In one of Slovakia’s largest Roma settlements, everyday survival meets unexpected dreams. Dezider and Lavor fight to bring order into chaos, Broskva refuses tradition and aims to become a car mechanic, and young runner Dany chases freedom with every step. City of Dreams reveals raw hardship, disarming humor and surprising hope in a place the […]
Sara works at the army headquarters in Prague. She is an attractive 29-year-old woman. While she is surrounded by men at the army headquarters, she has not yet found a partner. When she meets Martin, she is entranced by him. Martin takes a step he has never previously taken and reveals his naked body to […]
Alone, surrounded by deep forests, little boy Vašek sees something strange in the sky. His biological mother Iveta’s unexpected request catches his adoptive parents Jan and Pavel by surprise. Can the adults understand the young child’s emotions, or will Vašek have to face his fears all by himself? The dense film tells a story in […]
The documentary film Via Slovakia tells the story of an extraordinary tourist, Slavomír Duchovič, who, in 82 days, covered the longest tourist route in our country, over 1,870 km along the borders of Slovakia. On the way, he experiences crises, reaches the bottom of his strength, has to overcome his fears, but he always gets […]
Among the law enforcement and judicial methods with very high relevance in the evidentiary proceedings of many ex-communist states, the so-called “scent evidence” is included. Its main protagonist is a dog, which convicts the perpetrator. This method originated in the former GDR and was initially secretly employed by the German police against political dissent. Over […]
An allegorical fresco about three brothers lazy beyond grotesque, who are impossible to bring back to life even by the ghosts of their dead ancestors. An adaptation of a Slovak literary classic transposed to the poetics of magical realism which by means of allegory confronts the traumas of the Slovak people.
Was Béla Hancsovszky an adventurer, terrorist or freedom fighter? On August 8, 1945, someone blows up the Tornalja Police Station, witnesses see three perpetrators, but only Hancsovsky is sentenced to death.
The End of the World is an original story of grandpa Igor, a son of Russian aristocrats, and his 9-year-old grandson Tonda, taking place during complicated times around 1968. It is a story full of contrasts, whether in the relation between what grandpa’s plentiful life entails and Tonda’s imminent children’s presence, or between poetry and […]