Wednesday 15. 09.

Jan’s Grain

Janove zrno

SK, 2019, 48 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Michal Stašák, Jakub Gajdoš

The film follows the story of an elderly man who is not satisfied with the current situation of the country. In spite of his lack of knowledge and confused ideologies, he decides to become a presidential candidate and hires young…

Little Joe

Little Joe

AT/GB/DE/FR, 2019, 105 min.; en

Director: Jessica Hausner

Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after hum but soon starts…

BijouTerrier

BijouTerrier

Concert

BijouTerrier is a Slovak hardcore punk rock band. Kuko, the singer who used to be part of the band and continues to write lyrics for them, is considered to be their spiritual father. The group was founded together with Kuko…

All Hands on Deck

À l’abordage

FR, 2020, 95 min.; fr / cz tit

Director: Guillaume Brac

It was supposed to be a one-time shared ride, but everything became complicated already in Paris, when instead of the expected girls, the seats of Edouard’s car got occupied by stocky, good-natured Chérif and straightforward Félix. The gawky mama’s boy…

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

DK/CA/SE/FR/DE/GB/US, 2019, 112 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Lone Scherfig

Young mother Clara heads to New York City with her two sons in order to escape her abusive cop husband. When her car is impounded, Clara and her family must face the realities of life on the street. Elsewhere in…

The Castle

Pilis

LT/IE, 2020, 90 min.; lt, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Lina Luzyte

Monika’s dream to play a one in a lifetime concert is cut short by her mother. However, she stops at nothing to pursue her dream.

Charlatan

Šarlatán

CZ/IE/PL/SK, 2020, 118 min.; cz / en sub

Director: Agnieszka Holland

The drama of an extraordinary man, reflecting the age-old struggle of the two principles that have controlled the humanity from the very beginning. Good and evil. Love and hate, cruelty and mercy, faith and betrayal. All that in one person…

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. Countless symbols and visual metaphors, along with the original atmospheric music by Frederic Robinson, create a story rich in interpretations…

Fighter

Bojovník

SK, 2020, 26 min.; sk, cz / en sub

Director: Matúš Men

The film captures the life of a MMA fighter who has to win his inner psychological struggle to defeat his rival physically. After his defeat, Jozef has to find his enthusiasm and determination to get back on his feet. The…

Cemetery

Cemetery

FR/GB/PL/UZ, 2019, 110 min.; si, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Carlos Casas

Nga, supposedly the oldest elephant of the world, sets off on a journey together with his human guide so that he could die in the elephant cemetery—although this place’s existence might only be a legend. Their mythical journey through the…

The Truth

La vérité

FR/JP/CH, 2019, 106 min.; fr, en / cz tit

Director: Hirokazu Kore’eda

A stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir and her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne’s autobiographical book and her latest role in a sci-fi picture as a mother who never grows old.

Via Carpatia

Via Carpatia

PL/CZ/MK, 2018, 75 min.; pl, en / cz tit

Director: Klara Kochańska, Kasper Bajon

Piotr and Julia are a well-off middle-class married couple. Instead of going on their dream vacation, they set out on a journey across the Balkans, heading for a refugee camp on the Macedonian-Greek border.

Kill It and Leave This Town

Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta

PL, 2020, 88 min.; en, pl / en sub / cz tit

Director: Mariusz Wilczynski

After losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. As years pass by, the dream city grows and becomes home of uninvited…

AKU

AKU

SK, 2020, 74 min.; sk

Director: rôzni / various

Films from Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica.

Old-Timers

The Secret of the Last Night

“Nobody fucks with the truth,” says Vlastimil Reiner, a retired and immobile 90-year-old ex-army colonel, as his friend Tonda helps him with his personal hygiene. The two old men are about to embark on the last mission of their lives:…