Ten international films were selected for the fiction competition category Meeting Point Europe, including Olmo Omerzu´s Family Film. Domestic competitive section Cinematik.doc selected a showcase of domestic documentaries such as 5 October by Martin Kollar and the Slovak/Czech coproduction Steam on the River by Robert Kirchhoff and Filip Remunda. Cinematik.doc jury is composed of Gaby Babić, Matthieu Darras and Mária Ferenčuhová.
More Slovak films will be shown in the section In the House including two Czech/Slovak coproductions - Little Feather by Lucia and Petr Klein Svoboda and Murderous Tales by Jan Bubeníček, which will have the Slovak premiere there.
Other non-competitive sections focus on contemporary German cinema and the films by Wim Wenders. The festival includes the Dox in Vitro 2016 documentary seminary and workshop and also a Pannel of European film critics.
Cinematik.doc – Domestic Documentary Competition:
5 October (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Martin Kollar
Produced by Punkchart Films, HBO Europe, endorfilm, 71km
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Cinematography Fund
Waiting Room (Slovakia)
Directed by Palo Korec
Produced by Artileria
Coproduced by RTVS, Film Park
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Okhwan´s Mission Impossible (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Marek Mackovič
Produced by Film Park
Coproduced by Mandala Pictures, RTVS, Film a sociologie, Tarian Films, MM Film
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund , Czech State Cinematography Fund
Steam on the River (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Robert Kirchhoff, Filip Remunda
Produced by atelier.doc
Coproduced by Hypermarket film, Czech Television
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund , Media Programme, Czech State Cinematography Fund
Freedom Under Load (Slovakia)
Directed by Pavol Barabáš
Produced by K2 Studio
Coproduced by RTVS
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
When Land is Looking for Its Heaven (Slovakia)
Directed by Erik Praus
Produced by Film Park
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Meeting Point Europe – Feature Film Competition:
Family Film (Czech Republic, Germany, France, Slovenia, Slovakia)
Directed by Olmo Omerzu
Produced by endorfilm
Coproduced by 42film, Rouge International, Arsmedia, Punkchart films, Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Media Programme, Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, mdm, Slovenski Filmski Center, Ezekiel Films, Financière Pinault
In the House:
Little Feather (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Lucia Klein Svoboda, Petr Klein Svoboda
Produced by Goodmind
Coproduced by TA-SPORT
Murderous Tales (Czech republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Jan Bubeníček
Produced by Total HelpArt
Coproduced by PubRes, Czech Television, R.U.R., AT studio, Soundsquare
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Cinematography Fund
Stanko (Slovakia)
Directed by Rasťo Boroš
Produced by AH Production
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
I, Olga Hepnarova (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)
Directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
Produced by Black Balance
Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Spoon, Barrandov Studios, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, FAMU, Arizona Productions, Odra Film
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Odra Film