Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

"As Prague’s sole animation studio, IRE-Film depended on international models for inspiration; the influences of Disney and the Fleischers are plainly seen in Veselý koncert (A Cheerful Concert), which promotes Telefunken radios while a loose-limbed cartoon orchestra struggles to play amid the wildlife of the summer outdoors." — Kirk McDowell

A courtship journey of Mr. Pip

The mole decides to save a patch of greenery that stands in the way of a bulldozer that is supposed to build a highway there.

A short film about a wise raven and a turtle who waited for many centuries for peace between people.

1975 Czech experimental short by Petr Skala

An instructional film on first aid for scald burns. Folk remedies such as applying oil or egg-white to scalds are replaced by medical methods and the importance of getting such burns checked in hospital is emphasised.

Defence education film intended for children and young people. It is devoted to teaching the theory of defence in schools. It primarily demonstrates its educational component with an instructive commentary and explanation of the history of Czechoslovakia.

Short animation that makes fun of art snobs.

Flight report on the travels during November 1989 in Czechoslovakia.

The winter pond sleeps, life beneath the surface has ceased. The rays of the frosty sun penetrate the ice crust, and fishermen release oxygen into the depths of the water through holes in the ice. Commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, this photograph reveals the beauty and richness of Czech ponds, and depicts the life of carp, from spawning and hatching, to harvesting.

If only you knew what I'm going through, complains Stella Zázvorková as Mrs. Lapáčková in the doctor's waiting room. A television mystery feature based on an idea by journalist and novelist Lenka Hašková about a patient haunted by a mysterious number, humorously pointing out the high cost of medical treatment and citizens' responsibility to themselves and the state.

The punishing fist of justice came down hard on the dark fingers of a gang of food stamp forgers who listened to the plague-ridden rhetoric of Wall Street banks and wanted to save their decaying capitalist world through contagion and war. The propagandistic montage of the trial fights for the idea of a better and happier socialist world, for which people were executed.

Have another drink, you don’t know what’s waiting for you outside, advises a FAMU’s cinéma vérité-style report, filmed in the U Kocoura pub in the velvet year of 1989. The pub chanson, sung by Petr Hapka, accompanies the turmoil of overflowing human emotions, from exuberant merriment, to drunken melancholy, to a universe of silence, spilled tables, and empty chairs.

A commercial promoting Schicht's margarine Vitello. The Schicht's commercial character - a doll - prepares a sweet and a salty cake using the brand margarine Vitello and following the recipes in a book. The commercial was filmed by the German Excentric Film Berlin company for the company Centra Děčín. The application for the censorship approval was submitted by the Brother Degl's Prague company. The German distribution title Die Gute Vitello Küche originates from the surviving copy with German subtitles, while the title Die Beste Küche Vitello comes from the censorship files.

A puppet fairy tale about a meeting between children and the once from the sky.

A bird unlike any other in its flock is given the task to direct traffic

An updated version of the classic fairy tale - an anti-war warning.