March 11, 2026

Days of European Film has unveiled the programme for this year’s edition. Audiences in Czech cinemas can look forward to a selection of contemporary European cinema – films that have been resonating at festivals and beyond this year.

The 33rd edition of the festival will present more than forty films from across Europe. The programme includes striking debuts, festival discoveries and titles that have already received awards at international festivals. Alongside fiction features, it will also include documentaries and several films that stretch the boundaries of traditional cinematic genres.

The festival will take place from 9 to 19 April in Prague, Brno, Ostrava and other cities across the country. Screenings will be accompanied by guest talks, masterclasses and themed discussions offering a closer look behind the scenes of European filmmaking. After the main part of the festival, the traditional DEF Echoes will continue in additional cinemas.

European cinema has never been stylistically uniform – and that is exactly what makes it so compelling. Alongside established names, new voices, new faces and small-scale productions continue to emerge, often pushing the art of film further than big-budget studio-backed titles. DEF offers a chance to see these films at the very moment when people are only just beginning to talk about them.

The programme is out. DEF is now almost fully revealed – only a few parts still remain under wraps. Take a careful look through it, see if you can work out which ones they are, and above all make sure nothing great slips past you.