On a cold February morning, 12-year-old Niki and his family arrive at the Kharkiv metro station to take shelter from the terrifying war raging outside. For Niki’s family, daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and the boy is not allowed to leave the station premises, living under the constant glow of their neon lights. While […]
The Brahmaputra, Karnali, and Colorado Rivers are fascinating for many river runners. Particularly, the Colorado River stands out as a unique stage where whitewater rapids unravel Earth’s ancient history. Within its wild water, it stirs up cherished memories of a dear friend, whose passion for discovering the mysteries of great rivers inspired many.
Eduard Grečner. Film director, dramaturge, publicist and poet. A talented filmmaker with precise artistic goals which, due to circumstances and the times, he was not always able to realise. Reflections on the ideological and aesthetic starting points he consecutively followed during his creative career, [as well as] on the meaning and mission of art and […]
It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab – who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. […]
Post-war Eastern Europe. Young Eliáš and his dad, both disguised as women, run to find Eliáš’s mother through a strangely dystopian landscape where people are filled only with frustration and fear. In order for the boy to keep his childhood ideals and become a real sensitive person, he has to face this cruel world of […]
This movie as a romance comedy tells a story of two mature people from completely different backgrounds, who handle their life path after their kids have grown up and their marriage has gone through a break-up. The story is set in an attractive community of rock climbers whose microworld is tightly connected with Slovak mountains, […]
The story of the friendship between Silvester Krčméry and Vladimír Jukl, who were known as the “generals of the secret church”. They founded “hobby groups”, small islands of freedom where people could think and believe freely during totalitarianism. They were already critical of The First Slovak Republic. After the advent of communism, they were persecuted […]
Romy is a brave little girl. She has a budgie called Mimi and Mimi got lost. Romy’s determination to find her budgie brings Romy out into the ancient woods where she meets all sorts of every day characters, each with their own story. She’ll not only make new friends along the way, but mainly she […]
Five short stories about love and relationships set on a park bench.