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Year of the Widow
One phone call shakes Petra’s life from the ground up. Her husband’s fatal collapse causes Petra to become a widow from day to day. As she soon finds out, sadness and loneliness are not the only challenges she has to face.
Wishing on a Star
A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the […]
The Birdhill
Eva’s home is a small hill called Birdhill on the outskirts of Bratislava. During her childhood, it was still covered with historic vineyards of Maria Theresa and forest; today’s reality is cranes and excavators. In her film, she gets to know its current inhabitants and discovers that each of them lives and dreams a slightly […]
MIKI
In the 1990s post-communist Slovakia, former woods worker Miki takes his chances to start doing business at a local level and climb up the ladder to become the biggest mafia boss in the country.
Venus in Retrograde
Video footage shot by two sisters portrays their escape from the real world through their phone while living with their mother, who is escaping the same world but with the help of alcohol. Their nice memories are interwoven with the family’s struggles.
The Kavej
Two friends from Eastern Slovakia, Veronika and Klára, live and work in the capital city. After a long time they are forced to travel home to Prešov and Kysak, where they have to attend obligatory family and social events – a funeral and three weddings. However, more happens than anyone expected.
Lapilli
From sea flows through dark caverns to volcanic deserts. Lapilli is a personal reckoning that dives deep into the hard matter. Traversing through diverse rocky landscapes, director Paula Ďurinová deals with the sudden loss of her grandparents. An unexpected disappearance uncovers a new horizon. Strings of old autoharps now resonate in the gorge. Phases of […]
Actress
In this documentary portrait, Iva Janžurová – an icon of Czech film, television, and theatre – is seen through the sensitive eyes of her daughter.