Symbols and political analogies abound in this dramatically frustrating first work by a recent film-school graduate. In the story, Vojtech has survived World War II in a Czech prison following an unjust sentence. Now he is free, and the world is full of possibilities.

A young maid enlists supernatural help in order to escape her past.

During a period of self-reflection leading up to the New Year, David develops an unusual disorder an...

A writer reminisces on the fallout between her and her best friend

After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and...

Matys is an outsider who moved from Ukraine to Czechia with his sister in search of a better life. I...
High school teacher Jiří is torn from his solitude and everyday life by an unexpected nighttime visi...

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in tran...

Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infa...

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes h...

A nuclear family sits in front of the television. The phone rings.
Little Martin would like to run outside with other children, but he is afraid that they will make fu...

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchm...

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang o...

Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance sta...

In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, Will...