FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Founder and Director of Slovak Incidental Minds, Boris Brnčal

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke to Boris Brnčal, founder and director of Slovak Incidental Minds, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Slovak game development industry.
13-09-2022

PRODUCTION: Viera Čákanyová in Postproduction with New Slovak/Czech Documentary

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Viera Čákanyová is finishing postproduction on her documentary essay Notes from Eremocene / Poznámky z Eremocénu. The film is a Slovak/Czech coproduction.
09-09-2022

FESTIVALS: Cinematik IFF 2022 Announces Lineup

PIEŠŤANY: Nine feature films have been selected under the auspices of FIPRESCI for Meeting Point Europe, the main competition of the 17th IFF Cinematik Piešťany. The festival will take place…
29-08-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Lukáš ‘neker’ Čulík, Game System Designer of Slovak Pixel Federation

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke to Lukáš ‘neker’ Čulík, the game system designer from the very early start of Pixel Federation, about the company’s current activities, as well as the state of…
12-08-2022

Lucile Hadzihalilović Retrospective First Time in Slovakia at 17th Cinematik IFF

PIESTANY: A retrospective of the French-Bosnian director, screenwriter and producer Lucile Hadžihalilović will be presented for the first time to Slovak audiences at the 17th edition of the Cinematik International…
08-08-2022

Intramovies Picks Up Tereza Nvotovà’s Sophomore Feature Nightsiren

BRATISLAVA: Tereza Nvotovà’s second feature film Nightsiren / Svetlonoc had been acquired by Rome-based sales agent Intramovies ahead of its world premiere in the Cineasti del Presente competition of the…
05-08-2022

Pluto Film Picks-up Michal Blaško’s Debut Feature Victim

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/German coproduction Victim / Obet’ by Michal Blaško has been acquired by Pluto Film ahead of its world premiere in the Orizzonti competition at the 79th Venice International…
28-07-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Branislav Cíbik - Game Producer of Slovak Darkvision Games

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke to Branislav Cíbik, game producer of Slovak Darkvision Games, about the company’s current activities, as well as the state of the Slovak game development industry.
26-07-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Ladislav Dedik - Founder and Owner of Slovak Studio727

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke to Ladislav Dedik, founder and owner of the Slovak Studio727, about the company’s current activities, as well as the state of the Slovak game development industry.
21-07-2022

PRODUCTION: Tomáš Krupa Shoots Slovak/French/Austrian Survival Doc

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Tomáš Krupa has started production on his creative documentary We Have to Survive / Musíme prežiť. The Slovak/French/Austrian coproduction captures stories about climatic change impacts from four…
19-07-2022

Applications Open for Dox in Vitro 2022

PIEŠT’ANY: Young producers, documentary filmmakers, directors and film professionals are invited to apply to the new edition of Dox in Vitro. The workshop organised by the International Film Festival Cinematik…
19-07-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Executive Director of Slovak Game Developers Association Maroš Brojo

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke with Maroš Brojo, executive director of the Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA), about the constantly growing Slovak game development industry.
13-07-2022

PRODUCTION: Robert Kirchhoff In Postproduction with Slovak/Czech Alexander Dubček Doc

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff is currently in postproduction with his creative documentary All Men Become Brothers / Všetci ľudia budú bratia. The film is produced by Kirchhoff´s atelier.doc and…
08-07-2022

Slovakia Reports 57% of Films Were Minority Coproductions in 2021

BRATISLAVA: In 2021, Slovakia was more focused on collaboration with foreign production companies, in particular with Czech companies, and 57% of all films were minority coproductions, according to a report…
08-07-2022

FESTIVALS: Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2022 Announces Winners

ŽILINA: The German production Thing directed by Malte Stein was awarded Best Short at the 25th edition of Fest Anča International Animation Festival, the only Slovak multimedia festival focusing on…
04-07-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A Marek Jezo CEO of Blue Faces Slovakia

BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke to Marek Jezo, chief executive officer of the Blue Faces, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Slovak game development industry. Blue Faces…
28-06-2022

PRODUCTION: Jiří Strach Preps Slovak/Czech TV Series Hunter

BRATISLAVA: The mystery crime TV series Hunter / Lovec by Jiří Strach is getting ready for production. The total of eight episodes are produced by Slovak TRIGON PRODUCTION in coproduction…
22-06-2022

FNE Film Meets Games: Premiere of Slovak Animated Film Yourland Spawns New Game

BRATISLAVA: A few days before the premiere of the long-awaited animated film Yourland / Tvoja zem by Peter Budinský (previous title Heart of a Tower), Nohavmede studio introduced a new…
01-06-2022

FNE Market Analysis 2021: SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA: In 2021, Slovakia was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year. Although production fully restarted in the summer months, thanks to the stabilisation of measures and…
01-06-2022

Czech Box Office Hit Vyšehrad: Fylm Premieres in Slovak Cinemas

BRATISLAVA: The Czech comedy Vyšehrad: Fylm by Martin Kopp and Jakub Štáfek premiered last week in Slovakia, after a great success in domestic cinemas. The film ranked 4th on its…
24-05-2022