Upcoming Film:

WAVES (Vlny)

Schertz: Evo Cinema, Sunday, March 1, 2PM • Tix HERE

Austin: Violet Crown, Wednesday, March 4, 7pm Tix HERE

Houston: River Oaks, Monday, March 23, 7:30PM • Tix HERE

*Films in Czech language with English subtitles

WAVES (Vlny)

Directed by: Jiří Mádl

Starring: Vojtěch Vodochodský, Ondřej Stupka, Tatiana Pauhofová

Schertz: Evo Cinema, Sunday, March 1, 2PM • Tix HERE

Austin: Violet Crown, Wednesday, March 4, 7pm Tix HERE

Houston: River Oaks, Monday, March 23, 7:30PM • Tix HERE

Short Listed for Best Foreign Film at the 2025 American Oscars

6 Czech Oscars — Best Film, Best Director & more

Trailer here

A BROADCAST THAT WILL CHANGE HISTORY

Based on a true story, the gripping and never-before-published stories of the journalists of Czechoslovak Radio…

A historical thriller set during the 1968 Prague Spring, focusing on journalists at Czechoslovak Radio who defied Soviet censorship. The film follows Tomáš, a technician forced by the StB, the Czech secret police, to spy on his colleagues in order to protect his younger brother, as they fight for free speech during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

In partnership with PolkaWorks, Big Day Pictures, UT- Austin’s CREEES and Center for European Studies (CES) & AgroEcoPower.

From Our Previous Film Selection

Buko

Directed by Alice Nellis

Czech Oscar, Best Supporting Role — Martha Issová, Official Selection – Karlovy Vary IFF

Trailer here

Jarmila and her husband Václav move from Prague to the countryside to spend their last years. Upon Václav’s unfortunate passing, Jarmila receives a surprise as dictated in his last will: an old circus horse named Buko she is now supposed to take care of. And with it Jarmila starts a new phase of her life. With help of an autistic Tereza, neighbour Karel and his mother, she tries to create a new home for Buko and find her way to him. But to be able to do so, she first must acknowledge her own feelings and stop hiding behind a daily routine and silly TV shows.

About The Fest!

Presented by Big Day Pictures and PolkaWorks, Czech That Film Texas annually brings the best of Czech contemporary cinema to Texas.

The festival is committed to exhibiting films that not only expose viewers to Czech culture, but also enlighten audiences, bring people together, and present inspired entertainment for all.

Special Thanks to our partners: Violet Crown, UT-Austin’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, UT-Austin’s Center for European Studies, Václav Havel Czech School of Dallas, Sokol Dallas.

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