The Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian coproduction Photophobia / Svetloplachosť by Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík will compete for the Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing awards.

Academics have nominated 17 films in 18 categories out of a total of 34 registered feature, documentary and animated and TV films.

The awards are organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy, co-organised by the Radio and Television of Slovakia and the Slovak Film Institute, and supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

Best Film:

Invalid (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Jonáš Karásek
Produced by AZYL Production k
Coproduced by the Radio and Television Slovakia, HomeMedia, CinemArt
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Photophobia / Svetloplachosť (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine)
Directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Produced by Punkchart films, Cinémotif Films
Coproduced by the Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS), Arthouse Traffic, the Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

The Chambermaid / Slúžka (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Produced by Bright Sight Pictures
Coproduced by CINEART TV Prague, the Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, EURIMAGES, the Czech Television, the Pardubice region

Best Documentary:

Notes from Eremocene / Poznámky z Eremocénu (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Viera Čákanyová
Produced by guča films
Coproduced by Marina films
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, RTVS, the Bratislava Region

All Men Become Brothers / Všetci ľudia budú bratia (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Robert Kirchhoff
Produced by atelier.doc
Coproduced by endorfilm, the Radio and Television Slovakia, the Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Creative Europe, the Czech Film Fund

Hanging without Walls / Pozor, padá SNG! (Slovakia)
Directed by Jana Durajová, Lena Kušnieriková
Produced by PubRes
Coproduced by the Radio and Television Slovakia
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Emilia / Emília (Slovakia)
Directed by Martin Šulík
Produced by LEON Productions
Coproduced by the Radio and Television Slovakia, the Slovak Film Institute
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Best Animated Film:

Forest Five: I Throw the Furthest! / Lesná päťka: Ja hodím najďalej! (Slovakia), Short animated film
Directed by Ivana Laučíková

Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light / Tonko, Slávka a kúzelné svetlo (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary)
Directed by Filip Pošivač
Produced by Nutprodukce
Coproduced by Nutprodukcia, Filmfabriq
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA ,the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, the Czech Television, the Radio and Television Slovakia, EURIMAGES, the Zlin region, the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

White Plastic Sky / Umelohmotné nebo (Slovakia, Hungary)
Directed by Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
Produced by Artichoke Film
Coproduced by Salto Film, Proton Cinema
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (nfi.hu),  the RTVS – Radio and Television Slovakia, Eurimages, the Hungarian Film Incentive, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Lithuanian tax incentive

Best Director:

Mariana Čengel Solčanská for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Jonáš Karásek for Invalid
Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík for Photophobia / Svetloplachosť

Best Script:

Mariana Čengel Solčanská for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Tomáš Dušička for Invalid

Miro Šifra for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Matěj Chlupáček
Produced by Barletta
Coproduced by DNA Production, the Czech Television
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe– MEDIA, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Best Cinematography:

Denisa Buranová for Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light / Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo
Ladislav Janošťák for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Tomáš Juríček for Invalid

Best Editing:

Ondrej Azor for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Matej Beneš for Invalid
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Martin Piga for Photophobia / Svetloplachosť

Best Sound:

Miloš Hanzély for The Chambermaid / Slúžka

Dušan Kozák, Tobiáš Potočný for Power / Moc (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia)
Directed by Mátyás Prikler
Produced by Mphilms
Coproduced by Proton Cinema, the Radio and Television of Slovakia, Negativ
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, the National Film Institute - Hungary, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Eurimages, KULT MINOR

Viktor Krivosudský for Invalid

Best Original Music:

Vladimír Godár for Emília / Emilia
Vladimír Martinka for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Matúš Široký, Marcel Buntaj for Invalid

Best Production Design:

Pavol Andraško for Invalid
Tomáš Berka for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Henrich Boráros for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit 

Best Costumes:

Zuzana Bambušek Krejzková for Invalid
Jarmila Dunděrová for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit
Katarína Štrbová Bieliková for The Chambermaid / Slúžka

Best Make-up Artist:

Martin Blizniak, Miroslava Krepsová for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Martin Jankovič, Lenka Nosková for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit
Andrea Štrbová for Invalid

Best Visual Effects:

Ladislav Dedík, Andrea Vrábelová for Perinbaba: Two Realms /  Perinbaba a dva svety
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Produced by J&J JAKUBISKO FILM EUROPE
Coproduced by Slovenská produkčná TV JOJ
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Peter Košťál for White Plastic Sky / Umelohmotné nebo
Michal Křeček, Josefína Jiráňová for Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light / Tonko, Slávka a kúzelné svetlo
Boris Masník for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit

Best Leading Actress:

Dana Droppová for The Chambermaid / Slúžka

Natália Germáni for Her Body / Její tělo (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Natálie Císařovská
Produced by Cineart TV Prague
Coproduced by the Czech Television, SilverArt
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Eliška Křenková for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit 

Best Supporting Actress:

Éva Bandor for Power / Moc
Oľga Belešový for Invalid
Vica Kerekes for The Chambermaid / Slúžka
Anna Geislerová for The Chambermaid / Slúžka

Best Leading Actor:

Ady Hajdu for Revéillon / A máme čo sme chceli (Slovakia, Canada)
Directed by Michal Kunes Kováč
Produced by B Production
Coproduced by Don Carmody TV, AZYL Production, the Radio and Television Slovakia
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Radio and Television Slovakia

Gregor Hološka for Invalid
Daniel Fischer for Revéillon / A máme čo sme chceli

Best Supporting Actor:

Zdeněk Godla for Invalid
Milan Ondrík for We Have Never Been Modern / Úsvit 
Attila Mokos for Power/ Moc

Best TV Film / Miniseries / Series:

Danube, at Your Service / Dunaj, k vaším službám (Slovakia)
Directed by Peter Hoferica, Peter Magát

Mathematics of Crime / Matematika zločinu (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Peter Bebjak

Three Gold Ducats / Tri zlaté dukáty (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Mariana Čengel Solčanská