Directors: Jana Durajová, Lena Kušnieriková
SK | 2023 | 78 min. | documentary
The Kafkaesque process of renovation of the Slovak National Gallery has been going on for over a decade and there is still no sign of its completion on the horizon. For all these years Alexandra, the managing director of the Gallery, has fought along her father, the architect appointed to the reconstruction, to bring to the public the dream of a modern cultural institution. Between never-arriving permits and the constant fight with the constructors, this bureaucratic rollercoaster brings Alexandra to wonder if her mission is a hopeless task.
Screenings:
February 16 | 16:30 | Virtual Cinema 1
February 18 | 10:30 | Virtual Cinema 2
Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir
IS – SK – FR | 2023 | 75 min. | fiction
An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy’s family.
Screening:
February 17 | 16:30 | CinemaxX 16
Director: Tomáš Mašín
CZ – DE – SK | 2023 | 110 min. | fiction
In October 1953, five friends constituting a small resistance group decide to leave communist Czechoslovakia and get to West Berlin. At the beginning of the month, they all cross the guarded border together, but their presence is soon detected in East Germany; unwittingly, they initiate the largest armed manhunt since WWII. Twenty thousand German Police and Soviet Army troops are mobilised, all because of five teenage boys. This is one of the biggest stories of the Cold War.
Screening:
February 18 | 16:50 | CinemaxX 12
Director: Pavel Soukup
CZ – SK | 2023 | 109 min. | fiction
Anna is a controversial influencer and best known for her provocative online content, but suddenly she goes silent on her social media profiles and mysteriously stops posting any up dates. When fifteen-year-old Nina finds a half-naked photo of Anna on her dad’s phone, she decides to track down the missing influencer. The shocking events that follow will change not only Nina’s life but also her family’s. The thriller #annaismissing is a stand alone film continuation of the successful series #martyisdead, which was honored with an International Emmy Award in 2020.
Screenings:
February 16 | 16:00 | Virtual Cinema 7
February 18 | 18:20 | dffb-Kino
February 19 | 9:00 | CinemaxX 12
