The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Taking place from 3–11 July 2026, the festival will once again showcase a strong Slovak presence.

Ivan Ostrochovský is an acclaimed Slovak director and producer who hardly needs an introduction. His work speaks for itself, including films such as: Koza (2015), Servants (2020) or Photophobia (2023), and numerous producing successes: 107 Mothers (2021), Nepela (2025), Broken Voices (2025), and many others. This year, at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (3–11 […]

Screenwriter and director Martina Buchelová captivated the festival circuit with her short student films Green Line (2014) and Magic Moments (2016), which were presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF and the Toronto IFF, respectively. After making a trio of short documentaries about young people in Europe with Debora Pastirčáková, Swaggiest of the Swaggiest (2023), Graduates (2023), and Bosphorus Kid (2024), her feature-length debut Lover, Not a Fighter will have its world premiere in the Proxima Competition at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.

The programme of the 19th International Animation Festival Fest Anča, taking place from 30 June to 5 July 2026, includes nearly thirty contemporary Slovak animated films. The Slovak Film Institute (SFÚ) will also present eight classic animated films from its collections at Fest Anča.

Director and screenwriter Anna Domček studied screenwriting at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She is active in the non-profit organization FILMSTORY, for which she has written several short fiction films and directed the short drama Magda (2024). Together with her husband and co-director Šimon Domček, she will […]

The programme of the 32nd edition of the International Film Festival Art Film (19–25 June) includes a number of Slovak classic and contemporary films. A dozen titles from the collections of the Slovak Film Institute (SFI) will be screened, while four films have been selected for the festival’s competition sections and a further thirteen films and series will be presented in non-competitive programmes.

Four Slovak animated films — the feature-length puppet film Dukla and the short films Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!, Tourists, and Stones — will be presented in the programmes of prestigious film festivals. At the 25th edition of the Tribeca Festival (June 3–14, 2026), the short animated film Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! by Andrea Szelesová will be presented in the programme […]

This year again, the programme of the 66th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth Zlín Film Festival (28 May – 3 June 2026) will include several Slovak co-produced films for children and young audiences.

At the 79th edition of Festival de Cannes (May 12 – 23, 2026), Slovakia will be represented at the Marché du Film (May 12 – 20, 2026) across three different programmes, as well as in the Producers on the Move programme.