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In November 1989, an international seminar "Central Europe. Culture at the Crossroads, Between Totalitarianism and Commercialism" and a review of Czechoslovak Independent Culture, which marked the culmination of the activities of the Polish-Czechoslovak Solidarity community and also served as a prelude to the Velvet Revolution in Prague. The long-standing cooperation of the SPCz (and the "Polish-Hungarian Solidarity" established in February 1989) led to the establishment of friendly contacts between the oppositionists of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. After the 1989 transition, they appeared to form new elites in their respective countries. Earlier ties, creating a special political climate, largely helped in the first three years in the close cooperation that resulted in the realization of two major projects - the creation of the Visegrad Triangle and the removal of Soviet troops from the entire Region.

In April 2025, I set off to cycle around Central Europe. I rode through 7 countries, crossed mountains, swam in lakes. I learnt about myself and the landscapes that I was travelling through. This short film chronicles some of the experiences I had.

Michal and Juraj, two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.

At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.

Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,

The Dynasty by the Direkt36 investigative center tells the story of the business dealings of the Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, it also shows the luxurious world built by Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz and his daughter Ráhel Orbán.

A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges, and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.