Closing Gala: Changes + Q&A with director David Ondříček and actor Jaroslav Plesl

David Ondříček, director of the cult Prague film Loners, returns to the city that has long inspired his work with Changes, a witty and bittersweet portrait of lives in flux, featuring the music of UK-based Rhumba Club.

Seven people at different stages of life cross paths in contemporary Prague. As relationships begin, unravel and change, Martin (Jaroslav Plesl), Kamila, Dan, Romana, Karel, Marek and Emma grapple with love, family, ambition and the messy gap between the lives they imagined and the lives they are actually living. With an excellent ensemble cast, Changes has a distinctly personal and lived-in quality. Drawing on the lives of those around him and writing the roles specifically for his actors, Ondříček combines observational humour, gentle irony and unexpected twists with naturalistic dialogue and a strong musical thread to create a warm, perceptive film about relationships, choices and the possibility of starting again.

David Ondříček, Czech Republic 2026, 110 min, English subtitles

Cast: Jaroslava Plesl, Václav Neužil, Martha Issová, Denisa Barešová, Jan Nedbal, Vojtěch Vodochodský

Age rating: 18

Followed by the Made in Prague Closing Party, featuring a special DJ set by Rhumba Club, at The Lower Third.

Everyone is welcome (tickets via The Lower Third).

Come for the film, stay for the music and dance into the night with the stars.

This event is part of 30th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre.