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 Eva Nová by Marko Škop.
The second edition of the Visegrad Film Festival will kick off in a few days (September 19 – 28, 2016). The festival will present a wide range of quality films from the region of the V4 countries.
Slovak Film Days in Budapest kick off already this Thursday, Septermber 15. The three-day showcase of Slovak films will carry the slogan: Look into your neighbour’s eyes and will be held in the premisses of Toldi Cinema. Its aim is to present to the Hungarian audience a selection of five successful contemporary Slovak films produced within the last three years, all awarded with the main national prize Sun in a Net.
Seven Slovak films are heading to Belgrade and Vojvodina´s villages with the majority of Slovak inhabitants. The representative showcase Slovak Film Days will run from September 27 to Oct 1, 2016.
The Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia is held for the fourth time in four Australian cities. The festival starts on Sept 14 in Melbourne and then continues to Perth, Sydney and for the first time also to Canberra.
A representative showcase will offer the best of Slovak films from Czechoslovak New Wave. A collection of films curated by Jörg Fries and Olaf Möller will be screened in Zeughauskino – Deutsches historisches Museum in Berlin on September 20 – 30, 2016.
The 11th International Film Festival Cinematik (Sept 13 – 18, 2016) will feature several Slovak films in competitive sections of European fiction films and Slovak documentaries and two Slovak co-productions will be premiered in the non-competitive sidebar dedicated to domestic production.
Producers Lab Toronto (Sept 6 – 9, 2016), a co-production platform organized by European Film Promotion (EFP), will be held within the Toronto IFF for the seventh time. Slovak director, scriptwriter and producer Mira Fornay (MIRAFOX) is a part of this year´s thrilling selection of projects.
On Monday, August 15, the established coproduction platform CineLink Industry Days kicks off within the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival. This year, Slovakia and Czech Republic are proud to be Partner countries of this unique event! A strong delegation of 26 Czech and Slovak film professionals is heading to Sarajevo for four busy days to build ties with their Southeast European counterparts.