Famu Movies

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...

A zoologist and a biochemist go out into an oilfield with a cameraman and filmmaker to observe and study the elusive oil gobblers.

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due...

A film about filmmaking.

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and...

Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to write engagé lyrics for pop songs...

Short musical comedy from Tomas Vorel.

A color puppet film based on the famous ballad of K. J. Erben "Aquarius".

In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home...

Her first foray into documentary filmmaking was a short called Green Street (1959), a look at an over-loaded freight train departing from Prague....

A tram pasted with posters travels through Prague. The mounted loudspeakers invite passers-by to a series of concerts of Giuseppe Verdi's...

In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.