Cinema Club
The City Cultural Center of Piešťany is currently an important cultural institution whose mission is to organize cultural and educational activities for all ages. In the building on the street of A. Dubcek, the so-called Small stage, there are classrooms in which they are held, lectures, discussion forums and likewhise. Cinematik makes advantage of its cinema with place for 150 visitors.
Sunday 17. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubBrigand Jurko
Zbojník Jurko
CS, 1976, 79 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues
Director: Viktor Kubal
On a stormy night in a village at the foot of the mountains, a child was born. They named him Jurko. When his mother was dragged to the castle, a fairy cradled the newborn. As the years went by, Jurko…
Wednesday 13. 09. 14:00
Cinema ClubAmour fou
Amour fou
AT/LX/DE, 2014, 92 min.; de / cz tit
Director: Jessica Hausner
Berlin, the beginning of the 19th century. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to…
Wednesday 13. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubBlix Not Bombs
Blix Not Bombs
CZ/DE/SE, 2023, 83 min.; en, se / sk tit
Director: Greta Stocklassa
Greta had just turned 8 years old when she watched the unfolding of 9/11 on her TV in Stockholm. In the following months and years, she saw her fellow countryman, the diplomat Hans Blix, become a major player in the…
Thursday 14. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubFalcon Lake
Falcon Lake
FR/CA, 2022, 100 min.; fr, en / sk tit
Director: Charlotte Le Bon
Shy thirteen-year-old Bastien arrives with his parents for a summer vacation at Falcon Lake, where he meets Chloé, a girl three years older than him. An unequal relationship develops between them, which vaguely balances between romance and manipulation. On the…
Thursday 14. 09. 14:00
Cinema ClubLittle Joe
Little Joe
AT/GB/DE/FR, 2019, 101 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Jessica Hausner
Scientist Alice has developed a plant that is supposed to bring happiness to people. When she gives one to her son Joe, the reality turns out to be much scarier.
Thursday 14. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubThe Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble with Being Born
AT/DE, 2020, 94 min.; de / en sub / sk tit
Director: Sandra Wollner
Elli is an android and lives with a man she calls her father. Together they drift through the summer. During the day they swim in the pool and at night he takes her to bed. She shares his memories and…
Thursday 14. 09. 20:00
Cinema ClubSafe Place
Sígurno mjesto
HR, 2022, 103 min.; hr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Juraj Lerotić
A traumatic event creates a rift in the family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and…
Friday 15. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubChimera
La Chimera
IT/FR/CH, 2023, 130 min.; it, en / cz tit
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
The adventurous, magical realism-influenced original work invites you to the environment of the black market with archaeological artifacts. Arthur, played by Josh O’Connor, nicknamed the Englishman, is a member of the Italian tombaroli gang of grave robbers. Together with others,…
Friday 15. 09. 14:00
Cinema ClubNon-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
RS/FR/HR/ME/QA, 2022, 100 min.; rs, en / en sub / sk tit
Director: Mila Turajlić
In an unexplored vault in Belgrade, the capital of the former Yugoslavia, lies a collection of films known as “the Labudović Reels.” On them are images of African and Asian liberation movements and revolutionary leaders that defined the era of…
Friday 15. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubWe didn’t ask to be saved
Nežiadali sme o záchranu
SK, 2023, 25 min.; ua / sk tit
Director: Mariia Yurchenko
A story about everyday life in a new country and the difficulties associated with separation and uncertainty about the future. Is it possible to build the future without the present? Is it possible to live in the present without leaving…
Friday 15. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubShades of Light
Odtiene svetla
SK, 2023, 26 min.; sk
Director: Dáša Ferková
The short documentary film tells the story of Viera Karasová, a productive and purposeful middle-aged woman, a pianist who teaches and composes music with perfect hearing. However, she has been blind since birth. Even though she struggles with the burdens…
Friday 15. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubScattered Nest
Rozptýlené hniezdo
SK, 2023, 28 min.; be / sk tit
Director: Valery Neskaradziany
The family’s journey for political asylum turns into a struggle for survival. The Shymko family is trapped in Belarus, but their dreams transcend borders. The family undergoes a civil “reincarnation”, a process not everyone is able or willing to endure.
