Ivo Špalj Movies

Pieces of wood are captured by a crow and dance in celebration of spring in this animated short film.

A non-narrative voyage round Sedlec Ossuary, which has been constructed from over 50,000 human skeletons (victims of the Black Death).

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island....

One of the film stories based on the old Prague legends. This one is about the old master clock maker Hanus who construed the Prague Old Town...

Jan Nemec, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave, creates an original portrait of one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century: Toyen...

This combined film (black and white drawings of human hands and objects) is a parable on power and the motives affecting modern society.

Jan Svankmajer, at 85 years of age, is one of the most prominent artists of European cinema. His work has inspired and guided generations of...

A cartoon in the form of a comic describes the process of development of human thought.

A poetic, but chilling story of seven puppets in train car prior to its journey to a concentration camp.

A fable on the futility of progress for its own sake.

The puppet film Mashkin Killed Koshkin, based on the short story of the same name by Daniil Kharms, is a small, absurd story of two heroes who...

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Barta’s masterpiece.

A Czech animation.

A microbe enters the bloodstream of a young woman.