies from all over the world, presented Leo Brower – Cuban Landscape with Johannes Brahms – Trio in E sharp major by soloists Z. Adam – oboe, oboe amore Czech Clarinet Quartet Rain – 6' for violin, French horn and piano, op. 40 – and V. Novotná – violin. Conductor Andrea Gabrieli – Ricercar del nono tono Štepán Rak – Finale – 5' 22'23" V. Spurný. (arrangement by L. Boura) – 3' Emil Viklický – Tauromaquia – Bullfights – 9' Karel Ružička – Sweet Wood CONCERT No. 8 CONCERT No. 20 (4th movement) – 12' Pianist CONCERT No.15 G. F. Haendel – Concerto grosso, op. 6 Luděk Boura, Jindřich Pavliš, Vojtěch Nýdl, Compositions by Astor Piazzola, A. Vivaldi – L’Estro Armanico, op. III no. 6 in Petr Valášek – Fine Meditation – 5' Victor Emanuel Monteton A minor for violin, strings and harpsichord. Erwin Schulhof – Esquisses de Jazz Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata quasi una Jiří Teml a Václav Riedlbauch J. S. Bach Concerto for two violins in (arrangement by J. Pavliš) – Rag – 2'10" fantasia in C sharp minor op. 27 played by the Martinů Ensemble D minor, Bwv 1043 – Largo ma non tanto, Blues – 1'50", Charleston – 1'15" ‘Moonlight Sonata’ – Adagio sostenuto – 6' Miroslav Matějka – flute, R. Preislerová – played by the chamber ensemble Solisti di Dave Brubeck – Rondo a la Turka Serge Rachmaninov Praga, presented by soloists B. Monoszon, (arrangement ČKK) – 4'15" violin, B. Zajmi – violoncello and – Prelude in C sharp minor op. 3 no. 2 – 3'55" D. Wiesner – piano R. Kotmelova, V. Rezacova. Conductor – Prelude in G sharp minor op. 32 no. 12 – 2'40" B. Monoszon. CONCERT No. 3 Astor Piazzolla – Prelude in G minor op. 23 no. 5 – 3'45" – Meditango – 5'33" Jitka Hosprová – viola and Franz Schubert/Ferenc Liszt – King of the – Adios Nonino – 2'59" CONCERT No. 21 Denisa Veškrnová – guitar Spirits – 3'45" Jiří Teml – Partita for flute, violin, J. J. Ryba – Czech Christmas violoncello and piano – 13'45" Georg Philippe Telemann – Sonata in CONCERT No. 9 Václav Riedlbauch – Legend for flute, Mass and B. Britten A minor – 8'15" (Largo, Allegro) Martinů Trio violin, violoncello, and piano – 5'08" A Ceremony of Carlos, op. 28 – selection Sylvie Bodorová – Gila Rome – Meditations sung by the Prague for Solo Viola – 5'50" Antonín Dvořák – Trio in B major, op. 21 CONCERT No.16 Female Choir, the Foerster Chamber Choir Sylvie Bodorová – Gypsy Ballad for Solo – Allegro molto – 10'50" and played by the Academia Wind Quintet. Guitar – 9'30" – Adagio molto e mesto – 8'50" Compositions by Bedřich Conductor L. Vasílek Fritz Kreisler – Sicilienne – 2'50", – Allegretto scherzando – 7'20" Smetana a Josef Suk played by Rigaudon – 1'20" – Finale. Allegro vivace – 6'30" the Smetana Trio 21× 38' CONCERT No. 4 CONCERT No.10 J. Nováková – violin, J. Páleníček – Czech Chamber Orchestra. Ars Instrumentalis violoncello and J. Čechová – piano videotape, © 2003, 2004, 2005 Josef Suk – Elegy, op. 23 – 5'15" Violin solo Bohuslav Matoušek Jan Dismas Zelenka – Sonata no. 5 in F major Bedřich Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor, directors: Adam Rezek, and Jana Vlachová, Zuzana Allegro – Adagio – Allegro 16'15" op. 15 – 27'19" Zdeněk Lukáš – Ricordo – 7' Stanislav Vaněk Růžičková – harpsichord Georg Phillip Telemann – Quartet in CONCERT No.17 Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto in D minor – Andante – Vivace – 7' Rights Available: D minor for two violins BWW 1043 – Pianist Radoslav Kvapil 1st movement, Vivace – 4' CONCERT No.11 presenting compositions by TV Video Internet Leoš Janáček – Suite for String The Stamic Quartet Antonín Dvořák Orchestra – Andante – 4' Leoš Janáček – Suite for String Franz Schubert – Quartet Movement Antonín Dvořák – Humoresques, op. 101 – Orchestra – Andante con motto – 4' in C minor – 6'30" 14'52" Petr I. Tchaikovsky – Serenade – Finale, Leoš Janáček – String Quartet no. 2 Antonín Dvořák – Poetic Mood, op. 85 – Tema russo – 7'35" Intimate Letters – 23'30" On Svata Hora – 3'16" Poetic Mood, op. 85 – Spring – 3'10" CONCERT No. 5 CONCERT No.12 Poetic Mood, op. 85 – At the Old Castle – Václav Hudeček – violin, Petr 3'36" Harpsichordist Poetic Mood, op. 85 – Dance of the Monika Knoblochová Adamec – piano Goblins – 2'42" Poetic Mood, op. 85 – Baccanale – 4'39" Johann Sebastian Bach – Capriccio in Antonín Dvořák – Sonatina for violin and B major ‘For the Departure of my Beloved piano, op.100 – 19'20" Brother’) – 10'10" Antonín Dvořák – Romantic Piece No.1 in CONCERT No.18 Michal Kocourek – French Suite (selection B major – 4' Compositions by Johann from parts 2–3) – 13'35" Antonín Dvořák – Romantic Piece No. 3 in B major – 4' Sebastian Bach presented by violinist Hana Kotkova CONCERT No. 6 CONCERT No.13 Roman Janál – baritone, Karel Partita no. 2 for solo violin, Gutta Musicae BWV 1004 – I. – All… – 7'26" Košárek piano accompaniment Carols of Mediaeval Europe – 7' Partita no. 2 for solo violin, Karel Bendl – Gypsy Melodies – 8'23" The Oldest Christmas Carols – 8' BWV 1004 – II. – Co… – 3'57" Vítězslav Novák – Gypsy Melodies op. 14 – Carols of the European Nations – 5' Partita no. 2 for solo violin, 6'30" BWV 1004 – III. – s… – 4'22" Antonía Dvořák – Gypsy Melodies op. 55 – Partita no. 2 for solo violin, 11'52" BWV 1004 – IV. – Giga – 4'03" Partita no. 2 for solo violin, BWV 1004 – V. – Cia – 15'42"

