What would happen if you squeezed five movies into one evening that made no one want to leave the theater? A butcher accused just because he's different. An old woman who was waiting to die - and instead came a soccer ball and a 17-year-old boy. An 1813 Englishwoman who chooses the least appropriate time in her life for her days. A world where a kiss is a crime, or a pub night where one penniless man pays with a song - and the whole bar suddenly can't stop wondering what the others have been carrying all along. Five Oscar-nominated films from five different corners of the world - but most importantly, five proofs that a shorter story can strike more precisely, more deeply and more poignantly than anything you've seen at the cinema this year.
SINGERS (USA)
Directed by Sam A. Jack Piatt, David Breschel, Charlie Cohen, Sam A. Davis |
Starring: Mike Young, Chris Smither, Will Harrington, Judah Kelly, Matthew Corcoran |
Year of Production: 2025 | Runtime: 18 min | Feature Film |
Adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's short story from the 19th century.
DOROTCH'S FRIEND (UK)
Directed by Lee Knight | Produced by James Dean, Scottie Fotré, Max Marlow |
Starring: Alistair Nwachukwu, Oscar Lloyd, Stephen Fry |
Year of Production: 2025 | Runtime: 21 min | Feature Film |
Dorothy is a lonely widow whose body gradually fails her while her mind remains sharp and alive. When seventeen-year-old JJ accidentally kicks a soccer ball into her garden, it disrupts her daily rhythm of pills, plums and crossword puzzles. The unexpected encounter gradually grows into a fragile friendship between two people who, at first glance, couldn't be more different - and yet find a surprisingly close understanding.
CEJCH (Israel)
Directed by Meyer Levinson-Blount | Produced by Oron Caspi, Maya Dreifuss |
Starring: Omar Sameer, Meyer Levinson-Blount, Rona Toledano |
Year of Production: 2025 | Runtime: 26 min | Feature Film |
Samir, an Arab Israeli working in a Tel Aviv supermarket, faces accusations of tearing down posters of kidnapped hostages in the common room. To keep the job he depends on for his livelihood, he must prove his innocence.
Two People Exchanging Saliva (France, USA)
Directed by Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh | Produced by Carol Cohen, Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh |
Starring: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Luàna Bajrami, Vicky Krieps |
Year of production: 2024 | Runtime: 36 min | Feature film |
Angine is not happy in her marriage, so she runs away from it to go shopping in a flashy department store. One day, her routine is disrupted by the arrival of a charming salesgirl, Malaise. But they both live in a world that criminalises all amorous contact. Their rapprochement becomes a very dangerous affair.
Jane Austen’s Period Drama (USA)
Directed by Julia Aks, Steve Pinder | Produced by Elli Legerski |
Starring: Julia Aks, Ta'imua, Samantha Smart |
Year: 2024 | Runtime: 13 min | Feature Film |
England, 1813. In the midst of a long-awaited proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr Dickley, interprets the blood as a wound - and it turns out that his expensive education has some gaps after all. A witty period satire about the female body, social conventions and male ignorance.
The screening will be in the original version with English and Czech subtitles. Total running time 115 minutes. Accessible for ages 15 and up.
FILM CLUB TELEGRAPH & DISCOUNT FOR FILM FANS
The film is presented under the banner of the Telegraph Film Club. If you are a member of our FK and therefore a card holder of the AČFK - Association of Czech Film Clubs for 2026 or ARTER card, you are entitled to a 20,- CZK discount for this event. This discount can also be combined with a reduced admission price for students or seniors. The card must be presented at the entrance to the cinema.
For more information about the Film Clubs Card, please visit AČFK.cz
For more information about the card, please visit kmarter.cz
Programme change subject to change.
