23-09-2025

Miloslav Luther Wins Top Prize at 2025 Slovak IGRIC Awards for The Dormant Account

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    Miloslav Luther Wins Top Prize at 2025 Slovak IGRIC Awards for The Dormant Account copyright: IGRIC

    BRATISLAVA: Miloslav Luther was awarded the main prize for directing The Dormant Account / Spiaci účet at the 36th edition of the IGRIC Awards, held in Bratislava on 21 September 2025. These are the oldest film prizes in Slovakia and one of two important national film awards in the country, alongside the Sun in a Net Awards.

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    The IGRIC Award for a documentary went to Daniela Meressa Rusnoková for directing Grey Zone / Šedá zóna.

    A Special Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to the director/dramaturg/publicist/educator, and founding figure of Slovak animated film Rudolf Urc.

    The IGRIC Awards are organised by the Slovak Film Union, the Union of the Slovak Television Creators and the Slovak Literary Fund, co-organised by the Slovak Television and Radio, the Slovak Film Institute and Cultural Establishment Petržalka. The event is supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    IGRIC Award for Best Feature Film Released in Cinemas:
    Miloslav Luther for The Dormant Account / Spiaci účet (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Produced by ALEF FILM & MEDIA
    Coproduced by UN FILM , FRAME HOUSE, Fulfilm, Filmové ateliéry
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Slovak Television and Radio

    Special Prize for Creativity:
    Martin Žiaran for the cinematography in Waves / Vlny (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jiří Mádl
    Produced by Dawson Films 
    Coproduced by Wandal Production, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Prague Audiovisual Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    IGRIC Award for Television Drama:
    Scarlett Čanakyová for the screenplay for TV series Time of Hopes / Čas nádejí (Slovakia)
    Directed by Ján Sebechlebský
    Produced by Slovak Television and Radio and ARINA Film production
    Supported by the RTVS and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Special Prize for Creativity:
    Csaba Molnár for directing Pressburg (Slovakia)
    Produced by Slovakia’s Pressburg Partners Production
    Coproduced by the Slovak Television and Radio
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and Kultminor.

    IGRIC Award for a Film / Television Documentary:
    Daniela Meressa Rusnoková for directing Grey Zone / Šedá zóna (Slovakia)

    Special Prize for Creativity:
    Jaro Vojtek for directing the short documentary Martin Pollack: Looking into the Abyss / Martin Pollack: Pohľad do priepasti (Slovakia)

    IGRIC Award for Animation:
    Kristína Bajaníková for directing the short film How the Bear Composed a Song / Ako medveď zložil pieseň (Slovakia)

    Special Prize for Creativity:
    Matúš Vizár for directing and animating the short film Free the Chickens

    IGRIC Award for an Actress in a Feature / Television Film:
    Rebeka Poláková in Nobody Likes Me  / Nikto ma nemá rád (Slovakia, CzechRepublic, France)
    Directed by Tomas Weinreb, Petr Kazda
    Produced by Arytmia Film  
    Coproduced by Black Balance
    Supported by by Creative Europe - MEDIA, the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Košice Self - Governing Region

    Special Prize for Creativity (shared):

    Actress Alexandra Borbély in The Hungarian Dressmaker / Eva a Smrtihlav (Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Iveta Grófová
    Produced by PubRes
    Coproduced by Total Helpart T.H.A., Campfilm, RTVS, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Slovak Minority Culture Fund

    and

    Actress Eva Mores in Promise, I'll Be Fine / Sľubujem, budem v pohode (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Katarína Gramatová
    Produced by DRYEYE Film 
    Coproduced by Nochi film, Radio and Television Slovakia
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Television and Radio 

    IGRIC Award for an Actor in a Feature / Television Film:

    František Kovár in Magic Apple / Čarovné jablko (Slovakia)
    Directed by Jakub Machala
    Produced by the Slovak Television and Radio

    and

    František Kovár in The Dormant Account / Spiaci účet (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Miloslav Luther

    Special Prize for Creativity:

    Milan Ondrík in The Hungarian Dressmaker (Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Iveta Grófová

    and

    Attila Matusek in Pressburg (Slovakia) 
    Sirected by Csaba Molnár

    Other Film and Television Awards:

    Special Prize for Creativity for Other Film and Television Work:
    Michaela Zákuťanská for the screenplay of Kavej (Slovakia)
    Directed by Lukáš Zednikovič
    Produced by noemo and Continental film

    Special Prize for Creativity in Audiovisual Theory and Criticism:
    Petra Hanáková for the book We Have Our Own Film! Slovak Film Culture and Propaganda 1939–1945 / Máme svoj film! Slovenská filmová kultúra a propaganda 1939 - 1945

    Awards of Ján Fajnor for Filmmakers Younger than 35:

    Feature or Television Film:
    Hannah Dale for directing the short film So, tomorrow / Tak zajtra (Slovakia)

    Documentary Film:
    Rebeka Bizubová for directing Confession / Spoveď (Slovakia)

    Animated film:
    Rebeka Vakrčková for directing and animating Feast / Hostina (Slovakia)

    Special Mention for Producing:
    Attila Forgács, Lucia Molnár Satinská, Csaba Molnár and Helena Osvaldová for producing the TV series Pressburg (Slovakia)

    Lifetime Achievement Award:
    Rudolf Urc