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This film, by director Ilja Novák from Ostrava, is a biting satire on the relationships between top athletes. At the time it was made, it openly criticised athletes from the 'socialist camp' and that criticism eventually proved fateful to the film. We will first screen the cinema version drastically cut by the studio and subsequently the original film.

Graphic artist and director Dagmar Doubková and screenwriter Edgar Dutka conceived their film as a modern, educational and emancipative lesson for young girls entering the world of men. The film is ironic thanks in particular to its commentary and the visual gags often building on the admitted stiffness of cut-out animation, which in this case is really excellent.

A humorous story mocking modern housing architecture. A successful architect, himself living in Baroque comfort, designs cubes, cubes and more cubes for other people. When he finds that this might not be the best solution, he is blessed with a brilliant idea – he designs a pyramid-shaped structure. The accompanying music is adapted from a famous Beethoven motif.

Edgar Dutka’s unprecedently loose script is the foundation of the unique film Bartakiáda. It is, unfortunately the only stand-alone film built on the brilliant humour and visual style of cartoonist Miroslav Barták. In a peculiar manner, it tells the story of one of Barták’s typical heroes who experiences utterly absurd things one Friday the 13th.

One of the masterpieces of Czech animation, which was unjustly ignored at the time of its production – a time of major political changes – despite the fact that it indirectly addressed the new era which was about to come. A family of figurines lives in an old, decrepit house. The life of this ‘household’ revolves around routine, everyday tasks until this cabinet of curiosities welcomes new tenants.

A joyful story based on the work by Josef Štefan Kubín about a poor tinker who helps an old nobleman and his young wife to have children. Artistically, the film was inspired by folk paintings on glass. This film is a part of the popular racy trilogy along with the films The Water of Freshness (1966) and Bit-of-all-Hair (1978).

A fairy tale about a brave, selfless and faithful poor girl named Maryška who sets free an enchanted princess and her twelve maids from a mysterious castle. To this day, the captivating puppet fairy tale has a very mysterious atmosphere and its form will appeal to children as well as adults.