Friday, January 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE FILM:** *In Czech with English subtitles.* A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Miloš Forman’s first color film THE FIREMEN’S BALL is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right—from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered. Presumed to be a commentary on the floundering Czech leadership, the film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Czechoslovakia