Sunday 14. 09.

Why Are We Helping Ukraine?

Discussion, 60 min.

What is the value of freedom? Why are Slovaks helping in Ukraine, and what is the true picture of the war just beyond our borders? Sandra Polovková, director of the civic association Post Bellum, which promotes and protects human rights…

History Live – Bad Politicians or Indifferent Voters? Lessons in Slovak Politics

Discussion, 90 min.

Much has already been said and written about the shortcomings of Slovak politics. Yet one critique keeps recurring—the lack of interest of ordinary people in public affairs and the detachment of political elites from the realities of everyday life. It…

Mirka Krónerová

LIve Concert, 60 min.

Her music is sincere and touches the soul. Through concerts, vocal workshops, and sound journeys, she helps people slow down, soften, and reconnect with their true essence. She has also been featured as an opening act on Nessi Gomes’ Slovak…

daniu

DJ set, 180 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.

Operation Monaco

Akcia Monaco

SK/CZ/FR, 2025, 60 min.; sk, fr / sk tit / en sub

Director: Dušan Trančík

The most successful conspiracy operation of the Czechoslovak State Security (ŠtB) between 1948 and 1953 took place in Bratislava. Under the name OPERATION MONACO, the Prague leadership of the secret police, led by Soviet advisers, carried out the operation against…

Rebuilding

Rebuilding

US, 2025, 95 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Max Walker-Silverman

After cowboy Dusty loses his old family ranch in a forest fire, he finds himself in a small FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) camp in the vast American West. As the last in a long line of ranchers, he is…

Tales From the Magic Garden

Pohádky po babičce

SK/CZ/SI/FR, 2025, 70 min.; sk dub

Director: David Súkup, Patrik Pašš ml., Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec

Three kids are spending the night at their grandfather’s house for the first time since their grandmother died. They can’t fall asleep, so they reminisce about the stories their grandmother, a wonderful storyteller, used to tell them. The grandfather joins…

Voice of the Forest

Hlas lesa

SK/CZ, 2025, 71 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Zuzana Piussi

In the Voice of the Forest, we hear everything we didn’t want to hear. The forest is cultivated with a saw. At least that’s what they still teach in forestry schools. But what does a healthy forest really need? Foresters…

A Poet

Un poeta

CO/DE/SE, 2025, 120 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

Director: Simón Mesa Soto

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings…

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…

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 Talents of the AZYL WORKSHOP

Mladé talenty WORKSHOPU AZYL

SK, 2025, 60 min.; rôzne / various

Director: rôzni / various

Be there at the birth of new film stars! The AZYL WORKSHOP returns to Piešťany once again this year to support young and promising filmmaking talents. Participants—whether they had ever held a camera before or not—were given five days to…

AZYL SHORTS 2025 Competition

Súťaž AZYL SHORTS 2025

SK, 2025, 60 min.; rôzne / various

Director: rôzni / various

Who will win this year’s AZYL SHORTS competition? Come and enjoy some cinematic bites and find out! At Cinematik, the AZYL SHORTS Festival of Short Films will announce the winners in three competition categories: 1-minute films, 5-minute films, and music…

Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride

Vermiglio

IT/FR/BE, 2024, 119 min.; it, la / cz tit

Director: Maura Deplero

The year is 1944. In Vermiglio, a mountain village high in the Italian Alps, war is a distant but constant threat. The arrival of a young soldier—deserter Pietro—forever changes the relationships within the family of a local teacher. Pietro and…

When Fall Is Coming

Quand vient l'automne

FR, 2024, 102 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: François Ozon

Loving grandmother Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a picturesque Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. But when her daughter Valérie drops off her grandson Lucas for their week of autumn vacation together, everything gets complicated.

2551.03 – The End

2551.03 – The End

AT, 2025, 80 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: Norbert Pfaffenbichler

Two years after the screenings of the first two parts of the “dystopian slapstick film” trilogy—2551. 01 Kid and 2551.02 Orgy of the Damned at Cinematik, the third and final part, 2551.03 The End, plunges us back into the perpetual…

Splitsville

Splitsville

US, 2025, 100 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Michael Angelo Covino

Two couples, one common question—relationships have changed and each partner may be looking for something completely different. The idea of an open relationship tests their friendship and disrupts the certainties they thought were solid. Michael Angelo Covino, director and one…

Under the Flags, the Sun

Bajo las banderas, el sol

PY/AR/US/FR/DE, 2025, 90 min.; gn, es, de, fr, en, pt / en sub / sk tit

Director: Juanjo Pereira

Through rare and long-forgotten footage, this documentary uncovers the hidden machinery of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship in Paraguay—one of history’s longest-running regimes. From propaganda to international broadcasts, the film exposes how the media shaped power, controlled memory, and built a legacy…

The Flats

The Flats

FR/BE/IE/UK, 2024, 114 min.; en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Alessandra Celesia

In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles“. In this Catholic area of Belfast, the number of deaths was tragically significant. Joe is joined by neighbours Jolene, Sean, Angie, and others, all…

To a Land Unknown

To a Land Unknown

GB/PS/FR/GR/NL/DE/QA/SA, 2024, 105 min.; ar, en, el / cz tit

Director: Mahdi Fleifel

Chatila and Reda are Palestinian friends who fled the Ain el-Helweh camp in Lebanon and ended up as refugees in Athens. They dream of getting to Germany—a country where they hope to build a new life—but to do so, they…

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…

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…

Sorry, Baby

Sorry, Baby

US/ES/FR, 2025, 103 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Eva Victor

In her painfully honest and tender debut, screenwriter, director, and lead actress Eva Victor brings a distinctly unique perspective. She portrays the character of Agnes, a doctoral student who becomes a university professor, with great sensitivity and emotional depth, both…

Bulk

Bulk

UK, 2025, 90 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Ben Wheatley

When an overzealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far—his brane explodes. That’s “brane” not “brain”—but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan is sent in—kicking and screaming—to find…

Sister Midnight

Sister Midnight

UK/IN/SE, 2024, 107 min.; hi, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Karan Kandhari

Rebellious small-town misfit Uma arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds with her prying neighbors and under the constant oppressive noise and heat of the city, she decides to break free from…

Maldoror

Maldoror

BE/FR, 2024, 155 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Fabrice du Welz

Paul Chartier is a young, impulsive novice policeman. An idealist. After two little girls go missing, he is assigned to the secret police unit Maldoror, monitoring a dangerous sex offender suspected of rape, murder, and being a member of an…

Comments on ČSFD or academic texts? What is the state of film criticism today?

Discussion, 90 min.

Almost everyone comments on films—just as they do on politics. But what defines well-informed, well-argued, or aesthetically competent criticism? And where does film criticism live most strongly today? In this discussion with poet and film scholar Mária Ferenčuhová, the participants…