Friday 12. 09.

FILMEU+: Innovating Education with AI

Presentation, 90 min.

The central module of the FILMEU alliance is the FILMEU+ program, focused primarily on the pedagogical activities of the new university. One of the most important innovations in higher education, which will also affect VŠMU, is the creative use of…

Best European Films with Peter Konečný (LUX Film Days)

Discussion, 60 min.

Since 2000, hundreds of remarkable European films have been made. Peter Konečný will present those that have radically shaped his film thinking. You can look forward to reflections on themes of life, death, the world, and society—as mirrored in modern…

FILMEU – C-Accelerate+: University Incubator

Presentation, 90 min.

C-Accelerate Plus is an international incubation program connecting art and entrepreneurship within the FILMEU alliance. The program supports the development of entrepreneurial skills, fosters new collaborations between universities and industry, and enhances the employability of graduates in the European audiovisual…

Devín Radio – In Touch with Culture with Aňa Geislerová

Discussion, 60 min.

The summer project of Devín Radio, titled In Touch with Culture, will bring an exclusive interview to the Cinematik Lounge with Czech actress Aňa Geislerová, who is in Piešťany as part of the delegation for the film Caravan. On creating…

Security Radar of General Pavol Macko

Discussion, 90 min.

The Security Radar of General Pavol Macko podcast is a regular format produced by the weekly magazine Týždeň, in which editor Eugen Korda conducts interviews with General Pavol Macko. The podcast analyzes current security challenges, international conflicts (especially the war…

Lady Jane & Kešu

LIve Concert, 60 min.

Jane has been singing since childhood and has performed at major festivals (Masters of Rock, TopFest, Červeník), on TV shows, and on tours with leading artists such as Desmod, Hex, and Janek Ledecký. She was the frontwoman of the band…

Dj M-CEE + Dany Gonzales (percussion)

Dj set + live percussion, 240 min.

DJ set accompanied by percussion. M-CEE started DJ-ing around the year 2000. He played drum and bass from vinyl records, and between 2005–2007, he rose to the ranks of the Slovak drum and bass DJ elite. On stage, he began…

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

DK/CZ/DE, 2025, 90 min.; ru, en / cz tit

Director: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin

Pasha lives in a small Russian town and is a popular teacher at the local school. With the start of the invasion of Ukraine, his job description changes completely. He is forced to organize activities in accordance with the new…

Kontinental ’25

Kontinental ’25

RO, 2025, 109 min.; ro, hu, de / cz tit

Director: Radu Jude

Loosely inspired by Roberto Rossellini’s Europe ’51, where Ingrid Bergman’s character undergoes a significant transformation caused by a tragedy in her own life after her young son commits suicide. Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania.

Morlaix

Morlaix

FR/ES, 2025, 124 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Jaime Rosales

Gwen is in her final year of high school. Her mother has just passed away. She lives in Morlaix, a small town in Brittany, France. Midway through the school year, Jean-Luc, a sophisticated, cultured, and magnetic Parisian, arrives in Morlaix.

Deaf

Sorda

ES, 2025, 99 min.; es / cz tit

Director: Eva Libertad

During her pregnancy, deaf Ángela struggles with fears about whether she will be able to bond with her daughter. After giving birth, her partner Héctor stands by her side as she learns to cope with motherhood in an environment that…

Deaf

Sorda

ES, 2025, 99 min.; es / cz tit

Director: Eva Libertad

During her pregnancy, deaf Ángela struggles with fears about whether she will be able to bond with her daughter. After giving birth, her partner Héctor stands by her side as she learns to cope with motherhood in an environment that…

Alenka and the Miracle from a Foreign Land

Alenka a zázrak z cudzej krajiny

SK, 2025, 62 min.; sk, de, rom / sk tit

Director: Daniel Dluhý

From a shack to a children’s home, through a special school, a women’s shelter, a refuge, to a dream life. The true story of a young Roma girl, Alenka, who did not give up and managed to defy the fate…

Action Item

Neplatené voľno

SK/CZ/DE, 2025, 68 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Paula Ďurinová

In management, action items are tasks that must be performed to move forward. But what if the issue is not individual, but systemic? Set in Berlin, the film explores symptoms of a silenced condition of our time. A reflection on…

Boiling Shapes

Boiling Shapes

SK, 2024, 7 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Samuel Škrabálek

Boiling Shapes is a surreal story about innocence, corruption, and the search for a lost identity. The chronology of events is disrupted to deepen the tension and mysticism. The film is presented in a square format to achieve a claustrophobic…

Far Between Us

Daleko mezi námi

SK/CZ, 2024, 13 min.; cz, sk

Director: Vojtěch Javůrek

Alone, surrounded by deep forests, little boy Vašek sees something strange in the sky. His biological mother, Iveta’s unexpected request catches his adoptive parents Jan and Pavel by surprise. Can the adults understand the young child’s emotions, or will Vašek…

