The2-partfeature-lengthdocumentary"25zešedesátýchanebČeskoslovenskánovávlna"("25fromtheSixties,orCzechoslovakNewWave")presentsacomplexviewofthephenomenonofCzechandSlovakNewWaveintheculturalandsocialcontextofthe60's.25fundamentalfilmscommentedonbytheirmakersandfilmhistoriansofferthevieweradramaticinsightintothegoldeneraofCzechoslovakcinemaaaa Thedocumentaryisafollow-uponthebiographicalTVseries"Zlatášedesátá"(CzechTelevision,2009),basedonthefilmmakers'personalremembrances.Asopposedtotheseries,thedocumentarypresentstheCzechandSlovakcinemaofthe60'sinthenational,internationalandalsointer-generationalcontext.ItdescribesthewaystheNewWavecrossedtheexistingartisticboundaries,howitvariegatedtheworldcinemaandwhereitleftanineffaceableimpression.Itanalysestheworkoffilmmakersinastate-fundedcinema,underthepressureofideologicaldemandsononehandandcommerceontheother.Itpresentsthedilemmaofaman-anartist-ontheedgebetweencontradictorysocialsystemsandincongruousaestheticrequirements.Theexistentialdramaofamanactingfreelyandatthesametimemercilesslycrushedbythewheelsofthesystem. The60'sare,fromthispointofview,mostlyaneraoffortunatehistoricalconstellation,notonlyin-atthattime-Czechoslovakia,butonaworld-widescale.Aneraofexpectationsandupswing,butalsoaneraofexemplaryhumandecisionsandartisticpursuit.Thosearesomeofthethings"25zešedesátýchanebČeskoslovenskánovávlna"wantstocommemorate. Part1commentson: ■"Slnkovsieti"("TheSuninaNet,"1962)byŠtefanUher ■"Konkurs"("Audition,"1963)byMilošForman ■"Křik"("TheCry,"1963)byJaromilJireš ■"Postavakpodpírání"("JosephKilian,"1963)byPavelJuráček&JanSchmidt ■"Každýdenodvahu"("CourageforEveryDay,"1964)byEvaldSchorm ■"Démantynoci"("DiamondsoftheNight,"1964)byJanNěmec ■"Intimníosvětlení"("IntimateLighting,"1966)byIvanPasser ■"Aťžijerepublika"("LongLivetheRepublic,"1965)byKarelKachyňa ■"Obchodnakorze"("TheShoponMainStreet,"1965)byJánKadár&ElmarKlos ■"Romanceprokřídlovku"("RomanceforBugle,"1966)byOtakarVávra ■"Sedmikrásky"("Daisies,"1966)byVěraChytilová ■"Ostřesledovanévlaky"("CloselyWatchedTrains,"1966)byJiříMenzel Part2commentson: ■"Kristoveroky"("ThePrimeofLife,"1967)byJurajJakubisko ■"Stud"("Shame,"1967)byLadislavHelge ■"Svatbajakořemen"("AHardandFastMarriage,"1967)byJiříKrejčík ■"Draksavracia"("Dragon'sReturn,"1967)byEduardGrečner ■"MarketaLazarová"("MarketaLazarová,"1967)byFrantišekVláčil ■"Spřízněnivolbou"("ElectiveAffinities,"1968)byKarelVachek ■"Spalovačmrtvol"("TheCremator,"1968)byJurajHerz ■"Zabitáneděle"("SquanderedSunday,"1969)byDrahomíraVihanová ■"Pasťák"("TheDecoy,"1968)byHynekBočan ■"Případprozačínajícíhokata"("CaseforaRookieHangman,"1969)byPavelJuráček ■"322"("322,"1969)byDušanHanák ■"Slávnosťvbotanickejzáhrade"("CelebrationintheBotanicalGarden,"1969)byEloHavetta ■"Všichnidobřírodáci"("AllMyGoodCountrymen,"1968)byVojtěchJasný