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Leoš Janáček: Jenufa Sister Paskalina Voice of the Forest The Polish Jew Leoš Janáček: Její pastorkyňa Sestra Paskalína Hlas lesa Polský žid

A recording of the premiere of a After the TV adaptation of ‘Mariken The one-act radio opera composed The subject of the opera The Polish new production of Leoš Janáček’s of Nimegue’, Czech Television in 1935 by Bohuslav Martinů is a Jew composed by Karel Weis most famous opera, presented presents the adaptation of ballad with a happy end, the love (1862–1944) is the French folk play at the Janáček Opera, Brno in another part of this opera cycle. story of a village girl. However, of the same title written in 1869 cooperation with the State Opera, ‘Sister Paskalina’ is not only the this plane of the libretto is only by the Alsatian playwrights Emil Vienna. fourth part but it is, in a way, the one layer of the poetic work. The Erckmann and Alexander Chatrian. The opera is set in a Moravian natural copingstone of this quite fairy-tale grows into a metaphor, we The basic story is the personal village in the early 20th century, unconvential and interesting work feel a strong surrealist inspiration tragedy of the main hero, who and presents the dramatic story of Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959). and perceive human naivety to be has memories of events long past of lovely Jenufa, her foster mother an expression of subconscious come back to him on his daughter’s Kostelnička and her step-brothers 62' yearning, and the balladic story a wedding day. At the time he had Števa and Laco – a story about dream. The film production aims at robbed and murdered a Polish Jew videotape, © 2002 jealousy, pride, guilt, punishment expressing all these layers through who had spent the night at his inn. and the final victory of love. director: Jaroslav Hovorka the form of a poetic collage. His conscience finally makes him The production is directed by David confess and he dies. Pountney the famous opera stage Rights Available: 38' At the time of its premiere a director, with Anja Silja in the role of TV Internet hundred years ago, the opera videotape, © 2001, Kostelnička. by Karel Weis evoked a storm of co-production: Supraphon ovation and the Polish Jew was 123' director: Jiří Nekvasil staged in many theatres abroad within an unbelievably short videotape, © 2004 Rights Available: time. In 1921 the Polish Jew was director: Tomáš Šimerda TV Internet also presented at New York’s

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Bartered Bride. In spite of its grand international acclaim, the opera ﬁnally fell into oblivion. However, its renewed premiere has brought many a surprise – mainly that this is an opera of extremely high qualities, which deﬁnitely deserves attention and can stand even the strict criteria of present-day strong competition.

