Berlinale Talents is a development programme for emerging filmmakers and drama series creators that stands for sustainable promotion and Exchange amongst different disciplines of the film industry. This year, Slovakia is represented by Matúš Krajňák, who is currently finishing a romantic comedy web series SEXFLUENCING.
Emerging Producers is a promotional and educational project of the Ji.hlava IDFF, which brings together talented European documentary film producers. Since 2017, following the success of the previous five editions, the programme was extended with an additional four-day meeting in Berlin and producers’ presentation during Berlinale. Slovak Emerging Producer 2021 is Zora Jaurová.
ScripTeast is a year-long training programme designed specifically for experienced scriptwriters from Central and Eastern Europe. ScripTeast focuses on the script development, as well as on the overall promotion of film projects and their authors. For the 2020-2021 edition, Teodor Kuhn has been selected to further develop his film project Trophy.
Shadow Country will be presented at European Film Market 2021.
Taking place online, the 2021 First Cut Lab Slovakia will consult two feature-length Slovak projects: The Nightsiren by Tereza Nvotová and Power by Mátyás Prikler. The workshops will be followed by a webinar, details will be announced later.
Clermont-Ferrand international Short Film Festival (January 29 – February 6, 2021), one of the world’s largest and most prestigious film festivals dedicated to short films, adopts online format. Slovakia will be represented within Short Film Market (February 1 – 5, 2021).
This year’s edition of International Documentary Festival Fipadoc Biarritz in France is focusing on Visegrad countries.
The biennal film event Slovak Film Days in Moscow starts on Monday, 7 December 2020. The showcase based on the contract on cultural cooperation between the Slovak and the Russian Ministry of Culture will run until Sunday, 13 December and will present seven Slovak films.
Better late than never, goes the saying. The Czech and Slovak Film Festival in Australia that usually takes place in Autumn/Australian Spring moved its 8th Melbourne edition to early Winter/Australian Summer 2020 and changed the usual cinema theatres for Village Cinemas Coburg Drive-In and online platform.