PeliCannes – Film Festival of the Second Faculty of Medicine 2026

Hamnet

/ directed by Chloé Zhao, Britain, 2025 (125 min.)

In Hamnet, Chloé Zhao brings Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel to the screen, exploring the life of William Shakespeare through the eyes of his wife, Agnes. In 16th‑century England, Agnes – a free‑spirited, perceptive woman – falls in love with William, a young Latin tutor, and together they build a family filled with vitality, children, and an ineffable love. When their son, Hamnet, dies at the age of eleven, the loss fractures not only their marriage but their very sense of self. Yet this tragedy becomes the inspiration for one of the most celebrated works in world literature. Zhao follows her characters on a journey from love to loss, and from sorrow to creation, with lyricism and emotional depth. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal inhabit their roles with a humanity that grounds the story, resulting in something rare and remarkable. Hamnet is a moving film about grief, memory, and the transformative power of art – about how an intimate farewell can resonate as something timeless and profoundly human.

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Wuthering Heights
/ directed by Emerald Fennell, USA, 2026 (136 min.)

On the windswept plains of Yorkshire, a love was born that defied every rule – and destroyed everything in its way. Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) and Catherine (Margot Robbie): two lives bound by passion, torn apart by fate.

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Russkij Mir. The Suffering of War in Ukraine

/ Exhibition of photographs by Lenka Klicperová

Lenka Klicperová is a journalist and photographer. She began her career as a reporter and served as editor‑in‑chief of Lidé a Země magazine from 2004 to 2018. She has worked in numerous African countries, including Angola, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has visited Afghanistan several times as a reporter. She also travelled to Somalia, a country ravaged by decades of war.
web: https://en.lenkaklicperova.cz/

The Wizard of Kremlin

/ directed by Olivier Assayas, USA, 2025 (145 min.)

Russia, in the early 1990s. Amid the post‑Soviet turmoil, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, begins to carve out his path. Initially an artist and later a reality‑television producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB officer: Vladimir Putin. At the centre of power, Baranov helps shape the new Russia, blurring the lines between truth and falsehood, conviction and manipulation. Only the magnetic Ksenia lies beyond his influence, drawing him away from this perilous game. Years later, having withdrawn into silence and mystery, Baranov finally speaks – revealing the dark secrets of the regime he helped to build.

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War Through Images and Words

/ Lecture by photographer and journalist Lenka Klicperová (50 min.)

Photographer and journalist Lenka Klicperová will share her experiences from the front lines, where she documents armed conflicts and the stories of the people living through them. In her lecture for the Peli‑Cannes festival at the Second Faculty of Medicine, she will shed light on the risks of this dangerous profession, the behind‑the‑scenes realities of her journeys, and the power of images that can change the way we see the world. 

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Lee

/ directed by Ellen Kuras, Britain/USA, 2023 (116 min.)

Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) began her career as a prominent model, moving in the leading fashion circles of Paris and New York. In 1938, she spends her holiday in the sun‑drenched south of France with her closest friends from the artistic community. At this point, she is focusing exclusively on her own work as a photographer. She falls in love with the English art dealer Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). With the threat of war looming, their everyday lives change almost overnight. After moving to London, Lee refuses to accept what is expected of women during wartime. Instead, she chooses to stand up to the patriarchy and attempt the impossible. She sets off alone for the European front. As a war correspondent and photographer for Vogue magazine, she finds herself on the front lines of some of the fiercest battles of the Second World War. Her deep understanding of, and empathy for, women and the voiceless victims of horrific crimes allow her to create images that capture both fragility and unbreakable fury, as well as the human capacity to survive, endure, fight back and live. Though often perceived merely as a model or muse, Lee’s inner strength, tenacity, passion for life and courage to take risks enabled her to produce hauntingly urgent photographs that are indelibly etched into history.  

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