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Golem Prague Mass J. S. Bach: Magnificat Concert in the Old Town Square Pražská mše Jan Dismas Zelenka: Koncert ze Staroměstského Missa Gratis Agimus Tibi náměstí Golem – the dance theatre Created for the occasion of the performance from the workshop Millennium, the film depicts Prague A concert held at the Sts. Peter and The Prague Symphony Orchestra of the outstanding Czech during the four seasons of the year, Paul Cathedral in Brno. A grandiose and Serge Baudo, its new chief choreographer Pavel Šmok with in its characteristic mystic aura. The Bach com po si tion comparable in conductor, decided on Prague’s music composed by Zbyněk vivid pic ture and music combination its results to a baroque opera, and Old Town Square as the venue of Matějů brings alive the old Prague allows us to discover our spiritual a mass by the great and yet to be the opening concert for the coming legend about the man of clay roots as well as the message fully ap pre ci at ed Czech composer winter season – a venue of such created by Rabbi Löw. This magic inherent to the city of Prague. The J. D. Zelenka. beauty that it naturally attracts great figure, called the Golem, was to music is based on the Celebratory numbers of tourists. The concert have protected Prague’s Jewish Jazz Mass of Karel Růžička, which 70' held on 4th September 2002 community from the frequent constitutes a coherent, (self- included shorter compositions by videotape, © 2000 pogroms of the times. The ballet contained) whole composed of ten Dvořák (Carnival), Bizet (a selection offers a very simple and human parts: Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, director: Tomáš Šimerda from Carmen), Smetana (three solution to this legend, working with Con tem pla tion, Sanctus, Agnus dances from The Bartered Bride), equally simple means, highlighting Dei, Celebration Blues, Hosanna, Rights Available: Chambrier (Rhapsody Espaňa) and the imaginative, expressive yet and Our Fa ther. The mass holds out TV Video Internet Josef Suk (A Game of Swans and

totally modern music, the excellent hope for the new millennium, and Peacocks). choreography with its drama and is an appeal to the humankind to comedy elements – as well as the search for its own roots and the key 61' actual story of the adapted legend. to stability on our planet. It was also Moreover, the widest scope for performed in 1998 at the National videotape, © 2002 creativity is given to the Prague Cathedral in Washing ton, D.C. on director: Stanislav Vaněk Chamber Ballet and its soloists. the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of Czech o slo va kia. Rights Available: 47' The ar tis tic music documentary TV Video Internet ‘Prague Mass’ breathes the spirit videotape, © 2002, of Chris tian i ty and ac cen tu ates the co-production: Jiří Opěla – Real majesty of Prague – that genius loci director: Radovan Urban reﬂecting the history of past gen er a tions and the people living at Rights Available: the turn of the new millennium. TV Video Internet 56' videotape, © 2001, co-production: Miloš Zábranský ﬁlm director: Miloš Zábranský Rights Available: TV Video Internet

