Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

A document on proper upbringing and lifestyle for toddlers. It provides guidance on clothing and meal plans and highlights common mistakes parents often make. In conclusion, it emphasizes the benefits of daycare centers, which ensure that children receive proper upbringing and lifestyle guidance.

Cartoon based on the theme of the national artist Maria Majerová; the fairy tale of the hen and the rooster shows how ugly selfishness is and how nice it is when one helps the other.

The lyrical-satirical grotesque ridicules one of the common human traits – a person’s weakness for a bottle and its contents. A man on a walk enjoys the scent and beauty of a rose. On the way, he comes across a huge bottle and the intoxicating taste of its contents leads him to a drinking orgy. When he sobers up, he returns to the harmless and uplifting pleasure of the delicate beauty of the flower.

Two linear characters typical of Émile Cohl are situated in the same frame, in different coloured rectangles making up their respective settings. One is good, the other is bad and lives off the first.

Dead Forest and Other Bullshit is a collection of four short films.

A Czech animation.

Artistic reportage from the construction of the Orlík Reservoir. One day on the large-scale construction site and the roles of individual workers in it, i.e. the construction manager, sprinklers, workers, crane operator and others.

A film about the importance of beet brigades. It shows the preparation of beet seed and the course of the growing season of the sugar beet, especially the moments when farmers cannot do without the help of part-time workers.

The story of a peasant whose harshness and bluntness only provoke disputes and anger, and his honesty and sense of truth and honor in conjunction with the previous qualities only exacerbate these disputes. The Slovak village with its collective farming, confronted with the habits of a square nature, raised by private farming, creates the main plot and conflict. In parallel, there is a lyrical motif of the young generation, whose love relationships do not care about the old ridiculous anger of the old generation.

Prague, summer of 1938: The armies of the Little Entente (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) come together to demonstrate their defense readiness.

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

A traditional Advent mass filmed in a church in the historical town of Spisska Sobota (Northern Slovakia), featuring authentic liturgical texts and songs.

A dream story of a little boy named Ondra who with the help of the snow dragon gets to a frozen kingdom where a sad princess has been imprisoned. When Ondra kisses her both her frozen heart and the frozen kingdom melt.

Debut film.

A documentary about lamentation songs of Bulgarian funeral rites.

A film about injury prevention. It shows how there is a risk of electrical injury when one fails to observe safety regulations. It presents examples of poor work practices and their associated risks. Then viewers are shown correct and safe work practices as well as exemplary workers who should become their role models.

An animated parody on the topic of industrial mass production of pop music.

A satiric film that through a lecture of a cracked brain pedant describes the increasing disobedience of children. It calls us for protection against misbehaved children and wants to "defend" the world of adults from disastrous consequences of the ungrateful children's deeds. The film is remarkable for the inimitable humor of Milos Macourek.