My Street Films
In its eleven years of existence, My Street Films has established itself as a vital educational project that inspires interested members of the general public to make short films about issues they feel are important. The uniqueness of the project lies in its openness - it connects a year-round community of people who are actively with professionals from the media industry. In addition to the national competition for the best film, it organises workshops for selected candidates on documentary filmmaking, open seminars for the public, intensive workshops or film screenings combined with lectures and discussions. In the online edition of IDFF Ji.hlava we will present the films produced at this year's workshops in Prague, Brno and Ostrava, including the winning films of the My Street Films Award competition.
Between Everything and Nothing
director: Karolína Strnadová
original title: Mezi vším a ničím
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 9 min.
Confusion, uncertainty, and the desire to find direction in a world full of possibilities. All of this arises when dreams begin to blur into reality, and you find yourself in a quarter-life crisis. The author shares her own feelings during her twenties as she faces critical life decisions. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček and Barbora Sliepková. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Continuum
director: Petr Protivánek
original title: Continuum
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 6 min.
Continuum was once among the most frequently used words on the stages of the National Theatre in Prague. It has many possible interpretations, and this film explores the concept using the story of a man who is indispensable to the National Theatre. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček and Barbora Sliepková. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Dad Poet of Life
director: Antonín Korb
original title: Táta básník života
country: Czech Republic
year: 2022
running time: 6 min.
"This film offers glimpses into different stages of my dad’s life from my perspective." – Antonín Korb This film participated in the film competition My Street Films Award 2024 and received one of the awards.
Dear My (Alter?) Ego
director:
original title: Ukradl jsi mé srdce
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 8 min.
A person’s roots, where he/she was born and where he/she belongs (Ibasho), are often neglected today. Nikaho-city, which gained city status in 2005 by merging three villages, is in Akita Prefecture that has the highest population of people over 65 in Japan. A place where nothing happens… This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. The film received the My Street Films Award.
Fish
director: Andrea Vašků
original title: Ryby
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 9 min.
When my dad became seriously ill, he stopped working and took up fishing. Fish swim in their microcosm, unaware they could become prey. The pond is both a constraint and a contemplative mirror, in which the father-daughter relationship occasionally glimmers. And the observer becomes the observed. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček and Barbora Sliepková. The film received the My Street Films Award.
Generation / Gentrification
director: Adam Hrubý
original title: Generace / Gentrifikace
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 7 min.
Why are you still living with your parents? It’s a question I constantly think about. Is it really wrong? My parents are still living with their parents too. And I’m with them. Is it my fault? What’s keeping me here? This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček and Barbora Sliepková. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
His Whole Universe
director: Lenka Čápová
original title: Jeho celý vesmír
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 12 min.
"When he’s hungry, thirsty, or crying, I’m here. We’re together 24/7, and I’m everything to him. It’s exhausting. Who can I tell without hearing, "You wanted a child, so take care of it?" And what about my partner? I think I’m having a motherhood crisis." – Lenka Čápová This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. The film received the Student Jury Award of the My Street Films Award.
How to Cook Pumpkins and Squash
director: Klára Vosecká
original title: Jak se vaří z dýní a patizonů
year: 2024
running time: 10 min.
The documentary How to Cook Pumpkins and Squash is a granddaughter’s memory of her grandmother, her pumpkins and the legacy she left behind. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Human Being, That’s the Question
director: Barbora Petružálková
original title: Jde totiž o člověka
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 10 min.
What would an ideal social service look like if clients could design it according to their own ideas? Three people with long-term experience of homelessness, falling through the cracks of social services, along with one boy who still views the world and the people in it with his heart. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Life Behind the Door
director: Marta Machová
original title: Život za dveřmi
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 8 min.
This short documentary film features several (extra)ordinary residents of a nursing home. The author captures selected moments from their lives, their feelings and memories, without the need to evaluate, judge, or evoke pity in the viewer.This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
My Feet Film
director: Eliška Blauberová
original title: My Feet Film
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 10 min.
Have you ever known you had to go, but just weren’t sure where? My feet knew it and made it clear to me. My Feet Film is about the journey we have all embarked on. Even if we sometimes don’t know where to go, we must keep going. What can separate us from knowing who we are and where we are going? This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
My Last Day at Montessori
director: Matěj Padrta
original title: Můj poslední den na Montessori
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 9 min.
This film captures my last day at Labyrinth Lhota Elementary Montessori School. Classmates and guides share their opinions on the benefits of this kind of teaching approach, including an insight into the daily hustle and bustle of alternative education. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Not Motherhood
director: Markéta Houserová
original title: Ne mateřství
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 7 min.
Not Motherhood is a personal introspection and a reflection of the author’s reality. Thoughts, dreams, feelings and poetic perception are confronted with a fast-paced world. It’s a personal rite of passage. You will pass through several doors, some of which have been left unopened.This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Kateř Tureček and Barbora Sliepková.This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
One Day of an E-sports Player
director: Petr Rys
original title: Jeden den E-sportovce
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 7 min.
The film One Day of an E-sports Player captures a single day in the life of an e-sports player who competes in the computer game League of Legends, often shortened to LoL. In an entertaining way, this film shows the challenges the protagonist faces both in the game and in his everyday life. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
director: Tereza Korpaňová
original title: Očím Uteču Neuteču Očím
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 2 min.
Never-ending anxiety triggered by the inexplicable looks of strangers. The question arises whether my thoughts are merely an irrational illusion. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
Poems on the Paths
director: Lenka Nemeškalová
original title: Básně na cestách
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 7 min.
Paths can lead us home, but we also run along them into the distance. Have you ever really looked at them? Maybe then we wouldn’t be so afraid of change and loneliness. The film is an epitaph for a memory that is constantly being born and dying, and of which we are an inseparable part. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
The Butter Bun
director: Anastasiia Nikitina
original title: Houska s máslem
year: 2024
running time: 6 min.
Every time a Ukrainian student returns from a study stay in Europe, she encounters misunderstandings with the older generation due to different perspectives on life. This film captures a conversation between her grandfather and his best friend during their regular tea meetings. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
The Garden of Memory
director: Pavel Chmátal
original title: Zahrada paměti
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 12 min.
The film tells the story of Marie, who collects flowers from defunct Sudeten German settlements, abandoned after World War II, and grows them in her garden. In this way, she tries to revive the memory of their ancestors, hidden in human stories and the surrounding nature. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
The Mountain of First Steps
director: Stela Joudal
original title: Kopec prvních kroků
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 10 min.
An unreproducible space-time allows for a conversation we tried to pretend doesn’t exist. Two years later, we travel from the pond called Murder over the Hill to Paradise Pond. Why are we talking about this only now? This intimate film about a mother and her daughter is both unique and universal. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
The Seal Is the Answer
director: Alena Harciníková
original title: Tuleň je ta odpověď
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 7 min.
When hitchhiking, you never know what’s going to happen. You just stand there with a sign, a clear goal and wait for opportunities – or cars – to pull up. Maybe they’ll give you a short lift or take you somewhere completely different – and that’s all good. I wish I could see that in my normal life. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Marika Pecháčková and Ivo Bystřičan. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
The Silent Witness
director: Michaela Krausová
original title: Němý svědek
country: Czech Republic
year: 2024
running time: 10 min.
A silent witness observes the city’s transformation. Fast-paced living and detachment from our roots damage individuals and society. Slowing down and returning to our essence offers a path to renewal. The film quietly reflects on inner growth in an age of superficiality. This film was made during the 2024 My Street Films workshop under the guidance of Tereza Reichová and Jan Sacher. This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.
