selected recognition
- Year
- 2025
- Genre
- Police Thriller
- Runtime
- 18 min.
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
Two small-town police officers are thrown into an unimaginable crisis when they become the first patrol to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting — forcing them to confront fear, uncertainty and the consequences of every decision.

synopsis
A routine shift for two small-town police officers, Pavel and Michal, is suddenly shattered by a report of a mass shooting at a local restaurant. There are casualties, hostages may still be inside, and they are the first patrol to arrive. Pavel, 22, is fresh out of police training and determined to follow procedure. His older colleague Michal, 50, has spent years on the force and approaches another seemingly ordinary shift with the confidence of experience. But nothing has prepared either of them for what they are about to face.
With specialised units still on their way, the two officers must secure the scene while struggling with fear, incomplete information and disagreement over what to do next. Their professional instincts collide with their very human desire for self-preservation, and every decision suddenly carries enormous consequences.
“I was interested in what happens before the specialised units arrive — in those few minutes when ordinary police officers suddenly become the people who have to make impossible decisions. For me, First Patrol is ultimately about what responsibility means when nobody really knows what the right thing to do is.”

credits
cast
FRANTIŠEK BELEŠ, PAVEL ŘEZNÍČEK


tech specs
- Czech title
- První hlídka
- English title
- First Patrol
- Producers
- nukleon frame, Lonely Production, FAMU, Czech Television, FILMTALENT
- Length
- 18 minutes
- Year of production
- 2025
- Countries of production
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Shooting location
- Boskovice, Czech Republic
- Languages
- Czech
- Sales / distribution
- Cinefila
- International premiere
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2025
