Thursday 11. 09.

Masterclass Tereza Nvotová and the Filming of Father

Masterclass Tereza Nvotová, 60 min.

A unique meeting with director Tereza Nvotová, who will present her latest film Father. In conversation with Peter Konečný, we will explore the creative process from the initial idea to the final form of the work. Tereza Nvotová will speak…

Do We Need a Civil Society?

Discussion, 60 min.

In developed countries, civil society is considered one of the key pillars of the state. In Slovakia, however, civic associations and non-profit organizations have faced many obstacles instead of support for years. Juraj Rizman will lead a discussion on the…

FILMEU: Internationalization and Innovation of Film Education in EU

Diskusia, 60 min.

Slovakia, together with seven European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, and Portugal), has responded to the European Commission’s call and, through VŠMU, is participating in the FILMEU project, whose aim is to establish a European Film School. Comprehensive…

Vertigo LIVE

Film podcast Denník SME, 60 min.

Juraj Malíček and Peter Konečný in a live recording of the Vertigo podcast, which brings a lot of film and series reviews every Saturday. If you’re wondering what’s worth seeing in the cinema (or what to skip) and what to…

Talentmap & Actorsmap – film acting, casting and self-presentation

Presentation & Discussion, 60 min.

A presentation of the platforms Talentmap and Actorsmap, followed by a discussion on actor self-presentation: how to set up a profile and showreel, and how to work with your profile; how the actor–agent–casting connection functions; what exactly the work of…

Dj Gonzo

DJ set, 180 min.

An ardent fan of music of various genres. As a DJ he started at Cinematik. He focuses on music genres such as nu jazz, Latin, broken beat, dub, hip hop, funk and others.

Two Prosecutors

Zwei Staatsanwälte

FR/DE/NL/LV/RO/LT/UA, 2025, 117 min.; ru, uk / cz tit

Director: Sergei Loznitsa

The year is 1937. When a letter from one of the political prisoners manages to get past the strict rules and ends up on the desk of young prosecutor Kornev, it sets off a series of revelations about corruption and…

Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender

FR, 2025, 133 min.; fr / en sub / cz tit

Director: Anna Cazenave Cambet

Lawyer Clémence leaves her marriage and stable job to finally start living her own life and embrace her true identity. Her ex-husband fights for custody of their son Paul and resorts to a series of manipulative tactics to limit their…

Chronicle

Letopis

SK/CZ, 2025, 70 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Martin Kollar

Chronicle captures everyday stories to create a collective portrait of contemporary reality, aiming not only to document the present but also to build an archive for the future. Through its imagery, it reveals absurd routines and peculiar habits, as well…

April

April

GE/IT/FR, 2024, 134 min.; ge / en sub / sk tit

Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili

Nina, an obstetrician-gynecologist working in the only hospital of a provincial town in Georgia, is unconditionally devoted to her patients, even if that means crossing the line legally or socially. But when a newborn dies under her supervision, she is…

Love

Kjærlighet

NO, 2024, 119 min.; no / cz tit

Director: Dag Johan Haugerud

Marianne is a pragmatic doctor. Tor is a compassionate nurse. Both are avoiding conventional relationships. One evening, after a blind date, Marianne encounters Tor on the ferry. Tor, who often spends his nights there seeking casual encounters with men, shares…

Afternoons of Solitude

Tardes de soledad

ES/FR/PT, 2024, 125 min.; es / en sub / cz tit

Director: Albert Serra

Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as…

Wild Diamond

Diamant brut

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

Director: Agathe Riedinger

Liane, a 19-year-old young woman, lives with her mother and sister in southern France. Her greatest desire is to be discovered, loved, and become “somebody.” That’s why she’s completely obsessed with beauty, believing that this path will lead her to…

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

UK, 2025, 98 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Paul Andrew Williams

A story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship, not always to the approval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie is receiving from so-called professionals, Colleen takes it upon herself…

Three Days of Fish

Drie dagen vis

NL/BE, 2024, 85 min.; nl / en sub / sk tit

Director: Peter Hoogendoorn

While living abroad with his second wife, 65-year-old Gerrie returns to Rotterdam for his annual health check-ups. There, he meets with his son, 45-year-old Dick, who yearns for quality time that his father stubbornly avoids. During their brief time together,…

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Jane Austen a gâché ma vie

FR, 2024, 98 min.; fr, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Laura Piani

Agathe is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds…

DJ Ahmet

DJ Ahmet

MK/CZ/RS/HR, 2025, 99 min.; tr, mk, en / cz tit

Director: Georgi M. Unkovski

Ahmet has two tasks in life—to look after his younger brother, who lost his speech after their mother’s death, and to look after the flock of sheep. Life in the Macedonian countryside is certainly no walk in the park. Patriarchal…

