The Slovak film Only Beautiful Things to Look At has been selected for the shortlist of 68 feature films for the 39th European Film Awards, following a vote by the European Film Academy Board and invited European experts.

The Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) has selected Flood by Martin Gonda as Slovakia’s national candidate for the 99th Academy Awards (AMPAS) in the Best International Feature Film category.

Seven Slovak short films directed exclusively by women will be presented at the 67th edition of the BRNO16 International Film Festival (14–18 October 2026).

Three Slovak co-productions will be presented at the 40th edition of Cinekid Festival (10–25 October 2026), one of the largest and most highly regarded film festivals dedicated to children and young audiences.

The 14th edition of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia (CaSFFA) has begun. Running from 9 October to 15 November 2026, the festival will travel to three cities: starting in Melbourne, moving on to Adelaide, and finishing in Brisbane.

The One World International Documentary Film Festival will present multiple new Slovak documentaries to audiences in Bratislava. The 27th edition of the festival will take place from October 20 to 25, 2026.

The 21st edition of Cinematik International Film Festival will take place in Piešťany from September 8 to 13, 2026. Its programme will feature two Slovak classics – Juraj Jakubisko’s feature-length debut The Prime of Life and the short animated film Penguin by Vladimír Popovič and Veronika Margótsyová – as well as over 20 contemporary Slovak films, including two co-produced by the Slovak Film Institute: Life or Film by Marek Šulík and Juraj Johanides, and Igor and After by Ivan Ostrochovský.

The 4 živly Summer Film Festival will be held in Banská Štiavnica for the 28th time on August 6-9, 2026 with the main theme being Generations. Despite the shortened programme, the audience can look forward to many Slovak films.

In the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, from October 17 to November 2, the Filmoteca Capitólio will host a showcase titled Heroines of Czechoslovak Film. The event will feature more than forty classic feature and short films that highlight the presence of women in Czech and Slovak cinema. Representing Slovak cinematography at the showcase will be the first lady of animated filmmaking, Jaroslava Havettová.

The prestigious Lumière Festival in Lyon is one of the most important events dedicated to presenting films from the golden treasury of world cinema. Several Slovak films have already been presented at this festival in the past; this year, Slovak cinema will be represented by the digitally restored film The Bells for the Barefooted (1965) […]

As part of Ireland’s annual Culture Night, celebrating its 20th anniversary on 19 September 2025, twelve Slovak short animated films will be presented online under the title Slovak Animated Shorts. Thanks to a curated selection by the Slovak Film Institute (SFI), audiences will have the opportunity to explore the history of Slovak animation and view […]