Friday 15. 09. 20:00
Cinema ClubWhat Did You Do to the Russians?
Čo ste urobili Rusom?
SK, 2023, 90 min.; sk, ua / sk tit
Director: Michal Fulier, Jana Bučka Kovalčíková
The documentary film captures the everyday reality of the Ukrainian nation and people who are dependent on the help of others in a country at war. Stories about where humanitarian aid from Slovakia ends, and where the daily struggle for…
Saturday 16. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubThe Bloody Lady
Krvavá pani
CS, 1980, 74 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues
Director: Viktor Kubal
A young and beautiful countess loves life. Both noble suitors and forest animals compete in showing their true affection to her. One day as a storm breaks out in the forest, she gets lost. Exhausted to the point of death…
Saturday 16. 09. 14:00
Cinema ClubSide Effects & Risks
Risiken & Nebenwirkungen
AT, 2021, 92 min.; de / en sub / sk tit
Director: Michael Kreihsl
A routine check-up reveals that the Pilates trainer Kathrin is suffering from kidney disease and needs a transplant. Her husband Arnold is a successful architect in the middle of a large project and is afraid of donating one of his…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubConnected
Connected
SK, 2022, 9 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues
Director: Peter S. Kološ
Young girl travels to school by the sea using her futuristic vehicle. She does this on a daily basis. This time, however, the battery in her device is critically low and she needs to stop as soon as possible. She…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubStanding Still
Nablízku
SK, 2022, 26 min.; sk, hu / en sub
Director: Monika Mahútová
27-year-old Anna lives with her mother Hana in a small town near the Slovak-Hungarian border. Anna has dreams that will never come true as long as she stays there, living with her mother. Hana, as a woman who has experienced…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubHomeland of Silence
Ticho na poli
SK, 2022, 27 min.; sk / en sub
Director: Štefánia Lovasová
After the recent attacks in a small Eastern Slovak village, everyone stops talking to Ivanka, as if she was the one who caused the conflicts. Looking for modesty in people and in relationships, Ivanka discovers the odd feeling of losing…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubDinner for 2, Breakfast for 1
Večera pre 2, Raňajky pre 1
SK, 2022, 5 min.; sk, en / en sub
Director: Kristína Žilinčárová
A young woman who craves for more recounts the story of a special dinner. A film about eating and female desire that genre-wise oscillates between fashion film, horror, video clip, and drama.
Saturday 16. 09. 20:00
Cinema ClubPianoforte
Pianoforte
PL, 2023, 89 min.; pl, en, zh, it, ru / en sub / sk tit
Director: Jakub Piątek
Young pianists take part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. A unique chance of a lifetime, portrayed from backstage and set to Chopin’s music.
Sunday 17. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubKnit’s Island
Knit’s Island
FR, 2023, 95 min.; fr, en / en sub / sk tit
Director: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L'helgoualc'h
Somewhere on the Internet, there is a space of 250 square kilometers in which individuals gather in a community to simulate survivalist fiction. Under the guise of avatars, a film crew enters this place and makes contact with players. Who…
Sunday 17. 09. 20:00
Cinema ClubLuzifer
Luzifer
AT, 2021, 103 min.; de / en sub / sk tit
Director: Peter Brunner
Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout mother. Daily life in this isolated world is governed by prayer and ritual. But suddenly,…
Wednesday 13. 09. 20:00
Cinema ClubBrutal Heat
Brutální vedro
SK/CZ, 2023, 75 min.; cz / en sub
Director: Albert Hospodářský
In a world threatened by a solar fragment hurtling towards Earth, an eighteen-year-old boy gets stranded on his way to a friend’s cottage in an unfamiliar small town. A series of bizarre adventures force him to confront his greatest fears—coming…
Sunday 17. 09. 14:00
Cinema ClubA Night of Knowing Nothing
A Night of Knowing Nothing
FR/IN, 2021, 97 min.; hi, bn, en, fr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Payal Kapadia
A university student in India, writes letters to her estranged lover, while he is away. Through these letters, we get a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her. Merging reality with fiction, dreams, memories, fantasies, and anxieties, an…