Five years ago, in the Film.sk monthly, eight Slovak film theoreticians and critics started evaluating those Slovak or majority Slovak full-length films screened in cinemas in the given year. The assessors award films points on a scale of one to a maximum of five. Last year, they evaluated 19 Slovak films and the documentary All […]
From the beginnings of cinema to the present day, for adults and for children. The Slovak Film Institute (SFI), in collaboration with the Association of Slovak Film Clubs, has been preparing an educational series entitled Film Cabinet for film fans for the last two years; it deals with the history of world and Slovak cinematography. […]
Of the 1,182 cinemas in 69 countries associated in Europea Cinemas, last year two Slovak cinemas, both in Bratislava, won the Best Programming Award. These were Cinema Lumière operated by the Slovak Film Institute and the Mladosť Cinema which celebrated its centenary last year. “Both cinemas have their unique history and identity, and they set […]
The English DVD with the Slovak film Birds, Orphans and Fools (Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni, dir. J. Jakubisko), which was issued in June last year in Second Run, a London-based DVD company, ranked second in last year’s list of top Blu-rays and DVDs compiled by the DVD Beaver portal. The UK film magazine Little White […]
Young filmmakers also have a chance to develop their abilities at international workshops, training programmes and forums where they can get advice from experienced filmmakers and assistance for their own projects. Some of the most important events Slovakia is also involved in are Midpoint, DOK.Incubator, Visegrad Film Forum and Visegrad Animation Forum. The international Midpoint […]
Best Feature Film in 2012 and 2013, Best Director and Best Script – Mira Fornay won in these three categories with My Dog Killer (Môj pes Killer) at the National Sun in a Net Awards announced by the Slovak Film and Television Academy. The gala award-presentation ceremony took place on 26th April. “In addition to […]
Slovak applicants in the audiovision domain may acquire support for their project from both the Creative Europe programme and the Eurimages fund. “2014 was a successful year for Slovak applicants, as the total support provided achieved a record amount, and the number of successful applicants increased in sub-programmes where we were only sporadically successful in […]
The AVF also Supports International Projects The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (AVF) is a public institution for the support and development of audiovisual culture and industry. It has been operating since 2009 and providing support since 2010. Many of the films you will read about in this magazine have been supported by the AVF. And, in […]
Silence That Remains Tacit In Silence is a film based on long-term research by Slovak musicologist Agáta Schindlerová who specialises in the fates of Jewish musicians under Nazism. It arrives in the cinema at a time when it emerges yet again that the participation of the First Slovak Republic in the deportations and persecution of […]
Daughters and Sons, Mothers and Fathers Jaro Vojtek has been making documentaries since the mid-1990s and has received awards for them at home and abroad. Just from glancing at his filmography, it is quite obvious that he is attracted to topics usually denoted as “social”, in particular to the topic of man entrenched or imprisoned […]
Freedom as Punishment The full-length documentary début of one of the most successful filmmakers of the young generation, Miro Remo, shows that it is virtually impossible to extricate oneself artfully uses mood-creating musical motifs which humanise the unappealing anti-heroes. It is a mosaic of attractions rather than a coherent story. Miro Remo has had a […]
