About a Tree (2019)
Directed by: Michaela Mašánová
Czech Republic, 2019, 5 min
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A squirrel, a bird and a hare surprise a grumpy tree. The tree first does everything to get rid of unwanted guests until...
Son-Mother (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Mahnaz Mohammadi
Iran, Czech Republic, 2019, 102 min
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Leila is a single working mom of two, living in sanctions-gripped Iran. When her job at the factory is at stake, she considers marrying Kazem, a bus driver with a daughter. But tradition frowns upon a young girl sharing a household with her stepbrother. After Leila is fired from her job, she makes the decision to stay with Kazem and leave her son Amir in the care of a boarding school, until she figures out how to manage his return.
Stories by Božena Němcová: A White Snake (2017)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2017, 11 min
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Of Božena Němcová's fairy tales, only the most famous are often read, so let's look at the not-so-famous story about A White Snake.
Stories by Čapek Brothers: Cat Fairy Tale (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2020, 10 min
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Brothers Karel and Josef tell a story of a broken knee of a little princess. Her crying can only be stopped by the story of a strange animal.
Stories by Karel Jaromír Erben: A Shoemaker and a Devil (2017)
Section: Film Programme
Czech Republic, 2017, 10 min
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Ten stories by the most famous Czech fairy tale narrator are from different parts of Europe. The first is The Shoemaker and the Devil.
Wildlife crossing! (2014)
Directed by: Noro Držiak, Anthony Wong
Czech Republic, 2014, 6 min
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The story about the love of two snails who must overcome the pitfalls of the harsh reality that separates them - the road in the middle of the countryside.
Rocks (2019)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Sarah Gavron
United Kingdom, 2019, 93 min
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Shola, or Rocks, as she's known, lives in a London council flat with her younger brother Emmanuel and their single mother. Mum is busy and stressed, leaving Rocks to spend all her free time with school friends. One day, she comes home to find her life radically altered: she is suddenly on her own with a child to take care of. Rocks is mercurial, impulsive, and deeply sensitive – not unusual for her age, she sometimes makes desperately poor decisions for what look to her like good reasons.
Interviews with festival STARS
Section: Supporting Programme
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Stana Katic - Zlín Film Festival 2011 59th Zlín Film Festival - Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jordanne Jones, Floor van der Meulen JANNIK HASTRUP - Zlín Film Festival 2013 GEORGE MACKAY - Zlín Film Festival 2015 PELLE HVENEGAARD - Zlín Film Festival 2013 Maria Doyle Kennedy - Zlín Film Festival 2012 GRAHAM RALPH - Zlín Film Festival 2014 Demian Bichir 1. část - Zlín Film Festival 2011 Demian Bichir 2. část - Zlín Film Festival 2011 Complete playlist
Scout Post - How Was It Goingl...: Jaroslav Foglar (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min
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Bara and Tomas have many experiences from the scout camp. Grandpa tells them about a young scout leader, Jaroslav Foglar.
Skautská pošta - How Was It Going...:Josef Lada (2020)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min
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Bara and Tomas meet illustrator Josef Lada, an animal language master, while mushroom hunting, at a Prague café, and in his native Hrusice.
Scout Post 1918: Alois Jirásek (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 15 min
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Bára and Tomáš go with Czech writer Alois Jirásek to a secret meeting where they learn how President Masaryk will return to his homeland.
Scout Post 1918: Eduard Štorch (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 14 min
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Bára's paper about the book "Mammoth Hunters" excites her great-grandfather; the author, Eduard Štorch, led his scout group.
Scout Post 1918: Jiří Wolker (2018)
Section: Film Programme
Directed by: Pavel Hejnal
Czech Republic, 2018, 14 min
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Bára and Tomáš learn what the first scout camp looked like and meet a young Jiří Wolker, a future famous poet with a sad fate.