Emerging Producers is a promotional and educational project of the Ji.hlava IDFF, which brings together talented European documentary film producers. Since 2017, following the success of the previous five editions, the programme was extended with an additional four-day meeting in Berlin and producers’ presentation during Berlinale. Slovak Emerging Producer 2022 is Silvia Panáková.

Market screenings schedule includes at European Film Market 2022 includes five Slovak films.

The prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (28 January – 5 February 2022) features two Slovak short films in the official programme. Director and producer Martin Smatana will present his upcoming film at the Euro Connection co-production forum and for the fourth time the Slovak Film Institute will offer an informational and promotional point for Slovak cinema at the Short Film Market (31 January – 4 February 2022).

From 20 to 28 August, the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (IFF) programme will offer several Slovak co-production films. Four of them are shown in the main competition. For the first time, the competition sections of the festival will also open to documentaries. Twelve works will compete for the Crystal Globe.

A biographical film about one of the greatest sporting heroes of the former Czechoslovakia was supposed to reach audiences last year. However, the premiere was postponed. The creators intended for the film to be screened in summer, in the cinema and during the Olympics. Nevertheless, the Olympics were put off too. The same applies for the Karlovy Vary festival, this year, as an exception, it takes place at the end of August. Shortly after the end of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, it is to open with the world premiere of Zátopek by director David Ondříček.

This year, twenty promising film producers from different European countries have been brought together by the Producers on the Move initiative once again. They completed the challenging programme from 17 to 21 May online. In the prestigious selection, Slovakia was represented by Katarína Tomková, who produced successful films such as Hotel Sunrise (Hotel Úsvit, dir. Mária Rumanová, 2016) or Servants (Služobníci, dir. Ivan Ostrochovský, 2020).

Zuzana Kirchnerová is returning to Cannes after being selected for the L’Atelier programme to present her upcoming film Caravan (Karavan).

Thanks to the nomination by Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), upcoming fiction film Saving One Who Was Dead will be presented at the 9th edition of Goes to Cannes.

Upcoming short film Love, Dad by Czech animator Diana Cam Van Nguyen, co-produced by nutprodukcia, will be presented at Focus WiP at Short Film Corner.