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- A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
- A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
- Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
- A story about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster.
- Johanka (Milka Zimkova) had a fling with a well digger (Peter Vons) she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. 18 years later (her now 18-year-old daughter Paulina, Veronika Jenikova) commutes by bus to work in the nearby city, which gives the village gossips the occasional opportunity to remind her of her unknown father. A resultant conflict with her mother makes Paulina take up residence in the city. Johanka, prodded by her also-single friend Jozefka (Marie Logojdova) who maintains that a woman without a man is nothing, begins to woo the new teacher Jarek (Jiri Klepl) only to discover later that he is married. Paulina, in the meantime, loses her virginity to the soldier Jirka (Ivan Klecka) who promptly makes himself scarce. Johanka fails to consider that she actually has a better life than some of her married neighbors, begins to see abortion or marriage as Paulina's only options, and places personals on her behalf. Although Stefan (Lubomír Paulovic), one of the men who respond, turns out to be less than ideal, Paulina falls for him. As Stefan's car breaks down on the way to the elaborate wedding party and the cake adorned with a doll he is bringing begins to melt in the heat, Paulina, in her wedding dress and tipsy before the ceremony, suffers miscarriage, perhaps as a result of Johanka's earlier attempt to induce abortion that would look as if it occurred spontaneously. The car that carries Paulina to the hospital passes Stefan's car towed by a farm tractor, but none of the involved notice.
- Lucie dreams of becoming a costume designer and that dream is now a reality thanks to her much older boyfriend who is a director. She also gets her driver's license and starts driving his car which leads to tragedy.
- This romantic comedy, shot in a road-movie style, tells the story of businessman Petr Kraus (Pavel Batek) and his personal transformation. After returning from China, where he supervised the production of clothing for his customers, Petr finds out that the manufacturer had ruined the whole order and so he gets into trouble with the contractor (Jirí Lábus) who wants some astronomical compensation for the damage. Peter knows that he should solve the problem quickly, but instead he decides to go on a trip seeking his personal happiness and an escape from responsibility. Fortunately, his close friends, Tereza (Vica Kerekes) and Pavel (Filip Blazek) are there to help...
- The story revolves around Antonín Rusnák who is an StB agent. He feels rage towards the world. He feels sick and bored from his family and work. His psychological issues cause him breathing problems and his doctor advises him to breathe into a bag if he gets a fit
- Horses On the Concrete (1995) is story of a single mother Johana (Veronika Jenikova) living in a small beach town in East Slovakia (now Czechoslovakia). Johana raises her baby girl while faces challenges of being single mother. There are women and couples around her who enjoy the kinky relations but she is a composite loving mother. However she has likes for a married man who saves her from drowning in the beginning of the movie. The story is carefully mastered with a blend of comedy and irony exposing the hypocrisy of the human society. There are reference scenes from an earlier released movie "Pasla Kone na Betone (1982).
- A young man lives through the end of World War 2.
- The thriller takes place in present city of Ostrava during one day and one night. It is a story about starting journalist Isabel, who in pursuit of smashing reportage follows a mystery man. Being naive and brave at the same time the girl finds herself trapped in a scary society in which she must fight for her life.
- Film about die-hard soccer fans and their lives and friends.
- Engineer Laciga is going away on a two-month work trip to Poland. His fiancée Alice is moving to Ostrava, where she has taken a job as a works doctor at a mine just to be with him. The news that the wedding will be delayed infuriates her, especially when Laciga leaves two minutes after her arrival. The energetic young woman moves into the hostel for single people and in revenge she deliberately blocks the bathroom for dozens of her fellow residents, all men. The chairman of the Factory Committee of the Revolutionary Trade Union Janecek and the mine director Kodet want to steer the otherwise very able doctor away from revenge and set her an important task. Alice is to test out the effects of regular drinking of milk as a calcium barrier against silicosis on a sample of miners.
- The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kaspar's blood. Doctor Bohácek, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kaspar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives.
- Television story about a young couple, David and Jana, who are still in college but they are already planning a life together.
- Czech Swan is a humorous and uplifting story about a group of elderly women from a small Czech village, whose age doesn't stop them from pursuing their dreams and caprices with unbeatable enthusiasm.
- August, 1995. Fourteen miners died in the mining pit San Nicolás. Soon, a group of widows spoke to the camera in the documentary "Solas en la tierra", with testimonies of a moving sincerity. Twenty five years later, "Lámpara oscura" tries to recover that past from the perspective of the present.
- Television movie about a young girl who gets her first serious job while trying to get over her former boyfriend who is getting married. But adapting to the new life in a new city is much more complicated than she thought it would be.
- An employee of a crematorium in the Czech city of Ostrava speaks dispassionately about his work and the technology of cremation.
- Revolution Girls is the story of four Czech women of the '89 generation. Philosophy students in Prague in 1989, all took active part in a dramatic historic event, the Velvet Revolution, which brought down the Communist regime. The film explores the legacy of the revolution upon their lives almost twenty years later. Jana Hybaskova, a member of the European Parliament, keeps trying to save the world. Alena Jezkova writes one book after another, probing the past for inspiration that the free but confusing present doesn't offer. Alice Rahmanova, a successful if reluctant businesswoman, is channeling most of her energies into raising her three children, including an adopted daughter. Pavla Milcova; has totally devoted her life to music and spiritual quests. What's left of their revolutionary ideals? How many revolutions must a woman go through before she reaches forty? And what can their stories tell us about the time and place they live in?
- Television movie about a woman whose mistake from the past destroys her happy family life. A quiet afternoon with her loved ones gets interrupted by the two police officers who take her away and the endless interrogations begin.
- Television movie about a retired older lady who is still incredibly active and refuses to slow down at her age.
- Writer Anna Markowitz visits her long time friend Ludek Elias, famous actor and holocaust survivor in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
- Finding the right parents for neglected children who need a stable and loving family, this and much more are the daily duties of a middle aged social worker whose job is a life mission for her.
- Feud between two families only gets worse when their children fall in love and want to get married.
- Television movie about a responsible and kind doctor who finds himself in a difficult situation when he finds a lump on his neck.