New & upcoming Slovak films

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A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the […]

Eva’s home is a small hill called Birdhill on the outskirts of Bratislava. During her childhood, it was still covered with historic vineyards of Maria Theresa and forest; today’s reality is cranes and excavators. In her film, she gets to know its current inhabitants and discovers that each of them lives and dreams a slightly […]

From sea flows through dark caverns to volcanic deserts. Lapilli is a personal reckoning that dives deep into the hard matter. Traversing through diverse rocky landscapes, director Paula Ďurinová deals with the sudden loss of her grandparents. An unexpected disappearance uncovers a new horizon. Strings of old autoharps now resonate in the gorge. Phases of […]

In this documentary portrait, Iva Janžurová – an icon of Czech film, television, and theatre – is seen through the sensitive eyes of her daughter.

Architecture is the soul of the urban landscape, it remains for hundreds of years and it clearly reflects the time and its specifics. This documentary will take you beyond the facades of the key Czechoslovak architectural landmarks from the communist era. It’ll introduce you to the most important architects of that period. Despite the brute […]

18-year-old Johana wants to leave her small hometown. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. However, her final year of schooling is more challenging than her classmates. She plays an irreplaceable role in her family – helping to take care of her younger sister, who has a disability. Despite all the […]

The stories of five women from the village of Devičany near Banská Štiavnica. They decided to “redbrand”, to improve, to change the settings of their lives and gender status. They took an axe and cut a hole in the ice on the Veľká Vodárenská tajch and started to harden themselves. And that was the beginning […]

University student Azime has an emancipated heart. She thought thatthought, that in Istanbul, she would be able to finally find her home and sense of belonging, but some challenges in her country don’t seem to have an end.