Vojtěch Novotný
Directing
Biography
Vojtěch Novotný was born in Prague in 1996. He has been interested in filming since childhood. After spending a year studying film at Charles University, he was admitted to FAMU, in the Directing department, and has studied there since 2017. His previous film Parole (2020) won the Ecumenical Jury Award for the best student film at the Molodist Kyiv Festival.
Known For

Matys is an outsider who moved from Ukraine to Czechia with his sister in search of a better life. It turns out the situation there is not ideal either. A glimpse of hope comes when Matys manages to get a job in a cottage located in the heart of a splendid forest.
Paradise on Earth to See
Psychological thriller with emotional depth and a compelling performance by Petra Špalková.
Empty Places

Filip is released on parole from a youth detention center and returns home to his mother, who is being seemingly helpful with his integration back to life. However, in a familiar environment surrounded by people from his past, Filip's frustration starts to show.
Parole

A group of high school seniors begin arguing at their graduation party about how to get hold of the exam questions. Martin, who is known for his knowledge and skills in cybernetics and computers, bets the others that he can download the questions from the Ministry of Education's server. The other students are counting on Martin to download the questions, so they don't prepare much for the exam. However, Martin is unable to access the questions, so he and his classmates break into the ministry building. But even here, the students are unsuccessful. Meanwhile, IT staff at the ministry discover that someone has hacked into their server. They inform the police. The final exams begin. Even though Martin did not download the correct questions from the server, all the students pass their exams because the teachers are even more eccentric than the students themselves.