This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streaming

A young man growing up in 1980s Scotland struggles to navigate school, family life, and a society that misreads his involuntary tics as misbehavior in I Swear, Kirk Jones’ heartfelt biopic of Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson.

The Prague Reporter praises BAFTA-winning star Robert Aramayo’s performance as "a sustained portrait of physical and emotional exhaustion, embarrassment, resilience, and occasional joy.” I Swear is now playing in English across Prague cinemas including Kino Světozor, Kino Lucerna, and Kino Atlas.

Amoosed: A Moose Odyssey follows filmmaker and ethnozoologist Hana Nováková as she traces the unexpected return of the moose to Central Europe after centuries of absence. Blending scientific inquiry with personal obsession, the film moves from Czech forests to Russia’s Kostroma region and Indigenous territories in Canada.

Now screening with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub (June 8) and Kino Atlas (June 10-11), Amoosed offers a reflective, cross-continental journey that combines wildlife documentary filmmaking with environmental and spiritual philosophy.

Jiří Menzel’s Secluded, Near Woods (Na samotě u lesa) is a warm, gently absurd comedy written by Zdeněk Svěrák and Ladislav Smoljak, following a city family whose dream of a countryside cottage quickly turns into a series of comic disasters as they navigate rural life, DIY mishaps, and the Czech obsession with weekend cottage escapes.

Blending understated humor with a sharp eye for human behavior, the film captures the charm and chaos of intergenerational clashes and the longing for simplicity that rarely goes as planned. Secluded, Near Woods screens with English subtitles as part of the Some Like It Czech series at Kino Aero on June 11 and is also available to stream on Netflix.