The 2-part feature-length documentary "25 ze ?edesátych aneb ?eskoslovenská nová vlna" ("25 from the Sixties, or Czechoslovak New Wave") presents a complex view of the phenomenon of Czech and Slovak New Wave in the cultural and social context of the 60's. 25 fundamental films commented on by their makers and film historians offer the viewer a dramatic insight into the golden era of Czechoslovak cinema.
　　The documentary is a follow-up on the biographical TV series "Zlatá ?edesátá" (Czech Television, 2009), based on the filmmakers' personal remembrances. As opposed to the series, the documentary presents the Czech and Slovak cinema of the 60's in the national, international and also inter-generational context. It describes the ways the New Wave crossed the existing artistic boundaries, how it variegated the world cinema and where it left an ineffaceable impression. It analyses the work of filmmakers in a state-funded cinema, under the pressure of ideological demands on one hand and commerce on the other. It presents the dilemma of a man - an artist - on the edge between contradictory social systems and incongruous aesthetic requirements. The existential drama of a man acting freely and at the same time mercilessly crushed by the wheels of the system.
　　The 60's are, from this point of view, mostly an era of fortunate historical constellation, not only in - at that time - Czechoslovakia, but on a world-wide scale. An era of expectations and upswing, but also an era of exemplary human decisions and artistic pursuit. Those are some of the things "25 ze ?edesátych aneb ?eskoslovenská nová vlna" wants to commemorate.
　　Part 1 comments on:
　　■"Slnko v sieti" ("The Sun in a Net," 1962) by ?tefan Uher
　　■"Konkurs" ("Audition," 1963) by Milo? Forman
　　■"K?ik" ("The Cry," 1963) by Jaromil Jire?
　　■"Postava k podpírání" ("Joseph Kilian," 1963) by Pavel Jurá?ek & Jan Schmidt
　　■"Ka?dy den odvahu" ("Courage for Every Day," 1964) by Evald Schorm
　　■"Démanty noci" ("Diamonds of the Night," 1964) by Jan Němec
　　■"Intimní osvětlení" ("Intimate Lighting," 1966) by Ivan Passer
　　■"A? ?ije republika" ("Long Live the Republic," 1965) by Karel Kachyňa
　　■"Obchod na korze" ("The Shop on Main Street," 1965) by Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos
　　■"Romance pro k?ídlovku" ("Romance for Bugle," 1966) by Otakar Vávra
　　■"Sedmikrásky" ("Daisies," 1966) by Věra Chytilová
　　■"Ost?e sledované vlaky" ("Closely Watched Trains," 1966) by Ji?í Menzel
　　Part 2 comments on:
　　■"Kristove roky" ("The Prime of Life," 1967) by Juraj Jakubisko
　　■"Stud" ("Shame," 1967) by Ladislav Helge
　　■"Svatba jako ?emen" ("A Hard and Fast Marriage," 1967) by Ji?í Krej?ík
　　■"Drak sa vracia" ("Dragon's Return," 1967) by Eduard Gre?ner
　　■"Marketa Lazarová" ("Marketa Lazarová," 1967) by Franti?ek Vlá?il
　　■"Sp?ízněni volbou" ("Elective Affinities," 1968) by Karel Vachek
　　■"Spalova? mrtvol" ("The Cremator," 1968) by Juraj Herz
　　■"Zabitá neděle" ("Squandered Sunday," 1969) by Drahomíra Vihanová
　　■"Pas?ák" ("The Decoy," 1968) by Hynek Bo?an
　　■"P?ípad pro za?ínajícího kata" ("Case for a Rookie Hangman," 1969) by Pavel Jurá?ek
　　■"322" ("322," 1969) by Du?an Hanák
　　■"Slávnos? v botanickej záhrade" ("Celebration in the Botanical Garden," 1969) by Elo Havetta
　　■"V?ichni dob?í rodáci" ("All My Good Countrymen," 1968) by Vojtěch Jasny