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House of Arts

The House of Arts in Piešťany was built as the first purpose-built building outside of Bratislava after World War II. It is designed by the architect Ferdinand Milucky, who was among other things responsible for the modification and reconstruction of the Main Square and Castle Hill in Bratislava. It can  swagger with one of the biggest auditoriums in Slovakia (over 600 seats) and the interior has recently been enhanced with new projection technology.

  • The Teacher’s Lounge

    Das Lehrerzimmer

    DE/US, 2023, 98 min.; de, tr, pl, en / sk tit

    Director: Ilker Çatak

    Carla is a maths and sports teacher and is new not only to the school but also to work in general. As soon as she starts, she discovers that thefts are taking place. She could put up with this state…

  • Animal

    Animal

    GR/AT/BG/CY/RO, 2023, 116 min.; el, en, de / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Sofia Exarchou

    Under the Greek hot sun, animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy tourist season. Kalia is the group leader. Paper decorations, glossy costumes, and dance shows fill the stage.

  • Boss

    Boss

    RO/LU/SE, 2023, 126 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Bogdan Mirica

    Bogdan, an ambulance driver from Bucharest, takes part in an armed robbery, together with three other men he barely knows. While fleeing the crime scene, Bogdan accidentally runs over a Witness who subsequently ends up in a coma and ultimately…

  • Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

    Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc

    RO/LX/CZ/HR/CH/GB, 2021, 106 min.; ro, en, cz, fr, ru / sk tit

    Director: Radu Jude

    A viral video showing sex between a man and a woman wearing facemasks. The woman is identified despite the disguise. Too bad she is a teacher and should be a role model. Moreover, it all happened in a post-socialist, but…

  • Trust

    Confidenza

    IT, 2024, 136 min.; it / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Daniele Luchetti

    Can love and fear coexist in a romantic relationship? Can being too close to your other half damage your life? Trust is about the unbalanced life of Pietro Vella, a teacher capable of being there for his students but not…

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 23:00

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    To the North

    To the North

    RO/FR/GR/BG/CZ, 2022, 123 min.; bg, en, ro, es, tl / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Mihai Mincan

    Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic cargo ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between containers. If Dumitru is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the…

  • Wednesday 11. 09. 11:00

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    The Island

    The Island

    RO/FR/BE, 2021, 85 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Anca Damian

    Robinson is a doctor and his solitude is voluntary on an island invaded by migrants and NGOs. He saves Friday, a castaway, the only survivor of his illegal refugee boat. During his journey on the island, Robinson encounters extraordinary beings…

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

    BE/FR/NL, 2024, 150 min.; fr, en, nl / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Johan Grimonprez

    In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers and the US to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the…

  • Hoard

    Hoard

    UK, 2023, 126 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Luna Carmoon

    Maria’s last day of school. As she arrives home, at the top stairs, waiting, are two bare feet. A tall odd man, a stranger who has a familiar scent of trauma, a childhood pain. His name is Michael and he…

  • Uppercase Print

    Tipografic majuscul

    RO, 2020, 128 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Radu Jude

    Based on a true story. Romania, 1981. Ceaușescu is in office, leading a communist Romania. He writes the official story of the country with the help of the National Television. Mugur Călinescu, a 16-year-old teenager, writes a different story on…

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    GB/US/FR, 2024, 140 min.; en / cz tit

    Director: Coralie Fargeat

    Who has never dreamed of a better version of themselves? Aging television star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is given the chance to try a miraculous substance that can make her younger, more beautiful, and perfect. But there’s a catch—she has…

  • The Devil’s Bath

    Des Teufels Bad

    AT/DE, 2024, 121 min.; de / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

    Austria, 18th century. Villages surrounded by deep forests. A woman is sentenced to death after killing a baby. Agnes is marrying her loved one and candidly prepares herself for a spouse life. Soon after, her head and heart start to…

  • Kneecap

    Kneecap

    IE, 2024, 105 min.; en, ga / cz tit

    Director: Rich Peppiatt

    The unique, audacious comedy Kneecap tells the true story of the emergence of the Northern Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, which proudly promotes the Irish language. Set in Belfast in 2019, it follows the lives of disillusioned music teacher JJ and…

  • The Successor

    Le successeur

    FR/CA/BE, 2023, 112 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

    Director: Xavier Legrand

    Ellias Barnès, 30, is the newly-announced artistic director of a famous Parisian fashion house. But as expectations are high, he starts experiencing chest pain. Out of the blue he is called back to Montreal to organise his estranged father’s funeral…

  • Tatami

    Tatami

    US/UK/GE, 2023, 105 min.; en, fa / cz tit

    Director: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv

    Iranian judoka Leila and her coach Maryam travel to the World Judo Championships with the goal of bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the tournament, they receive an order from the Islamic Republic for Leila to feign an…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 17:00

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    A Different Man

    A Different Man

    US, 2024, 112 min.; en / cz tit

    Director: Aaron Schimberg

    Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically alter his appearance and identity. However, his new face that he dreamed of soon turns into a nightmare, and he becomes obsessed with reclaiming what he has lost. The film…

  • 21st AAmA International Art Exhibition 2024 – The Slovak Exhibition

    Výstava, min.

