FNE Exclusive Interview with Zuzana Mistrikova, Executive Director of PubRes, Vice President Slovak Film and Television Academy
FNE spoke with Zuzana Mistriková about the current situation of the Slovak film industry three years after the creation of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk). For Slovak films, 2012 was…
FESTIVALS: Bratislava IFF Upgrades Slovak, Industry Presence
BRATISLAVA: The 14th Bratislava International Film Festival (www.iffbratislava.com) which opens on 9 November 2012 and runs through 15 November unveils a new Slovak competition section and increase services for industry…
PRODUCTION: A Step into Darkness Goes into Production
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Martin Luther (A Path across the Danube) has started shooting his historical drama A Step into Darkness in the western Slovak village of Uhrovec, the site of…
Slovak pubcaster RTVS to lay off 20% of its workforce
BRATISLAVA: Slovak public-service Radio and Television Slovakia (www.rtvs.sk) is preparing to lay-off 20 percent or more of its workforce, RTVS head Václav Mika wrote in a memo to employees.
Oscar double act for Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia has entered Made in Ash as its contender for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category, and will also be represented in the short animation category with The…
FESTIVALS: Bells of Happiness Wins Slovak Doc Award at Cinematick Fest
PIESTANY: The Slovak film festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) has given the Film Europe Award for best feature-length Slovak documentary to Bells of Happiness (Zvonky šťastia) by Marek Šulík and Jana Bučka…
FESTIVALS: Cinematik Features Slovak Documentary Competition
PIESTANY: Four long Slovak documentaries will screen in the Cinematik film festival (www.cinematik.sk) documentary competition, taking place 7-13 September 2012 in the Slovak spa resort of Piestany.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Documentary Seminar Deadline Extended
The deadline for the Coproducing Documentaries in Europe seminar, taking place in Slovakia, has been extended until 31 August 2012.
GRANTS: Slovakia Funds 15 Feature Films
BRATISLAVA: Ten Slovak feature films, one TV film, and five Slovak minority coproductions have received production grants from the Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk).
Slovakia Announces New Call for Grant Applications
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) has issued the fourth of its 2012 calls for grant applications. A total of 1,250,000 EUR is available in this round.
Mika Named Director of Slovak TV
BRATISLAVA: Former Markiza TV (www.markiza.sk) CEO Vaclav Mika has been elected as general director of public broadcaster Slovak Radio and Television (www.rtvs.eu).
DOK.Incubator Applications Open
BRATISLAVA: The second session of the postproduction workshop DOK.Incubator (docincubator.net) is accepting observer and consultation applications from Slovak, Czech and Polish film professionals and Slovak film students for the Final…
PRODUCTION: Juraj Nvota Preps Hostage
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota is in preproduction for a winter 2012 shoot of his film Hostage, which was originally scheduled to go into production in spring.
PRODUCTION: Indian Summer in Preproduction
BRATISLAVA: Gejza Dezorz plans to shoot his first feature film, Indian Summer, beginning on 17 September 2012, produced by Marian Urban through ALEF Film&Media Group, s.r.o. (www.afm.sk).
FNE - Step In - Locarno Country Report: Slovakia
The Slovak film industry saw the full benefits of its new funding system which was launched in 2009, during the past year, with a marked increase in domestic films and…
PRODUCTION: The Exhibition in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Slovak directors Peter Begányi (Erotic Nation) and Andrej Kolenčík are in post-production with The Exhibition, a medium-length bitter comedy scheduled to come out in early 2013.
Markiza to Launch Men’s Channel
BRATISLAVA: TV Markíza (www.markiza.sk), Slovakia's leading broadcaster owned by Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com), is set to launch a third channel by the end of August 2012,.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Documentary Indiano from Zihlava
BRATISLAVA: Miro Remo is in production with Indiano from Zihlava, a long documentary on the amateur Slovak films of the late 1970's. The directors of hundreds of such films "tried…
FNE at Art Film Fest: CEE Filmmakers Triumph at Art Film Fest
{mosimage}Twilight Portrait by director Angelina Nikonova won the Blue Angel for Best Film at Art Film Fest (www.artfilm.sk), held from 16 to 23 June 2012 in the Slovak spa and…
PRODUCTION: Debut Tak Fajn in Postproduction
{mosimage}BRATISLAVA: Paul Janik makes his directing debut with the comedy Tak Fajn after appearing in films and on TV since the age of 4, and spending 16 years in NYC,…
