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Fontána Cinema

The cultural-social center and cinema Fountain was originally called Cinema Moscow. In the 1970s, it was  commonly screening blockbusters, of course only those with the regimes blessing. The cinema was a favorite place among young people, and the Fountain took advantage of this fact and expanded its projection into the outdoor space, bringing it closer to the ideal of American cinemas of the time. It is now one of the main and largest Cinematik venues.

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 14:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Free the Chickens

    Free the Chickens

    CZ/SK, 2024, 15 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Matúš Vizár

    A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to flee into the harsh wilderness. During their escape, they encounter numerous extreme situations and ethical dilemmas, leading to…

  • Emília

    Emília

    SK, 2023, 75 min.; sk, cz

    Director: Martin Šulík

    Emília Vášaryová. We know her face from newspaper covers, magazines and movie posters, and yet we know so little about her. For more than sixty years, she has co-created the shape of modern Czech-Slovak theatre, film and television, but few…

  • Prevenge

    Prevenge

    GB, 2016, 88 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Alice Lowe

    Widow Ruth has lost her partner in a climbing accident. All she has left is their unborn child. Ruth is seven months pregnant. Naturally, her body is undergoing a significant transformation. Her mind as well. Traumatised by the sudden death…

  • After the Fire

    Avant que les flammes ne s’éteignent

    FR, 2023, 98 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Mehdi Fikri

    Malika’s younger brother died during the police investigation. In order for the trial to begin, Malika must meet and reconcile with her estranged family. While the trial brings overwhelming media exposure, Malika must contend with the increasing chaos of her…

  • Between the Temples

    Between the Temples

    US, 2024, 111 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Nathan Silver

    While Ben, a cantor at his Jewish temple who still lives with his two mothers, is losing his faith and his voice, his former music teacher Carla has decided to discover hers. These two lost souls, who are both teacher…

  • I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

    Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari

    RO/CZ/FR/BG/DE, 2018, 140 min.; ro, fr, es, en, de / cz tit

    Director: Radu Jude

    “I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians.” The words spoken in the Council of Ministers in the summer of 1941 marked the beginning of Romania’s entanglements in the Holocaust under the fascist regime of General…

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 17:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Lapilli

    Lapilli

    SK/DE, 2024, 65 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Paula Ďurinová

    From sea flows through dark caverns to volcanic deserts. LAPILLI is a personal reckoning that dives deep into the hard matter. Traversing through diverse rocky landscapes, director Paula Ďurinová deals with the sudden loss of her grandparents. An unexpected disappearance…

  • Booger

    Booger

    US, 2023, 78 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Mary Dauterman

    After the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend Izzy, Anna struggles to cope with the loss of a loved one and move on with her life. While cleaning her room, looking for a photo album, Izzy’s cat, Booger,…

  • The Other Way Around

    Volveréis

    ES/FR, 2024, 114 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Jonás Trueba

    After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have come up with the crazy idea of throwing a party to celebrate their recent break-up. While their close ones are quite skeptical, they seem to be sure of their decision. Or are…

  • Mrs. Buica

    Mrs. Buica

    RO/US, 2023, 83 min.; en, ro / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Eugene Buică

    The Buica family flees communist Romania and gets to live the American Dream, but cannot escape the sins of the Balkan soul. Love, scandal, tragedy, and the breakup of parents’ marriage, under the eyes of a son who documents everything.

  • Thursday 12. 09. 17:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Fakir

    Pokiaľ ja žijem

    SK/CZ/PL, 2024, 90 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Roman Ďuriš

    23-year-old Dalibor, who, after his release from prison, discovers that his abusive father has a chance to get custody of his younger brother. He decides to help his mother with a custody dispute, but old disputes and traumas gradually surface.

  • The Dreamer

    L’homme d’argile

    FR/BE, 2023, 94 min.; fr, en / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Anaïs Tellenne

    Raphaël, a one-eyed man, is the caretaker of a mansion where no one lives anymore. Soon to turn 60, he lives with his mother in a small house located at the entrance to the grounds of the stately manor. Between…

  • Tiger Stripes

    Tiger Stripes

    MY/TW/SG/FR/DE/NL/ID/QA, 2023, 95 min.; ms / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Amanda Nell Eu

    Zaffan, a teenage girl of 12, lives the carefree life of a teenage girl in a village shackled by traditions. Together with her best friends Farah and Mariam, they form an inseparable trio. They have fun making crazy TikTok videos,…

  • Blackout

    Blackout

    US, 2023, 104 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Larry Fessenden

    The sleepy little town of Talbot Falls somewhere in the woods of upstate New York. Charley is a talented painter. Alcohol has made his life a mess. Years of excessive drinking have caused him to black out. He wakes up…

