For the first time in the history of Slovak cinema, a new soundtrack is being released for the legendary animated film The Bloody Lady. Electroacoustic composer Claire Rousay presents her album The Bloody Lady, offering her unique musical interpretation of Viktor Kubal’s iconic 1980 animated film.
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 […]
An exceptional screening of Czechoslovak films from the 1960s will take place in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Under the title The Forbidden Czechoslovak World, five digitally restored Slovak […]
2023 – the year of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Slovak Film Institute, began with our dear comrade Kos carrying on with his travels around the world. […]
The Czech and Slovak Film Festival in Australia (CaSFFA) will screen Peter Solan’s classic The Barnabáš Kos Case (1964) in March. The festival, which is known for showcasing Slovak and Czech cinema in the first spring month, will be taking place from 24 March to 2 April 2023 in Sydney. In addition to Solan’s film, thirteen contemporary Slovak long and short films will also be featured at the festival.
The 52nd edition (25 January – 5 February 2023) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, one of the world’s renowned festivals, will feature a world premiere of new Slovak drama Power and three digitally restored films from the collections of the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute.
The Trieste Film Festival is one of the largest festivals dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema. The 34th festival’s edition (21 – 28 January 2023) will screen a total of seven feature-length and four short Slovak films.
The Lumière Festival in Lyon (15 – 23 October 2022) is one of the largest and most respected international festivals of the classic film. Slovak cinema in this year’s program will be represented by Martin Hollý’s digitally restored film A Case for the Defence Attorney (1964). This is the fifth digitally restored film from the collections of the National Film Archive of the SFI that festival has selected for its program.
IFF Rotterdam is one of the world’s most renowned film festivals and is known for discovering unique films and young talented directors. In addition to contemporary works, it devotes special place to retrospectives and thematic programmes. It is a great success for Slovak cinema that its 51st edition (26 January – 6 February 2022) will international premiere Eduard Grečner’s digitally restored film Seven Days Every Week (1964) within Cinema Regained section, dedicated to rediscovering forgotten gems of world cinema.