The traditional section Slovak Season will present 12 new Slovak films, four feature films and eight documentaries. Most of them, including the opening film Man with Rabbit Ears / Muž so zajačími ušami, Cook, F**k, Kill / Žaby bez jazyka by Mira Fornay and White on White / Biela na bielej by Viera Čákanyová, will have their long-awaited Slovak premieres in the festival.
The Mission Award will be bestowed to the Czech actor, moderator and comic Petr Nárožný, while the director and cinematographer Jaroslav Siakeľ will receive the President of the Festival Award in memoriam on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the first Slovak feature film.
International Feature Film Competition:
Spring Blossom / Seize Printemps (France)
Directed by Suzanne Lindon
The Whaler Boy (Russia, Poland, Belgium)
Directed by Philipp Yuryev
Produced by Rock Films (RU)
Coproduced by Orka (PL), Mans Film Productions (BE)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Luzzu (Malta)
Directed by Alex Camilleri
Produced by Noruz Films, Luzzu Ltd, Pellikola, Maborosi Films
Supported by the Malta Film Fund and the financial incentives provided by the Malta Film Commission and the Government of Malta
Oasis / Oaza (Serbia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Ivan Ikić
Produced by SENSE Production
Coproduced by Kepler Film (NL), Tramal Films (SL), SCCA / Pro.ba (BH), Les Films d’Antoine (FR)
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Slovenian Film Center, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Sarajevo Cinema Fund, Creative Europe - MEDIA and Eurimages
Listen (Portugal, Great Britain)
Directed by Ana Rocha De Sousa
Sweat (Poland, Sweden, France)
Directed by Magnus von Horn
Produced by Lava Films (PL)
Coproduced by Zentropa Sweden (SE), EC1 Łódź – Miasto Kultury, Di Factory (PL), Opus Film (PL), Film i Vast (SE), Canal+ (PL), Ciné: ma Defacto (FR)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Swedish Film Institute and Creative Europe
Wasteland / Dashte khamoush (Ireland)
Directed by Ahmad Bahrami
Pleasure (Sweden, the Netherlands, France)
Directed by Ninja Thyberg
Next Door / Nebenan (Germany)
Directed by Daniel Brühl
