House of Arts

Two Prosecutors

Zwei Staatsanwälte

FR/DE/NL/LV/RO/LT/UA, 2025, 117 min.; ru, uk / cz tit

Director: Sergei Loznitsa

The year is 1937. When a letter from one of the political prisoners manages to get past the strict rules and ends up on the desk of young prosecutor Kornev, it sets off a series of revelations about corruption and…

April

April

GE/IT/FR, 2024, 134 min.; ge / en sub / sk tit

Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili

Nina, an obstetrician-gynecologist working in the only hospital of a provincial town in Georgia, is unconditionally devoted to her patients, even if that means crossing the line legally or socially. But when a newborn dies under her supervision, she is…

Love

Kjærlighet

NO, 2024, 119 min.; no / cz tit

Director: Dag Johan Haugerud

Marianne is a pragmatic doctor. Tor is a compassionate nurse. Both are avoiding conventional relationships. One evening, after a blind date, Marianne encounters Tor on the ferry. Tor, who often spends his nights there seeking casual encounters with men, shares…

The Ice Tower

La tour de glace

FR/DE, 2025, 117 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović

Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart… The 1970s. Jeanne, a young girl on the run from home, falls under the spell of Cristina, a mysterious actress and star of the film The Snow Queen, which is being shot…

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

UK, 2025, 98 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Paul Andrew Williams

A story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship, not always to the approval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie is receiving from so-called professionals, Colleen takes it upon herself…

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Jane Austen a gâché ma vie

FR, 2024, 98 min.; fr, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Laura Piani

Agathe is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds…

Morlaix

Morlaix

FR/ES, 2025, 124 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: Jaime Rosales

Gwen is in her final year of high school. Her mother has just passed away. She lives in Morlaix, a small town in Brittany, France. Midway through the school year, Jean-Luc, a sophisticated, cultured, and magnetic Parisian, arrives in Morlaix.

Deaf

Sorda

ES, 2025, 99 min.; es / cz tit

Director: Eva Libertad

During her pregnancy, deaf Ángela struggles with fears about whether she will be able to bond with her daughter. After giving birth, her partner Héctor stands by her side as she learns to cope with motherhood in an environment that…

Sound of Falling

In die Sonne schauen

DE, 2025, 149 min.; de / cz tit

Director: Mascha Schilinski

Four girls—Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka—each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over the course of a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives…

The Ugly Stepsister

Den stygge stesøsteren

NO/DE/RO/PL/SE, 2025, 109 min.; no, pl, fr, en / cz tit

Director: Emilie Blichfeldt

Twisted take on the classic Cinderella story. Elvira battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the prince’s eye. The gory tale…

It Was Just an Accident

Yek tasadef sadeh

IR/FR/LU, 2025, 105 min.; fa / en sub / cz tit

Director: Jafar Panahi

One night, a seemingly insignificant event takes place, but it fatefully connects two men: former political prisoner Vahid and a stranger, whom Vahid gradually recognizes as his former torturer. Although he has never seen his face, the rhythm of his…

Sirât

Sirât

FR/ES, 2025, 115 min.; es, fr / cz tit

Director: Oliver Laxe

A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar—daughter and sister—who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar…

Dreams (Sex, Love)

Drømmer

NO, 2024, 110 min.; no, en, fr / cz tit

Director: Dag Johan Haugerud

Johanne falls in love for the first time with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate…

Hard Truths

Hard Truths

UK/ES, 2024, 97 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Mike Leigh

Housewife Pansy is not happy. She is agoraphobic, a hypochondriac and paranoid about animals, birds, insects, plants and flowers. She is confrontational with everyone, especially her plumber husband Curtley and her unemployed son Moses, whom she thinks is wasting his…

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

US, 2025, 113 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Mary Bronstein

Does the title intrigue you? Let yourself be drawn into this original black comedy, drama, and precise social satire. The world of the main character, Linda, is gradually falling apart—she is troubled by her child’s strange illness, her husband’s long…

Rebuilding

Rebuilding

US, 2025, 95 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Max Walker-Silverman

After cowboy Dusty loses his old family ranch in a forest fire, he finds himself in a small FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) camp in the vast American West. As the last in a long line of ranchers, he is…

A Poet

Un poeta

CO/DE/SE, 2025, 120 min.; es / en sub / sk tit

Director: Simón Mesa Soto

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings…

Sentimental Value

Affeksjonsverdi

NO/DE/DK/FR/SE/GB/TR, 2025, 135 min.; no, en / cz tit

Director: Joachim Trier

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he’s…

When Fall Is Coming

Quand vient l'automne

FR, 2024, 102 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit

Director: François Ozon

Loving grandmother Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a picturesque Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. But when her daughter Valérie drops off her grandson Lucas for their week of autumn vacation together, everything gets complicated.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

US, 2025, 113 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Mary Bronstein

Does the title intrigue you? Let yourself be drawn into this original black comedy, drama, and precise social satire. The world of the main character, Linda, is gradually falling apart—she is troubled by her child’s strange illness, her husband’s long…

It Was Just an Accident

Yek tasadef sadeh

IR/FR/LU, 2025, 105 min.; fa / en sub / cz tit

Director: Jafar Panahi

One night, a seemingly insignificant event takes place, but it fatefully connects two men: former political prisoner Vahid and a stranger, whom Vahid gradually recognizes as his former torturer. Although he has never seen his face, the rhythm of his…

Splitsville

Splitsville

US, 2025, 100 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Michael Angelo Covino

Two couples, one common question—relationships have changed and each partner may be looking for something completely different. The idea of an open relationship tests their friendship and disrupts the certainties they thought were solid. Michael Angelo Covino, director and one…

Splitsville

Splitsville

US, 2025, 100 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Michael Angelo Covino

Two couples, one common question—relationships have changed and each partner may be looking for something completely different. The idea of an open relationship tests their friendship and disrupts the certainties they thought were solid. Michael Angelo Covino, director and one…

The Secret Agent

O Agente Secreto

BR/FR/DE/NL, 2025, 158 min.; pt / en sub / sk tit

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

In 1977, a tech expert runs away from his mysterious past and goes back to his hometown of Recife to find some peace. But he soon realizes that the city is far from the safe place he’s looking for. A…

Sister Midnight

Sister Midnight

UK/IN/SE, 2024, 107 min.; hi, en / en sub / sk tit

Director: Karan Kandhari

Rebellious small-town misfit Uma arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds with her prying neighbors and under the constant oppressive noise and heat of the city, she decides to break free from…

ArchitecTOUR of the House of Arts

Guided Tour, 90 min.

The House of Arts is one of the best-preserved modernist buildings in Slovakia. Recently, it was declared a national cultural monument for its architectural qualities. The guided tour focuses on the architectural concept of the building’s author, Ferdinand Milučký, and…

Oto Bachorík – Transformations

Exhibition, min.

In the House of Arts Piešťany, the Fine Arts Fund traditionally presents its award, this time for the year 2024. Zora Petrášová, chairwoman of the Fine Arts Fund Council, specified that for the past five years, the Fund has been…

Father

Otec

SK/CZ/PL, 2025, 103 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Tereza Nvotová

Inspired by true events, the story follows a loving father. His life falls apart after a single tragic mistake shatters his happy marriage and leaves him completely alone. Despite the threat of prison and unbearable guilt, he tries to regain…

Caravan

Karavan

CZ/SK/IT, 2025, 103 min.; cz / sk tit

Director: Zuzana Kirchnerová

Ester has just turned 45 and has nothing in her life except for caring for her severely mentally disabled son, David (15). David can’t speak and needs constant attention. Ester loves him deeply, but she’s drained by routine and coping…