Slovak Film Institute Opens Modern Digitizing Centre
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Institute in partnership with the Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič has inaugurated a modern centre for digitization and digital restoration of films.
Slovakia Mulls State Bridge Loans for Films
TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund is consulting with the Ministry of Finance about the establishment of conditions to set up a short-term soft loan system for film production.
Slovakia Introduces Film Incentives
TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will officially launch its first film incentives, in the form of a 20 percent cash rebate, on 1 July 2014.
Slovakia Rides Documentary Wave with Miro Remos Comeback at KVIFF
BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo will debut his documentary Comeback in the documentary competition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
FNE at Fest Anca 2014 Kozuch Wins Slovak Award
ZILINA: Irish director Alan Holly won the Anca Award for Coda and Joana Kozuch won the Fest Anca Slovak Award for Fongopolis at the 7th Fest Anca festival of animated…
MPhilms Completing Postproduction on Vojtek, Hajdu Films
TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: MPhilms producer Matyas Prikler is gearing up to roll out his second and third films of the year, both expected to complete postproduction in July.
PRODUCtION: Slovak Fairytale Laska na Vlasku Preps for Fall Bow
TRENSIANSKE TEPLICE: Slovakia will have a domestic fairytale in cinemas in October 2014 with the premiere of Laska na Vlasku, a 15th century romance directed by Mariana Cengel Solcanska, and…
FNE at Fest Anca: 2014 Anca Launches Animation Industry Programme
ZILINA, SLOVAKIA: The seventh edition of Fest Anca kicked off with the launch of a two-day industry programme running on 19 and 20 June 2014. Seven animators and projects were…
FESTIVALS Fest Anca 2014 Starts off the Film Festival Season in Slovakia
ZILINA: Slovakia’s animation films festival, Fest Anca will lead off the summer film festival season with its seventh edition, which begins earlier than in past years, running 18-22 June 2014…
FNE at Art Film Fest 2014: Six New Features for Slovak Season
PRAGUE: The 22nd Art Film Fest which runs 21-27 June 2014 will screen six new feature films and one classic in the Slovak Season section.
FNE at Art Film Fest 2014: International Competition Casts a Wide Net
PRAGUE: Eight films have been announced for the international competition of the 22nd Art Film Fest held in the Slovak spa towns of Trencianske Teplice and Teplice 21-27 June 2014.
Czechs and Slovaks Pick up Cannes Films
PRAGUE: Distributors in the Czech and Slovak Republics have picked up a number of films that screened in competition at Cannes.
PRODUCTION Remo Completes Music Fest Doc
BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo is finishing work on Vrbovský veter, his second documentary after his award-winning short student documentary Arsy-Versy
Slovak Cinema in Cannes 2014
What´s SLOVAK in Cannes 2014 - WELCOME to Pavilion # 133 / Marché du Film It´s Cannes time again, and we will be happy to welcome you in the friendly…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Czech Fest Embraces Slovaks
PLZEN: After two years of Slovak directors winning the best film prize at the Czech national film festival (both for Czech-Slovak coproductions that were set in Slovak villages), it was…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Fine, Thanks
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Matyas Prikler's neo-realistic debut drama feature Fine, Thanks investigates the way the financial crisis affects the intimate lives of the people, revealing a severe picture of their…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Love Me or Leave Me
PLZEN: Slovak director Mariana Cengel Solcanska joins the ranks of Slovakia’s rising young female helmers with her second feature Love Me or Leave Me (Miluj ma alebo odid) screening in…
EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Matyas Prikler
BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will be represented by the very dry Mátyás Prikler as one of European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
FNE at Sun in the Net 2014: Prize Winners
BRATISLAVA: Mira Fornay’s My Dog Killer took home the top prize for Best Film as well as scooping Best Director and Best Screen Play at the Sun in the Net…
My Dog Killer Tops The Sun in the Net Nominations
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed…
