04-04-2019

The 5th Slovak Film Week Announces Lineup

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    The Magic Quill by Marek Najbrt The Magic Quill by Marek Najbrt Foto: Punk Film, Marek Novotný

    BRATISLAVA: The 5th Slovak Film Week, the annual showcase of domestic film production, will start in Bratislava the day after the Sun in a Net Awards ceremonyThe event, held from 6 to 12 April 2019 at the Lumiere cinema, will consist of more then 30 Slovak films (feature, documentaries, animated and short films), including the winners of the Sun in a Net Awards, which are going to be screened in another 12 cities across Slovakia.

    The Slovak Film Week is also an important platform for critical public discussions and reflection on the Slovak film production. Apart from the films released in 2018, part of the screenings will be dedicated to the animated films by Rudolf Urc, one of the founders of the Slovak animated film.

    The Slovak Film Week is organised by SFTA, co-organised by RTVS and the Slovak Film Institute, and it is supported by LITA and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

    LINEUP OF SLOVAK FILMS:

    Feature Films:

    Insect / Hmyz (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jan Švankmajer
    Produced by Athanor 
    Coproduced by the Czech Television and Pubres
    Supported by the Czech Film FundCreative Europe – MEDIAEurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Jan Palach (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Robert Sedláček
    Produced by  Cineart TV Prague
    Coproduced by the Czech TelevisionArinaRTVSUp&Up production
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Prague Film Fund, the Ministry of Defence, the City of Prague, the City of Pardubice

    The Interpreter / Tlmočník (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria)
    Directed by Martin Šulík
    Produced by Titanic, In Film Praha  
    Coproduced by Coop99RTVS, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak RepublicÖsterreichisches FilminstitutFilmfonds Wien

    Toman (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Ondřej Trojan
    Produced by Total HelpArt T.H.A
    Coproduced by PubRes, the Czech TelevisionRTVS
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    The Cellar/ Pivnica (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia)
    Directed by Igor Voloshin
    Produced by Furia Film
    Coproduced by Gate LCC, 8heads productions , RTVS 
    Supported by Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund,  the Czech Film Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

    The Magic Quill / Čertovské pero (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Marek Najbrt
    Produced by Czech Punk Film 
    Coproduced by Trigon ProductionRTVS, the Czech TelevisionMagic Lab, Michal Bauer and Barrandov Studios
    Supported by the Czech Film FundCreative Europe – MEDIAEurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

    Talks with TGM / Hovory s TGM (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jakub Červenka
    Produced by Bedna films
    Coproduced by Fantomas production, Karel Janeček
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Intimate Enemy / Dôverný nepriateľ (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Karel Janák
    Produced by Attack film
    Coproduced by Bohemia motion pictures, RTVS, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    Doc Martin: Greatest case / Doktor Martin: Záhada v Beskydách (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Petr Zahrádka
    Produced by Bionaut
    Coproduced by RTVS, the Czech Television and Raketa

    When Dragon Has a Headache / Keď draka bolí hlava (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Dušan Rapoš
    Produced by Petarda Production
    Coproduced by Filmpark productions, RTVS, FilmWorx Studios, Moravia Steel

    Dubček (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Laco Halama
    Produced by Filmpark productions
    Coproduced by RTVS, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Sloboda / Freedom (Germany, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jan Speckenbach
    Produced by ONE TWO FILMS, BFILM, ZAK Film Production
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, medienboard, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film film, FFA

    Backstage / Backstage (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Andrea Sedláčková
    Produced by ARINA
    Coproduced by RTVS, Bontonfilm, In Vestito
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    The Flower Shop / Kvetinárstvo (Belgium, Slovakia)
    Directed by Ruben Desiere
    Produced by Accattone films
    Coproduced by Mandala pictures, Beursschouwburg, Popiul, RTVS

    Documentaries:

    Occupation 1968 / Okupácia 1968 (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary)
    Directed by Evdokia Moskvina, Linda Dombrovszky, Maria Elisa Scheidt, Magda Szymków, Stephan Komandarev
    Produced by Peter Kerekes 
    Coproduced by  Hypermarket FilmAgitpropSilver Frame, ELF Pictures
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, the  Czech Film Fund, the Polish Film InstituteFilmjus, the Bulgarian National Film Center,  the Hungarian National Film Fund

    The Last Self-Portrait / Posledný autoportrét (Slovakia)
    Directed by Marek Kuboš
    Produced by PSYCHÉ Film
    Coproduced by RTVS
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual FundLitfond, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    Válek (Slovakia)
    Directed by Patrik Lančarič
    Produced by BEETLE
    Coproduced by Punckchart filmsRTVS and  Slovak Film Institute 
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    Spirit of jaguar / Tieň jaguára (Slovakia)
    Directed by Pavol Barabáš
    Produced by K2 studio
    Coproduced by RTVS
    Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    The Band / Kapela (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Ladislav Kaboš
    Produced by Media film
    Coproduced by RTVS, Kabos Film & Media, Czech Television
    Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Sad Languages / Smutné jazyky (Slovakia)
    Directed by Anna Grusková

    The Spider / Pavúk: horolezec storočia (Slovakia)
    Directed by Ľubomír Ján Slivka
    Produced by Attack film
    Coproduced by RTVS
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Circus Rwanda / Cirkus Rwanda (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Michal Varga
    Produced Xova Film
    Coproduced by the Czech Television, Nutprodukcia, RTVS
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Czech Film Fund

    Svetlé miesto (Slovakia)
    Directed by Dušan Trančík

    My Unknown Soldier / Môj neznámy vojak (Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia)
    Directed by Anna Kryvenko
    Produced by Analog Vision
    Coproduced by Baltic Pine Films, Wandal Production
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, the Latvian Film Center, Eurimages

    Dežo Ursíny 70 (Slovakia)
    Directed by Matej Beneš, Maroš Šlapeta

    Travel Clearence for Alexander Dubček / Vycestovacia doložka pre Dubčeka (Slovakia)
    Directed by Juraj Lihosit
    Produced by Trigon Production
    Coproduced by RTVS
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    An Extra Something / Niečo naviac (Slovakia)
    Directed by Palo Kadlečík, Martin Šenc
    Produced by KADMEDIA
    Coproduced by Up-Down syndrom
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Crazy Against the Nation / Prípad Kalmus (Slovakia)
    Directed by Adam Hanuljak
    Produced by Mandala pictures
    Coproduced by DogDocs, RTVS
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Pochoduj alebo zomri (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Michal Kaboš

    Elsewhere / Inde (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Juraj Nvota, Marian Urban
    Produced by ALEF FILM & MEDIA
    Coproduced by RTVS, Ateliéry Bonton Zlín, UN FILM, Filmpark productions, Fulfilm, the Slovak Film Institute
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Animated Films:

    Fifi Fatale (Slovakia)
    Directed by Mária Kralovič

    Mimi a Líza – Záhada vianočného svetla (Slovakia)
    Directed by Ivana Šebestová, Katarína Kerekesová

    Monštrum (Slovakia)
    Directed by Martin Snopek

    The Websters / Websterovci (Slovakia, Poland)
    Directed by Katarína Kerekesová

    Tresky plesky! (diel Tornádo) (Slovakia)
    Directed by Veronika Kocourková

    Journey (Slovakia)
    Directed by Marek Jasaň

    Poetika Anima (Slovakia)
    Directed by Kristína Saganová

    Parralel (Slovakia)
    Directed by Matyas Brych, Vladimír Kriško
    Produced by Vision film