  • Question of the Future

    Otázka budúcnosti

    SK, 2024, 71 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Maroš Brázda

    A documentary film about the graduates of a Bratislava high school whose graduation ceremony coincidentally took place on the day of the parliamentary elections, shortly before the announcement of the final results. A similar peculiarity is that all the students…

  • Birdhill

    Vtáčnik

    SK, 2024, 70 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Eva Križková

    The film Birdhill delves into the lives of residents of a Bratislava neighbourhood. Whether they are former gardeners reminiscing about the time when the area was just vineyards and forests, with no asphalt roads leading here, the director of Google…

  • Scarred Hearts

    Inimi cicatrizate

    RO/DE/BE/FR, 2016, 141 min.; ro, de / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Radu Jude

    Summer of 1937. Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a stretcher bed.

  • Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World

    Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii

    RO/LX/FR/HR, 2023, 163 min.; ro, en, de, hu, it / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Radu Jude

    Angela, an overworked production assistant is always on the move. She drives around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company, ostensibly to raise awareness among its…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 17:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Grey Zone

    Šedá zóna

    SK, 2024, 75 min.; sk / en sub

    Director: Daniela Meressa Rusnoková

    A film essay, a personal story, a tribute to mothers and families of premature babies, at-risk newborns and the vulnerable and disadvantaged.

  • Saturday 14. 09. 14:00

    Fontána Cinema

    The Third End of the Stick

    Tretí koniec palice

    SK, 2023, 88 min.; cz, sk, rom / en sub

    Director: Jaro Vojtek

    Otherness within otherness. What does it mean to be different in a community that is itself excluded from society? The documentary follows the fate of Roma people who have become a minority in a minority society. Queer Roma men and…

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 14:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Tiny Lights

    Světýlka

    CZ/SK, 2024, 70 min.; cz / en sub

    Director: Beata Parkanová

    Amálka is a six-year-old girl who plays with her cat and lives in her own world in complete harmony with the universe. But this day changes everything. The sunny house where her family lives, surrounded by a beautiful garden, is…

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 20:00

    Fontána Cinema

    I’m Not Everything I Want To Be

    Ešte nie som, kým chcem byť

    CZ/SK/AT, 2024, 80 min.; cz / en sub

    Director: Klára Tasovská

    Libuše Jarcovjáková is a legend of world photography and an untamed woman who defied all conventions. Her life is a mosaic of fascinating encounters and wild stories—from the gritty underground of communist Czechoslovakia, through exclusive photo shoots for fashion elites…

  • Wishing on a Star (1/2)

    Wishing on a Star

    IT/SK/CZ/AT/HR, 2024, 90 min.; it, fur / sk tit

    Director: Peter Kerekes

    According to surveys, only 7 % of the world’s population admits to believing in astrology. Yet, each of us has likely been caught studying our horoscope at least once. Luciana de Leoni d’Asparedo is an expert in active astrology. She…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 10:00

    Fontána Cinema

    Living Large

    Život k sežrání

    CZ/SK/FR, 2024, 80 min.; sk dub

    Director: Kristina Dufková

    12-year-old Ben has just hit puberty and suddenly his weight’s a problem—for him and for everyone else. The other kids bully him, his divorced parents don’t know what to do… Even the school nurse is worried about him. So, despite…

  • Antiviral

    Antiviral

    CA/FR, 2012, 108 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Brandon Cronenberg

    A dystopian world in which celebrity obsession has become a religion. A 24-hour TV channel constantly feeds its viewers with intimate information about current starlets. Fans have never been so close to their darlings. If you have the money, a…

  • Videodrome

    Videodrome

    CA, 1983, 87 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: David Cronenberg

    Max Renn, the commissioning editor of the sleazy cable channel Civic TV, is looking for new edgy content. He comes across Videodrome, a pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent program that is not your ordinary television program. Videodrome is a dangerous…

  • Winning Film of Section Cinematik.doc

    Winner of the Cinematik.doc competition

  • Crossing (2/2)

    Crossing

    SE/DK/FR/TR/GE, 2024, 106 min.; en, ka, tr / cz tit

    Director: Levan Akin

    Before the death of her sister, retired teacher Lia promised to find her niece Tekla, who had been rejected by her family because of her trans identity. Along with her young neighbour Achi, she travels to Istanbul, where Tekla is…

  • Love Lies Bleeding (2/2)

    Love Lies Bleeding

    GB/US, 2024, 104 min.; en / cz tit

    Director: Rose Glass

    At the end of the 1980s, in a desolate American backwater, reclusive gym owner Lou (Kristen Stewart) falls head over heels for Jackie (Katy O’Brian), a muscle-bound bodybuilder aiming to win the championships in Las Vegas. Their passionate love and…