Elektrárňa
The unique auditorium in the old power plant is truly a historic jewel of the town of Pišťany. The power plant actively served from 1906 until the end of World War II and was also registered in the list of national cultural monuments. Today it serves mainly as a cultural center and in addition to showing films, it also offers playful educational programs and strives to be the center of knowledge development.
Saturday 16. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaThe Blue Caftan
Le bleu du caftan
FR/MA/BE/DK, 2022, 122 min.; ar / cz tit
Director: Maryam Touzani
A Moroccan clothing shop is the setting for an unexpected love triangle in a subtle and fragile story about the different forms of love. Mina and her husband Halim run a traditional clothing shop with kaftans in Morocco. Mina handles…
Friday 15. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaSparta
Sparta
AT/FR/DE, 2022, 101 min.; ro, de, en / cz tit
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Surrounded by controversy, Sparta was shown at the San Sebastian Film Festival Competition after being pulled from the Toronto Film Festival line-up just a few days before. It’s a dense, provocative and complicated work, as it could be expected from…
Thursday 14. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaSummerlight… and Then Comes the Night
Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin
IS, 2022, 111 min.; is / cz tit
Director: Elfar Aðalsteins
Icelandic director Elfar Adalsteins made a drama about a sparsely populated village in Iceland, where all its inhabitants live far from each other. The geographic setup is ideal for this kind of quirky and sweet-natured ensemble about just how different…
Wednesday 13. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaThe Idiots
Idioterne
DK/FR/NL/IT, 1998, 112 min.; dk / cz tit
Director: Lars von Trier
The Danish film The Idiots, subtitled Idiot film about idiots for idiots, has been provoking audiences since the day of its premiere. Shortly after its completion and screening at the Festival de Cannes, film critics and the public were divided…
Saturday 17. 09. 10:00
ElektrárňaASK_Masterclass (How to shoot black and white film on a colour digital camera)
How to shoot black and white film on a colour digital camera with cinematographer Peter Bencsik
Saturday 17. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaA Chiara
A Chiara
IT/FR, 2021, 121 min.; it / cz tit
Director: Jonas Carpignano
A sensitive Italian drama about coming of age and the loss of illusions, set in Calabria, a territory with its own rules. Fifteen-year-old Chiara lives in the south of Italy. She has many friends, two sisters and attentive, loving parents.
Friday 16. 09. 18:00
ElektrárňaNo Elements
Prázdna množina
SK, 2022, 25 min.; sk / en sub
Director: Barbara Vojtašáková
No Elements is an audiovisual dialogue between two young people, Michal and Tereza. Four years after the break-up they reflect back on their relationship through joint film footage. Gradually we discover what was the main reason for their breakup and…
Friday 16. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaJane by Charlotte
Jane par Charlotte
FR/UK/JP, 2020, 90 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s directorial debut is a documentary portrait of her famous mother, the British actress, model and singer Jane Birkin living with France. The camera accompanies the daughter and her mother through concert halls, places of strong emotional value and…
Thursday 15. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaGhost Stories
Ghost Stories
UK, 2017, 98 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson
Sceptical professor Phillip Goodman is in the business of debunking seemingly supernatural events. But three unexplained cases fall into his hands, and the moment he begins to solve them, he finds himself caught in a terrifying spiral of horror. Just…
Wednesday 14. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaThe Power
The Power
UK, 2021, 93 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Corinna Faith
Nurse Val faces her first day on the job in a rundown London hospital. Because she is young and timid, the head nurse immediately assigns her to the night shift. What’s worse—there’s a blackout scheduled for that night. Most of…
Wednesday 14. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaWe Have To Survive: Fukushima!
Musíme prežiť: Fukušima!
SK, 2022, 13 min.; ja / sk tit / en sub
Director: Tomáš Krupa
Ten years ago, in March 2011, damaged by an earthquake and a tsunami, three reactors went into meltdown at the nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan. Everyone within 20 kilometres of the plant was evacuated, but Naoto Matsumura chose to…
Saturday 18. 09. 10:00
ElektrárňaASK Masterclass – Camera Work in Documentary Film
Host Miro Remo
The topic of ASK_Masterclass, which we organize at the Cinematik IFF in Piešťany, will be camerawork in documentary film and will be led by director and cinematographer Miro Remo. First, we will theoretically analyze a scene from the movie At…