Come and discover the tastes of other countries and cultures. Screening of documentaries on human rights, culinary event, children's programme.

A biographical probe into the life and work of the Czechoslovak conceptual artist Ján Mančuška, who made a name for himself in the world context. With the participation of director Štěpán Pech.

Documentary film directed by Shaunak Sen.

Experimental documentary directed by Juliana Moska.

Britain's first entertaining animated feature film based on George Orwell's satirical fable of the same name.

Screening of the short film Revue Steps accompanied by the author's presentation of the results of his artistic research. A film portrait of a forgotten TV show from the late 1970s.

The fifteenth edition of the cameraman film festival.

Performance as part of the international puppet theatre festival Spectaculo Interesse.

Screening of a time-lapse documentary and discussion with artist Petr Nikl as part of the international puppet theatre festival Spectaculo Interesse.

Two short puppet films presenting the work of Austrian puppeteer Christoph Bochdansky, followed by a discussion with the creator.

Artist Jiří Černický will present his new book Kongo severu (Congo of the North) (Dybbuk, 2023) and the film Meteorologie soucitu (Meteorology of Compassion) (1993–2021). Followed by a discussion with the author.

A documentary about the upheavals in the making of Andrzej Zulawski's film that was arguably the first Polish mega science fiction production.

A team of astronauts land on an inhabitable planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah.

A documentary about the upheavals in the making of Andrzej Zulawski's film that was arguably the first Polish mega science fiction production.

An evening with Ukrainian director and Freefilmers collective member Sashko Protyah.

A selection of films by Clemens Poole, Kamila Yanar and Nataliya Ilchuk. With Clemens Poole as a guest.

An in-depth look at daily life at one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Come and discover the tastes of other countries and cultures! One World, international human rights documentary film festival, is back to PLATO.

Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.

Documentary film by Barbora Johansson about the people according to whom the use of digital technologies should not be a condition for functioning in society. The screening is followed by a discussion with Hynek Trojánek, the dramaturge of the film.

A selection of films by Oleksyi Radynski, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Sarmen Belgarian, Mikola Ridnyi and AntiGonna.

Selected films from the Mezipatra 2022 queer film festival. An emotion-packed road movie Lola by Belgian director Laurent Micheli and Na dřeň, a compilation of short films.

Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.

A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

Can the working class such as those on plantations in the Congo benefit from Art, instead of being victimized by it through gentrification? A documentary by Dutch director and artist Renzo Martens.

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

The culture as a riot: lecture of Darja Lukjanenko about contemporary Ukrainian culture in resistance to imperialism. Decolonization process and its acceleration.

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.

A fascinating film revealing human behaviour in reaction to extreme situations. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

Can the working class such as those on plantations in the Congo benefit from Art, instead of being victimized by it through gentrification? A documentary by Dutch director and artist Renzo Martens.

A rough and magical coming of age on the Icelandic periphery. The film won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at this year's Berlinale. Curatorial selection by film critic Antonín Tesař.

The fourteenth edition with the subtitle “Sous les pavés, la plage!”.

The fourteenth edition with the subtitle “Sous les pavés, la plage!”.

When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

Screenings now always take place on Thursdays! A psychological drama about a housewife whose monotonous life is transformed by a mysterious illness caused by her environment.

The enfant terrible of Polish cinema. The latest film by Andrzej Żuławski is based on Gombrowicz’s novel.

A documentary by Anna Kryvenko offers an original perspective on the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. It investigates how we deal with collective memory, which then defines our perspective of the present.

A selection of films by Oleksiy Radynsky, Vasyl Cherepanyn and Sarmen Beglarian, Mikola Ridnyi and AntiGonna.

A documentary by Cyprien Clément-Delmas from 2018 about an 18-year old Artiom, who has just one wish: to go and fight for his homeland, Ukraine.

A suggestive documentary by Jaśmina Wójcik reconstructs one working day of former employees of an abandoned tractor factory.

The enfant terrible of Polish cinema. The latest film by Andrzej Żuławski is based on Gombrowicz’s novel.

Drama by legendary British director Ken Loach, who received two awards in Cannes. Introductory word by Filip Šimeček.

A phantasmagorical story of three friends, who are the “orphans of the 20th century”. A film from the collection of “strongbox” films made in the 1960s by director Juraj Jakubisko.

Come and discover the tastes of other countries and cultures! One World is back to PLATO.

The enfant terrible of Polish cinema. The latest film by Andrzej Żuławski is based on Gombrowicz’s novel.

Documentary by the visual artist Jelena Jureša finding its way to understand painful episodes of the history.

A documentary about the story of the Ostrava Holocaust survivor with an introduction by the curator of the When I State I Am an Anarchist exhibition.

Visually and intellectually remarkable, a futurist-looking animated film based on Stefan Wul’s novel.

