Emerging Producers is a promotional and educational project of the Ji.hlava IDFF, designed to connect talented European documentary film producers. Slovak Emerging Producer 2024 is Matej Sotník.

EFM attendees can watch four Slovak films at market screenings.

Once again this year, the program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 25 – Feb 4, 2024) featured several Slovak films. Explanation for Everything was showcased in the Harbour section, and young audiences had a chance to see the animated shorts The Kite and My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow.

Slovak filmmakers are set to make a mark at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (February 2 – 10, 2024). Two remarkable short films from Slovakia, Cold and Dark by Peter Hošták and Criss Cross by Nina Rybárová and Tomáš Rybár, have been selected to participate in different competition sections, showcasing the diverse talent emerging from the Slovak film industry.

The European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) will present awards for the best films of 2023 in three categories at the 74th Berlinale. Two Slovak co-productions, Even Mice Belong to Heaven and Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light, have been nominated for the 2024 ECFA Award as well. The winners will be determined by the members of the Association.

Slovak cinema will have a strong representation at this year’s 57th Karlovy Vary IFF (June 30 – July 8). The official programme features 12 Slovak films and five Slovak projects will be presented within industry days.

Electra will have its world premiere at the Festival de Cannes in La Cinef selection. Film’s lead animator Marek Jasaň answered a couple of our questions.

This year, twenty promising film producers from different European countries have been brought together by the Producers on the Move initiative once again. The programme is aimed at connecting young, enterprising European producers with potential co-production partners, strengthening their industry networks, and at the same time, providing a solid and visible platform for this next generation of European filmmakers. This year, Slovakia is represented by Juraj Krasnohorský, the producer of successful films such as White Plastic Sky (d. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó) which just premiered at the Berlinale.

Market screenings schedule at Marché du Film 2023 includes three Slovak films.