The Slovak nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Award of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), also known as the Oscar, is The Line by Peter Bebjak. The submission for the Oscars Foreign Language Category is based on the voting of the members of the Slovak Film and Television Academy. […]
Cinema Lumière (September 27 – October 3, 2017) in Bratislava and Dom umenia in Piešťany (October 1 – 3, 2017) will be the venues of Russian Film Days. With the motto „one film a day“, the event will showcase a selection of the new Russian films including the newest oeuvres of Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksei Mizgirev or Andrei Konchalovsky.
It is for the fifth time that Australia welcomes Czech and Slovak films during the one of a kind event Czech and Slovak Film festival in Australia (CaSFFA).
The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 7 – 17, 2017) introduces two Slovak films within its rich programme. Sidebar Contemporary World Cinema features Nina by Juraj Lehotský and Short Cuts premieres a short student film Magic Moments by Martina Buchelová.
The 12th edition of International Film Festival Cinematik brings together not only a selection of European films, but also sixteen Slovak films – many of them in their premieres. The festival takes place on Sept 12 – 17, 2017 in Piešťany.
The European Film Academy announced this year’s selection of 51 films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards. The list includes three Slovak films: The Teacher (d. Jan Hřebejk) and two minority co-productions Ice Mother (d. Bohdan Sláma) and Spoor (d. Agnieszka Holland).
The Summer School Academy Uherské Hradište starts on July 27 and lasts until August 6, 2017. Beside the critically acclaimed world cinema and its filmmakers, who come to present their films to Uherské Hradiště personally, a wide range of Slovak cinema also participates at the event.
The 25th ART FILM FEST Košice (June 16 – 24, 2017) will see three Slovak films compete.
One of the oldest film festivals for children and youth Zlín Film Festival (May 26 – June 3, 2017) traditionally features several Slovak films.