WAVE / VLNY / ХВИЛІ

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 25
2 min read

2024 / 131' / feature / Czech Republic, Slovakia

Milan Weiner leads the renowned International News Office at Czechoslovak Radio, a group of brave journalists – celebrities in their own right – whose posters hang in a great many homes. A young man, Tomáš, joins the ranks of icons such as Jiří Dienstbier, Věra Šťovíčková or Luboš Dobrovský. It happened sort of by mistake, it had always been his younger brother Pavel’s dream to work for the newsroom. Until now, Tomáš focused on keeping them both safe. What he doesn’t realize is that the journalists are in the crosshairs of the Secret Service. The surveillance only intensifies when a recording appears, one that – if broadcasted – could change the fate of many. The time is running out, the tension is rising, and action is needed. Will Tomáš join those who will go down in history, or will he choose to protect his underage brother, the only family he has left after their parents died?

Screenings schedule:

September 26, 2025 at 04:30 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Kinoman Hall

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DIRECTOR - JIŘÍ MÁDL

Biorgaphy

Screenwriter, actor, director. He studied at the Bishop’s Grammar School in České Budějovice and played competitive hockey until the age of sixteen. He studied social and mass communication at the Jan Amos Komenský University in Prague and took a screenwriting course at the New York Film Academy in the United States. He first appeared on-screen in Snowboarders in 2004 and subsequently worked with many Czech and foreign directors.

He made his directing debut with the films To See the Sea and On the Roof, both based on his own screenplays. To See the Sea premiered in 2014 and received three Czech Lion nominations as well as 5 nod for the Czech Film Critics‘ Awards, where Jiří Mádl was also named Newcomer of the Year. Additionally, the movie received a total of 17 awards at international film festivals. As for On the Roof, the film won the main prize at the Mannheim International Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was nominated for the Czech Lion Award in 7 categories. Mádl’sthird film, Waves, a period piece, is based on the true story of a group of journalists working for the International News Office of Czechoslovak Radio and their determination to broadcast independent news, regardless of what it may cost them.

Selected filmography

2024: Waves
2020: Brush Me Tender, Brush Me Sweet (short series)
2019: On The Roof
2014: To See the Sea

Producer: Monika Kristl

Screenwriter: Jiří Mádl

Cinematography: Martin Žiaran

Composer: Simon Goff

Cast: Vojtěch Vodochodský, Ondřej Stupka, Tatiana Pauhofová, Stanislav Majer, Vojtěch Kotek, Marika Šoposká, Petr Lněnička, Matyáš Řezníček, Petr Halíček

Production: Dawson Films

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