For the eighth time, Slovakia will be represented at the European Film Market in Berlin. The Slovak informational and promotional centre will be avail able at the umbrella stand Central European Cinema Stand, No. 133, a joint initiative of Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia. The stand will operate at a new location within the Martin-Gropius-Bau and will be, as always, a platform to meet Slovak film professionals present at EFM.
The Slovak Film Institute will present the recent Slovak films and co-productions, in two market screenings, and directly in the CEC stand. The new edition of the catalogue of Slovak Films 12 – 13 will be also available, providing up-to-date information about recent Slovak cinema.
For more information, visit the stand No. 133
and/or contact:
Alexandra Strelková, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.+421 905 730 040
Katarína Tomková, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +421 917 684 839
EFM OFFICE: CENTRAL EUROPEAN CINEMA STAND NO. 133 / MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU
SHARE YOUR SLATE!
Share Your Slate! is a 5-day event, organized by the MEDIA Desk Germany at the EFM, designed as a co-production service for MEDIA Slate beneficiaries with an open slate to share their projects and to meet with other beneficiaries. 30-minute meetings are set up and scheduled by the organizer. This year, Share Your Slate! will run Febraury 9 – 13, 2013 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau MEDIA Stand.
TRIGON PRODUCTION
Founded in 1996, Trigon Production primarily focuses on producing feature films, documentaries and TV programmes. The company was the first Central-European producer to win an Emmy Award for The Power of Good. It was followed by a sequel – Nicky’s Family (currently theatrically distributed in the US, Australia, Belgium and France). Most recently, Trigon Production participated in the CZ-PL-SK-US-IL co-production In the Shadow (2012, official Czech Oscar entry).
PROJECTS
The Story of the Film Never Made
Writers: Patrik Pašš, Matej Mináč, docu-comedy
Step into Darkness
Writers: Marián Puobiš, Miloslav Luther, theatrical drama
Inspector
Writer: Jiří Hubač, police story / TV series
Contact: Trigon Production, Jana Kluková
+421 915 839 196, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SCRIPTEAST 2012 – 2013
ScripTeast is a year-long programme for experienced scriptwriters in Central and Eastern Europe consisting of 3 stationary and 2 online sessions, focusing not only on developing but also promoting the scripts.
Retro Paradise (Retro Raj)
Scriptwriter: Katarína Uhrová
He is young and sees the present black. They are old and paint the past pink. They meet at a place where golden old times come to life, at “retro vacation”, an imitation of the vacations in Czechoslovakia during socialist times.
Contact: Katarína Uhrová, +421 903 195 753, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Katarina Uharova *1980
Graduated from culture management and scriptwriting. Worked as a fundraiser, an editor of several Internet magazines, participated in number of culture projects, author of several awarded essays and short stories. Since 2008, she worked for private television as a TV series scriptwriter, story liner and story developer. Her work for public TV contains a series of short nonfiction films. As a scriptwriter she also co-operated on short animations and feature films. She is currently based in Slovakia and is focusing on writing her first feature film script Retro Paradise.
CINEMA TOTAL 6
A series of events for film professionals from Central and Eastern Europe during the Berlin IFF. Cinema Total´s primary objective is to stimulate cooperation and connect the film industries within Central Europe. The variety of events hosted by the Balassi Institute - Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB) will encourage cooperation and reflect many aspects of the filmmaking process, from development to production.
PITCH STOP
Pitch Stop is an alternative pitch session, which has more in common with project case studies than classical pitch competitions. It focuses on personalised guidance and professional advice. Pitch Stop takes place on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at the Balassi Institute (.CHB) and will include a morning workshop and individual consultation (closed events), as well as a public pitch at 15:00.
The Cleaner (Čistic)
Scriptwriters: Peter Bebjak, Peter Gašparík
Director: Peter Bebjak
Producer: Rastislav Šesták (SK)
Production: D.N.A. Production (SK)
Tomáš is an undertaker in his twenties. He makes a living by cleaning up the places where people, or their pets, died. His days are spent by the same routine until he finds himself a diversion – unseen, he starts to watch the lives of the survivors in their homes. Tomáš loses his grip on his bizarre pastime after he decides to discover Kristína and her brother’s secret.
Contact: D.N.A. Production | Rastislav Šesták |
+421 918 667 814 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
ROTTERDAM TIGER AWARD FOR MY DOG KILLER
42. International Film Festival Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Award went to Mira Fornay´s My Dog Killer. The jury consisting of Fatemeh Motamedarya (actress, Iran), Sergej Loznica (filmmaker, Rusko), Kees Hin (director, The Netherlands), Jose Luis Cienfuegos (director of Sevilla IFF, Spain) and Ai Weiwei (visual artist and social activist, China) appreciated My Dog Killer for “the challenge for showing a very strong subject from the inside reveals the difficulty of life and a sense of violence.”
My Dog Killer (Môj pes Killer, SK-CZ 2013), the second feature by Mira Fornay and the first Rotterdam Competition entry in the festival´s history, tells a one-day story of eighteen-year-old Marek living near Slovak-Moravian border with his dad and with his racist skinhead friends, however, Marek’s best friend is his dog. Marek’s life is shaken up when he discovers the secret of his lost mother.
This year´s presence at Rotterdam IFF was very significant for Slovak cinema, with two films in the official program: in addition to My Dog Killer, the debut feature by Mátyás Prikler Fine, Thanks (SK 2013) was world-premiered in the section Bright Future.
EFM MARKET SCREENING OF MY DOG KILLER: FEB 9 I 16:15 I MARRIOT
CONTACT CENTRAL EUROPEAN CINEMA STAND NO. 133, EUROPEAN FILM MARKET BERLIN 2013, MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU
SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE National Film Archive,National Cinematographic Centre – seat of MEDIA Desk Slovak Republic and Cultural Contact Point, Lumière Cinema, Klapka.sk film store – member of FIAF and EFP REPRESENTATIVES IN BERLIN 2013 Peter Dubecký, General Manager Alexandra Strelková, Director of the National Cinematographic Centre, Katarína Tomková, International Relations
SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE / SLOVENSKÝ FILMOVÝ ÚSTAV Grösslingová 32, SK-811 09 Bratislava
T: +421 2 5710 1503, F: +421 2 5296 3461, E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.sfu.sk, www.aic.sk, www.klapka.sk
