Winter Flies

"Hard Edged but Charming coming of age tale"

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Olmo Omerzu
  • Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia 2018
  • 85 minutes
  • Czech
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into the frozen wastes in search of adventure - by car, naturally. After all, Mára’s turning fifteen soon. A road movie about the flies that occasionally buzz around even in winter, and a story - before it ends at the police station - that tells of the elusive bond of boyhood friendship and the irrepressible desire to experience something, even if you don't exactly know what.

Olmo Omerzu's road-trip comedy won the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival.


  • Director Olmo Omerzu
  • Production Jiří Konečný
  • Script Petr Pýcha
  • Cinematography Lukáš Milota
  • Editing Jana Vlčková
  • Music Šimon Holý, Monika Midriaková, Paweł Szamburski
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary (Best Director Award), Toronto
  • Actors Tomáš Mrvík, Jan František Uher, Eliška Křenková, Lenka Vlasáková
  • Source CinemArt, Prague