Wednesday 10. 09.

Aferim!

Aferim!

RO/BG/CZ/FR, 2015, 108 min.; ro, tr, rom / cz tit

Director: Radu Jude

Eastern Europe, 1835. Two men on horses cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. Gendarme Costandin and his son. They are searching for a gypsy slave who has run away from his nobleman master and is suspected of…

Boss

Boss

RO/LU/SE, 2023, 126 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Bogdan Mirica

Bogdan, an ambulance driver from Bucharest, takes part in an armed robbery, together with three other men he barely knows. While fleeing the crime scene, Bogdan accidentally runs over a Witness who subsequently ends up in a coma and ultimately…

Emília

Emília

SK, 2023, 75 min.; sk, cz

Director: Martin Šulík

Emília Vášaryová. We know her face from newspaper covers, magazines and movie posters, and yet we know so little about her. For more than sixty years, she has co-created the shape of modern Czech-Slovak theatre, film and television, but few…

Lucky Winners

Heureux gagnants

FR, 2024, 103 min.; fr / cz tit

Director: Romain Choay, Maxime Govare

A one in 19 million chance. The probability of being hit by a meteorite is much higher than the chance of winning the lottery. For our lucky winners, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare, and their lives shatter in…

The Dead Nation

Țara moartă

RO, 2017, 83 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Radu Jude

A documentary essay showing a stunning collection of photographs from a Romanian small town in the 1930s and 1940s. The soundtrack, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, shows what the…

Prevenge

Prevenge

GB, 2016, 88 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Alice Lowe

Widow Ruth has lost her partner in a climbing accident. All she has left is their unborn child. Ruth is seven months pregnant. Naturally, her body is undergoing a significant transformation. Her mind as well. Traumatised by the sudden death…

After the Fire

Avant que les flammes ne s’éteignent

FR, 2023, 98 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Mehdi Fikri

Malika’s younger brother died during the police investigation. In order for the trial to begin, Malika must meet and reconcile with her estranged family. While the trial brings overwhelming media exposure, Malika must contend with the increasing chaos of her…

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc

RO/LX/CZ/HR/CH/GB, 2021, 106 min.; ro, en, cz, fr, ru / sk tit

Director: Radu Jude

A viral video showing sex between a man and a woman wearing facemasks. The woman is identified despite the disguise. Too bad she is a teacher and should be a role model. Moreover, it all happened in a post-socialist, but…

Between the Temples

Between the Temples

US, 2024, 111 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Nathan Silver

While Ben, a cantor at his Jewish temple who still lives with his two mothers, is losing his faith and his voice, his former music teacher Carla has decided to discover hers. These two lost souls, who are both teacher…

You Burn Me

Tú me abrasas

ES/AR, 2024, 64 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

Director: Matías Piñeiro

You Burn Me is an adaptation of “Sea Foam”, a chapter of Cesare Pavese’s 1947 book Dialoghi con Leucò. By the sea, the ancient Greek poet Sappho and the nymph Britomart are talking of love and death. Sappho is supposed…

Super Short Films Best of AZYL ‘23

Other Spaces: Krátke filmy, 60 min.

Let’s watch shorts! Showcase of the best 1-minute, 5-minute films and music videos from all around the world that had been submitted to the competition of film festival AZYL SHORTS 2023. Our international jury was choosing from among hundreds of…

21st AAmA International Art Exhibition 2024 – The Slovak Exhibition

Výstava, min.

The exhibition at the House of Arts of the Slovak Philharmonic in Piešťany, titled the 21st AAmA International Art Exhibition 2024 – The Slovak Exhibition, showcases works by visual artists from every continent, providing a platform for communication and the…

Adam Tarana – In the Middle of Something

Výstava, min.

The selection of unpublished private work (2017–2024) by photographer Adam Tarana invites us to reflect on what it means to be in the middle of something (and at the same time, nothing). This collection refers to personal space—whether it be…

Presentation of the Headliners of the Programme of the 19th Cinematik Festival

Diskusia, 60 min.

How this year’s Cinematik programme was created. How the first film catches were born and how we prepared the difficult selection of titles for the 19th edition. A member of the programme team, Peter Konečný, will present the main films…

TYSKER

DJ set, 165 min.

David Nemec, known under the stage name TYSKER, is a twenty-four-year-old young DJ and producer from Piešťany. His signature sound is characterized by a combination of deep and melodic elements of Afro House, Melodic House & Techno, and Indie Dance…

The Hungarian Dressmaker (1/2)

Ema a smrtihlav

SK/CZ, 2024, 129 min.; sk, hu, de / sk tit / en sub

Director: Iveta Grófová

Marika is a Hungarian widow who, during the turbulent years of World War II and the wartime Slovak State, hides a Jewish boy in her home on the Slovak-Hungarian border. She becomes the object of interest for two men—a Slovak…