This year, twenty promising film producers from different European countries have been brought together by the Producers on the Move initiative once again. They completed the challenging programme from 17 to 21 May online. In the prestigious selection, Slovakia was represented by Katarína Tomková, who produced successful films such as Hotel Sunrise (Hotel Úsvit, dir. Mária Rumanová, 2016) or Servants (Služobníci, dir. Ivan Ostrochovský, 2020).

Zuzana Kirchnerová is returning to Cannes after being selected for the L’Atelier programme to present her upcoming film Caravan (Karavan).

Thanks to the nomination by Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), upcoming fiction film Saving One Who Was Dead will be presented at the 9th edition of Goes to Cannes.

Upcoming short film Love, Dad by Czech animator Diana Cam Van Nguyen, co-produced by nutprodukcia, will be presented at Focus WiP at Short Film Corner.

Market screenings schedule at Marché du Film 2021 includes two Slovak films.

The 14th Fest Anča International Animation Festival (1 – 4 July 2021) will take place online for the first time. The organizers have prepared a program with a significant representation of Slovak animated works including a special screening of the digitally restored film The Bloody Lady (1980).

The 28th Art Film Fest Košice International Film Festival (June 23 – 27, 2021) will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Slovak feature film, Jánošík (1921), with a special screening. Moreover, the new Slovak films will not be left out either, several of the films will have their premiere.

FNE Visegrad 2021 Year of Recovery for Film and Television Industry kicks off with a live panel discussion in Bratislava hosted by Film New Europe (FNE) in cooperation with the Slovak Film Institute that will also appear online as a live podcast. It will also be available online as a video recording after the event.

The Sunny Side of the Doc, an international market for documentary cinema, gives a special attention to Central and Eastern European region this year. Five Slovak projects are present at the marketplace which takes place online on June 21 – 24, 2021.