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Film
The Carp
Kino Kavalírka
original title
Kapr
directed by
Jan Ryba
produced by
FMK UTB ve Zlíně
year
2025
duration
20 minutes
country
Czechia
language
Czech with English subtitles
Ondrej faces a difficult test during Christmas: he is given the traditional task of killing a carp for the Christmas Eve feast by his mother-in-law. The nervous young man has no idea that the fish floating in the bathtub has its own plans for the strained family relations. A tragicomic film by director Jan Ryba.
Jan Ryba (2001) graduated from Tomas Bata University in Zlín with his short film The Carp, which was nominated among the Top 20 Czech short films for the Czech Lion – Magnesia Award 2025. Jan is currently studying in the master’s program at TBU. He is working on his new short films, in which he aims to mix genres, as he explored in The Carp.
