Slovak Film Institute Opens Modern Digitizing Centre

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute in partnership with the Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič has inaugurated a modern centre for digitization and digital restoration of films.
27-06-2014

Slovakia Mulls State Bridge Loans for Films

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund is consulting with the Ministry of Finance about the establishment of conditions to set up a short-term soft loan system for film production.
25-06-2014

Slovakia Introduces Film Incentives

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will officially launch its first film incentives, in the form of a 20 percent cash rebate, on 1 July 2014.
24-06-2014

Slovakia Rides Documentary Wave with Miro Remos Comeback at KVIFF

BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo will debut his documentary Comeback in the documentary competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
24-06-2014

FNE at Fest Anca 2014 Kozuch Wins Slovak Award

ZILINA: Irish director Alan Holly won the Anca Award for Coda and Joana Kozuch won the Fest Anca Slovak Award for Fongopolis at the 7th Fest Anca festival of animated…
23-06-2014

MPhilms Completing Postproduction on Vojtek, Hajdu Films

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: MPhilms producer Matyas Prikler is gearing up to roll out his second and third films of the year, both expected to complete postproduction in July.
23-06-2014

PRODUCtION: Slovak Fairytale Laska na Vlasku Preps for Fall Bow

TRENSIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will have a domestic fairytale in cinemas in October 2014 with the premiere of Laska na Vlasku, a 15th century romance directed by Mariana Cengel Solcanska, and…
23-06-2014

FNE at Fest Anca: 2014 Anca Launches Animation Industry Programme

ZILINA, SLOVAKIA: The seventh edition of Fest Anca kicked off with the launch of a two-day industry programme running on 19 and 20 June 2014. Seven animators and projects were…
20-06-2014

FESTIVALS Fest Anca 2014 Starts off the Film Festival Season in Slovakia

ZILINA: Slovakia’s animation films festival, Fest Anca will lead off the summer film festival season with its seventh edition, which begins earlier than in past years, running 18-22 June 2014…
12-06-2014

FNE at Art Film Fest 2014: Six New Features for Slovak Season

PRAGUE: The 22nd Art Film Fest which runs 21-27 June 2014 will screen six new feature films and one classic in the Slovak Season section.
11-06-2014

FNE at Art Film Fest 2014: International Competition Casts a Wide Net

PRAGUE: Eight films have been announced for the international competition of the 22nd Art Film Fest held in the Slovak spa towns of Trencianske Teplice and Teplice 21-27 June 2014.
09-06-2014

Czechs and Slovaks Pick up Cannes Films

PRAGUE: Distributors in the Czech and Slovak Republics have picked up a number of films that screened in competition at Cannes.
26-05-2014

PRODUCTION Remo Completes Music Fest Doc

BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo is finishing work on Vrbovský veter, his second documentary after his award-winning short student documentary Arsy-Versy
22-05-2014

Slovak Cinema in Cannes 2014

What´s SLOVAK in Cannes 2014 - WELCOME to Pavilion # 133 / Marché du Film It´s Cannes time again, and we will be happy to welcome you in the friendly…
13-05-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Czech Fest Embraces Slovaks

PLZEN: After two years of Slovak directors winning the best film prize at the Czech national film festival (both for Czech-Slovak coproductions that were set in Slovak villages), it was…
02-05-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Fine, Thanks

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Matyas Prikler's neo-realistic debut drama feature Fine, Thanks investigates the way the financial crisis affects the intimate lives of the people, revealing a severe picture of their…
02-05-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Love Me or Leave Me

PLZEN: Slovak director Mariana Cengel Solcanska joins the ranks of Slovakia’s rising young female helmers with her second feature Love Me or Leave Me (Miluj ma alebo odid) screening in…
02-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Matyas Prikler

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will be represented by the very dry Mátyás Prikler as one of European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
30-04-2014

FNE at Sun in the Net 2014: Prize Winners

BRATISLAVA: Mira Fornay’s My Dog Killer took home the top prize for Best Film as well as scooping Best Director and Best Screen Play at the Sun in the Net…
28-04-2014

My Dog Killer Tops The Sun in the Net Nominations

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed…
08-04-2014