Monday 14. 09.

ArchitecTOUR (Saturday)

Prehliadka

Tour Did you know that Dom umenia (the House of Arts), where the main program of the Cinematik Festival takes place, is one of the pearls of the world architecture? We invite you to a tour of this brutalist structure…

My Grandpa Is an Alien

Moj dida je pao s Marsa

HR/LU/NO/CZ/SI/SK/BA, 2019, 75 min.; sk dab

Director: Dražen Žarković, Marina Andree Škop

In a single moment, the entire life of a girl Una is turned upside down; her grandpa is abducted by aliens and her mum collapses and ends up in a hospital.

The Souvenir

The Souvenir

GB/US, 2019, 119 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Joanna Hogg

A young, quietly ambitious film student embarks on her first serious love affair with a charismatic and mysterious man.

Variations

Variácie

SK, 2018, 12 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Peter Hoferica

"He can’t go here, because I am here.

The Gleam of Delicate Irony

Svit nežnej irónie

SK, 2019, 8 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Kristián Grupač

Michal Babička—an old bachelor—is sitting by his table, drinking coffee and doing his usual routine—cutting out new paper piglets for his collection.

Neptune

Neptún

SK, 2018, 4 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Tereza Dodoková

A story about disappearing past and vivid dream of an unknown woman.

Poetika Anima

Poetika Anima

SK, 2018, 5 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Kriss Sagan

Poetika Anima is a non-narrative animated film based on a lyrical poem created by the synthesis of director’s diary notes.

Therapy by Travelling

Terapia cestou

SK, 2018, 36 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Michal Baránek

The documentary is a personal story of young Michal about his mental illness.

At Eternity’s Gate

At Eternity’s Gate

US/GB/FR/IE/CH, 2018, 110 min.; en, fr / sk tit

Director: Julian Schnabel

To escape the lacklustre light of the north, Vincent van Gogh settles in the Mediterranean Arles in 1888, where he embarks on the most creative phase of his work.

Acid

Kislota

RU, 2018, 98 min.; ru / en sub / sk tit

Director: Alexander Gorchilin

Acid is an ode to youth—a film about 20-year-olds who are entering the real world for the first time.

Antiquary

Antikvár

SK, 2019, 16 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Dagmar Ponechalová

This documentary film is a portrait of Ján Cíger who lives in his own fairy tale.

Our Daily Dance

Tanec náš každodenný

SK, 2019, 28 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Matúš Druga

The documentary tri-portrait captures the life of a professional dancer at different stages of life.

Back Home

Návrat domov

SK, 2019, 24 min.; sk

Director: Michal Lačný

The documentary film Back Home presents to the viewers the life of an Assyrian Christian family that survived an attack of the terrorist organization ISIS. This family was forced to run away and the film depicts their return back home.

Block A 10

Block A 10

GB, 2019, 7 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Mario Manas

A man tries to find a way out after he wakes up trapped between four empty walls under mysterious circumstances.

Kid

Kid

SK, 2019, 27 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Gregor Valentovič

They are friends for life, an inseparable quartet.

Pura Vida

Pura Vida

SK, 2018, 30 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Martin Gonda

Financial crisis enters the households of a provincial town and people start to lose their jobs.

The Whistlers

La Gomera

RO/FR/DE/SE, 2019, 97 min.; ro / cz tit

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

A corrupt police officer from Bucharest falls in love with Gilda, who asks him to free a drug dealer Zsolt—in fact, her boyfriend—from prison.

African Mirror

African Mirror

CH, 2019, 84 min.; de, fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Mischa Hedinger

For decades, Swiss filmmaker and traveller René Gardi popularized an image of Africa as a pre-modern place filled with beautiful “savages”. Of course, it is idealized, colonial and racist image.

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

US/GB, 2018, 124 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Josie Rourke

She was only six days old when her father died and she became Queen of Scotland.

Nero and Seneca

Nero a Seneca

SK, 2019, 80 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Marek Ťapák

The television adaptation of the drama Theater in the Time of Nero and Seneca by Russian playwright and prose writer Edvard Radzinsky describes the meeting of the most bloodthirsty emperor Nero and the stoic philosopher Seneca during one hot night in a Roman arena.

FeelMe

Concert

An energetic film soundtrack—that is what every live performance of the group FeelMe could be called. The group currently consists of: Petter Bittner (drums), Matúš Moško (guitar), Barbora Comendant (bass). The band that plays instrumental crossover has been known for…

The Ornithologist

O Ornitólogo

PT/FR/BR, 2016, 118 min.; pt, en, mand / en sub / cz tit

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

This film freely inspired by the life of Saint Anthony of Padua connects mysticism and homoerotics.

Parasite

Gisaengchung

KR, 2019, 132 min.; kr / cz tit

Director: Joon Ho Bong

This black comedy follows a poor, but cunning family of four that decides to infiltrate a rich family of the businessman Mr. Park.

MS Slavic 7

MS Slavic 7

CA, 2019, 64 min.; en, pl / en sub / sk tit

Director: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell

Blending family history with fiction, this fascinating film follows a young woman Audrey and her effort to make sense of poems written by her great-grandmother Zofia Bohdanowiczowa.

Going in Style

Going in Style

US, 2017, 97 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Zach Braff

It is never too late to settle a score.

Midsomar

Midsomar

US, 2019, 147 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Ari Aster

Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart.

Masterclass

Masterclass with João Pedro Rodrigues

After The Ornithologist screening in Fontána cinema, there will be a masterclass with João Pedro Rodrigues, the director of the movie. The masterclass will start in the cinema right after the movie screening.

Suspiria

Suspiria

IT, 1977, 92 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Dario Argento

Suzy Bannion, a young American, arrives in Germany to study at a prestigious ballet school.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

FR, 2019, 119 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Céline Sciamma

Brittany, 1760. A talented painter Marianne is commissioned to leave to a manor house on an isolated island and do a wedding portrait of Héloise—a young woman from a rich family who has just left the convent to go to Milan and fulfill her mother’s wish.

Tono S. & M-Cee

D

DJs

Anton Suchota—known under his stage name Tono S.—is a Slovak rapper and a member rap group GR Team. He is known for his typical witty style of rapping. He has already made three solo albums and in addition to that…