The feature film The Bugaboo (dirs. Tomáš Pavlíček, Kateřina Karhánková), a production between Czechia and Slovakia (SK prod. Punkchart films), will have its world premiere at the 25th edition of Just Film, children’s and youth festival and the largest sub-festival of PÖFF. The spooky family comedy The Bugaboo is included in the competition section dedicated to young audiences.
The short film Nights and Days by Daniela Sláviková has been selected for the programme of the PÖFF Shorts sub-festival, where it competes in the section dedicated to live-action films by new talents. The surreal comedy about the relationship between two sisters will be presented in its Baltic premiere.
The feature film Father – which, since its Venice world premiere, has been sold to distributors in several territories, remains among the most-watched films in Slovak cinemas, and continues to collect festival screenings and awards – is included in the Best of Festivals section, showcasing films currently resonating on the international festival circuit.
Finally, as part of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (November 14 – 21, 2025), the drama The Hour between Dog and Wolf (SK co-prod. guča films), currently in pre-production, will be presented in the Script Pool programme. Script Pool offers producers, directors and screenwriters of five selected projects a multi-day series of workshops designed to prepare them for a final presentation before film industry professionals, including distributors, sales agents, and potential co-production partners.
Directors: Tomáš Pavlíček, Kateřina Karhánková
Production:MasterFilm (CZ), Punkchart films (SK)
Slovak producers: Ivan Ostrochovský, Katarína Tomková (Punkchart films)
Sales: Punkchart films, Katarína Tomková, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Screenings:
November 11 | 12.00 | Apollo Kino Plaza (6th hall)
November 16 | 10.45 | Apollo Kino Plaza (7th hall)
November 21 | 10.30 | Apollo Kino Solaris (1st Saku hall)
When twelve-year-old Nikča’s parents leave for the weekend, she finally has the whole apartment to herself. Together with her best friend Gabča, they plan a perfect girls’ night – frozen pizza, an old VHS tape, and a proper horror movie. It all sounds like a chill evening. But instead of watching a scary film, they end up living through a real-life horror of their own. And this one isn’t just on the screen…
Director: Daniela Sláviková
Production and sales:Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (SK)
Slovak producer: Jakub Matlovič
Screening:
November 12 | 18.30 | Kino Artis (hall 2)
Nights and Days is a brief exploration of the joys and struggles of girlhood, focusing on the lives of two sisters who, through intimate dialogue in a hotel room, reveal the secrets of their relationship, their first menstruation, their first sexual experiences, and a fateful sentence that has forever remained etched in the memory of the younger sister.
Director: Tereza Nvotová
Production:DANAE Production (SK), moloko film (CZ), Lava Films (PL)
Slovak producers: Veronika Paštéková, Anton Škreko (DANAE Production)
Sales: Intramovies, Geremia Biagiotti, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Screenings:
November 11 | 18.45 | Apollo Kino Plaza (1st Lux hall)
November 15 | 17.30 | Kino Sõprus (saal)
A tragic mistake shatters the life of a devoted father, shaking his marriage and isolating him in guilt. As the threat of prison looms, he begins to question whether he deserves to go on living. But when he and his wife come to see that the tragedy was not a personal failure, but something rooted deep in the architecture of the human mind, a fragile path toward forgiveness begins to emerge. Even with this understanding, the question remains: can love survive what no heart was built to endure?
Director: Terézia Halamová
Production:Other Stories (CZ)
Co-production: guča films (SK)
Slovak co-producer: Matej Sotník (guča films)
Contact: Other Stories, Natália Pavlove, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
November 20 | 12.00 | Nordic Hotel Forum, Capella
