Children (2014), the fiction debut by the renowned Slovak documentary filmmaker Jaro Vojtek was screened in the Official Selection – Competition of the 5th Beijing IFF in its international premiere.
The 28th edition of the yearly retrospective and competition showcase of Czech and since last year Slovak films, as well, Finále Plzeň (26. 4. – 2. 5. 2015) will host a significant number of Slovak titles produced in the last year.
The debut feature by documentary filmmaker Jaro Vojtek Children (SK-CZ 2014) was announced as a Tiantan Award nominee, which will be granted by a seven-member jury composed of Luc Besson, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Peter Chan, Robert Mark Kamen, Kim Ki-duk, Fernando Meirelles a Zhou Xun at the 5th Beijing IFF (April 16 – 24, 2015).
The 20th Vilnius FF Kino Pavasaris (March 19 – April 2, 2015) will welcome Slovak films after a year in its programme – three titles were selected for the jubilee edition.
As the first in Slovak history, the feature debut OUT by György Kristóf, was selected for the 11th Cinéfondation L’Atelier, which is a part of the prestigious Cannes IFF. The film was invited among the 15 most promising projects from the whole world.
After the last year’s success at Berlin IFF, when the Velvet Terrorists documentary won the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award, Slovak films are returning to the festival programme. The 65th Berlinale (February 5 – 15, 2015) introduces the feature debut by Ivan Ostrochovský Koza and the short animation by Martin Smatana Rosso Papavero.
The festival year 2015 for Slovak films starts at Trieste Film Festival (January 17 – 22, 2015). Focused on quality films from the Central and Eastern Europe and Italy, in the programe of its 26th edition the festival presents the Italian premieres of two successful Slovak films on the last year.
Nominations for the Czech National Film Award Czech Lion for 2014, granted by the Czech Film and Television Academy, were announced. Two Slovak co-productions and several Slovak artists are on the nominations list.
Black Nights Tallinn IFF (November 14 – 30, 2014) is one of the largest events dedicated to film in the Baltic countries. The festival, reaching adulthood this year and celebrating its 18th edition, offers its visitors three other sub-festivals besides the main programme. The three sub-events are focused on student films, animation films and films for children and youth.