The 21st edition of Cinematik International Film Festival will take place in Piešťany from September 8 to 13, 2026. Its programme will feature two Slovak classics – Juraj Jakubisko’s feature-length debut The Prime of Life and the short animated film Penguin by Vladimír Popovič and Veronika Margótsyová – as well as over 20 contemporary Slovak films, including two co-produced by the Slovak Film Institute: Life or Film by Marek Šulík and Juraj Johanides, and Igor and After by Ivan Ostrochovský.

The 4 živly Summer Film Festival will be held in Banská Štiavnica for the 28th time on August 6-9, 2026 with the main theme being Generations. Despite the shortened programme, the audience can look forward to many Slovak films.

The Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) has selected Flood by Martin Gonda as Slovakia’s national candidate for the 99th Academy Awards (AMPAS) in the Best International Feature Film category.

The Slovak Film Institute (SFI) will also present a selection of its films at the 19th International Animation Festival Fest Anča. As part of this year’s programme, the festival will screen a selection of seven short films by Slovak animator, director, screenwriter and artist Vladimír Pikalík, marking the release of the SFI’s new Blu-ray edition dedicated to his work. Moreover, the festival will open with First Class (1984) by Rudolf Urc from the SFI collections, which resonates with this year’s festival theme, FAKE. Fest Anča takes place in Žilina from 30 June to 5 July.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Taking place from 3–11 July 2026, the festival will once again showcase a strong Slovak presence.

Ivan Ostrochovský is an acclaimed Slovak director and producer who hardly needs an introduction. His work speaks for itself, including films such as: Koza (2015), Servants (2020) or Photophobia (2023), and numerous producing successes: 107 Mothers (2021), Nepela (2025), Broken Voices (2025), and many others. This year, at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (3–11 […]

Screenwriter and director Martina Buchelová captivated the festival circuit with her short student films Green Line (2014) and Magic Moments (2016), which were presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF and the Toronto IFF, respectively. After making a trio of short documentaries about young people in Europe with Debora Pastirčáková, Swaggiest of the Swaggiest (2023), Graduates (2023), and Bosphorus Kid (2024), her feature-length debut Lover, Not a Fighter will have its world premiere in the Proxima Competition at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.

The programme of the 19th International Animation Festival Fest Anča, taking place from 30 June to 5 July 2026, includes nearly thirty contemporary Slovak animated films. The Slovak Film Institute (SFÚ) will also present eight classic animated films from its collections at Fest Anča.

Director and screenwriter Anna Domček studied screenwriting at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She is active in the non-profit organization FILMSTORY, for which she has written several short fiction films and directed the short drama Magda (2024). Together with her husband and co-director Šimon Domček, she will […]