This year, two Slovak films have been selected for the program of the Spanish festival, which places a strong emphasis on connecting European and Ibero-American cinema while also focusing on discovering new talent.
In the competitive Nest section, dedicated to student films, the short documentary How to Listen to Fountains by director Eva Sajanová will also have its world premiere. The experimental work was produced by the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
Director: Olmo Omerzu
Production:endorfilm (CZ)
Co-production: Cvinger Film (SI), Lava Films (PL), Lonely Production (CZ), Czech Television (CZ), Punkchart films (SK), Kinorama (HR), Melocoton Films (FR), Radiotelevizija Slovenija (SI), Digital District (FR)
Slovak co-producer: Ivan Ostrochovský
World sales: Cercamon
Screenings:
September 21 | 11.45 | Principal (Press)
September 22 | 15.45 | Kursaal, 1 (Press)
September 22 | 22.00 | Principe, 7
September 23 | 18.45 | Antiguo Berri, 6
September 24 | 21.45 | Antiguo Berri, 6
David takes his two children on holiday to the Adriatic Sea, hoping to hold their fractured bilingual family together. His 17-year-old daughter, Klára, struggling with an eating disorder, falls in love with a local boy, Denis. When he is accused of murder, David rushes the children back home. Klára’s condition spirals, landing her in hospital. The only thing uniting her parents is their need to save her. And desperate times call for desperate measures.
Director: Eva Sajanová
Production: Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (SK)
Producer: Anna Mária Zimová
World sales: Festival Department of the Film and Television Faculty
Screening:
September 24 | 10.00 | Tabakalera-Theatre 1
This film is about public space. This film is about the destruction of culture. This film is about fountains that have had enough. What would happen if fountains could talk?
