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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…

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…

FILMEU – WIRE: Artistic Research and Artistic Creation

Presentation, 90 min.

In recent years, artistic research has become one of the most frequently discussed concepts at art universities, as it increasingly shapes their research activities. But what lies behind this connection of art and research? Can artistic research be separated from…

Best of AZYL Shorts 2024

Best of AZYL Shorts 2024

SK, 2024, 60 min.; rôzne / various

Director: rôzni / various

Come and enjoy some cinematic bites! The AZYL SHORTS Festival of Short Films brings its one-hour best-of selection from last year to Cinematik, featuring screenings of 1-minute and 5-minute films and music videos from around the world submitted to the…

Wild Diamond

Diamant brut

FR, 2024, 103 min.; fr, en, it / cz tit

Director: Agathe Riedinger

Liane, a 19-year-old young woman, lives with her mother and sister in southern France. Her greatest desire is to be discovered, loved, and become “somebody.” That’s why she’s completely obsessed with beauty, believing that this path will lead her to…

Young Hearts

Young Hearts

BE/NL, 2024, 97 min.; nl, fr / cz tit

Director: Anthony Schatteman

Fourteen-year-old Elias knows love only from his grandfather’s stories. He’s not entirely sure if he can feel it himself, especially since he doesn’t like any girls. One day, Alexander moves into the house next door and Elias’s life is turned…

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…

Lesson Learned

Fekete Pont

HU, 2024, 119 min.; hu / cz tit

Director: Bálint Szimler

Lesson Learned tells the story of a school year at an average Hungarian elementary school, set in the present day, through the eyes of both a teacher and a student. Juci, a young literature teacher, tries to bring a new,…

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…

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…

Tomáš Turek – Photo-healing

Exhibition, min.

Head, shoulders, knees, toes. Everyone heals their own thing: one like this, another like that, one here, another there. In Piešťany, the cures are spa treatments and mud, as well as the holiday pace, the calm, and slowness. It’s dead…

Ové Pictures – Waves

Exhibition, min.

The Waves exhibition presents an extensive and visually evocative collection of works by the artistic duo Ové Pictures—Veronika Obertová and Michaela Čopíková, who have long been active on the boundaries of illustration, animation, object art, and authorial narrative. Their work…

Local pop-up & vinyl market

Market, 240 min.

The sales pop-up in ARTA is a great opportunity to support and personally meet local creators, as well as to take home an original piece from Piešťany. You’ll find timeless clothing design from local brands, books for both children and…

FILMEU – WIRE: Living Lab Project – Old Dirty Images

Workshop + film, 90 min.

The project www.rodinnearchivy.sk represents the foundation of the so-called Artistic Research Lab. It aims to create a platform within the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava that will bring not only technical and digitization innovations to the school, but also…