Czech and Slovak films featured in Prague screenings

The film ‘Lover, Not a Fighter’ (Milovník, nie bojovník), a Slovak-Czech romantic tragicomedy directed by Martina Buchelová, is currently playing in Prague. The film, which follows a young man's attempt to navigate young adulthood and romance in a Bratislava housing estate, won the Grand Prize in the Proxima competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. English-subtitled screenings are scheduled at Kino Světozor from October 19–25.

Additionally, the Czech classic ‘The Valley of the Bees’ (Údolí včel) by František Vláčil will be screened with English subtitles at Kino Ponrepo on October 21. Set in the Middle Ages, the film depicts a Bohemian nobleman's struggle between religious devotion and personal freedom.