Věra Chytilová (1929–2014) was a Czech film director and one of the most distinctive figures of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Known for her provocative style and sharp social criticism, she is best remembered for Daisies (1966). Even during the normalization era she maintained her uncompromising authorial voice.
A classic Czechoslovak film screening accompanying the Jiří Balcara exhibition at Alšova jihočeská galerie.
A Czechoslovak comedy by Věra Chytilová from 1992 about an eccentric country hermit named Bohuš. Summer screening at Klubovna.
Věra Chytilová's 1979 critical portrait of normalization-era society, told through interconnected stories of residents in a Prague housing estate. The film exposes the gap between socialist ideals and individual self-interest, and won the Grand Prize at the San Remo festival.
A surrealist provocation about two young women rejecting morality, this 1967 Věra Chytilová masterpiece sparked political controversy and showcased bold cinematography by Jaroslav Kučera.
