New & upcoming Slovak films

Between the nudity of the last century and the power of the present moment.

In 2024, a new political power in Slovakia triggers radical shifts to bring independent public media under control. Amidst deep uncertainty and growing censorship concerns, a strike committee forms within the institution. The camera witnesses hallway micro-worlds and the resistance of journalists who, overnight, are forced to defend their profession. This Quixotic struggle against the […]

Dušan Hanák, a legend of Czechoslovak cinema, responds to the very questions he once asked the protagonists of his own films. This intimate documentary essay — composed of interview fragments, archival footage, and contemporary encounters — becomes a cinematic dialogue of the master with himself. A visually rich collage, the film is not only a […]

Chris Brunet has lived on Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, his entire life – as did his father, and his father before him. For nearly two hundred years, the Brunet family called this strip of land in the Gulf of Mexico home. But the island is disappearing. In a historic first, the federal government is […]

After enduring the horrors of the war in eastern Ukraine since 2014, three young veterans return home. As they struggle to find their place in daily life as civilians, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 throws them right back into the trauma they have tried so hard to escape.

A dramaturg is present during the writing of the screenplay, but does not write the film. A dramaturg is present during the shoot, but does not direct the film. A dramaturg sits in the editing room, but does not edit the film. A dramaturg is involved in many other aspects of film production as well, […]

Milota documentary film is a sensitive probe into the most intimate spheres of the personal life of artist-photographer Milota Havránková, combined with the revelation of her artistic identity, her strong stance towards the political climate and artistic creation of the 1960s and 1970s, her coexistence with young artists and, above all, her strong and unique […]