The Slovak nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts (AMPAS), also known as Oscar, is A Step into the Dark by Miloslav Luther.
The submission for the Oscars Foreign Language Category is based on the voting of the members of the Slovak Film and Television Academy. SFTA members have chosen Luther´s film from the films which fulfilled the AMPAS conditions, as follows:
Velvet Terrorists (directors: Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes)
The Candidate (director: Jonáš Karásek)
Indian Summer (director: Gejza Dezorz)
All My Children (director: Ladislav Kaboš)
Arcibishop Bezák. Adieu (director: Oľga Záblacká)
Square in a Cirle or Life between Escapes and Dreams (director: Ľubomír Štecko)
The Edge – 4 films about Marek Brezovský (director: Patrik Lančarič)
Felvidek: Caught in Between (director: Vladislava Plančíková)
Slovakia 2.0 (directors: Juraj Herz, Martin Šulík, Peter Kerekes, Zuzana Liová, Mišo Suchý, Ondrej Rudavský, Peter Krištúfek, Viera Čákanyová, Miro Jelok, Iveta Grófová)
danubeStory I. – II. (directors: Jana Čavojská, Vladimír Kampf)
A Step into the Dark (director: Miloslav Luther)
First Slovak Horror (director: Róbert Slovák)
38 (directosr: Dano Dangl, Lukáš Zednikovič)
In Silence (director: Zdeněk Jiráský)
In addition, A Step into the Dark is also the SFTA´s national submission for this year’s EFA Awards. Participation of Slovak films and SFTA in the Oscars Foreign Language Category selection process is supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.
SK | 2014 | 120 min. | fiction
A historical drama about a young doctor who cannot cope with his bloody past. During the war he had to pass a cruel sentence. A few years later, he refuses to take a career opportunity and succumbs to passion in an extramarital relationship. Hist steps lead to unexpected consequences.
Director: Miloslav Luther
Cast: Marko Igonda, Monika Haasová, Kristýna Lišková-Boková, Attila Mokos, Miroslav Donutil
Production: TRIGON PRODUCTION (SK), Radio and Television of Slovakia (SK)
Slovak premiere: June 12, 2014
International premiere: Montreal World Film Festival 2014
Producer:
TRIGON PRODUCTION / Patrik Pašš
patrik.pass@trigon-production.sk
http://www.trigon-production.sk/
Festivals and sales:
Iveta Pospíšilová
+421 917 231 374
pospisilova@trigon-production.sk
www.trigon-production.sk
Miloslav Luther (*1945)
Miloslav Luther has graduated from feature film directing at FAMU Prague. He has directed numerous films, TV series and dramas, which have been awarded on an international as well as national level, e.g.: Prix Europe Berlin, Critics‘ prize for Best Directing ITF Shanghai, Silver Nymph and award for Directing Cino del Duca at the ITF Monte Carlo, International Jury Award at the IFF Karlovy Vary and others.
He is a chairman of the board of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. He is a chairman of the board of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.
Filmography:
2009: Mosquitoe’s Tango
2002: Escape to Buda
1993: Angel of Mercy
1991: Try to Embrace Me
1990: Witness of the Dying Time
1989: A Path Across Danube
1988: Bit Part
1986: Mahuliena, the Golden Maid
1985: Forget Mozart
1984: King Blackbird
More information at:
www.sfta.sk
www.oscars.org
