23-06-2014

Slovak Film Festivals

    7th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL FEST ANCA (June 18 – 26, 2014) / Zilina, Slovakia

    Fongopolis(SK 2014) and Snow (SK/FR 2013) compete in the International Competition of Short Films, and further 10 Slovak shorts compete witin the Competition of Slovak Films.  

    For more information visit the WORLD OF ANIMATION AT FEST ANCA article at www.aic.sk.

    Fest Anca also introduced an industry programme for Slovak animation film professionals: forums, presentations, panel discussions are all part of the programme.


    For more information visit the FEST ANCA INDUSTRY PROGRAMME article at www.aic.sk.

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    22nd ART FILM FEST IFF (June 20 – 27, 2014) / Trencianske Teplice – Trencin, Slovakia

    Several archive titles will be presented within the special section entitled War and Film: Signum Laudis (CS 1980, by Martin Holly), For Freedom (CS 1955, by Stanislav Barabas), The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (CS 1965, by Stanislav Barabas), Wolves’ Liars (CS 1945, by Palo Bielik) and Captain Dabac (CS 1959, by Palo Bielik) will be introduced, all digitally restored versions.

    The traditional Slovak Season section will dedicate a significant space to all new releases, such as Slovakia 2.0 (SK 2014), Step into Darkness (SK 2014), First Slovak Horror (SK 2014), The Edge – 4 Films about Marek Brezovsky (SK 2014), All My Children (SK/CZ 2013), Felvidek – Caught in Between (SK/CZ 2014).

    A tribute section to director Peter Solan will screen his masterpieces The Boxer and Death (1962), also ina digitally restored version.

    For more information visit the ART FILM FEST 2014 BOTH SLOVAK AND INTERNATIONAL article at www.aic.sk.

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    More news to be found at www.aic.sk very soon – the archive classic by Juraj Jakubisko Birdies, Orphans and Fools released on DVD with Second Run and Slovak Film Showcase in Moscow starting next week!

    Last modified on 08-07-2014