MADE in ASH (orig. Až do mesta Aš) by Iveta Grófová,SK-CZ 2012, received the Best Director Award at TOFI Fest (Torun, Poland).

THE GYPSY VOTE (orig. Cigáni idú do volieb) by Jaro Vojtek, SK-CZ 2012, world-premiered at Jihlava Documentary Film festival awarded with the Special mention of the Silver Eye Jury.

Another world premiere in Jihlava, NEW LIFE OF FAMILY ALBUM (orig. Nový život) by a Slovak filmmaker Adam Oľha, CZ-SK 2012, was appreciated by the viewers of the festival and received the Audience Award!

Made in Ash Travelling: http://www.aic.sk/aic/en/news/archive/made-in-ash-will-compete-abroad.html

9. Sevilla Festival of European Cinema – Competition section -  www.festivalcinesevilla.eu   

22. Film Festival Cottbus – section Spectrum - www.filmfestivalcottbus.de

53. Thessaloniki IFF – section Open Horizons - tiff.filmfestival.gr

Slovak Focus at Listapad IFF, Minsk:http://www.aic.sk/aic/en/news/archive/significant-presence-of-slovak-films-at-listapad-iff.html

Slovak Films represent a considerable part of the festival´s program, including a special retrospective to Štefan Uher (1930 – 1993), with THE SUN IN A NET (CS 1962), as the leading film of the retrospective.

Slovak Section at Bratislava International Film Festival:http://www.aic.sk/aic/en/news/archive/new-face-of-the-made-in-slovakia-section-of-the-bratislava-iff.html

In its 17th edition, Bratislava International Film Festival (Nov. 9-15, 2012) traditionally presents Slovak films:

the Slovak full-length and short films produced in the last year, are presented in the program sectionMade in Slovakia, which this year for the first time introduces a Competition of Slovak Feature Films. An international Jury will consider 7 recent Slovak films.

We will be back with more news on Slovak films for the coming weeks  soon!

You can also follow the news on www.aic.sk.

Sending my very best regards to all,

Alexandra

Alexandra Strelková