PRODUCTION: Johanna’s Mystery Rushes toward Christmas Bow

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota is in postproduction with Johanna’s Mystery, a 75-minute fairytale which will screen on public broadcasters Slovak TV and Czech TV on 24 and 25 December…
17-11-2015

Slovakia Reaps Film Industry Benefits

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film industry is seeing the results of governmental film investment initiatives, on both the domestic and the international landscape, while expanding distribution support.
16-11-2015

Slovak Kids Musical Stays Strong in Domestic Box Office

BRATISLAVA: A Slovak family musical, Spievankovo 5, landed in fourth place at the Slovak box office in its second week in release. The film opened in second place, debuting on…
12-11-2015

FNE at IFF Bratislava: Family Film Screens in Bratislava Competition

BRATISLAVA: Fresh off its best actor award at the Cottbus Film Festival, Olmo Omerzu’s Family Film will represent Slovakia at the 17th Bratislava IFF which runs 12-17 November 2015.
10-11-2015

FNE at Connecting Cottbus: The Disciple

COTTBUS: Slovak director/producer Ivan Ostrochovsky tackles a new topic in Slovak film: the infiltration of the Catholic Church by the communist regime in his film The Disciple which was pitched…
10-11-2015

PRODUCTION: Kerekes Preps Three Slovak Coproductions

JIHLAVA: Slovak documentary director and producer Peter Kerekes is in development and production with a slate of three documentaries, all of which will be international coproductions, on the heels of…
30-10-2015

CEE Screen Industries Conference Heads to Bratislava

BRATISLAVA: The fifth annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe (SIECE) conference, will take place 20-21 November 2015 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, a reflection of how Slovakia’s…
15-10-2015

Slovak IGRIC Announces Annual Winners

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Union, Literary Fund and Union of Slovak Television Creators (IGRIC) have announced their awards for the best Slovak films in 2014. This year the IGRIC prize…
29-09-2015

Slovakia Selects Koza as Its Oscar Bid

BRATISLAVA: Slovak Film and Television Academy selected Ivan Ostrochovský’s debut feature Koza as Slovakia’s candidate in the Foreign-Language category at the 88th Academy Awards.
23-09-2015

PRODUCTION: Matyas Prikler Develops Power

BRATISLAVA: Matyas Prikler’s new project Power (working title), a Slovak/Hungarian/Czech coproduction, is the first Slovak project selected for Holland Film Meeting (24-27 September 2015).
22-09-2015

FESTIVALS: The Duke of Burgundy Wins Cinematik Film Festival

PIEŠTANY: The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland won the Meeting Point Europe Award at the 10th Cinematik Film Festival running from 10 to 15 September 2015, while wave vs.…
16-09-2015

Cinematik Announces Line Up

PIEŠTANY: The 10nd Cinematik Film Festival (10-15 September 2015) will run its regular competitions Meeting Point Europe and Cinematik.doc, and will focus this year on the Catalan cinema.
31-08-2015

Slovak/Czech Doc Scores High in Cinemas

PRAGUE: Miro Drobný’s new documentary Rytmus, the Urban Dream /Rytmus, sídliskový sen had 15,000 admissions in Czech cinemas and ended in the second position last weekend, after the American comedy…
28-08-2015

PRODUCTION: Jan Hřebejk Starts Shooting The Teacher

BRATISLAVA: Jan Hřebejk started shooting on a new feature film The Teacher on 8 August 2015. The premiere is planned for autumn 2016.
12-08-2015

PRODUCTION: She Is a Harbour Starts Shooting

BRATISLAVA: Iveta Grófová has begun filming her second feature, a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian coproduction entitled She Is a Harbour.
05-08-2015

Cinema do Brasil Backs Distribution of Brazilian Film in Czech Republic and Slovakia

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film distribution company Filmtopia has received a Distribution Support Award of the Cinema do Brasil programme for the release of two Brazilian films in Slovakia and the…
31-07-2015

FNE IDF DocBloc: Excursions

Documentary director Jan Gogola is in post-production with the 80-minute creative documentary Excursions.
31-07-2015

PRODUCTION : Nemec biopic The Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street in Preproduction

BRATISLAVA: Czech New Wave director Jan Němec is in preproduction with his autobiographical filmThe Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street.
20-07-2015

The Weinstein Company to Take Advantage of Slovak Cash Rebate

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has issued the first certificate for film project registration for a cash rebate of 20% for the Weinstein Company’s TV series Marco Polo Season 2.…
16-07-2015

Two Slovak Films in Slovak Box Office Top Ten

BRATISLAVA: Two Slovak films, Lokalfilmis and Seven Ravens/Sedem Zhavranelych Bratov have scored slots in the Slovak box office top ten in the same week, reaching number three and number five…
08-07-2015