goEast Wiesbaden (April 9 – 15, 2014) introduces a spotlight on filmmaking in Slovakia.
Five Slovak feature films as well as a short film programme will be presented within the 14th edition of the festival in the Focus Slovakia and Beyond Belonging sections. In addition, a panel discussion, with the title Slovak Cinema Now will examine the various streams in Slovak cinema and the societal, political and social influences that confront filmmakers and the national film industry.
Within East West Talent Lab, programme of training and support for young filmmakers, the panel discussion Funding for Short Films, Documentaries and Video Art will provides information on possible sources of funding in Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The Lab also includes a Pitching Session with 16 short film projects (fiction, documentary, experimental) competing for the goEast Development Award worth 3,500 euros, among them the Slovak participant, The Taster by Michal Baláž.
The panel discussion Slovak Cinema Now will contribute to the Slovak focus with a discussion of currents and tendencies as well as political and societal influences confronting directors and the country’s film industry. Martin Blaney and the speakers (Alexandra Strelková, Slovak Film Institute, Eva Križková, film critic, Zuzana Liová, director and Peter Badač, producer) will be exploring the perspective of Slovak cinema against the background of a process of social transformation extending into the present day.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 ꟾ 19:00 ꟾ Caligari Kino ꟾ within the opening ceremony of the festival
Old Shatterhand Came to See Us (Prišiel k nám Old Shatterhand)
CS – 13 min. – 1966 – documentary
director: Dušan Hanák
Friday April 11, 2014 ꟾ 09:00 ꟾ Caligari Kino
Freckled Max And The Ghosts (Pehavý Max a strašidlá)
CS – 96 min. – 1987 – fiction
director: Juraj Jakubisko
section: School Film Days
Friday April 11, 2014 ꟾ 14:00 – 15:30
East West Talent Lab – presentations about funding possibilites of short, experimental films and documentaries in Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech republic and Germany
Saturday April 12, 2014 ꟾ 16:00 ꟾ Alpha Kino
Before Tonight Is Over (Kým sa skončí táto noc)
CS – 91 min. – 1965 – fiction
director: Peter Solan
section: Focus Slovakia
Sunday April 13, 2014 ꟾ 22:00 ꟾ Caligari Kino
Slovak shorts
Homo Ciris (Homo Ciris)
SK – 21 min. – 2013 – fiction
director: Jana Mináriková
The Pandas (Pandy)
CZ / SK – 12 min. – 2013 – documentary
director: Matúš Vizár
The Exhibition (Výstava)
SK – 35 min. – 2013 – fiction
director: Andrej Kolenčík, Peter Begányi
The Snow (Sneh)
SK/FR – 18 min. – 2013 – animation
director: Ivana Šebestová
section: Focus Slovakia
Sunday April 13, 2014 ꟾ 14:00 ꟾ Murnau
The City of the Sun (Slnečný štát)
CZ/SK – 95 min. – 2005 – fiction
director: Martin Šulík
section: Beyond Belonging
Monday April 14, 2014 ꟾ 10:00 ꟾ Festivalzentrum
Pitching forum goEast Development
films: short, experimental, documentary
Monday April 14, 2014 ꟾ 16:00 ꟾ Festivalzentrum
Téma: Slovak Cinema Now
Speakers: Alexandra Strelková, director of National Cinematographic Centre of Slovakia, Zuzana Liová, director, Peter Badač, producer, Eva Križková, film critic
Moderator: Martin Blaney, film critic
April 14, 2014 ꟾ 18:00 ꟾ Alpha Kino
The House (Dom)
SK/CZ – 100 min. – 2011 – fiction
director: Zuzana Liová
section: Focus Slovakia
Monday April 14, 2014 ꟾ 20:00 ꟾ Alpha Kino
Velvet Terrorists (Zamatoví teroristi)
SK/CZ/HR – 87 min. – 2013 – documentary
director: P. Pekarčík, I. Ostrochovský, P. Kerekes
section: Beyond Belonging
Focus on Slovak Cinema is co-organized by the Slovak Film Institute, with financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, and represents a part of the greater Slovak focus under the title Slovak Cultural Days, organized by the Honorary Consul of Slovakia Mr. Imrich Donath, under the auspices of UNESCO and in collaboration with the Slovak Embassy and Slovak Cultural Institute in Berlin.
More information at:
http://www.filmfestival-goeast.de/
http://www.slowakische-kulturtage.de/