Feature-film debut by director Vera Lacková about the Romani in the Resistance movement, who died in their fight for freedom and have been forgotten.

Chamber drama by Jaromil Jireš presents Marie Kudeříková, a communist resistance fighter executed by the Nazi at the age of twenty-two.

Atypical documentary about film critic Kamil Fila. The most discussed and attended film at the MFDF Ji.hlava 2021 festival.

Documentary about two anthropologists studying climatic changes.

The last film by Xavier Dolan, a Georgian festival winner and a dose of decadent short films.

In his formally distinctive feature debut, Šimon Holý brings an unusually authentic view of the relationships, dreams and worries of today's people in their thirties.

A document that makes it impossible to turn your eyes away from the situation of migrants on Lampedusa Island.

Graduate’s film. A story of a hero, who can’t deal with the absence of spirituality, set in a late-capitalist metropolis.

Audio-visual requiem for Homo sapiens by documentarist Viera Čákanyová.

Engaged builders’ drama from industrial Ostrava directed by Jan Kačer.

Horror comedy dealing with topics of gentrification, privatization, commodification of art, land, thoughts and freedom.

Film essay by Jean-Luc Godard conspicuously imbued with an almost horror atmosphere.

The international film festival focusing on cinematography is back and also to PLATO. This year’s subtitle of the festival is RájPARADISE.

Video recording of a performance for the project by Alma Lily Rayner that deals with community models of mutual support, followed by a discussion with performers.

Quantum fairytale about world’s origins by Polish visual artist Norman Leto.

Drama based on novel by Lenka Hašková with Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos as directors.

Film trilogy presents an intoxicating mixture of documentary observation, philosophical reasoning and quasi-narrative story.

The last part of a film trilogy presents an intoxicating mixture of documentary observation, philosophical reasoning and quasi-narrative story.

The second part of a film trilogy presents an intoxicating mixture of documentary observation, philosophical reasoning and quasi-narrative story.

The first part of a film trilogy presents an intoxicating mixture of documentary observation, philosophical reasoning and quasi-narrative story.

The film essay Follow Them (2020) by Evi Kalogiropoulou is a prologue to the [TRYPA]((https://plato-ostrava.cz/cs/Vystavy/2020/Dira) exhibition which has been waiting for its opening since December 2020.

The film essay Follow Them (2020) by Evi Kalogiropoulou is a prologue to the [TRYPA]((https://plato-ostrava.cz/cs/Vystavy/2020/Dira) exhibition which has been waiting for its opening since December 2020.

Film selection and online commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Online screening in partnership with Edison FilmHub. The third and the last cinema of the Intensities cycle.

This year’s symbolic ceremony for the 31st edition of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award will take the form of an all-day symposium. A rich program will be offered and the event will be broadcast live on the ČT art website.

A series of videos by international artists discussing the autonomous zone. Selection by curator Martin Mazanec and visual artist Dominik Gajarský.

Screening of Werner Herzog’s most ambitious film and one of the jewels of European cinematography.

Premiere of The Bedriska Settlement and Bellevue Di Monaco documentaries. The documentaries deal with the possibilities of solving social issues and affordable housing, in which groups and individuals from the field of architecture or contemporary art are significantly involved. The cycle will be presented by the authors Janek Rous (Artyčok.TV), Karolína Kripnerová and Vojtěch Sigmund (Architekti bez hranic).

Film selection and commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Programme from cycle Intensities. Screening in partnership with Edison Filmhub.

Film screening and discussion.

Screening of the documentary Alex James: Slowing Down Fast Fashion and discussion of Petr Kubala with guests.

Twisted film experiences, original discussions, musical jewels and other bizarre juicy details.

We join global celebrations of the International Romani Day. Dancing and singing, traditional meals, exhibition of folk costumes, film screening

A weekend with films by the globally renown Polish film director.

Discussion with film director Lech Majewski, followed by a screening. An event hosted by Petr Vlček, a film publicist and dramaturge of the Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště.

One World international festival on the subject of human rights again in PLATO.

An evening with visual artist, activist, and filmmaker Vladimír Turner.

Film selection and commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Screening in partnership with Edison FilmHub.

Documentary by Johany Ožvold presents the history of electronic and experimental music from the pre-war years to the present day.

Screening accompanied by live musical performance.

The feature film of visual artist Tomáš Svoboda.

Famous comedy-drama film written and directed by Věra Chytilová.

An Evening of Film and Video Works by the Rafani art group with author comments from group members David Kořínek and Jiří Franta.

Documentary Rent Rebels (Germany, 2017) and discussion about the housing crisis with documentarist Apolena Rychlíková and architect Jakub Nakládal.

Famous historical film directed by František Vláčil.

Traditional Czech fairy tales for the youngest audience.

Digitally restored film “The Good Soldier Švejk” in two parts, starring Rudolf Hrušínský.

