There's a cinema. There's a gallery. And in between there's TEFF .
Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 November 2026
FEMMES FATALES. Fatal women. The kind that are not forgotten.
The concept of femme fatale has a long history. Seductive, mysterious and dangerous women appeared in mythology, literature and in the 19th century the modern idea of femme fatale was significantly formed in European culture. Medusa, Salome, sirens and later heroines who were able to charm, insecure and really stir up someone else's fate. On the movie screen, the femme fatale got another face and it was hard to take your eyes off her.
This year, TEFF is also taking the concept of a femme fatale in its own way.
Because fate doesn't just have to be the one we look at. It can also be the one who decides where we look. She stands behind the camera, draws, exhibits, directs, tells her own stories and is clear about what she wants to show.
The sixth year of the Telegraph Film Festival therefore belongs to women in front of and behind the camera. Film heroines and their authors. Directors, artists and illustrators of different generations. Some have already significantly impacted the history of Czech film, others are coming up with contemporary work and new themes. Each different. Each in their own way. From November 11 to 14, films, fine art, video art, lectures and meetings with creators will meet at the Telegraph. Four days dedicated to women who simply cannot be overlooked.
Don't expect one femme fatale. The Telegraph will be full of them.
Accreditation and admission fees
1) TEFF26: Accreditation (4 DAYS) : 580 CZK
Guarantees free entry to all festival events
2) TEFF26: STUDENT ACCREDITATION (4 DAYS) : 520 CZK
Guarantees free entry to all festival events
When collecting the accreditation card, it is necessary to present the ISIC
3) TICKETS for individual program items can be purchased at the Telegraph reception or online.
Films, debates, workshops, exhibitions and other accompanying programs.
PROGRAM
(DAY 1) Wednesday 11 11 2026
18:00 Guided tour of the exhibition WHITE NOISE: Anna Uddenberg exhibition
The first program of this year's 6th year of TEFF is a guided tour of the White exhibition
Noise. The exhibition is based on a fragmented female figure, which literally fuses with
office infrastructure, whereby the author, Anna Uddenberg, reveals how
internalized demands for adaptability and performance turn into passive objectification and loss
own identity.
free
19:30 Festival Opening & DAISIES (1966) film
Director Věra Chytilová's famous film about dangerously free female rebellion is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
60th anniversary since its premiere. As part of the opening of TEFF, we are presenting it in an exclusive restored
version as an iconic pillar of our festival theme this year.
Wherever they go, they provoke. Two young women, Marie I and Marie II, decide to be wicked,
because the world around them is like that too. With unprecedented ease, humor and shamelessness, they
they subjugate men and the entire patriarchal system around them.
150 CZK
(DAY 2) Thursday 12 11 2026
18:00 Oscar-winning film VOLKLORE (2026) & discussion with director Viktoria Štěpánová film
Freshly awarded the Silver Student Oscar, the short film VOLKLORE is an experimental
a video essay that explores how Czech folklore is changing in the digital age of social media. Tradition
become marketing tools; you become the brand, your following community. YouTuber
Vivi takes us through folk customs and connects them with key fashion events. In the spirit of
festival themes explore the interface between authenticity and modern-day "femmes fatales"
internet feeds that captivate audiences through their phone screens. Special guest
The screening will be personally hosted by the award-winning director Viktorie Štěpánová.
150 CZK
19:30 A LOVER, NOT A WARRIOR (2026) film
Andrej has a secret plan. Don't do stupid things, don't go anywhere, spend time with his grandmother and most importantly - don't climb.
drunk, climbing tall trees from which he cannot climb. One day, he unexpectedly meets
the woman of destiny, Míša, and over a glass of Fanta they start talking. The fight for their fragile love in
This crazy world begins! We present the new Slovak film awarded at the Karlovy Vary IFF
at the festival as a refreshing look at how deeply one encounter with a charismatic
A woman can change a life.
150 CZK
(DAY 3) Friday 13 11 2026
17:00 Illustrator Berry26: Comics as direction , lecture
Illustrator and comic book author Berry26 reveals how a blank page becomes a scene
under the absolute control of the author. In concrete examples, she will show how, with the help of composition and
working with mystery to manipulate the reader's attention and how to create strong, bewitching characters,
that won't let you go. Find out what it's like to hold the directorial reins of a visual story firmly in your hands.
150 CZK
19:30 HOOF HERE, HOOF THERE (1988) New digitally restored version + Introduction film
Three friends Pepe (Tomáš Hanák), Dědek (Milan Šteindler) and František (David Vávra) live
intense nightlife. While their days are filled with boring, sometimes absurd,
the working reality of late socialism, the nights are dedicated to decadence, in which they play
dangerously attractive women.
As the second film in the Věra Chytilová profile, we are presenting the grotesquely chilling
a film in a newly digitally restored version, in which the director, with characteristic cynicism,
and with sensitivity, she captured the moral hangover of a human and historical epoch.
The screening will be preceded by an introduction by the festival's chief dramaturge, Michael Bukovanský.
