New & upcoming Slovak films

In a small Moravian town, the lives of two policemen, a mentally ill woman, a unique child, and a couple running a family restaurant collide during a violent tragedy that changes their lives forever.

Easter day. Somewhere in a mountain village. A kid and his father drive down the valley to take the Holy Light coming from Jerusalem to Romania every year. On their way back the kid gets lost. He tries to find his way home alone through the dark forests protecting the Light.

After the funeral of a mutual childhood friend, three men and their partners gather in an apartment—Andris with his wife Zsuzsa, Árpi with his girlfriend Niki, and Rajmund with his wife Csibi. Over the years, the friends have grown socially apart: Andris is about to take up a position as a university professor in Mexico, […]

Sara works at the army headquarters in Prague. She is an attractive 29-year-old woman. While she is surrounded by men at the army headquarters, she has not yet found a partner. When she meets Martin, she is entranced by him. Martin takes a step he has never previously taken and reveals his naked body to […]

Alone, surrounded by deep forests, little boy Vašek sees something strange in the sky. His biological mother Iveta’s unexpected request catches his adoptive parents Jan and Pavel by surprise. Can the adults understand the young child’s emotions, or will Vašek have to face his fears all by himself? The dense film tells a story in […]

An allegorical fresco about three brothers lazy beyond grotesque, who are impossible to bring back to life even by the ghosts of their dead ancestors. An adaptation of a Slovak literary classic transposed to the poetics of magical realism which by means of allegory confronts the traumas of the Slovak people.

Sima, who runs a gallery, invites her once close friend Ela, a successful visual artist, to exhibit in her space. They reunite years after a secret drove them apart. On opening night, Sima senses that Ela is hiding something and has a plan of her own. As the line between reality and Ela’s unsettling video […]

The End of the World is an original story of grandpa Igor, a son of Russian aristocrats, and his 9-year-old grandson Tonda, taking place during complicated times around 1968. It is a story full of contrasts, whether in the relation between what grandpa’s plentiful life entails and Tonda’s imminent children’s presence, or between poetry and […]