New & upcoming Slovak films

We were asking ourselves the questions of how and to what extent images enter our lives and how they influence our behaviour.

Kalman’s Day is about that stage in life when people realize nothing new will happen, where behavior and relationships have become so fixed that all they can look forward to is repeating more of the same. There will be no new surprises, no more risks to be taken, and all they can do is try […]

It’s the early 60’s. Three former hockey heroes of the entire Czechoslovak nation are dealing with the aftermath of a fabricated law suit by the communist party with the hockey team in 1950.One lost physical strength and health in a communist lager,the second was robbed of his beloved hockey and youth,the third one evaded the […]

ZIBAA (30), a successful Afghan filmmaker and head of the National Film Fund, recently got engaged to SAMIR (29), the love of her life. Her end-of-summer wedding plans are horribly destroyed when Taliban unexpectedly seizes Kabul, and Zibaa finds herself facing a life-changing decision. As a famous anti-Taliban activist and a governmental employee, Zibaa’s life […]

27-year-old Anna lives with her mother Hana in a small town near the Slovak-Hungarian border. Anna has dreams that will never come true as long as she stays there, living with her mother. Hana, as a woman who has experienced many disappointments during her life, tries to protect her daughter from the same mistakes she […]

Lilia, a successful businesswoman with poor eyesight, reluctantly returns to her Ukrainian hometown to collect her belongings. Unexpectedly, this journey sparks memories of her parents and childhood, leading to a miraculous restoration of her eyesight.

A story of Karel Jaroš, an emotionally arid man, whose mother suffers from Alzheimer disease. It is not love, but the sense of duty that stops him from sending his mother to a mental institution. On the other hand, this way he can finally connect with her. And not just with her but also with […]

In a desolate border zone of a totalitarian state, a priest-turned-smuggler guides a fallen professor and a hunted young outlaw toward freedom. Hunted by a sadistic captain and tormented by guilt, they face betrayal, violence, and the realization that sometimes it is far harder to cross the boundaries we have built deep within ourselves. The […]

The plot of the film takes place in the 80s of the last century in Czechoslovakia. The story shows the necessity of concealing the love between two women, which would have been unacceptable to society at that time. Certain circumstances force our two protagonists to keep their shared feelings a secret and adapt to a […]