Theatrical Screenings
Sa 14 Nov, 16:15
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Su 15 Nov, 14:30
Muranów
Muranów
Online Availability
At the Five Flavours Festival, a booking system is in place for screenings for holders of festival passes and on-site accreditations. We aim to prevent overcrowding and avoid queues at the entrance.
Only a booking guarantees you a seat at the screening!
The booking system is very simple and works similarly to buying single tickets – once logged into your account, just go to the page of the selected film and click "book". Detailed information can be found here:
booking rules
Please book only the screenings you plan to attend. A booking can be cancelled even at the last moment – please remember to always cancel your booking if you decide not to attend the screening. This allows other viewers to take the available seat.
Making bookings will be possible from Monday, November 9, at 12:00, for all festival days at once.
booking seats for holders of
passes and accreditations, starts:
Monday, November 9, 12:00
If you decide to attend a screening at the last minute or for some reason do not make a booking in advance, and there are still available seats in the cinema, a booking will be created “automatically” upon entry, after scanning your pass. For most screenings, seats will still be available right before the show. However, please pay special attention to screenings of films shown exclusively in cinemas – we expect the highest attendance for these.
To book a seat and enter the screening, simply use your electronic pass and show it to the ushers on your phone screen. You have received the link to your electronic pass by email. The pass can also be opened in your user profile after logging in to the festival website.
Additional Materials
Awards and festivals
World premiere: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025
Czech Lion Awards 2025 - Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Dũng Nguyễn)
Czech Film Critics' Awards 2025 - Best Screenplay, innogy Award for Discovery of the Year
Viet Film Fest 2025 - Grand Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature, Audience Choice Award for Best Feature, Best Actor (Tô Tiến Tài)
Credits
Czech Republic, Vietnam 2025
Duration: 103’
director:
Dužan Duong
screenplay:
Dužan Duong, Jan Smutný, Lukáš Kokeš
cinematography:
Adam Mach
editing:
Jakub Jelínek, Jakub Podmanický
music:
Jonatán Pastirčák
sound:
Petr Kolev, Adam Bláha
cast:
Đoàn Hoàng Anh, Tô Tiến Tài, Bùi Thế Dương, Lê Quỳnh Lan, Ngô Xuân Thắng, Nguyễn Dũng
producer:
Lukáš Kokeš, Dužan Duong
executive producer:
Mai Thuy Linh
production:
nutprodukce, AZN kru, nutprodukcia, Česká televize, Biofilms, Magiclab
language:
Vietnamese, Czech
colouration:
colour
Film description
Summer 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien returns from Vietnam to the Czech Republic to reunite with his family after more than a decade apart. They run a market stall in the border town of Cheb. Upon arrival, he finds an anxious mother, a distant father, and a younger brother who resents his long absence. With his hair dyed red and a profound sense of alienation, the teenager struggles to find his place in his new reality. The family’s daily life, caught between the microcosm of the bazaar and the laborious task of learning Czech grammar, serves as the backdrop for the secrets they hide. Everything changes following an unexpected accident that forces the family to confront their problems and mend their strained bonds.
Constructed as a triptych, the film revisits the same events from three distinct perspectives: those of the father and both brothers, revealing their motivations and the misunderstandings that have accumulated over the years. The feature directorial debut of Dužan Duong, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, blends family drama with a coming-of-age story, offering an insight into the lives of the Vietnamese diaspora in Central Europe. Drawing on his own experiences, the director explores the assimilation of second-generation immigrants, generational divides, and the search for identity at the intersection of cultures, including questions of queer identity.
Dužan Duong
Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor born in 1991 in Hanoi. He moved with his family to the Czech Republic at the age of four. He took his first steps behind the camera by filming his own dance performances. After leaving his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), he focused on directing short films set in his native Vietnam. His feature debut, Summer School, 2001 (20th Five Flavours), had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. As the first Czech-Vietnamese co-production, it stands as an important voice in the cinema of the Vietnamese diaspora in Europe.
Filmography:
2014 Mất Gốc (short)
2017 Bỏ Hải (short)
2025 Letnia szkoła, 2001 / Letní škola, 2001 / Summer School, 2001
Festival guests
Dužan Duong
film director

David Bui
actor

Thang Xuan Ngo
actor
