Famu Movies

A zoologist and a biochemist go out into an oilfield with a cameraman and filmmaker to observe and study the elusive oil gobblers.

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

Hrích boha (God's Sin) is Agnieszka Holland's poetic vision of the world as a trap, based on the novel by Isaak Babel.

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.

In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.

A color puppet film based on the famous ballad of K. J. Erben "Aquarius".

Jakub, The Old Believers, and Piemule are three documentaries about forgotten people by director Jana Sevciková. All three are distributed on...

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due...

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings,...

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to write engagé lyrics for pop songs...

Short musical comedy from Tomas Vorel.

Family visit turns wild.

In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home...