    The exhibition at the House of Arts of the Slovak Philharmonic in Piešťany, titled the 21st AAmA International Art Exhibition 2024 – The Slovak Exhibition, showcases works by visual artists from every continent, providing a platform for communication and the…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 10:00

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    ArchitecTour

    komentovaná prehliadka, 90 min.

    The House of Arts in Piešťany is one of the most well-preserved modernist buildings in Slovakia and was recently declared a National Cultural Monument. A guided tour with architects Lívia Gažová and Eva Rohoňová focuses on the architectural concept of…

  • Tuesday 10. 09. 19:00

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    The Hungarian Dressmaker (1/2)

    Ema a smrtihlav

    SK/CZ, 2024, 129 min.; sk, hu, de / sk tit / en sub

    Director: Iveta Grófová

    Marika is a Hungarian widow who, during the turbulent years of World War II and the wartime Slovak State, hides a Jewish boy in her home on the Slovak-Hungarian border. She becomes the object of interest for two men—a Slovak…

  • The Dead Don’t Hurt (1/2)

    The Dead Don’t Hurt

    US/MX/UK, 2023, 129 min.; en, es, fr, da / cz tit

    Director: Viggo Mortensen

    French-Canadian Vivienne and Holger, a Danish immigrant, fall in love right before the start of the American Civil War. When he goes off to fight, she’s left to defend herself against the machinations of Weston Jeffries, an influential rancher. Returning…

  • Crossing (1/2)

    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…

  • Thursday 12. 09. 17:00

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    All We Imagine as Light (1/2)

    All We Imagine as Light

    FR/IN/NL/LU/IT, 2024, 110 min.; ml, hi, mr / cz tit

    Director: Payal Kapadia

    Anu and Prabha are nurses in bustling Mumbai, sharing a small apartment and facing relationship troubles. While young Anu contemplates how to escape an arranged marriage, older Prabha has long lost touch with her husband living in Germany. A trip…

  • Kinds of Kindness (1/2)

    Kinds of Kindness

    IE/GB/US/GR, 2024, 164 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

    The film presents viewers with a trio of remarkable stories. In the first, a man with no other options attempts to take control of his own life. In the second, we meet a police officer who reunites with his wife,…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 14:00

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    Czechoslovak Architecture 58–89

    Architektura ČSSR ‘58 – ‘89

    CZ/SK, 2024, 126 min.; cz / en sub

    Director: Jan Zajíček

    Brutally beautiful, yet brutally overlooked. Amidst the gray sea of prefabricated panel buildings, the second half of the 20th century also saw the creation of exceptional, spiritual, and timeless structures that garnered attention even in the West. Jan Zajíček, inspired…

  • Parthenope

    Parthenope

    IT/FR, 2024, 136 min.; it / cz tit

    Director: Paolo Sorrentino

    The captivating Parthenope may not just be a woman, but a myth or a siren. Born of sea foam in the Bay of Naples, she spends her youth searching for happiness, freedom and herself. She falls in love with the…

  • Saturday 14. 09. 23:00

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    Love Lies Bleeding (1/2)

    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…

  • All We Imagine as Light (2/2)

    All We Imagine as Light

    FR/IN/NL/LU/IT, 2024, 110 min.; ml, hi, mr / cz tit

    Director: Payal Kapadia

    Anu and Prabha are nurses in bustling Mumbai, sharing a small apartment and facing relationship troubles. While young Anu contemplates how to escape an arranged marriage, older Prabha has long lost touch with her husband living in Germany. A trip…

  • The Dead Don’t Hurt (2/2)

    The Dead Don’t Hurt

    US/MX/UK, 2023, 129 min.; en, es, fr, da / cz tit

    Director: Viggo Mortensen

    French-Canadian Vivienne and Holger, a Danish immigrant, fall in love right before the start of the American Civil War. When he goes off to fight, she’s left to defend herself against the machinations of Weston Jeffries, an influential rancher. Returning…

  • Kinds of Kindness (2/2)

    Kinds of Kindness

    IE/GB/US/GR, 2024, 164 min.; en / sk tit

    Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

    The film presents viewers with a trio of remarkable stories. In the first, a man with no other options attempts to take control of his own life. In the second, we meet a police officer who reunites with his wife,…