The Visegrad Film Days will showcase contemporary films from Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, and Hungary at the art cinema Zita. All films will be presented in their original language with English subtitles.

Representing Czech cinema is the gripping drama We Have Never Been Modern, which premiered in 2023 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it competed for the Crystal Globe.

About the film

Plot Summary: In 1937, the director of a large factory arrives in the town of Svit beneath the Tatra Mountains with his wife, aiming to build a modern industrial city inspired by Baťa’s Zlín. Their plans are disrupted by a disturbing discovery: the corpse of a newborn with both male and female genitalia—an anomaly. The case exceeds the capabilities of the local police, is classified as top secret, and the secret police are dispatched. The story also explores themes of otherness and exclusion, as the director’s wife, Helena Hauptová, finds herself isolated as a woman in a male-dominated environment. She faces unexpected obstacles, including her own prejudices… (Bontonfilm)

 

   

   
(c) Czech Film Center

Festival program:

● Monday, October 6, 18:00 – Loss of Balance / Utrata równowagi, dir. Wiktor Bojanowski, 2024, Poland, 95 min

● Monday, October 6, 20:00 – We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit, dir. Matěj Chlupáček, 2023, Czechia / Slovakia, 117 min

● Tuesday, October 7, 20:00 – 1968 - Reconstruction of a Love, dir. Anikó Mária Nagy, György Lukácsy, 2024, Hungary, 95 min

● Wednesday, October 8, 20:00 – Ms. President / Prezidentka, dir. Marek Šulík, 2024, Slovakia / Czechia, 108 min

Admission is free after registration HERE.

The film festival is organized by the Czech Centre Stockholm in collaboration with Zita Folkets Bio, the Swedish-Czech-Slovak Association, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Stockholm, the Polish Institute in Stockholm, the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Stockholm, and the Embassy of Hungary in Stockholm.