FNE Interview with Zuzana Bieliková, Head of Slovak Film Commission
BRATISLAVA: FNE spoke with Zuzana Bieliková, head of the Slovak Film Commission, about foreign film productions coming to Slovakia and the increase in Slovak film incentives. Bieliková was appointed to…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Director Marek Kuboš Preps Two Films
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Marek Kuboš is in production with documentary +/-90, and is working on his debut feature The Secret / Tajomstvo. Both films are produced by Kuboš‘s own production…
PRODUCTION: Kerekes in Postproduction with Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian Debut Fiction Film
BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak documentary director Peter Kerekes is in postproduction with Censor / Cenzorka, a Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian coproduction, which is the first fiction film of the filmmaker known for his…
PRODUCTION: Long-awaited Slovak/Czech/Macedonian Drama Piargy in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Macedonian historical drama Piargy / Fašiangy, which started first shooting in May 2016, is in postproduction. The film, based on a short story by Slovak writer František Švantner,…
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Ukrainian TV Series Slavs Starts Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: The epic historical TV series Slavs / Slovania is a Slovak/Ukrainian coproduction between Wanda Hrycová´s Wandal Production and Andrey Yermak´s European partnership media group. The 12-part series will premiere…
FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019: Emerging Producer Tomáš Krupa, Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Tomáš Krupa from HAILSTONE has been selected to participate in the 2020 Emerging Producers programme for documentary film producers, which kicks off at the 23rd edition of the Ji.hlava…
PRODUCTION: Mátyás Prikler Prepares to Shoot Slovak/Hungarian/Czech Power
BRATISLAVA: Principal photography on Mátyás Prikler’s second feature film Power / Moc will take place during the winter of 2019/2020. The film is a Slovak/Hungarian/Czech coproduction and stars Prikler's collaborator,…
The Interpreter Wins Slovakia's IGRIC Award
BRATISLAVA: Slovak filmmaker Martin Šulík was awarded the main IGRIC prize for directing the feature film The Interpreter / Tlmočník. The ceremony of the 30th edition of annual national film…
More Slovak Films To Be Released This Autumn
BRATISLAVA: An unusualy large number of Slovak films will be theatrically released in September-October 2019. The 19 domestic releases include six 100% Slovak productions, eight majority coproductions and five minority…
FESTIVALS: The Favourite Wins Cinematik IFF 2019
PIEŠŤANY: The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos received the Meeting Point Europe Award in the main competition of the 14th Cinematik International Film Festival, which took place in the spa city…
FNE Oscar Watch 2020: Slovakia Selects Let There Be Light as Oscar Candidate
BRATISLAVA: Marko Škop's second feature film Let There Be Light / Nech je svetlo has been selected as Slovakia’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…
Slovakia Raises Film Incentives
BRATISLAVA: New amendments to the Audiovisual Law have been approved, that will increase the film incentives in Slovakia from 20% to 33% starting 1 January 2020.
PRODUCTION: Zdeněk Jiráský In Postproduction with Slovak/Czech Coproduction Kryštof
BRATISLAVA: Zdeněk Jiráský’s new drama Kryštof (working title) entered postproduction. The film is a Slovak/Czech coproduction produced by Slovakia‘s ALEF FILM & MEDIA and the Czech company Fulfilm.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Drama Who‘s Next? Exposes Cyberbullying
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak drama Who´s Next? / Kto je ďaľší, written, directed and produced by Miro Drobný, was shot in China, South Korea, Hong Kong, France, the Czech Republic and…
PRODUCTION: Gérard Depardieu in Lordan Zafranović’s Biopic of Alexander Dubček
BRATISLAVA: Gérard Depardieu is slated to play Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Human Face - Freedom or Death / Ľudská tvár – Sloboda alebo smrť, directed by Croatian director Lordan…
FESTIVALS: The 14th Cinematik IFF Announces Lineup
PIEŠŤANY: Ten films have been selected for Meeting Point Europe, the main competition of the 14th Cinematik International Film Festival, which will take place in the spa city of Piešťany…
PRODUCTION: Slovak Director Mariana Čengel Solčanská Preps The Chambermaid
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Mariana Čengel Solčanská starts preproduction on the Slovak/Czech historical drama The Chambermaid / Slúžka. The film is based on Hana Lasicová’s bestseller published in 2013 about lesbian…
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Icelandic/Czech Coproduction Little Kingdom In Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Peter Magát is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Little Kingdom / Malá ríša. This Slovak/Icelandic/Czech coproduction in English is going to have its distribution…
Slovak Broadcaster JOJ To Rebrand TV Stations Starting 1 December
BRATISLAVA: Slovak broadcaster JOJ will change the names and the format of the thematic channels acquired from the Czechoslovak Film Society (Československej filmovej spoločnosti) in mid-March 2019. The changes will…
Slovak Romantic Comedy Ranked Second in Weekend BO
BRATISLAVA: Low budget romantic comedy Loli paradička by Richard Staviarsky and Víťo Staviarsky ranked second at the Slovak box office this past weekend. The film premiered at Art Film Fest…
