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FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Koza

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-12

BRATISLAVA: Ivan Ostrochovský’s acclaimed debut feature Koza will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Seven Ravens

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-12

BRATISLAVA: Seven Ravens by Alice Nellis will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to 17…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Wilson City

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-11

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech coproduction Wilson City/ Wilsonov by Tomáš Mašin will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Stanko

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-11

BRATISLAVA: Rasťo Boroš’s debut feature Stanko will premiere domestically at the Slovak Film Week, opening this showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: The Cleaner

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-08

BRATISLAVA: Peter Bebjak’s feature film The Cleaner will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Home Care

Denisa Strbova Slovakia 2016-04-07

BRATISLAVA: Slávek Horák’s debut feature Home Care, a Czech/Slovak coproduction which was Czech Republic's candidate for the Foreign Language Academy Award 2016, will screen at the first official edition of…

FESTIVALS: Slovak Film Week Ready to Kick Off

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-06

BRATISLAVA: The first official edition of the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organized by the Slovak Film and Television Academy, will be held from 11 to 17…

FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Eva Nová

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-04-06

BRATISLAVA: Marko Škop’s debut feature Eva Nová will screen at the Slovak Film Week, a showcase for domestic production organized by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 11 to…

The 5th Visegrad Film Forum Ready to Kick Off

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-04-01

PRAGUE: Eight partner schools, from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine, Romania and Montenegro, are involved in the 5th Visegrad Film Forum (VFF), which will take place 5-9 April…

PRODUCTION: LECA Production and Andrei Konchalovsky Develop Alexander Dubček Biopic

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-03-25

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia’s LECA Production and the acclaimed Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky are preparing Human Face (working title), a feature film inspired by the life of the Slovak politician and leader…

Visegrad Film Forum Preps Fifth Edition

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-03-25

BRATISLAVA: The fifth edition of the Visegrad Film Forum, which will be held at The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from 5 to 9 April 2016, is organizing a…

FESTIVALS: The Sun in a Net Nominees Announced

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-03-18

BRATISLAVA: Children by Jaro Vojtek, Eva Nová by Marko Škop and Goat by Ivan Ostrochovský have been nominated for Best Feature Film at Sun in a Net. The nominations for…

PRODUCTION: Tereza Nvotová Shoots Debut Feature Filthy

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-03-17

BRATISLAVA: Tereza Nvotová is shooting her debut feature, Filthy, a Slovak/Czech coproduction about growing up, friendship and trauma, influenced by the documentary style.

The Red Captain Sets Opening Record in Slovakia

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-03-16

BRATISLAVA: Michal Kollár’s The Red Captain, an adaptation of a popular crime detective novel by Dominik Dán, sets an opening weekend record of domestic fiction films in Slovakia with 36,328…

FNE at Berlinale 2016: Slovak Film in Berlin

Slovak Film Institute Slovakia 2016-02-13

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Nicky’s Family Aired on BBC

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-01-28

BRATISLAVA: The multi-awarded docudrama Nicky’s Family by Matej Mináč was broadcast by BBC on its first channel on 27 January 2016, on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

PRODUCTION: Juraj Lehotský Preps Nina

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-01-27

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Lehotský is preparing to start shooting his second feature film Nina in March 2016.

Visegrad Film Forum Opens Applications

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-01-20

BRATISLAVA: Applications for the 5th Visegrad Film Forum are open. The festival will take place from 5 to 9 April 2016.

FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest Relocates to Košice

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-01-15

BRATISLAVA: Art Film Fest, the oldest film festival in Slovakia, will hold its 24th edition in the city of Košice from 17-25 June 2016.

FNE Country Report 2015: Slovakia

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-12-18

One of the biggest success stories of 2015 was the Weinstein production, Marco Polo 2, which became the first production to benefit from the new Slovak tax incentive scheme.