Thursday 12. 09.

Aquabelles from Prandorf

Akvabely z Prandorfa

SK, 2024, 80 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Palo Korec

When a person overcomes the fear of making a mistake, the fear of their own fear, they become free. This realization came to five women from the village of Devičany near Banská Štiavnica. They took an axe, cut a hole…

Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love

US, 2024, 107 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

The film Bob Marley: One Love captures the most fascinating part of the life of one of the greatest music icons of the 20th century. It celebrates a man who loved freedom, Jamaica, and above all, reggae music. At the…

The Other Way Around

Volveréis

ES/FR, 2024, 114 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

Director: Jonás Trueba

After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have come up with the crazy idea of throwing a party to celebrate their recent break-up. While their close ones are quite skeptical, they seem to be sure of their decision. Or are…

Hoard

Hoard

UK, 2023, 126 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Luna Carmoon

Maria’s last day of school. As she arrives home, at the top stairs, waiting, are two bare feet. A tall odd man, a stranger who has a familiar scent of trauma, a childhood pain. His name is Michael and he…

Uppercase Print

Tipografic majuscul

RO, 2020, 128 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Radu Jude

Based on a true story. Romania, 1981. Ceaușescu is in office, leading a communist Romania. He writes the official story of the country with the help of the National Television. Mugur Călinescu, a 16-year-old teenager, writes a different story on…

The Undergrowth

La hojarasca

ES, 2024, 72 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

Director: Macu Machín

After twenty years, Elsa and her younger sister Maura return to the house where they were raised. Carmen, the third sister, lives there alone and maintains the family’s meager estates. Maura’s degenerative disease continues unabated, while Elsa and Carmen try…

Mammalia

Mammalia

RO/PL/DE, 2023, 88 min.; ro, de / en sub / sk tit

Director: Sebastian Mihailescu

Camil is a 39-year-old man who is slowly losing his grip on the women in his life. At work he is belittled and reprimanded by female co-workers and superiors, and his girlfriend Andreea has joined a mysterious fertility cult, causing…

Mr. Blake at Your Service

Complètement cramé

FR/LU, 2023, 100 min.; fr / cz tit

Director: Gilles Legardinier

Iron the newspapers, feed the cat, bring breakfast, serve the masters and their guests. For a true butler, this wouldn’t be a problem, but Andrew Blake (John Malkovich) is not a true butler. In fact, he’s a British businessman who…

Mrs. Buica

Mrs. Buica

RO/US, 2023, 83 min.; en, ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Eugene Buică

The Buica family flees communist Romania and gets to live the American Dream, but cannot escape the sins of the Balkan soul. Love, scandal, tragedy, and the breakup of parents’ marriage, under the eyes of a son who documents everything.

Fakir

Pokiaľ ja žijem

SK/CZ/PL, 2024, 90 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Roman Ďuriš

23-year-old Dalibor, who, after his release from prison, discovers that his abusive father has a chance to get custody of his younger brother. He decides to help his mother with a custody dispute, but old disputes and traumas gradually surface.

The Dreamer

L’homme d’argile

FR/BE, 2023, 94 min.; fr, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Anaïs Tellenne

Raphaël, a one-eyed man, is the caretaker of a mansion where no one lives anymore. Soon to turn 60, he lives with his mother in a small house located at the entrance to the grounds of the stately manor. Between…

The Peasants

Chlopi

PL/RS/LT, 2023, 114 min.; pl / cz tit

Director: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

After the worldwide success of the film Loving Vincent, the director duo DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman have now turned their attention to one of the most significant works of Polish literature—The Peasants. This novel earned its author, W. S.

The Substance

The Substance

GB/US/FR, 2024, 140 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Coralie Fargeat

Who has never dreamed of a better version of themselves? Aging television star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is given the chance to try a miraculous substance that can make her younger, more beautiful, and perfect. But there’s a catch—she has…

Tiger Stripes

Tiger Stripes

MY/TW/SG/FR/DE/NL/ID/QA, 2023, 95 min.; ms / en sub / sk tit

Director: Amanda Nell Eu

Zaffan, a teenage girl of 12, lives the carefree life of a teenage girl in a village shackled by traditions. Together with her best friends Farah and Mariam, they form an inseparable trio. They have fun making crazy TikTok videos,…

The Edge of the Blade

Une affaire d'honneur

FR, 2023, 101 min.; fr / cz tit

Director: Vincent Perez

Paris, 1887. Duels are officially banned but remain a common practice for settling disputes and defending honor—if you’re a man. However, Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre believes this shouldn’t be the case. A bold and intelligent woman, she decides to set…

Explanation for Everything

Magyarázat mindenre

HU/SK, 2023, 152 min.; hu / sk tit

Director: Gábor Reisz

High school student Ábel is struggling to prepare for his school-leaving exams while coming to terms with his hopeless infatuation for his best friend Janka. Clever Janka, however, has her own object of unrequited love: a married history teacher, Jakab,…

Zenith

Zenit

SK/CZ/HU, 2023, 77 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: György Kristóf

A group of prisoners, who know no world beyond the walls of their jail, manage to escape. They find themselves in an underground cave, where a small opening high above allows sunlight to filter in. The prisoners dream of freedom…

Documentary film Devín Radio: In Touch with Culture

Film, 60 min.

On September 4, 1972, the Devín radio programme circuit with a focus on art and culture began broadcasting as one of the two national circuits of the then Czechoslovak Radio (with Radio Vltava). The Devín broadcasting circuit, focused on art…

Devín Radio. In Touch with Culture at Cinematik – Festival Tuning with Tomáš Bartoněk

Diskusia, 120 min.

A special edition of the daily program of Radio Devín live in front of the House of Arts in Piešťany. Host Tomáš Bartoněk will welcome to the festival studio guests, with whom they will look into the history and present…

The Story of Elektrárňa Piešťany

komentovaná prehliadka, 45 min.

The historical charm of the Elektrárňa Piešťany is undeniable. During a guided tour of the interior and hidden corners of this beautiful old power plant, which is listed as a National Cultural Monument, you will hear fascinating stories. You can…

Pssst!

Koncert, 60 min.

The “secret” swing band Pssst! will leave the dance corridors of Bratislava for the second time to bring the vibe of the golden era of swing from the first half of the last century to the Cinematik International Film Festival.

daniu

DJ set, 165 min.

daniu is a DJ and producer who got behind the mixer during the lockdown. His groovy selection will take you through the vibrations of afrobeat, house, amapiano and baile funk, but also everything that flows in between.

Adrián Krišák – Balamuta

Výstava, min.

Balamuta is a visual and functional project by Adrian Krišák and Nikoleta Gajarová. He works with solid wood, while she illustrates and designs. Adrian Krišák, also a member of the musical group 52 Hertz Whale, operates at the intersection of…

Crossing (1/2)

Crossing

SE/DK/FR/TR/GE, 2024, 106 min.; en, ka, tr / cz tit

Director: Levan Akin

Before the death of her sister, retired teacher Lia promised to find her niece Tekla, who had been rejected by her family because of her trans identity. Along with her young neighbour Achi, she travels to Istanbul, where Tekla is…

All We Imagine as Light (1/2)

All We Imagine as Light

FR/IN/NL/LU/IT, 2024, 110 min.; ml, hi, mr / cz tit

Director: Payal Kapadia

Anu and Prabha are nurses in bustling Mumbai, sharing a small apartment and facing relationship troubles. While young Anu contemplates how to escape an arranged marriage, older Prabha has long lost touch with her husband living in Germany. A trip…