A highlight this year will be the annual national film award ceremony Sun in a Net, which will take place in the Old Town Hall on 7 April 2017. Ten selected films will compete in 15 statutory categories.
An important part of the Slovak Film Week are workshops and public discussions. A special hommage to Rufolf Urc is also scheduled this year.
LINE UP OF SLOVAK FILMS MADE IN 2016:
Feature Films:
Agave / Agáva (Slovakia)
Directed by Ondrej Šulaj
Produced by TRIGON PRODUCTION
Coproduced by Radio and Television Slovakia
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
In Your Dreams! Ani vo sne! (Czech Republic, Slovakia) directed by Petr Oukropec
Produced by Negativ Film Productions
Coproduced by Arina, Chouchkov Brothers,Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Angel of the Lord 2 / Anjel pána 2 (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Jiří Strach
Produced by Marlene Film Production
Coproduced by the Czech Television, Innogy, the Radio and Television Slovakia,CertiCon, Alltoys, Attack Film
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund
Stuck with a Perfect Woman/ Bezva ženská na krku (Czech Republic, Slovakia) directed by Tomáš Hoffman
Produced by Infinity Prague (http://infinityprague.cz/en/)
Coproduced by the CinemArt (http://www.cinemart.cz/)
Red Captain / Červený kapitán (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland)
Directed by Michal Kollár
Produced by Fog'n'Desire Films
Coproduced by Sokol Kollár, Mental Disorder 4, Czech Television, S pro ALFA , Radio and Television Slovakia, Barrandov Studio, Krakow Festival Office, Kino 64 U hradeb
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Polish Film Institute
The Red Spider/ Červený pavúk (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Marcin Koszałka
Produced by MD4
Coproduced by Fog'n'Desire Films, SOKOL KOLLAR, Telco Orange, Zentropa Poland, Krakow Festival Office, Krakow Film Commission
Supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Cinematography Fund, Polish Film Institute, REGIONALNY FUNDUSZ FILMOWY W KRAKOWIE (http://www.film-commission.pl/rff-w-krakowie.html)
I, Olga Hepnarova / Já, Olga Hepnarová (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)
Directed by Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda
Produced by Black Balance
Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Ace Prague, Barrandov Studios, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, FAMU, Arizona Films
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Polish Film Institute, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
A Prominent Patient / Masaryk (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Julius Ševčík
Produced by In Film, Rudolf Biermann
Coproduced by Czech Television, Radio and Television Slovakia
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Prague City Hall
Pirko / Little Feather (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Lucie Klein Svoboda, Petr Klein Svoboda
Produced by Produkcia Goodmint, TA-SPORT
Family Film / Rodinný film (Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France)
Directed by Olmo Omerzu
Produced by Jiří Konečný/endorfilm
Coproduced by 42 Film, Rouge International, Arsmedia, Punkchart films, the Czech Television
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund –Czech Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Slovenian Film Center
Stanko (Slovakia)
Directed by Rasťo Boroš
Produced by AH Production
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Tiger Theory / Teória tigra (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Radek Bajgar
Produced byLogline Production
Coproduced by the Czech Television, RTVS
The Teacher / Učitelka (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Jan Hřebejk
Produced byPubRes, RTVS
Coproduced by OffSide Men, Czech Television
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Documentaries:
5 October (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Martin Kollar
Produced by Punkchart Films
Coproduced by HBO Europe, endorfilm, 71km
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund
The Final / Finále (Slovakia) directed by Dúšan Milko, Palo Korec
Produced by S PRO ALFA SK (
Coproduced by RTVS, Filmpark production (http://www.filmpark.sk/)
IMT Smile and Lúčnica: Made in Slovakia (Slovakia) directed by Palo Janík
Produced by Filmpark production (http://www.filmpark.sk/)
Coproduced by IMT Smile (http://www.imtsmile.com/uvod)
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Okhwan´s Mission Impossible / Okwanova cesta za slobodou (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Marek Mackovič
Produced by Film Park
Coproduced by Mandala Pictures, RTVS, Film a sociologie, Tarian Films, MM Film
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund
Opuštěný vesmír (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Peter Hledík
Produced by CinemArt
Coproduced by Peter Hledík – Barok Film
Steam on the River / Para nad riekou (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Robert Kirchhoff, Filip Remunda
Produced by atelier.doc
Coproduced by Hypermarket film, Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, MEDIA Programme, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Richard Müller: Unknown / Richard Müller: Nespoznaný (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Miro Remo
Produced by Punkchart Films
Coproduced by endorfilm, Arsy-Versy, Radio and Television Slovakia, Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund
Freedom under Load / Sloboda pod nákladom (Slovakia) directed by Pavol Barabáš
Produced by K2 Studio
Coproduced by RTVS
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Tatras, the New Story / Tatry, nový príbeh (Slovakia)
Directed by Michal Romeo Dvořák
Produced by Romeofilms
Difficult Choice / Ťažká voľba (Slovakia, Czech Republic) directed by Zuzana Piussi
Produced by Punkchart Films, D1 films (http://d1film.com/)
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund
Trabant - From Australia to Bangkok / Trabantom do posledného dychu (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Dan Přibáň
Produced by endorfilm
Coproduced by Punkchart Films, Czech Television, RTVS, Dan Přibáň, Escadra
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
When Land is Looking for Its Heaven / Zem, ktorá hľadá svoje nebo (Slovakia)
Directed by Erik Praus
Produced by Film Park
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Život v oblakoch (Slovakia)
Directed by Erik Baláž
Produced by Arolla Film
Coproduced by RTVS, Doclight
The Golden Lyre / Zlatá lýra 1.diel: Roky nádeje (Slovakia)
Directed by Peter Hledík
Produced by TRIGON PRODUCTION
Coproduced by RTVS, Slovak Film Institute
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Animated Films:
Murderous Tales / Smrteľné historky (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Jan Bubeníček
Produced by Total HelpArt
Coproduced by PubRes, Czech Television, R.U.R., AT studio, Soundsquare
Supported by theSlovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Cinematography Fund