goEast Wiesbaden (9. – 15. 4. 2014) introduces a spotlight on filmmaking in Slovakia.

The Slovak director Dušan Hanák will receive the prestigious Sofia Award at the 18th Sofia IFF in Bulgaria.  The award for Outstanding Contribution in Cinema is a joint initiative of Sofia Municipality and Sofia International Film Festival.

Czech Lions were ruling last weekend’s Czech film events. Burning Bush by Agniezska Holland won in almost all the categories it was nominated in. With its eleven Czech Lions, the film has became a new record.

Czech national film award Czech lion granted by Czech Film and Television has announced its nominations for the year 2013.

Black Nights Tallinn IFF 2013 (15. 11. – 1. 12. 2013) brings successful Slovak titles in the main programme and in its subfestivals, too.

Both the contemporary and archive Slovak cinema will be brought to Georgian audiences: the Slovak film showcase, entitled Made in Slovakia, will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia at the Amirani cinema during November 14 – 17, 2013. It will bring six full-length films and a collection of four shorts.

Normalization, the long-expected documentary feature debut by Robert Kirchhoff, began its festival career with three awards at significant documentary events.

Slovak cinema in focus at the 34th Noordelijk Film Festival (Nov 6 -10, 2013).

The 23rd edition of German Film Festival Cottbus (5. – 10. 11. 2013) will present five Slovak films in its programme.