Feast

Hostina

SK, 2024, 5 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Rebeka Vakrčková

One night, Lea and her geese are awakened by the howling of approaching wolves. Using a forest horn, she warns the village of the danger. The villagers attempt to defend themselves, but fear overwhelms them. Lea quickly hides the goslings…

Hot Flush

Hot Flush

SK, 2024, 27 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Hana Hancinova

Elena, a social curator, is entering a new phase of her life as she approaches climacterium. As if it weren’t enough, Erik, a troubled teenager abandoned by his mother, who she mentors, misinterprets some of her gestures and initiates an…

NEUER: Cursed Legacy

NEUER: Prekliate dedičstvo

SK, 2025, 65 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Michal Kollár

A rare collection of historic banknotes can be a treasure… or a reason for murder. Chief Inspector Peter Ledecký and “Franko” Machrák investigate from the streets of Bratislava to the Albanian mafia, but their greatest enemy is an obsessive collector.

Nights and Days

Noci a dni

SK, 2024, 7 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Daniela Sláviková

Nights and Days is a brief exploration of the joys and struggles of girlhood, focusing on the lives of two sisters who, through an intimate dialogue in a hotel room, reveal the secrets of their relationship, their first menstruation, their…

Confession

Spoveď

SK, 2024, 29 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Rebeka Bizubová

The word trauma has many shades. The documentary Confession opens up the topic of sexual harassment in the church, which the director has experienced firsthand. She looks back at the world before the trauma, and searches for answers herself to…

Till Tomorrow

Tak Zajtra

SK, 2024, 17 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Hannah Dale

One day in the life of two brothers reveals the harsh contrast between the cold four walls of their home and fleeting moments of peace. On their way home from school, they have no idea what challenges await them behind…

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

FR/PS, 2025, 112 min.; en, fr, ar / en sub / sk tit

Director: Sepideh Farsi

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is my response, as a filmmaker, to the ongoing massacre of Palestinians. A miracle happened when I met Fatem Hassona. She became my eyes in Gaza, where she resisted while documenting the…

Sound of Falling

In die Sonne schauen

DE, 2025, 149 min.; de / cz tit

Director: Mascha Schilinski

Four girls—Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka—each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over the course of a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives…

The Ugly Stepsister

Den stygge stesøsteren

NO/DE/RO/PL/SE, 2025, 109 min.; no, pl, fr, en / cz tit

Director: Emilie Blichfeldt

Twisted take on the classic Cinderella story. Elvira battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the prince’s eye. The gory tale…

The Love That Remains

Ástin sem eftir er

IS/DK/SE/FR, 2025, 109 min.; is, en, sv, fr / cz tit

Director: Hlynur Pálmason

The latest film by Hlynur Pálmason (A White, White Day, Godland), a keen observer of human destinies and complicated relationships, captures a year in the life of a family as the parents come to terms with separation. Through intimate scenes…

Little Trouble Girls

Kaj ti je deklica

SI/IT/HR/RS, 2025, 89 min.; sl / cz tit

Director: Urška Djukić

Lucia is a shy sixteen-year-old girl who lives under the strict supervision of her mother. Membership in a Catholic choir is supposed to guarantee her a decent and moral upbringing. However, during a summer camp in the charming surroundings of…

Dreams

Dreams

MX/US, 2025, 99 min.; en, es / cz tit

Director: Michel Franco

Jennifer is one of the influential people of San Francisco’s high society. Her life is perfectly organized—until it is disrupted by an unexpected encounter with Fernando, a young and charismatic dancer who brings passion and turmoil into her world. What…

How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex

UK/GR/FR/BE, 2023, 92 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Molly Manning Walker

Three British teenage girls—Tara, Em and Skye—are best friends. They are looking forward to a few days of sun—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer holiday of their lives. Tara is the only virgin in…

Sirât

Sirât

FR/ES, 2025, 115 min.; es, fr / cz tit

Director: Oliver Laxe

A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar—daughter and sister—who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar…

13 Days, 13 Nights

13 jours, 13 nuits

FR/BE, 2025, 112 min.; fr, en / cz tit

Director: Martin Bourboulon

Kabul, August 15, 2021. American troops are leaving Afghanistan and the Taliban are attacking the capital. They take it over, and Kabul descends into complete chaos. Thousands of terrified Afghans flock to the last safe haven, the French embassy, where…

Caveat

Caveat

GB, 2020, 88 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Damian Mc Carthy

In a desperate need of money, Isaac accepts a weekend job looking after his landlord’s niece, Olga. Easy money. But there is a catch. Olga lives in an isolated house on a small island accessible only by a boat. Once…

Summer School, 2001

Letní škola, 2001

CZ/SK, 2025, 105 min.; cz, vi / cz tit

Director: Dužan Duong

Summer 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien, with his bright red hair, returns to his family at the market in Cheb after ten years in Vietnam. Instead of a warm welcome, he is greeted by an estranged father, a worried mother, and a…