Famous science fiction horror film directed by Věra Chytilová.

Petr Šprincl’s Moravian Slovakia film epic on Moravian nationalism and satanism; a trilogy.

Ku Klux Klan, orthodox Jews, black Jews, and other crazy people. Presentation of “Blue Box”, an experimental documentary in the making by Petr Šprincl and Marie Hájková.

Films by artist Vít Soukup from the archive of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

Artist David Fesl selected the most interesting films from the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2019 and personally presents them in PLATO.

How can one reconstruct something so terrible? By means of an intimate theatrical experiment, several survivors attempt to depict the attack on the Norwegian summer camp in 2011.

The documentary shows how the Bauhaus school started after World War I, how it became revolutionary and tells the true story about the closing and the enmashment of some of the Bauhaus-people during Nazi-Germany.

Documentary on iconic artist Joseph Beuys (1921–1986).

Short films and video by artist Adéla Babanová: Neptune (2018, CR/D), Where Did the Stewardess Fall From? (2014, CR) and Return to Adriaport (2013, CR).

A documentary on one of the world’s greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter.

Where do depressions in pop come from and why is today’s independent music so obsessed with sadness? A gallery talk with video clips by music journalists known from Radio Wave or the Full Moon and A2 magazines.

“It is about a man and his woman who no longer understand each other as they do not speak the same language”, said the director Jean-Luc Godard about his film.

This year again in PLATO: The International Film Festival focusing on the work of cameramen exploring the boundaries of the film image. This year’s festival theme – juvenilia.

Feature film debut of Hynek Bočan with Nikdo se nebude smát (Nobody Gets the Last Laugh), inspired by a tale from Milan Kundera’s short stories collection Směšné lásky (Laughable Loves).

A farewell party to the school year not just for students. A selection of the most interesting Czech videoclips created by visual artists – in a cinema on the large screen. An afterparty in the garden with Jim Krutor.

“It is about a man and his woman who no longer understand each other as they do not speak the same language”, said the director Jean-Luc Godard about his film.

A free adaptation of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels is the last film by one of the prominent figures of the Czechoslovak New Wave, Pavel Juráček.

The film by Eva Koťátková is an edited record of the artist’s theatrical performance based on the real case of the psychiatric patient and creator Jakob Mohr.

Films and videos by Czech artist Mark Ther, winner of the Jinřich Chalupecký award, and the Ostrava debut of his latest work Mitsu (2018).

Artists’ lives are not easy. Or at least they think so. A film by Lukasz Ronduda inspired by the life and work of two contemporary Polish artists, Wojciech Bąkowski and Zuzanna Bartoszek.

The director Emily James spent more than a year in activist groups to document their secret activities. Stories of people who refuse to take part in the devastation of the planet are inspirational and amusing.

A selection of videos by the curators Anna Remešová and Alžběta Bačíková examining documentary approaches of artists working with the moving image. The screening will be accompanied by commentaries from both curators.

A black comedy about good intentions, history and the present. How will an attempt by a theatre director to reconstruct the tragic events from 1941, when the Romanian army committed a massacre at the front, turn out?

Perverse film experiences, unusual debates, domestic music gems and other bizarre titbits. The original ODPAD Film Fest, this time in PLATO.

Lucas before Lucas, Scott before Scott, Kubrick before Kubrick. A visually groundbreaking Czechoslovak sci-fi movie written by Pavel Juráček and Jindřich Polák (who also directed the film).

A commented projection of reconstructed Super-8 films by the filmmakers, who were active in the Czech underground culture of the 80s. Hosted by Martin Blažíček, the dramaturgist of the event.

A mini-marathon of three documentary frilms on the subject of human rights, debates, a traditional gastronomic event and a workshop on what it is like to be visually impaired or deaf. An all-day event of the One World international festival, this year for the first time in collaboration with PLATO.

The Columbo detective series (1968–2003) and a legendary “dark crime thriller” of Czech provenance became a point of departure for two film reflections by the winner of the Jindřich Chalupecký Prize 2014. The films will be presented by the artist.

Projection of two 16-mm experimental films by leading protagonists of the Czech conceptual and formal cinema, with the participation of the director of Heidegger in Auschwitz, filmmaker Martin Ježek.

Ostrava premiere of a summer necro-story about a grave robber who with his henchmen sets out on a journey to Vienna in a caravan to return stolen teeth of the composers Strauss and Brahms. The projection will be followed by a discussion with the director.

We open the regular Friday projections with a Polish punk musical / performer duo SIKSA and director Piotr Macha.

Screening of video works by Agnieszka Polska from the collection of Deutsche Telekom, introduced and commented by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher.

Projection of audiovisual films by the winner of the Jindřich Chalupecký Prize; the artist will be present.

Autumn film projection in the open air.

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou.

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou.

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou.