Slovak films will finish April with a significant festival presence – they will be available at the 21st Hot Docs in Toronto, 11th Crossing Europe in Linz and 6th PriFilmFest in Prishtina.
The successful documentary Velvet Terrorists by the director trio Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes, which received awards at festivals both in Karlovy Vary and Berlin, will be also presented at the prestigious documentary festival 21st Hot Docs (April 24 – May 4, 2014) in Toronte. In a North American premiere, the will be shown within the World Showcase section and will be personally introduced by director Pavol Pekarčík.
World Showcase
Velvet Terrorists (Zamatoví teroristi)
SK/CZ/HR – 2013 – 87 min. – documentary
directors: Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes
April 26 ꟾ Saturday ꟾ 18:30 ꟾ Scotiabank Theatre 3
April 27 ꟾ Sunday ꟾ 16:30 ꟾ ROM TheatreSun
May 3 ꟾ Saturday ꟾ 21:30 ꟾ Hart House Theatre
Another successful documentary, which was awarded in Jihlava and Leipzig during the autumn of 2013 – Normalization by Robert Kirchhoff, will be introduced at the 11. Crossing Europe (April 25 – 30, 2014) festival in Linzi. The film will be personally presented by the director Robert Kirchhoff in the European Panorama Documentary section.
European Panorama Documentary
Normalization (Kauza Cervanová)
SK/CZ – 2013 – 100 min. – documentary
director: Robert Kirchhoff
April 26 ꟾ Saturday ꟾ 11:00 > Movie 2
April 27 ꟾ Sunday ꟾ 16:00 > Movie 2
A significant presence of Slovak films is marked for the upcmoing 6. PriFilmFest (April 25 – May 2, 2014) in Prishtina. The European Film Competition will feature the debut fiction by Juraj Lehotský Miracle, which added a new award from Vilnius to its award list and the mentioned documentary Velvet Terrorists by Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and Peter Kerekes, which was internationally premiered in Berlin. The Middle Length Competition Programme will include The Exhibition by directors Andrej Kolenčík a Peter Begányi.
European Film Competition
Miracle (Zázrak)
SK/CZ – 2013 – 78 min. – fiction
director: Juraj Lehotský
April 30 ꟾ Wednesday ꟾ 15:00 ꟾ National Theater, Main Hall
Velvet Terrorists (Zamatoví teroristi)
SK/CZ/HR – 2013 – 87 min. – documentary
directors: Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes
April 29 ꟾ Tuesday ꟾ 13:00 ꟾ National Theater, Main Hall
Middle Length Competition Programme
The Exhibition (Výstava)
SK – 2013 – 35 min. – fiction
director: Andrej Kolenčík, Peter Begányi
April 27 ꟾ Sunday ꟾ 13:00 ꟾ National Theater, Main Hall
More information at:
http://www.hotdocs.ca/
http://www.crossingeurope.at/
http://www.prifest.org/
