My Dog Killer Tops The Sun in the Net Nominations
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed…
Slovak workshop to host Oscar-nommed DP
BRATISLAVA: The Visegrad Film Forum, set for 11-13 March, has announced it will host Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger, who filled Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (2009) for a day-long lecture.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Doc About Ice Hockey Legend Pavol Demitra Set For Theatrical Release
PRODUCTION: A new Slovak documentary titled 38 about the life of Slovak ice-hockey legend, Pavol Demitra, is set to be released theatrically in Slovakia in April. Demitra died tragically in…
FNE at Berlinale 2014: Slovak Films in Berlin
Dear colleagues and friends,there are plenty of – we dare say bombastic – reasons to look forward to the 64th Berlinale and the European Film Market! Let us guide you…
Slovak Film Institute puts Slovak films online for international audiences
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute has launched a major new webportal of Slovak film to celebrate its 50th anniversary. SK Cinema is accessible at www.skcinema.sk and is presently only in…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Slovakia
The launch of Slovakia’s Audiovisual Fund four years ago has reaped benefits for Slovak film production abroad and at home.
Slovak Documentaries Screening Free Online
The Slovak Film Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special collection of Slovak archive documentaries available for the first time online, at DAFilms.cz.
Film and TV Studio Planned for Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: A Slovak producer and businessman is in the final stage of preparing to construct a multimedia complex housing a film and TV studio.
Joj TV Fined for Foreign Language Violation
BRATISLAVA: Slovak commercial station Joj TV has been fined 200 EUR for breaching the Slovak law limiting foreign language broadcasting on a Slovak station.
GRANTS: Slovakia Hands out over 30 Film Grants
BRATISLAVA: Thirteen feature films received some 1m EUR in grants in the sixth round of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, along with over 600,000 EUR for documentary film production.
FNE at IFF Bratislava 2013: Slovenia Sweeps Awards with Class
BRATISLAVA: Faced with the question of to be or not to be, the 15th Bratislava IFF decided to be, albeit in a reduced form, to the clear delight of the…
Slovak Film Feted
BRATISLAVA: On the eve of the 15th Bratislava IFF running 6-12 November 2013, Slovak films and filmmakers are basking in the glow of success.
FNE at Bratislava IFF 2013: Bratislava Puts the Focus on European Films
BRATISLAVA: The 15th IFF Bratislava will host three competition sections: a competition of first and second feature films, a competition of documentary films and a competition of short films.
PRODUCTION: Real Life Slovak Crime Thriller Completes Filming
BRATISLAVA: Production is nearing the end of its first phase on Live and Let Live (Ži a nechaj ziť) a Slovak political thriller inspired by real events from 1995-1996 in…
Luther Elected AV Fund President
BRATISLAVA: Council of Slovakia‘s Audiovisual Fund has elected Miloslav Luther to a two year term as president.
Slovakia Moves on Film Incentives
JIHLAVA: The Slovak parliament has adopted an amendment that will create a new support scheme for the film industry including the introduction of a 20 percent cash rebate for film…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Barbara Harumova Hessova
FNE interviews Slovak documentary producer Barbara Harumova Hessova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Heavy Slovak Demand for Grants in Fall 2013 Round
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has received 93 grant applications for its fall session, requesting over 6m EUR in funds.
PRODUCTION: Czech Lion Winner Jirasky Directing Slovak Diary
BRATISLAVA: Slovak production company Furia Film is in production with the feature film Diary of Agatha Schindler, which depicts fragments of the lives of four Jewish musicians who were deported…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Distributors Meet in Slovakia
European distributors arrived in Bratislava for a DOK.Incubator workshop.
