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.
27-02-2014

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…
19-02-2014

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…
07-02-2014

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…
13-01-2014

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.
20-12-2013

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.
18-12-2013

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.
17-12-2013

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.
09-12-2013

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.
22-11-2013

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…
11-11-2013

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.
06-11-2013

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.
04-11-2013

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…
01-11-2013

Luther Elected AV Fund President

BRATISLAVA: Council of Slovakia‘s Audiovisual Fund has elected Miloslav Luther to a two year term as president.
29-10-2013

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…
28-10-2013

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.
23-10-2013

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.
10-10-2013

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…
01-10-2013

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Distributors Meet in Slovakia

European distributors arrived in Bratislava for a DOK.Incubator workshop.
20-09-2013

Slovak Films Head to Toronto

TORONTO: Juraj Lehotsky's Miracle, his second feature following the prize-winning 2008 docu Blind Loves, will screen at the Toronto IFF's Discovery section, following up its victory at the Karlovy Vary…
13-09-2013