38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Navrat Idiota
Czech Republic
1999 Fiction 1h40
Frantisek knows little of the outside world. Having lived the majority of his life in a psychiatric hospital, he sees the world without preconceptions. Returning to "normal life", he moves in with a distant relative, where he meets Olga, Anna and Emil, who live in a complex sentimental relationship. First confident, then removed, and finally in anguish, Frantisek wins over his companions with his honesty and uncommon naivety.
With : Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Vihelmová, Jiri Langmajer, Jiri Machácek
Screenplay : Sasa Gedeon
Image : Stepán Kucera
Sound : Jan Cenek
Music : Vladimir Godár
Editing : Petr Turyna
Production : Negativ Ltd., Czech TV
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Co-production Stillking Films, Cinemasound, ZDF Arte
Sasa Gedeon was born in Prague in 1970. He studied at the Film Academy of Performings Arts (FAMU), where he directed several award-winning short films ("Gig" was awarded in Angers in 1995). Before filming "Navrat Idiota", Gedeon filmed a feature-length film "Indianské Léto" in 1995.