Film Europe Grabs Third Top Fest Winner

BRATISLAVA: Distributor Film Europe has picked Czech and Slovak rights for Venice Golden Lion 2013 winner Sacro Gra, a nuanced study of the hidden lives that reside along Rome's ring…
10-09-2013

PRODUCTION: Nvota Comedy-Drama Hostage Shooting

BRATISLAVA: The retro family story Hostage is shooting its first segments following a year's delay in what was originally planned as a winter 2012 production. Location work runs through 7…
05-09-2013

Slovak Archive Films Travel

VILNIUS: Kino Pavasaris, the organizer of Vilnius IFF, will present Slovak features from 50s to the 80s as a part of the Artscape project, including Luck Will Come on Sunday,…
26-08-2013

Slovakia, Lithuania and Georgia Head to Baltic Bridge

Austria, Lithuania and Slovakia have won leading roles in the St Petersburg- and Tallinn-based Baltic Bridge East by West (B'EST‎) feature workshop series kicking off 11 September. Gangster comedy Kaviar,…
16-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Slovak Omnibus Twenty to Wrap in Fall

BRATISLAVA: Mátyás Prikler, director of the social drama Fine, Thanks, screened at the Rotterdam IFF this year, is prepping to produce the final segments of the episodic Twenty, a look…
14-08-2013

UK's Second Run Picks Up Home Video of Slovak Classic

The lyrical 1962 Czechoslovak love story The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti), directed by Stefan Uher will be lighting up British TV screens this week, following its release…
13-08-2013

Slovakia's Cinematik Fest Fetes the Cream of European Film

PIESTANY: The eighth edition of the Cinematik fest honors top European films made in 2012 and 2013, chosen by the panel of 17 European critics in its main competitive section,…
12-08-2013

Slovakia Drives Digitalization Forward

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) has taken the lead in digitalizing the country’s small cinemas.
12-07-2013

Slovakia to Propose Film Rebate

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Ministry of Culture plans to submit a draft amendment proposing a 20 percent tax rebate on 15 July with a scheduled start date of January 2014, according…
11-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Slovak Fairy Tale Shooting in Summer

BRATISLAVA: Seven Ravens, a Czech-Slovak coproduction based on a classic fairy tale by Pavol Dobšinský, will start to shoot in July and August 2013 in western Slovakia.
01-07-2013

FNE at KVIFF East of the West 2013: Velvet Terrorists

BRATISLAVA: Velvet Terrorists (Zamatoví teroristi), a Slovak /Czech /Croatian coproduction directed by a trio of Slovak directors, Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and award-winning Slovak documentary director Peter Kerekes, premieres in…
30-06-2013

FESTIVALS: Cinematik Hosts V4 Funds

TRENCIN: Film Funds from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been invited to participate in a first gathering of the four Visegrad funders.
28-06-2013

FNE at Art Film Fest 2013: Kazakhstan, Georgia Take Top Awards

TRENCIN: Slovakia’s oldest and largest festival, Art Film Fest, set itself on course for future expansion by moving from the rural spa village of Trencianske Teplice with its limited cinema…
27-06-2013

FNE at Art Film Fest 2013: Slovak Doc Tests Distribution Strategies

TRENCIN: Miner’s Bread (Banicky Chlebicek), the full-length documentary debut by Roman Fabian, had a double premiere at the 21st edition of Art Film Fest, with both a limited online launch…
27-06-2013

Slovak Fund Pays Off for Domestic Films

TRENCIN: Just three and a half years since it first began giving out grants for film production, Slovakia’s Audiovisual Fund has reshaped the future of the Slovak film industry.
26-06-2013

FNE at KVIFF 2013 East of the West: Miracle

BRATISLAVA: Miracle (Zázrak), a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský, will have a theatrical release in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the fall, following its debut…
26-06-2013

Controversial Slovak Doc Scores Hit at Slovak Box Office

BRATISLAVA: Controversial Slovak doc Normalization, titled Kauza Cervanova in Slovak, has scored the biggest domestic box office success of the year for a doc with almost 20,000 EUR at the…
19-06-2013 m

FNE at KVIFF 2013: Trio of Slovak Premieres at Karlovy Vary

Three Slovak coproductions will have their world premieres in competition at the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF, running 28 June – 6 July 2013.
19-06-2013

Kerekes Documentary Sets September Release

BRATISLAVA: Velvet Terrorists (Zamatoví teroristi), a Slovak /Czech /Croatian coproduction directed by a trio of Slovak directors, Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and award-winning Slovak documentary director Peter Kerekes, will open…
18-06-2013

Slovak Miracle Heads to Cinemas in Autumn

BRATISLAVA: Miracle / Zázrak, a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský, will have a theatrical release in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the fall.
17-06-2013