On Saturday, April 26, 2014 winners of the Slovak National Film Awards The Sun in a Net were revealed for films produced and premiered in the years 2012 and 2013.

The Best Fiction Film Award went to My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Slovak Cinema was granted to director Dusan Hanak and scriptwriter Dusan Dusek.

The most awarded was the film Fine, Thanks by Matyas Prikler, which won in all of the four acting categories - Best Actor in a Leading and Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Leading and Supporting Role. My Dog Killer received two more awards, for the Best Film Direction and Best Film Screenplay.


For the full list of winners and more information please visit the website of the Audiovisual Information Centre.

For more news on Slovak films travelling the festival circuit, see:

>Slovak Films travelling in April: Hot Docs, PriFilmfest, Crossing Europe

>Finale Pilsen includes Slovak film in all its official competitions for the first time

>Cinema at the Border presents complete retrospective of Dušan Hanák and a broad selection of recent Slovak films

We look forward to meeting with you in our traditional Pavilion at Marche du Film in Cannes soon!

Alexandra & Katarina

Katarína Tomková
Národné kinematografické centrum

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BRATISLAVA: Mira Fornay’s My Dog Killer took home the top prize for Best Film as well as scooping Best Director and Best Screen Play at the Sun in the Net awards which took place on Saturday 26 April at the old National Theatre in Bratislava.