1. The Decimation of Sanity
A small skit-documentary hybrid, written, shot and edited all in the space of a couple of hours on the 25th of October 2021, by exclusively myself, for a university project.
2. Politická karikatura (Politická karikatura)
(Politická karikatura)
3. Socha robotníka (Socha robotníka)
(Socha robotníka)
4. Fall 1
Bas Jan Ader's first fall film shows him seated on a chair, tumbling from the roof of his two-storey house in the Inland Empire.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Palast (Palast)
One of the biggest housing projects in Germany. Known for a long time as the “Sozialpalast” it had a reputation for crime, vandalism and drugs.
6. Prefabricated Houses (Domy z panelů)
A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with shots of construction sites for new prefabricated apartment buildings. In spite of certain unavoidable propagandistic overtones added by the director, it is notable as the beginning of his search for a “dramaturgy of colors.”
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
7. Mister Hrstka (Pan Hrstka)
One day in the life of Mr Hrstka, a blue collar worker and occasional pose model at the Prague academy of arts. Through this portrayal of an outsider, Paskaljevic explores the subject of isolation.
8. Připraveni (Připraveni)
(Připraveni)
9. Stráž míru (Stráž míru)
(Stráž míru)
10. Dárci života (Dárci života)
(Dárci života)
11. Nebe patří nám (Nebe patří nám)
(Nebe patří nám)
12. Didactica Magna: Against the Grain (Ponorná řeka didaktiky)
The film is an insight into a teacher's soul and a contemplation upon his teaching fate. This portrait of a unique, experimental filmmaker and teacher Martin Čihák takes a look at his teaching methods, his meetings with his students at FAMU and at a park where they work with film, or in his studio.
13. Present Moment (Přítomný okamžik)
A film poem. A minimalist reflection on whether inner states are transferable by the film medium. The aim of a Buddhist mindfulness meditation is to clear away thoughts wandering from the past to the present, to be mindfully aware of each present moment. Each unique NOW NOW NOW passing away just like single frames while the camera grab snatches off meters of expensive 35mm material.
14. Inside (Vevnitř)
The animated documentary shows a day in life of a person suffering a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It is an intimate insight into the mind of an anorexic, who must somehow interact with raw reality.
15. The Other Side of Sadness (The Other Side of Sadness)
In a hybrid film, both documentary and fiction, five young women describe the feeling of grief when losing a parent at a young age. Anna returns to her father's home, a year after his death. In one weekend, she lives through a storm of emotions as these may come and go in the process of grief.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
16. Meuthen's Party
MEUTHEN'S PARTY unmasks the rise of the provincial politician Dr. Jörg Meuthen who doesn't shy away from spreading racist sentiments with a smile on his face.
17. 6-18-67
6-18-67 is a short quasi-documentary film by George Lucas regarding the making of the Columbia film “Mackenna's Gold”. This non-story, non-character visual tone poem is made up of nature imagery, time-lapse photography, and the subtle sounds of the Arizona desert.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. 2012: Time for Change
2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
It has an average vote of 6.111 on TMDB.
19. The Street Performers
This documentary-style short follows two impoverished teens performing on the streets of London in the days leading up to the London Blitz of 1940.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
20. Manifest (Manifest)
An intimate statement about the filmmaker’s need for self-expression through her own nudity and simultaneously an effort to reject the taboo of patriarchal society. Using diary entries, anger-filled personal reflections, and discussions with a mother painting her nude daughter, the film opens the topic of overcoming shame for one’s own physicality and female sexuality.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
