For the underprivileged majority, it is a dark world shaped by climate collapse, economic precarity, and daily hard work. For the new elite, it is an apocalyptic version of “American Dream”. The story of World of Walls takes place in a near-future atmosphere inspired by contemporary South Africa. One part of the society lives inside […]
Slovakia is a country of drinking water. We have no oil, no gold, no gems, but we do have huge water resources. Corn Island is our greatest wealth. Many people from Bratislava decided to buy or build a house there, one of the reasons being the high-quality water with its own well. However, new houses […]
The small village in the isolated Transylvanian valley has been sinking into toxic sludge for decades. As a result of ongoing copper mining, thousands of tonnes of waste flow into the valley every day. Near the tailings pond only old widows live there and one middle-aged woman Valerica. She ran away from her family and […]
A story of an immigrant family having to decide its future during a single night in their apartment. When young Sydu comes home, he confesses to his parents that he and his friends did something bad and hurt someone. As the night continues Sydu´s family slowly uncovering the extent of his guilt.
Fourteen-year-old Barbora lives with her father in the picturesque Slovak countryside. The love of her life is her horse Juno, with whom she competes in western riding tournaments. But Barbora’s naive, childlike view of the world begins to crumble when she discovers that her father, a police officer, is involved in agricultural corruption. She doesn’t […]
The story of the Košice Peace Marathon is part of the bigger history of a small town in Central Europe, Košice. It is a tale of a marathon, and marathon runners, about ordinary people who run, run for pleasure, run for freedom, run to escape a disaster. People who run to cross the space and […]
A portrait of contemporary youth on the search for identity, values and a place in modern society, against the backdrop of an emerging Czech and Slovak ballroom scene.
Two past stories of imprisonment from the totalitarian reality of Burma undergoing transformation, one banal and one fatal, frame the journey of the main protagonist back to the country which, for a few years, has been ranked among the top countries as regards the personal generosity of the population, and which was, for many decades, […]
Prometea is the very first clone of a horse. Through the practice of equine cloning, the eponymic documentary essay examines how people cope with death – accepting, suffering, or evading its finality. The film presents the story of a polo player whose best horse died suddenly in his prime. While most equestrians push through their […]