Visegrad Film Days will present contemporary films from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary over four days (9–12 March 2026) at the independent cinema Zita. All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles.

The Czech selection will be the witty drama Summer School, 2001, which premiered on 24 July 2025 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

 

 

About the film

Summer 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien with a bright red haircut returns to his family in a market in Cheb after ten years in Vietnam. Instead of a warm welcome, he is greeted by an estranged father, a worried mother and a younger brother who gives him nothing. In between ironing Pok.mon onto T-shirts, practicing Czech and dating by the lake, a secret surface that will turn the life of the market upside down... Told with lightness and wit, director Duzan Duong’s film provides an authentic look into the community through the eyes of the first Vietnamese generation to grow up in the Czech Republic.

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Film trailer

 

 

Full festival programme

● Monday, March 9, 6:00 pm – I Accidentally Wrote a Book / Véletlenul Írtam Egy Konyvet, dir. Nóra Lakos, 2024, Hungary, 98 min - register here

About the film:  “I Accidentally Wrote a Book” tells the very personal and inspiring story of 12-year-old Nina, who discovers the healing power of writing. As she learns to write, Nina uncovers her family's history, experiences the long-suppressed grief of her long-lost mother, and gains a deeper sense of self. We follow the daily life of a teenage girl as she copes with conflicts with her little brother, experiences her first love and the process of becoming a woman. 

 

● Tuesday, March 10, 8:00 pm – Perla / Perla, dir. Alexandra Makárová, 2025, Slovakia, 110 min - register here

About the film: In the spring of 1981, Perla, an imigrant and impulsive painter, must return from Vienna to communist Czechoslovakia to settle an old debt. She fled the country many years ago and is unwelcome on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Perla embarks on a risky journey to uncover the secrets of her past that she has kept under lock and key. This film depicts a vibrant, strong and purposeful woman and mother who is trying to live her life according to her own ideas, despite the losses she has had to overcome.

 

● Wednesday, March 11, 8:00 pm – Summer School, 2001 / Letní škola, 2001, dir. Dužan Duong, 2025, Czech Republic, 102 min - register here

About the film: Summer 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien with a bright red haircut returns to his family in a market in Cheb after ten years in Vietnam. Instead of a warm welcome, he is greeted by an estranged father, a worried mother and a younger brother who gives him nothing. In between ironing Pok.mon onto T-shirts, practicing Czech and dating by the lake, a secret surface that will turn the life of the market upside down... Told with lightness and wit, director Duzan Duong’s film provides an authentic look into the community through the eyes of the first Vietnamese generation to grow up in the Czech Republic.

 

● Thursday, March 12, 6:00 pm – Minghun / Minghun, dir: Jan P. Matuszyński, 2024, Poland, 94 min - register here

About the film: Jurek, along with his father-in-law Ben, confronts the loss of a loved one and decides to perform the Chinese ritual of minghun – a post-mortem wedding. The two set out on an emotional journey deep into themselves with the aim of finding a perfect partner for the deceased to spend eternity with. The clash of the two very distinct cultures is there to help make both the protagonists and the viewers aware of the fact that regardless of our origin, we all belong to one human family where basic emotions are shared. A story about hope, love and searching for the meaning of life and what happens after it comes to an end

 

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