Four Slovak animated films — the feature-length puppet film Dukla and the short films Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!, Tourists, and Stones — will be presented in the programmes of prestigious film festivals.
At the 25th edition of the Tribeca Festival (June 3–14, 2026), the short animated film Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! by Andrea Szelesová will be presented in the programme Shorts: Whoopi’s Wonderful World of Animation, curated by EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg. It marks the first-ever Slovak (and Czech) short film included in the programme of this prestigious North American film festival.
The film by the Slovak animator had its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale. From New York, it will travel to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France (June 21-27, 2026), where it will compete in the Young Audiences section, dedicated to the youngest viewers (from toddlers to pre-teens), alongside nine other titles. The film is also screening these days at the Sydney Film Festival as part of the SFFTV programme.
The feature film Dukla, directed by Gejza Dezorz, will be presented as one of eight titles in the Grand Competition – Feature Film section. It is the first Slovak feature-length puppet film and is also remarkable for having been produced entirely in Slovakia. The film was produced by Slovak Motion Picture in co-production with Dezorz’s Puppet Theatre, Studio Dolina, and DPOH.
The short animated film Tourists by director Mária Kralovič, which had its world premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, will be screened at the prestigious Animafest Zagreb (June 8–13, 2026). Together with Annecy, it ranks among the most important festivals dedicated to animated film. The relationship drama is included, alongside 36 other titles, in the Grand Competition – Short Film section, which received more than 1,000 submissions. The film is currently also being presented in Italy (Short Film Competition at the CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival) and will screen in August at the Odense IFF in Denmark. Finally, the Slovak line-up is completed by Stones (2010), a short film by Katarína Kerekesová, which has been selected for the Theme: Music in Animation section, exploring the role of music in animated films.
