28-04-2014

Slovak films travel in April

    Slovak films will finish April with a significant festival presence - they will be available at the 21st Hot Docs in Toronto, 11th Crossing Europe in Linz and 6th PriFilmFest in Prishtina.

    The successful documentary by the director trio Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes Velvet Terrorists, which received awards at festivals both in Karlovy Vary and Berlin, will be also presented at the prestigious documentary festival 21st Hot Docs (24. 4. - 4. 5. 2014) in Toronte. In a North American premiere, the will be shown within the World Showcase section and will be personally introduced by director Pavol Pekarčík.

    WORLD SHOWCASE

    VELVET TERRORISTS (ZAMATOVÍ TERORISTI)
    SK/CZ/HR - 2013 - 87 min. - documentary
    directors: Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes
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    26. 04. > Saturday > 18:30 > Scotiabank Theatre 3
    27. 04. > Sunday > 16:30 > ROM TheatreSun
    03. 05. > Saturday > 21:30 > Hart House Theatre

    Another successful documentary, which was awarded in Jihlava and Leipzig during the autumn of 2013 - Normalization by Robert Kirchhoff, will be introduced at the 11. Crossing Europe (25. - 30. 4. 2014) festival in Linzi. The film will be personally presented by the director Robert Kirchhoff in the European Panorama Documentary section.

    EUROPEAN PANORAMA DOCUMENTARY

    NORMALIZATION (KAUZA CERVANOVÁ)
    SK/CZ - 2013 - 100 min. - documentary
    director: Robert Kirchhoff
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    26. 04. > Saturday > 11:00 > Movie 2
    27. 04. > Sunday > 16:00 > Movie 2 

    A significant presence of Slovak films is marked for the upcmoing 6. PriFilmFest (25. 4. - 2. 5. 2014) in Prishtina. The European Film Competition will feature the debut fiction by Juraj Lehotský Miracle, which added a new award from Vilnius to its award list and the mentioned documentary Velvet Terrorists by Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and Peter Kerekes, which was internationally premiered in Berlin. The Middle Length Competition Programme will include Exhibition by directors Andrej Kolenčík a Peter Begányi.

    EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION

    MIRACLE (ZÁZRAK)
    SK/CZ - 2013 - 78 min. - fiction
    director: Juraj Lehotský

    30. 04. > Wednesday > 15:00 > National Theater, Main Hall

    VELVET TERRORISTS (ZAMATOVÍ TERORISTI)
    SK/CZ/HR - 2013 - 87 min. - documentary
    directors: Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes

    29. 04. > Tuesday > 13:00 > National Theater, Main Hall

    MIDDLE LENGTH COMPETITION PROGRAMME

    EXHIBITION (VÝSTAVA)
    SK - 2013 - 35 min. - fiction
    directors: Andrej Kolenčík, Peter Begányi

    27. 04. > Sunday > 13:00 > National Theater, Main Hall

    More information at:
    http://www.hotdocs.ca/
    http://www.crossingeurope.at/
    http://www.prifest.org/

    Related AIC articles:
    Slovak films at April festivals 2013
    Velvet Terrorists awarded in Berlin
    Successful festival start for Normalization
    Three awards for Slovak films at Karlovy Vary IFF