Marek Lescák

Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures of the countryside in the old garden of his grandfather. He finds true love with an angel, and encounters various exciting moments of his new free life. Strange visitors arrive, and he wont get back to town anymore. (imdb)

A documentary exploring relationships between several blind couples (lauratron)

The film follows Teresa in her quest to find her mother. Doesn't sound particularly original, but the film is really great in that it takes place both within the "real world" and within Teresa's view of the world. I think to really enjoy this movie, you have to be the kind of person who doesn't feel the need to classify everything that happens as being "real" or "fantasy". (imdb)

A documentary about a village that was during one night in 1947 separated by force into a Soviet and a Czechoslovak part in a way, that the border runs through the middle of the village, separating properties and families. (imdb)

A sweet natured 14-year-old Romani boy suddenly loses his beloved father to a mysterious accident and is forced into a life of crime by the man who takes his place. Once the police picks him up during one of his stepfather's failed scams, he realizes he needs to make a decision before he sinks in the mire. (tiff.net)

A Romany girl named Dorota has just graduated from high school and she's eager for life to begin. In Eastern Slovakia where she lives, however, happiness is not just waiting around the corner. So with a heavy heart she bids farewell to her boyfriend and, like so many others from her region, heads for work in the Western Bohemian town of Aš. The small border town with its Czech-German textile factory has become the hope of scores of Slovaks and Ukrainians looking for a better livelihood. (cineuropa.org)

Peter "Koza" Baláz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his partner, Misa, live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa learns that she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy. In order to earn some much-needed cash and possibly change Misa's mind. He and his manager Zvonko embark on a "tour", where success is not measured in victories, but in the amount of blows that Koza can take. (imdb)

80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises his parents were executed by him. He sets out to take revenge but finds instead his 70-year-old son, Georg, a retired teacher. Georg, who had avoided his father all his life, decides to find out more about him and offers Ali to be his interpreter. (imdb)

The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young students must decide if he will give into the temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or if he will subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police. (imdb)

Nina is twelve years old and her world has just been shattered to smithereens: her parents' marriage has broken down and they are getting a divorce. (mubi.com)

12-year-old Niki and 11-year old Vika are hiding from the terrifying war at a Kharkiv metro station. Daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and they are not allowed to leave, living under the constant glow of their neon lights.

A boy is accidentally killed at an informal hunt somewhere on the border of two Central European countries. One of the people involved in the incident, Minister Berger, is the hot candidate for the influential international post of High Commissioner for Water Management, who will be tasked with finding the solution to increasing water shortages across Europe. The government hires secret agent Steiner to hush up the scandal.