Once again, Lubuskie Film Summer in Lagow (June 24 – July 1, 2018), International Film Festival of Central and Eastern European Cinema will introduce a wide range of Slovak films to Polish audiences. Nine films will be presented in tree competition sections, and many more will be screened in the non-competition programme.
The Feature Film Competition will show successful criminal thriller from the Slovak-Ukrainian border The Line (2017) by Peter Bebjak, Nina (2017) by Juraj Lehotský, touching drama about a twelve-year-old girl whose world falls apart when her parents are getting a divorce, as well as unconventional biographical story of Russian poet Anna Barkova 8 Heads of Madness (2017) directed by Marta Nováková.
Five Slovak films will vie for the Golden Grape Award in the Documentary Competition. Young director Soňa Maletzová will introduce her mid-length documentary Varga (2017) about recently deceased extraordinary Slovak musician Marián Varga. Further documentaries in this competition section are Cooltúra (2016) by Miro Remo, The Lust for Power (2017) by Tereza Nvotová, Adam Hanuljak´s Ten Years of Love (2017) and March or Die (2018) by Michael Kaboš.
Slovakia´s representative in the Short Film Competition is internationally acclaimed festival hit Atlantis, 2003 (2017) by Michal Blaško, that had it´s world premiere at the 70th Festival de Cannes (Cinéfondation) and was later screened at a great number of important international film festivals, such as 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (Future frames).
Non-competition section European cinema will introduce Czech and Slovak coproduction title Červená (2017), documentary biopic about world-famous opera singer Soňa Červená, directed by Olga Sommerová, thriller Kidnapping (2017) by Mariana Čengel-Solčanská, inspired by real events of Slovakia´s recent past, as well as Jan Hřebejk´s trilogy Garden Store (2017): Deserter, Suitor and The Family Friend.
Every year, the festival offers a presentation platform for student works. A selection of six short films from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava will be screened in the section European film schools, notably Handstern (2016) and SelFish (2017) by Lukáš Figeľ, Aúúúna (2017) by Lina Šuková, About My Sister (2016) by Barbora Sliepková, Mária Pinčíková´s Sandwiches – Czech Treasure (2017), Night Fell (2017) by Boris Šlapeta and Martina Buchelová´s Magic Moments (2016).
Apart from the great number of recent Slovak films, Lubusskie Film Summer will present also one archive title in this year´s programme. The documentary Pictures of the Old World by internationally acclaimed director Dušan Hanák, a suggestive portrait of old people from the Liptov and Orava regions in Slovakia, who are able to enjoy their individual freedom even in the times of civilisational chaos and insecurity, will be screened within the 50 Years of Prague Spring section.
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