Slovak films have a busy spring ahead: during April, they will be presented to audiences at various events – from the 12th Rome Independent Film Festival, 20th Titanic IFF in Budapest, 13th goEast Wiesbaden FF and Disappearing Act V, to the 10th Crossing Europe FF in Linz, 20th IFAF Stuttgart and 20th Hot Docs Toronto.
►12th RIFF (April 3 – 11, 2013)
►20th Titanic IFF Budapest (April 5 – 13, 2013)
►13th goEast Wiesbaden (April 10 – 16, 2013)
►Disappearing Act V (April 10 – 21, 2013)
►10th Crossing Europe Linz (April 23 – 28, 2013)
►20th MF animovaných filmov Stuttgart (April 23 – 28, 2013)
►20th Hot Docs Toronto (April 25, – May 5, 2013)
12th Rome Independent Film Festival (April 3 – 11, 2013)
Two Slovak films will be presented in Rome – the Feature Film Competition will presented the co-production title DONT STOP by Richard Řeřicha and Momo by Teodor Kuhn will compete in the Student Short Film section.
Feature Film Competition
DONT STOP (DONT STOP)
CZ, SK | 98 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Richard Řeřicha
April 6 | 22:20 | SALA 1
Student Short Film Competition
Momo (Momo)
SK | 30 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Teodor Kuhn
April 9 | 16:40 | SALA 1
20th Titanic IFF Budapest (April 5 – 13, 2013)
Two Slovak films will compete in the Competition section of the Hungarian festival Titanic, both of them Rotterdam IFF-world premiered – My Dog Killer (by Mira Fornay) and Fine, Thanks (by Mátyás Prikler). The Staropramen Beer Snacks section will feature co-production titles Lidice (by Petr Nikolaev) and In the Shadow (by David Ondříček).
Competition
Fine, Thanks (Ďakujem, dobre)
SK | 134 min. | 2013 | fiction
director: Mátyás Prikler
April 7 | 16:30 | Puskin
April 10 | 18:45 | Uránia National Film Theatre
My Dog Killer (Môj pes Killer)
SK, CZ | 90 min. | 2013 | fiction
director: Mira Fornay
April 7 | 19:00 | Uránia National Film Theatre
April 12 | 19:00 | Puskin
Staropramen Beer Snacks
Lidice (Lidice)
CZ, SK | 126 min. | 2011 | fiction
director: Petr Nikolaev
April 5 | 21:00 | Uránia National Film Theatre
April 12 | 10:30 | Uránia National Film Theatre – Csortos Screen
In the Shadow (V tieni)
CZ, PL, SK, US, IL | 96 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: David Ondříček
April 8 | 21:00 | Uránia National Film Theatre
April 11 | 10:30 | Uránia National Film Theatre
13th GoEast Wiesbaden (April 10 – 16, 2013)
Four films will be screened in the program of the Central and Eastern European-focused festival in Wiesbaden, Germany. Director Juraj Krasnohorský will personally present his film Tigers in the City in the Beyond Belonging section. Peter Bebjak’s Evil and Władysław Pasikowski’s Aftermath will be screened within the Highlights section, a section focused on genre films connected to number 13. The Special section will offer the co-production family film The Blue Tiger by Petr Oukropec and Bohdan Sláma.
Beyond Belonging
Tigers in the City (Tigre v meste)
SK | 90 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Juraj Krasnohorský
April 11 | 18:00 | Alpha
April 13 | 14:00 | Alpha
Highlights
Zlo (Evil)
SK | 80 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Peter Bebjak
April 12 | 22:00 | Festivalzentrum
April 13 | 22:00 | Festivalzentrum
Aftermath (Dozvuky)
PL, NL, RU, SK | 107 min. | fiction
director: Władysław Pasikowski
April 14 | 20:00 | Alpha
April 15 | 20:15 | Programmkino Rex, DA
Specials
The Blue Tiger (Modrý tiger)
CZ, DE, SK | 90 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Petr Oukropec, Bohdan Sláma
April 14 | 09:00 | Caligari
Disappearing Act V (April 10 – 21, 2013)
DAV will present 24 contemporary films from 24 European countries, including Iveta Grófová’s Made in Ash, the Karlovy Vary IFF’s East of the West opening film.
Made in Ash (Až do mesta Aš)
SK, CZ | 82 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Iveta Grófová
April 13 | 17:30 | Bohemian National Hall
10th Crossing Europe Linz (April 23 – 28, 2013)
Crossing Europe, celebrating its 10th anniversary, offers author films of the young European generation. The Competition section will include Made in Ash, personally introduced by the director Iveta Grófová and the cinematographer Viera Bačíková and the Working Worlds section will present the Graduates – Freedom Is Not for Free documentary by director Tomáš Krupa. He will introduce the film personally, as well.
Competition
Made in Ash (Až do mesta Aš)
SK, CZ | 82 min. | 2012 | fiction
director: Iveta Grófová
April 25 | 17:45 | Movie 1
April 28 | 12:00 | Movie 1
Working Worlds
Graduates – Freedom Is Not for Free (Absolventi – Sloboda nie je zadarmo)
SK | 83 min. | 2012 | documentary
director: Tomáš Krupa
April 26 | 16:00 | City 2
April 27 | 13:30 | City 2
20th IF of Animated Films Stuttgart (April 23 – 24, 2013)
The prestigious festival of animation film will screen the new projekt of Slovak animator Katarína Kerekesová – the Tricks for Kids section will present her new animation children TV series Mimi and Liza.
Tricks for Kids
Mimi and Lisa (Mimi a Líza)
SK | 2013 | animation
director: Katarína Kerekesová
20th Hot Docs Toronto (April 25 – May 5, 2013)
The FAMU graduate’s personal documentary – New Life of Family Album by Adam Oľha will represent Slovak cinema in the World Showcase section of the significant Hot Docs Toronto film festival. The director will present the film personally.
World Showcase
New Life of Family Album (Nový život)
CZ, SK | 77 min. | 2012 | documentary
director: Adam Oľha
May 1 | 18:00 | Scotiabank 3
May 3 | 19:00 | Scotiabank 4
More information at:
www.riff.it
www.filmfestival-goeast.de
www.disappearingact.org
www.crossingeurope.at
www.hotdocs.ca
