This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 7 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and resilience of other inmates, they manage to escape. While the inmates they left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi officers, […]
Michael, a stand-up comedian, dreams big. Flying high, he quits his day job and hassles a new TV show to become a famous name in Slovakia. However unprepared for what is coming, his American niece and fresh college dropout Julia, seeking a new start in Europe, clips his wings and pulls him back into orbit.
Melody, Stella and Lucia are three women from three different countries; they all have their own view of life and have already given birth. The documentary Unseen captures their stories that open up the controversial topic of childbirth trauma that has been rejected by society. Showing actual births, the topic of trauma forms its true […]
In recent Slovak history, there’s scarcely any more significant a figure than Vladimír Mečiar. Director Tereza Nvotová approaches him from several different directions. One is an interview that she conducted with him face-to-face, another is his narrative monologue that presents Slovak history against the backdrop of his own family history, and finally through archival images […]
With hundred kilos on their backs they are facing storms, blizzards and deep snow. Their craft is not only a profession, but also their way to the calmness. In the documentary Freedom under Load we get to know the oldest generation of the porters in the High Tatras, who climb with supplies to the mountain […]
A local pub in a small town. It’s Monday and the bar is closed, the chairs are stacked upside down on the tables. The pub is empty except for six amateur actors sitting in a corner. They’ve met to rehearse “The Insect Play” by the Čapek brothers. On a raised platform across the room we […]
The marriage of Milan and Táňa Labát is going through a crisis. Their 16-year-old daughter Lenka takes their alienation very hard. But one night will change their lives forever. Lenka is celebrating her 16th birthday, but she never returns home. Milan decides to take the search for his daughter into his own hands. Filled with […]
A woman leaves her husband and two children without a word. She is impelled by an inexplicable force. She wants to be free. Nora leaves for Vienna where she meets a younger man but she has the impression that the environment, which is culturally close to her own country, does not provide her with sufficient […]
A story about a father and son concealed within one man. It is a story of taking stock of one’s life. Of humility and recovery. Of the renaissance of the soul. An exposed singer is the main hero of the story. His borderline conditions and several other circumstances land him in hospital. During the first […]