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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Slovak workshop to host Oscar-nommed DP
BRATISLAVA: The Visegrad Film Forum, set for 11-13 March, has announced it will host Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger, who filled Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (2009) for a day-long lecture.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Doc About Ice Hockey Legend Pavol Demitra Set For Theatrical Release
PRODUCTION: A new Slovak documentary titled 38 about the life of Slovak ice-hockey legend, Pavol Demitra, is set to be released theatrically in Slovakia in April. Demitra died tragically in…
FNE at Berlinale 2014: Slovak Films in Berlin
Dear colleagues and friends,there are plenty of – we dare say bombastic – reasons to look forward to the 64th Berlinale and the European Film Market! Let us guide you…
Slovak Film Institute puts Slovak films online for international audiences
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute has launched a major new webportal of Slovak film to celebrate its 50th anniversary. SK Cinema is accessible at www.skcinema.sk and is presently only in…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Slovakia
The launch of Slovakia’s Audiovisual Fund four years ago has reaped benefits for Slovak film production abroad and at home.
Slovak Documentaries Screening Free Online
The Slovak Film Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special collection of Slovak archive documentaries available for the first time online, at DAFilms.cz.
Film and TV Studio Planned for Slovakia
BRATISLAVA: A Slovak producer and businessman is in the final stage of preparing to construct a multimedia complex housing a film and TV studio.
Joj TV Fined for Foreign Language Violation
BRATISLAVA: Slovak commercial station Joj TV has been fined 200 EUR for breaching the Slovak law limiting foreign language broadcasting on a Slovak station.
GRANTS: Slovakia Hands out over 30 Film Grants
BRATISLAVA: Thirteen feature films received some 1m EUR in grants in the sixth round of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, along with over 600,000 EUR for documentary film production.
FNE at IFF Bratislava 2013: Slovenia Sweeps Awards with Class
BRATISLAVA: Faced with the question of to be or not to be, the 15th Bratislava IFF decided to be, albeit in a reduced form, to the clear delight of the…
Slovak Film Feted
BRATISLAVA: On the eve of the 15th Bratislava IFF running 6-12 November 2013, Slovak films and filmmakers are basking in the glow of success.
FNE at Bratislava IFF 2013: Bratislava Puts the Focus on European Films
BRATISLAVA: The 15th IFF Bratislava will host three competition sections: a competition of first and second feature films, a competition of documentary films and a competition of short films.
PRODUCTION: Real Life Slovak Crime Thriller Completes Filming
BRATISLAVA: Production is nearing the end of its first phase on Live and Let Live (Ži a nechaj ziť) a Slovak political thriller inspired by real events from 1995-1996 in…