The Slovak Film Institute (SFI) will also present a selection of its films at the 19th International Animation Festival Fest Anča. As part of this year’s programme, the festival will screen a selection of seven short films by Slovak animator, director, screenwriter and artist Vladimír Pikalík, marking the release of the SFI’s new Blu-ray edition dedicated to his work. Moreover, the festival will open with First Class (1984) by Rudolf Urc from the SFI collections, which resonates with this year’s festival theme, FAKE. Fest Anča takes place in Žilina from 30 June to 5 July.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the most important events in the field of short filmmaking worldwide. At its current 48th edition, Slovak cinema will also be represented by two films, one of which will compete for the jury’s favor in the festival’s main competition. As is tradition, the Short Film Market […]

Three Slovak films will be screened at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), considered the largest and most prestigious documentary film festival in the world.

The feature debut 322 (1969) by director Dušan Hanák, awarded the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival and chosen by Slovak film critics and scholars as the Slovak Film of the Century in a 2021 Film.sk magazine poll, is being released these days on Blu-ray with an extensive booklet and bonus materials. The film […]

At the 29th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, a newly published book from the Publishing Department of the Slovak Film Institute (SFI) will be presented. The publication reflects on the work of acclaimed Slovak documentarian Viera Čákanyová. Entitled Human on the Edge of AI with the subtitle The Post-Anthropocene of Viera Čákanyová, it was written by film theorist Jana Dudková. This year’s edition of the MFDF Ji.hlava will take place from October 24 to November 2, with the book launch scheduled for Tuesday, October 28, at 8:00 p.m., before the screening of Čákanyová’s new film Bardo (2025). Both the author of the book and the director will attend the event.

The prestigious Lumière Festival in Lyon is one of the most important events dedicated to presenting films from the golden treasury of world cinema. Several Slovak films have already been presented at this festival in the past; this year, Slovak cinema will be represented by the digitally restored film The Bells for the Barefooted (1965) […]

During the current edition of Febiofest, Bratislava Industry Days, the regular gathering for film professionals, will take place on March 24 and 25, 2025.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the most prestigious events in the field of short filmmaking. During its 47th edition, Slovakia will be represented by two films in the main competition section, and the festival will present three Slovak films in total. The Slovak Republic will also be represented in the Short Film Market in the programme for film professionals. The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival takes place from 31 January to 8 February 2025.

Five short films from the rich animated works of Viktor Kubal will be screened this month at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, an international film festival in Taiwan. The event, which is the largest international platform for short films in Taiwan, will take place from 12 to 27 October 2024, and Slovak classic cinema will be […]