Young Hearts

Young Hearts

BE/NL, 2024, 97 min.; nl, fr / cz tit

Director: Anthony Schatteman

Fourteen-year-old Elias knows love only from his grandfather’s stories. He’s not entirely sure if he can feel it himself, especially since he doesn’t like any girls. One day, Alexander moves into the house next door and Elias’s life is turned…

Broken Voices

Sbormistr

CZ/SK, 2025, 106 min.; cz

Director: Ondřej Provazník

The world of teenage singers, prestigious concerts, and tours across the United States—this is the renowned girls’ choir that 13-year-old Karolína longs to join in the early 1990s. During the pivotal season, she must contend with talented competitors, including her…

Ebony & Ivory

Ebony & Ivory

UK, 2024, 88 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Jim Hosking

Paul welcomes Stevie to his remote Mull of Kintyre farmhouse—via rowing boat, naturally—for what might become the greatest plea for racial harmony ever recorded. Between hits of “doobie woobies” and a complete annihilation of Linda McCartney’s vegetarian ready meal range,…

Green Room

Green Room

US, 2016, 95 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Jeremy Saulnier

The Ain’t Rights, a punk four-piece band on the final days of a failed concert tour, get more than they bargained for when they accept a shady last-minute gig at an isolated venue in the wilds of Oregon. After walking…

The story of Elektrárňa Piešťany

Guided Tour, 45 min.

A guided tour through the interior and hidden corners of the old power plant, which is listed as a national cultural monument. An engaging narration about the history and operation of this industrial building, as well as the activities taking…

Father

Otec

SK/CZ/PL, 2025, 103 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Tereza Nvotová

Inspired by true events, the story follows a loving father. His life falls apart after a single tragic mistake shatters his happy marriage and leaves him completely alone. Despite the threat of prison and unbearable guilt, he tries to regain…

I Love You, Elephant

Mám tě rád, Slone

CZ, 2024, 4 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Antonie Zavadilová

An elephant and a boy love each other, but they are separated by a maze in which they then try to find one another. They wander and wander. The boy finds the elephant only when he stops looking up at…

On the Rooftop

Na streche

CZ, 2024, 6 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Arthur Maurer

The film On the Rooftop revives the memory of the spark of love between the director’s grandparents. A story he heard many times as a little boy, he sought to transfer into the medium of film, thereby preserving their memory.

A Couple of Fish

Pár ryb

CZ, 2024, 10 min.; cz / en sub

Director: Veronika Tůmová

A room full of bubbling aquariums. Hundreds of fish, separated from people only by glass. The film is a glimpse into the life of a married couple of aquarists who have dedicated their lives to the fish and each other.

The Portrait of Irma Geisslová, Who Died Sad

Portrét Irmy Geisslové, která umřela smutná

CZ, 2024, 18 min.; fr, cz / en sub / cz tit

Director: Kateřina Konrádová

The film maps the afterlife of the rediscovered writer and pioneer of literary decadence, Irma Geisslová (1855–1914). It does so not through well-known facts, but through the intimate experiences of five characters with Geisslová’s work. The film thus becomes a…

Ruvja and Morena

Ruvja a Morena

CZ, 2024, 7 min.; cz / en sub

Director: Julie Slovenčíková

An intimate portrait of a girls’ friendship “till death do us part” opens up the interval between childhood and adulthood, play and seriousness, reality and fiction. In this montage documentary, photographs from family archives intertwine with camera-less animation. The flow…

Shadows of Constraint

Stíny bezmoci

CZ, 2025, 26 min.; cz

Director: Matouš Vaďura

A student film inspired by the work of Egon Hostovský portrays the escape of the main character from the seat of a totalitarian state, where he is constantly consumed by fear and paranoia of arrest threatening him as a writer.

Telephone Game

Tichá pošta

CZ, 2025, 2 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Laura Boráros

A man wants to send a message to a woman through a game of telephone, but the message does not reach its destination unchanged……

Slovak Sea

Zemplínska Šírava

CZ, 2024, 11 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Arthur Maurer

In the film, the author returns to a personal theme—to Zemplínska Šírava, a place where he spent much of his childhood. Also known as the “Slovak sea,” this place once overflowed with children’s laughter and the bustle of thousands of…

Caravan

Karavan

CZ/SK/IT, 2025, 103 min.; cz / sk tit

Director: Zuzana Kirchnerová

Ester has just turned 45 and has nothing in her life except for caring for her severely mentally disabled son, David (15). David can’t speak and needs constant attention. Ester loves him deeply, but she’s drained by routine and coping…