Dear colleagues and friends, Let us show you What's Slovak in Cannes this year!
Festival de Cannes and Marché du film give you an opportunity to meet talented Slovak filmmakers and producers while also catching up with Slovak cinema at market screenings.
Electra, a short animated film directed by Daria Kashcheeva and co-produced by Juraj Krasnohorský of Slovak company Artichoke, is part of the festival's programme in La Cinef section.
Juraj Krasnohorský was also selected as our Producer on the Move.
Market screenings schedule include Mariana Čengel Solčanská’s The Chambermaid, Tereza Nvotová’s Nightsiren, and White Plastic Sky by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó (produced by Juraj Krasnohorský).
Last but not least, we would like to invite you to experience Slovak Cinema at the CZECH & SLOVAK Pavilion #136 in the Village International at Marché du Film!
The Slovak Film Institute offers an information and promotion point for Slovak cinema, and a networking place for Slovak film professionals and their international counterparts.
Electra
CZ – FR – SK | 2023 | 25 min | short
Director: Daria Kashcheeva
Production: MAUR film (CZ), FAMU (CZ), Papy3D Productions (FR), Artichoke (SK)
SLOVAK CO-PRODUCER
Artichoke
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www.artichoke.sk
FESTIVALS & SALES
MIYU Distribution
www.miyu.fr
SCREENING
24 May | 14:30 | Buñuel Theatre
world premiere
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams. Isolated in her fantasy world full of busty dolls, plastic men’s body parts and dentist tools, she builds up her own relationships with her body and sexuality. Diving deeper into her childhood memories, Electra goes through the most painful memories to let her suppressed feelings come out.
READ THE INTERVIEW WITH MAREK JASAŇ, LEAD ANIMATOR
THE CHAMBERMAID
SK – CZ | 2022 | 115 min. | fiction
Director: Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Production: Bright Sight Pictures (SK), CINEART TV Prague (CZ), Czech Television (CZ)
SLOVAK PRODUCER
Bright Sight Pictures
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www.brightsight.sk
FESTIVALS & SALES
Picture Tree International
www.picturetree-international.com
SCREENING
May 20 | 16:00 | online #3
Just before the World War, a fifteen-year-old povertystricken Anne from a small Slovak town is sent to Prague to work as a maid in a wealthy family. She meets Resi, the daughter of a noble family, who was born and raised to be an adornment and a trophy of the house, of her family, of Austria-Hungary. Anne and Resi, two girls born in the same year, but at different ends of the social ladder, find a soulmate in each other. They become best friends, lovers and the only light in a male-dominated world.
NIGHTSIREN
SK – CZ | 2022 | 105 min. | fiction
Director: Tereza Nvotová
Production: BFILM (SK), moloko film (CZ), RTVS (SK)
SLOVAK PRODUCER
BFILM
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www.bfilm.sk
FESTIVALS & SALES
Intramovies
www.intramovies.com
SCREENINGS
May 20 | 16:00 | Palais F
May 21 | 16:00 | Palais #F online
A young woman returns to her native village in the mountains, searching for answers about her troubled childhood. As she tries to uncover the long-buried truth, dark ancient legends seem to come to life, leading to the local villagers accusing her of witchcraft.
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
HU – SK | 2023 | 110 min. | animation
Director: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
Production: Salto Films (HU), Artichoke (SK), Proton Cinema (HU), Radio and Television Slovakia (SK)
SLOVAK CO-PRODUCER
Artichoke
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www.artichoke.sk
FESTIVALS & SALES
Films Boutique
www.filmsboutique.com
SCREENINGS
May 20 | 16:00 | Olympia 3
May 21 | 16:00 | Olympia #3 online
2123. Faced with diminishing resources, the human race can only survive through a trade-off: at the age of 50, every citizen is gradually turned into a tree. When Stefan discovers that his beloved wife Nora has voluntarily signed up for donating her own body before her time, he sets out on an adventurous journey to save her at all costs.
Juraj Krasnohorský (1980) was born in Bratislava where he works for Artichoke as film producer and for the international education programme for producers, CEE Animation Workshop, as head of studies. He studied physics, mathematics, and film in Geneva, Bilbao, and Paris, and has been directing and producing films in Slovakia since 2008. He is an EAVE programme graduate, a Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers member, and a CEE Animation board member. He is also a pedagogical contributor to European and Asian workshops for creative producers.
READ THE INTERVIEW WITH JURAJ KRASNOHORSKÝ
Read our magazine and learn What's Slovak in Cannes this year. (pdf / issuu)
MEET THE SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE
Rastislav Steranka | Director, National Cinematographic Centre | May 18 – 24 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tomáš Hudák | Festival Relations Department | May 16 – 26 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Veronika Krejčová | Festival Relations Department | May 16 – 26 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
MEET THE SLOVAK AUDIOVISUAL FUND
Peter Badač | Director | May 20 – 23 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
MEET THE SLOVAK FILM COMMISSION
Zuzana Bieliková | Film Commissioner | May 18 – 24 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
