Slovak documentary is not dead!
We are pleased to present the Slovak line-up at two prestigious festivals celebrating documentary films: 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF and 61st DOK Leipzig!
Every year, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival organisers show a selection of extraordinary creative documentaries, mainly from Central and Eastern Europe. The 22nd edition of the festival, running from October 25 to 30 this year, will introduce six Slovak and co-production competitors, most of them in their world or international premiere.
Renowned Slovak film producer Zuzana Mistríková will be among the jurors judging the 15 documentaries of the Between the Seas section and Rastislav Steranka, Director of National Cinematographic Centre will take part in panel discussion Visegrad Accelerator: Future of Film in Central Europe.
The only entry out of competition is Spring in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (d. Karel Plicka) from the collection of the National Film Archive of Slovak Film Institute and will be screened within Czechoslovak Orient section.
61st DOK Leipzig of joy and sadness
The 61st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (29 October - 4 November, 2018), also known as DOK Leipzig will present four Slovak and coproduction films in its programme.In the Next Masters Competition Denisa, a Story of a Friend by Mária Brnušáková will vie for the Golden Dove Award. Mid-lenght documentary shows how Denisa is trying to fill the hole in her heart with men´s love, that is mostly just physical. International Programme section will introduce My Unknown Soldier by Anna Kryvenko, documentary about director´s search for person who has been removed from the family photo album. Short animation Auuuna by Lina Šuková will please the youngest audience within the Kids DOK section.Short documentary The Wake about the funeral of Jan Palach, young student who sacrificed his life in 1969 in a protest against the Occupation of Czechoslovakia, will be screened in Retrospective: 68 – An Open Score section that reflects social, cultural and political changes and the way filmmakers dealt with them.
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