KOŠICE: Nine films will compete for the main prize, the Blue Angel, in the International competition of the 29th Art Film Fest Košice, which will take place 16 – 23 June 2023. The festival is returning in full strength after a one year-break, as the last year´s edition was cancelled by the organisers due to insufficient funds.

BRATISLAVA: The most awards during the 12th ceremony of the Sun in a Net awards gala went to the Slovak/Czech/ Macedonian drama The Ballad of Piargy / Piargy, which won in 11 categories among 16 nominations. Nevertheless, the awards for Best Feature Film and Best Director were given to Michal Blaško‘s debut feature Victim / Obeť.

BRATISLAVA: The 9th edition of the Slovak Film Week, the annual showcase of domestic titles, will take place in Bratislava 17 - 23 April 2023. Unlike 2022, only the titles nominated for the main Sun in a Net National Award will be screened this year.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech thriller MIKI by Jakub Kroner, which is currently in production, tells the story of the infamous mafia mobster Mikuláš Černák, based on true events from the 90´s. Milan Ondrík plays the main character.

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director, screenwriter and professor Stanislav Párnický died on 31 March 2023, at the age of 77. He started as a director for theatre and television, later as a director of feature films for cinemas, and for many years he passed on his experience to film students at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.

BRATISLAVA: Ten projects were showcased at the Works in Progress session during Bratislava Industry Days at Febiofest IFF, of which three received awards. The 30th International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava was held 15 – 19 March 2023.

BRATISLAVA: Polish short film The Fence / Płot by Tomasz Wolski was awarded Best Film in the Short Films section and the UK/Czech/Croatian drama Butterfly Vision by Maxym Nakonečnyj was awarded Best Film in the Long Films section of the In the Heart of Europe Competition at the 30th edition of the International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava (15 – 19 March 2023).

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech dark comedy Invalid by Jonáš Karásek holds the first place in the Slovak charts even after five weeks of screening. The film has become the most successful film of 2023 so far, with a total of 132,020 admissions and 984,853 EUR gross.

BRATISLAVA: In addition to the usual 20 short films from neighbouring countries, the In the Heart of Europe competition section of the 30th International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava will add for the first time a long films competition with 10 fiction, animated, documentary and experimental films. The festival will take place 15 – 19 March 2023.

BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak director Jaro Vojtek is currently in postproduction with his new documentary The Third End of the Stick / Tretí koniec palice. The  film is produced by 500 civil association and coproduced by RTVS.