Radek Holub

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a stump in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than that of a normal child. (imdb)

A drama company from Prague arrives in Krakow to present a stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's famous novel at the city's alternative theatre festival; the production is to be staged in an unusual venue- the local steelworks. During rehearsals, the drama on stage spills over into real life. (leedsfilm.com)

A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family's lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938. (imdb)