Jornadas de cine eslovaco (Slovak Film Days) kicking off on Tuesday, November 6 in Havana, will introduce a selection of five successful Slovak films of the past three years, as well as one archive title from the collection of Slovak National Film Archive to Cuban audience.
The showcase will open with nationally and internationally acclaimed thriller The Line, followed by tragicomic road movie Stanko.
Both the films deal with the issues related to borders and reasons to cross them.
The 67th Berlin IFF success Little Harbour(Crystal Bear Award), film inspired by true events about two children, will be introduced by producer Katarína Krnáčová. Coming-of-age drama Filthywill open the theme of sexual abuse and dealing with feelings of guilt, shame and fear.
The weekend programme of the showcase will introduce digitally restored feature animation The Bloody Lady from the collection of National Film Archive of Slovak Film Institute. The Closing Film of Jornadas de cine eslovaco is road movie Out, a man´s odyssey across Eastern Europe full of strangely absurd events that will be introduced to Cuban audiences by the director György Kristóf himself.
The showcase will be held from November 6 to 11, 2018 in Multicine Infanta, Havana, Cuba. All films will be screened in Slovak with Spanish subtitles.
Jornadas de cine eslovaco is organised by Slovak Film Institute on behalf of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba, Slovak Embassy in Havana, Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Slovak Republic, and Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC).
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