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The Teacher Sold in 50 Territories

Michal Klimkiewicz Slovakia 2016-10-11

BRATISLAVA: Jan Hřebejk’s feature film The Teacher/ Učiteľka has been sold by LevelK to more than 50 territories so far. The film is also a domestic hit, released in Slovakia…

FESTIVALS: The Third Be2Can Ready to Start

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-10-05

PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA: The 3rd edition of Be2Can will show the best films screened at Berlinale, Venice and Cannes in the Czech towns of Prague, Brno, Zlín, Ostrava and Olomouc from 6…

Slovakia Selects Eva Nová as Oscar Bid

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-09-28

BRATISLAVA: Marko Škop’s debut feature Eva Nová is Slovakia's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards.

Slovakia’s IGRIC Announces Annual Winners

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-09-27

BRATISLAVA: Eva Nová by Marko Škop won the IGRIC Award for best feature film of 2015. The ceremony of the Slovak Film Union, Literary Fund and Union of Slovak Television…

FESTIVALS: Son of Saul and 5 October Win Cinematik Film Festival

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-09-20

PIEŠŤANY: Son of Saul by László Nemes was awarded Best European Film at the 11th International Film Festival Cinematik, which was held in Piešťany from 13 to 18 September 2016.…

FESTIVALS: Cinematik Film Festival Kicks Off

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-09-13

PIEŠTANY: The 11th International Film Festival Cinematik will be held in Piešťany from 13 to 18 September 2016. A total of 91 films (78 feature-length and 13 short and mid-length…

Good Opening for The Teacher in Slovakia

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-07-29

BRATISLAVA: Jan Hřebejk’s feature film The Teacher/ Učiteľka opened as second in Slovak cinemas on 21 July 2016, selling 15,489 tickets and cashing in 74,000 EUR gross.

PRODUCTION: A Hole in the Head in Postproduction

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-07-28

BRATISLAVA: A Hole in the Head/ Diera v hlave, the new film by the Slovak creative documentary filmmaker Robert Kirchhoff, is in final stages of postproduction and is set to…

Kidnapping dir. Mariana Čengel Solčanská

PRODUCTION: Mariana Čengel Solčanská in Postproduction with Kidnapping

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-07-27

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Mariana Čengel Solčanská moved to postproduction as she wrapped the shooting of her upcoming feature film Kidnapping/ Únos end of June 2016. The film is set to…

FNE at Fest Anca 2016: Animation Festival Features Slovak Competition

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-06-27

ZILINA: Slovakia is set for the opening of its third festival in three weeks, with Fest Anca scheduled to take place 29 June to 3 July.

FESTIVALS: Four Student Films Compete at New Slovak Festival

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-06-17

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Four student films will compete for the main prize of the On the Road competition of international student films at the first edition of the new IFF Trencianske…

I, Olga Hepnarova by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb

FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest 2016 Competition

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-06-16

KOSICE: Fourteen films will compete at Art Film Fest, which runs 17-25 June 2016 in a new setting, the Eastern Slovakia city of Kosice.

FESTIVALS: Two Slovak Festivals Set to Unspool

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-06-15

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will see two festivals directly competing for audiences, films and guests at the end of this month. Following the decision of Art Film Fest to relocate to the…

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: CINEMAX, Slovakia

Iulia Blaga Slovakia 2016-06-14

This month we speak with Barbora Menzl Drobna, Special Project Coordinator with CINEMAX, a family company running 12 cinemas in Slovakia, which is celebrating 10 years of existence. CINEMAX was…

The Red Captain Holds on at Slovak Box Office

FNE Staff Slovakia 2016-05-19

BRATISLAVA: The Red Captain, a Slovak/Czech/Polish coproduction directed by Slovak producer/director Michal Kollár, stayed in the Slovak top 20 for its tenth week in distribution. The film has a cumulative…

FNE at Cannes 2016: Slovak Cinema in Cannes

Slovak Film Institute Slovakia 2016-05-15

What’s Slovak in Cannes, May 11-22, 2016 - Welcome to the Pavilion No. 133!

PRODUCTION: Jiří Strach’s The Angel of God 2 Sets Christmas Release

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-05-12

BRATISLAVA: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Angel of God 2, the sequel to director Jiří Strach’s 2005 fairy-tale comedy, is completing production in preparation for a Christmas holiday season theatrical and TV…

PRODUCTION: Slovak Animated Series Pitches on Kickstarter

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-05-11

BRATISLAVA: The new Slovak/Swedish animated series for children Vincent & Sheep is nearing the end of its Kickstarter campaign. The production is seeking 27,000 EUR.

PRODUCTION: Heart of a Tower Gets Media Support

Alexandra Gabrižová Slovakia 2016-05-06

BRATISLAVA: Heart of a Tower/Srdce veže by director and animator Peter Budinský has received a 60,000 EUR grant from the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme. Its premiere is set for 2020.