BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak director Peter Bebjak is currently in preproduction with his biographical feature Duchoň, based on the life of famous Slovak singer Karol Duchoň, who died tragically at the age of 35 in 1985. The production of the film should start in a few weeks.

BRATISLAVA: The futuristic action film Afterburn directed by J.J. Perry and starring Dave Bautista and Samuel L.Jackson is currently filming in Bratislava. The service in Slovakia is provided by Monsters films, s.r.o.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak government has approved a law to dissolve the current public television Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) and to create a new Slovak Television and Radio (STVR). The new law ends the mandate of RTVS Director General Ľuboš Machaj and the members of the current RTVS Council.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech comedy Invalid by Jonáš Karásek won in seven categories (from 13 nominations) including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Leading Actor, and it also received the Audience Award at the Sun in a Net ceremony held at the Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava on 26 April 2024.

BRATISLAVA: Thirty Slovak films (11 features, 13 documentaries and six animated films) will be screened at the 10th edition of the Slovak Film Week, the annual showcase of domestic titles, which is taking place in Bratislava 15 - 21 April 2024. 

BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff is finishing production on the Slovak/Czech documentary Conspiracy of Silence / Konšpirácia ticha, which follows the story of Alfréd Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba, two Slovak Jews who escaped from Auschwitz in April 1944 and wrote a report about the gas chambers.

BRATISLAVA: Ten projects were showcased at the Works in Progress session during Bratislava Industry Days at the 31st International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava (13 – 19 March 2024).

BRATISLAVA: Polish short film Echo by Emi Buchwald was awarded Best Film in the Short Films section, while the Hungarian/Slovak drama Explanation for Everything / Magyarázat mindenre by Gábor Reisz was awarded Best Film in the Long Films section of the In the Heart of Europe Competition at the 31st edition of the International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava (13 – 19 March 2024).

BRATISLAVA: The In the Heart of Europe competition section of the 31st International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava will add for the second time a long films' competition with 10 fiction, animated, documentary and experimental films, in addition to the usual 20 short films from neighbouring countries. The festival will take place 13 – 19 March 2024.

BRATISLAVA: The domestic comedy Invalid by Jonáš Karásek had the third best admissions in Slovak cinemas in 2023, where total admissions increased by 15.74 %. Also, admissions to domestic films increased from 552,409 in 2022 to 718,968 in 2023, according to the Union of the Slovak Distributors.