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Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Unveils Guest Line-up

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-18

BRATISLAVA: The fifth annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe (SIECE) conference, which takes place 20-21 November 2015 in the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, will feature two keynote lectures…

FNE at IFF Bratislava: Land and Shade Takes Top Awards

Cathy Meils Slovakia 2015-11-17

BRATISLAVA: The Colombian film Land and Shade directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo won the Best Film and the FIPRESCI prizes at the 17th Bratislava IFF closing ceremony on 16 November…

PRODUCTION: Johanna’s Mystery Rushes toward Christmas Bow

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-17

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…

Slovakia Reaps Film Industry Benefits

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-16

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.

Slovak Kids Musical Stays Strong in Domestic Box Office

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-12

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…

FNE at IFF Bratislava: Family Film Screens in Bratislava Competition

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-10

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.

FNE at Connecting Cottbus: The Disciple

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-11-10

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…

PRODUCTION: Kerekes Preps Three Slovak Coproductions

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-10-30

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…

CEE Screen Industries Conference Heads to Bratislava

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-10-15

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…

Slovak IGRIC Announces Annual Winners

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-09-29

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…

Slovakia Selects Koza as Its Oscar Bid

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-09-23

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.

PRODUCTION: Matyas Prikler Develops Power

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-09-22

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).

FESTIVALS: The Duke of Burgundy Wins Cinematik Film Festival

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-09-16

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.…

Cinematik Announces Line Up

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-08-31

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.

Slovak/Czech Doc Scores High in Cinemas

Denisa Strbova Slovakia 2015-08-28

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…

The director Jan Hřebejk with the DoP Martin Žiaran

PRODUCTION: Jan Hřebejk Starts Shooting The Teacher

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-08-12

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

PRODUCTION: She Is a Harbour Starts Shooting

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-08-05

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

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

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-07-31

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…