Czech Films Blog
The Plain Old Maid: A Hidden Gem of Czech Cinema
The 1959 Czech melodrama The Plain Old Maid (Ošklivá slečna) has been released on DVD to coincide with the 12th Noir Film Festival, offering a fres...
Amerika: The Dark and Surprising Vision of Vladimír Michálek
Had it not been for this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, I might have completely forgotten about Amerika, directed by Vladimír Michálek. Upon re...
Lovers of Czech and Slovak film in Australia - We have got a Festival Tip for You!
The Czech & Slovak Film Festival of Australia (CaSFFA) celebrates and promotes a contextualised range of classic and modern Czech and Slovak live-action and animated films to Australian and expatriate audiences through a yearly, not-for-profit arts festival. The origins of CaSFFA were simple. A group of lifelong cinephiles dreamed of bringing the cinema of the Czech and Slovak Republics to the people of Australia and resolved to make this dream a reality.