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9 Lives 11 Gillian and the Wildradish Vixen 35 Pictographs 29 A-hunting We Will Go 22 Golden Princess, The 35 Plastic People 45 Adventures of the Bee Teddies, The 22 Golem 62 Pleasant Moments 4 Alfons Mucha in the Municipal House 44 Good Neighbourhood, The 15 Polish Jew, The 61 Aliens in Colorado 37 Gourmet’s History, A 50 Prague Mass 62 All the Prodigies 55 Greek Passion Plays 59 Prague Nocturn or the Closet, A 29 Amina 20 Guardian of Souls 16 Princess from the Mill, The 36 And Who are You? 51 Hamsa, I Am 51 Private Century 47 Angel of the Lord, An 32 Hazelnette 23 Private Museums 44 Antonín Dvořák – A European? 56 Hitler, Stalin and I 47 Pupendo 8 Apple Maiden 34 Homage to Czech Music 58 Razzokheil the Elf 25 Aquamarine – Colours of Sea 48 Honzik and Samuel 18 Report from Aboard the „Gruzia“, Arena of Ice 14 Hospital at the End of the City Twenty Years on 16 or it is not important Win, but to Return 46 Ark for Voyta, An 37 Hushabyes 20 Ring, The 38 Arthur, Merlin and the Prchliks 37 Chidren’s Encyclopedia of the World, The 41 Roundabout 10 Atistocrat, The 47 Chief Conductors of the Czech Philharmonic Royal Promise, A 33 Autmn Spring 6 Orchestra 54 Ruffiano and the Sweeteeth 36 Autumn Festival of Sacred Music – Christmas Dream, A 58 Rumcais the Robber 26 Olomouc 2005 59 I Thank You for Each New Morning 7 Ruth Sees Things Differently 12 Babbie and Bertie 19 IBBUR - the Prague Mystery 55 Santini 44 Back to the Sources or A pilgrimage In Nomine Patris 13 Searching for Janáček 57 to the unknown spring of known rivers 49 In Search of Wine 50 Seven of Spades Ranch 40 Barley Boy, The 33 Indian and the Nurse, The 4 Sink or Swim 16 Beautiful Time, A 11 Into the Fairy Tale 21 Sister Paskalina 61 Bedřich Smetana: The Secret 58 It’s a Dog’s Life 12 Skritek 5 Between Haeven and Earth 56 It’s Spring in Prague every Year 54 Sleeping Beauty 32 Black Miss, Miss Black, The 13 J. S. Bach: Magnificat Jan Dismas Zelenka: Slip and Slap 19 Bloodthirsty Hugo, an Eastern 29 Missa Gratis Agimus Tibi 62 Snake Dance, The 12 Blurred Voice, The 10 José Cura Gala – Tendor and Conductor 59 Sophie, the ZOO Manager 26 Bolero 6 Journey to the Sunset Land 23 Spooks and Goblins 26 Bon Appetit, Your Lordship 18 Joža Uprka - Colours and Songs 45 Spring of Life, The 8 Bonds of Blood 5 Kanga, Roo and Dingo the Dog 19 St. Nicholas is in Town 38 Bonds of Blood 14 Karel Ančerl - A Belated Portrait 56 Stone Key, The 32 Bored in Brno 6 Kayetan and the Blue Fox 20 Stories of Amelia the Forest Sprite 26 Boys from the Castle 39 Kidnapped Home 38 Strange Young Lady 57 Bride with the Big Feet, The 34 Lace for the Wedding 35 Stripey the Slumber Elf 21 Brundibar – opera behind the walls of Ghetto 46 Leoš Janáček: Jenufa 61 Style 50 Bugo and Picola 18 Lessons in Dance and Love 13 Suburb 15 Comeback 10 Little Brothers 39 Sweat and Tears – the Making of the Prague Concert in the Old Town Square 62 Little Building Blocks, The 41 Spring, Opus no. 2 54 Concerts from the Senate 60 Little Piece of Haeven, A 5 Swing Time 10 Cops and Robbers 16 Little Rover, The 40 Tales from Pitsville 28 Cosy Dens 6 Love Lost 40 Tales from The South Seas 48 Coup De Grace 12 Lovers and Murderers 7 Taste of love, The 36 Crazy World, A 28 Magic Tales 24 Ten Centuries of Architecture 45 Cubbies I., Cubbies II. 39 Maharal 37 The Magic of a Flute 55 Czech Himalayan Adventures 49 Mach and Šebestova’s Summer Holidays 21 Theresa in Trouble or Hopkin Intervenes 19 Czech Philharmonic Day 58 Mach and Šebestova’s Travels 21 Thoughts 30 ČT Live - Iva Bittová 59 Malvina 33 Toronto Tom 27 Daddy 38 Masterpieces in the Czech Collections 45 Touched by the Grace of God 54 Damned, The 7 Mathylda 24 Town Square 15 Devil Knows Why, The 33 Meeting with Music under the Guidance Travelling Around 48 Divided we Fall 7 of Ladislav Smoljak 57 Travelmania 49 Doings of the Hippopotamus family, The 18 Meeting with Music under the Guidance Uaa 30 Dolls 4 of Zdeněk Mahler 57 Undersea World of the Philippines 48 Eden 14 Milk the Imp 24 Unseen, The 51 Emperor and the Drummer, The 34 Miraculous Swords 35 Up and Down 5 Enchanted Bell, The 22 Mischa Maisky in Prague 56 Via Imperialis 49 Ernestine the Fairy 34 Miss Guru 11 Village green 15 Etiquette An Encyclopedia on Good Manners 50 Mister Jaryn 30 Voice of the Forest 61 Fables from the Garden 30 Muffie and Muffles 24 Water Nymph 32 Fall, The 29 Mumps 25 Waterbirds 41 Fimfarum 28 My 20th Century 46 We Three Pals from the Band 27 Flood, The 11 My Lucky Star 47 When the Swords Are Ringing 36 Follow the Plum Fragrance 22 New Breed, The 4 Wild Bees, The 8 Four Ears on the Field Path 20 New Breed, The 14 Wisenose 41 Franta – Everywhere, Elsewhere 44 Nils and the Wild Geese 25 Wonderful Show, The 27 Friction 28 No Regrets 51 World Geography: Pacific Islands 1–10, Friends of Mr. Touch’n’go 23 Osthrozock 25 Northern and Southern Alaska 11–12 41 From the Diary of a Third – grade Pupil, Otter Baby, The 39 Yaya and Paya 27 or Edudant and Francimore 23 Our Striped Friends 40 Zelary 8 Gentleman Companion, The 13 Pandurango - in Search of the God of Music 55 Zenta… Fate of an Austro-Hungarian Cruiser 46

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