150 CZK
22:00 Night Cinema: THELMA AND LOUISA (1991) 35 years since the premiere of the film
Get ready for the freest road movie of this year's festival! They meet in an iconic ride
two fateful women: one an independent, bitter waitress named Louise, the other a submissive and
Thelma, who is dominated by her husband. However, their weekend escape from boredom turns into a tragic turn of events.
turns into a wild and uncompromising escape from the law.
150 CZK
(DAY 4) Saturday 14 November 2026
15:30 Family workshop: MASKS or be anyone! for children
We haven't forgotten about the youngest visitors at this year's TEFF either! Children will be able to participate in a creative workshop
make their own mask or costume and become whoever they want – a fairy tale
beings, a mysterious hero and a little femme fatale. Come cut, glue and discover hidden
secrets and explore what it's like to put on a new face!
free
18:00 Film Anna Uddenberg: USELESS SACRIFICE (2022–2024) film
Swedish artist Anna Uddenberg's visually captivating video essays develop themes from her
White Noise exhibition at Telegraph Gallery. Explore the boundaries between the body, modern
design and corporate control in a series of images that provide a chilling look at
neoliberal fetishes and modern femmes fatales.
free
19:30 IF PIGEONS TURNED INTO GOLD (2026) film
This year's TEFF closes with a very personal confession. Director Pepa Lubojacki recorded for five years
emotional stories of her own family. Why addiction robbed her beloved brother and two
cousins for relationships, a sense of security, health and a roof over their heads? And what if they are not behind all this?
addiction itself, but something that began much earlier? This internationally awarded documentary
from the Berlinale, and the official national representative in the Oscar race, brings an emotionally charged full stop
behind the festival.
150 CZK
The cornerstone of TEFF's dramaturgy is films. Unsurprisingly. Like last year. Do you know which ones?
Five feature films, two experimental films, a gallery, a comic, a discussion, a workshop and four days at FEMMES FATALES.
TEFF26 will open on Wednesday, November 11 at the Telegraph Gallery. WHITE NOISE by Anna Uddenberg literally fuses the human body with the office environment, furniture and infrastructure. A guided tour of the exhibition will play out the first of the forms of this year's theme before it gets dark. The evening will be taken over by Věra Chytilová and her SEDMIKRÁSKY . Sixty years since the premiere, a restored version and a film that has lost none of its audacity to this day.
Thursday will combine folklore, internet culture and first loves. Viktoria Štěpánová's VOLKLORE , awarded the Silver Student Oscar, mixes folk customs, social networks, fashion and the world of influencers in sixteen minutes. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director. In the evening, Martina Buchelová's LOVER, NOT A WARRIOR : a feature-length debut about Andrej, Míš and one meeting that turns their routine lives upside down. The film won the Special Jury Mention at the Karlovy Vary IFF.
On Friday, we'll put down the camera and pick up a comic. During the lecture Comics as Direction, illustrator Berry26 will show how the rhythm of the page is created, how she works with composition, and how the reader's attention can be directed with images. Then back to the cinema: HOOF HERE, HOOF THERE in a digitally restored version and with an introduction by the festival's chief dramaturge Michael Bukovanský. And at 10:00 PM? THELMA AND LOUISE . A weekend trip that turns into one of the most famous freedom rides.
Saturday will start with scissors, paper and a little mystery. At the family workshop WHO IS HIDDING UNDER THE MASK?, you will create scribbles and new identities according to your own imagination. The evening will once again belong to Anna Uddenberg, this time on screen. The short experimental film USELESS SACRIFICE develops the themes of the White Noise exhibition and her interest in the body, control, identity and the environment that shapes us.
The last screening of this year's TEFF will be IF THE PIGEONS TURNED INTO GOLD by director Pepa Lubojacki. She spent five years filming her own family, searching for an answer to the question of what lies behind addiction and where the effort to help the person we love ends. The documentary won the Berlinale award for best documentary and was selected as the Czech representative for the Oscars. After the screening, we stay in the hall - a meeting and debate with the director will follow.
Four days of film, art and women that cannot be overlooked. Read more in the PROGRAM section.
ACCREDITATION HERE and at the reception of the TELEGRAPH building.
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Telegraph (Jungmannova 3, Olomouc)
49°35'26.6"N 17°16'34.6"
6th YEAR EDITION Team
chief dramaturge MICHAEL BUKOVANSKÝ
Executive Director ELIŠKA SKÁCELOVÁ
creative director AGNESA KISZKOVÁ
production KVIDO LOTREK
marketing MARKETA KALOUSKOVA
video maker, photographer MIKULÁŠ KOSTAN
visual identity JAKUB KOVAŘÍK
social networks JONÁŠ BLÁHA
HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL
Telegraph Film Festival 2025 / TEFF25 - Reflection
Telegraph Film Festival 2024 / TEFF24 - Transfiguration
Telegraph Film Festival 2023 / TEFF23 - Within Reach
Telegraph Film Festival 2022 / TEFF22 - Chelsea Hotel
Telegraph Film Festival 2021 / TEFF21 - "year zero"
