The 29th edition of International Short Film Festival FilmFest Dresden (April 4 – 9, 2017) features several Slovak films within the official programme.

Two Slovak films will be premiered at the 46th edition of prestigious Rotterdam IFF. Bright Future section features Filthy by talented Tereza Nvotová. The festival has also prepared a wide retrospective of the work of Jan Němec including also his last film The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street.

Year 2017 starts fabulously for Slovak films. One of the early festivals of 2017 – Trieste FF (Jan 20 – 29, 2017) – opens with The Teacher by Jan Hřebejk and presents several Slovak films in their Italian premieres witihin the programme. Moreover, Slovak projects are part of the accompanying industry events.

The Czech National Award Czech Lion, bestowed annually by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA), announced the Nominations from the films distributed in the local cinemas last year.
Czech Lion is awarded in 15 statutory categories (see below). Among the three films with the highest number of nominations are two Slovak co-productions, A Prominent Patient (by Julius Ševčík) and The Teacher (by Jan Hřebejk).

Berlin IFF (Feb 9 – 19, 2017) will introduce Iveta Grófová´s second feature within the Generation Kplus section.

Julius Ševčík’s feature film A Prominent Patient with Czech actor Karel Roden as the main lead Jan Masaryk will be presented at Berlinale 2017 (February 9 – 19, 2017) in its world premiere. The film was selected for the section Berlinale Special.

The renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland will introduce her new film Spoor at Berlinale 2017 (Feb 9 – 19, 2017). The film was also co-produced by newly established Slovak production company nutprodukcia.

Brussels will host two film gatherings with a special focus on Slovak cinema in December and January.

The 11th edition of MUCES – Segovia European Film Festival (November 16 – 22, 2016) kicks off featuring Slovak cinema retrospective! A selection of the most iconic titles in the history of Slovak cinematography includes films from the very beginning to the most contemporary ones.