{"id":37703,"date":"2013-06-03T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&#038;p=37703"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:46:19","slug":"first-australian-czech-slovak-film-festival-launched-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/first-australian-czech-slovak-film-festival-launched-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"First Australian Czech &amp; Slovak Film Festival launched in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/AIC_foto\/festivaly_loga\/cz-sk-festival-australia.png\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" class=\"table\" \/><strong>On June 5, 2013, the first edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casffa.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech &amp; Slovak Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0will be launched, placing its venues to Melbourne, the second largest Australian city. The festival will be held until June 9, 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the framework of the opening, the Slovak classic <strong><em>The Sun in a Net <\/em><\/strong>(dir. \u0160tefan Uher, 1962) will be introduced in the prestigious cinema of the Melbourne Cinemath\u00e9que \u2013 ACMI, in a digitally restorated versio; the screening will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Slovak Film Institute. An article on the film was published at the Senses of Cinema film portal, its author is Peter Hourigan. The Festival will be officially opened by the co-production title <strong><em>In the Shadow <\/em><\/strong>(dir. David Ond\u0159\u00ed\u010dek, 2012).<\/p>\n<p>The program of the festival will also include several other successful Slovak titles \u2013 <em><strong>The House<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(dir. Zuzana Liov\u00e1, 2011), <strong><em>Alois Nebel<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(dir. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Lu\u0148\u00e1k, 2011), <strong><em>Identity Card<\/em><\/strong> (dir. Ond\u0159ej Trojan, 2010), <strong><em>Stones<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(dir. Katar\u00edna Kerekesov\u00e1, 2010),<strong><em> The Last Bus <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Martin Snopek &amp; Ivana Lau\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1) and a collection of Slovak animation shorts.<\/p>\n<p>The first Czech &amp; Slovak Film Festival was initiated and is organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casffa.com.au\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia Inc.<\/a> (CaSFFA), its curator and director is Cerise Howard, film critic and a collaborator of several film festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Co-organizers and partners are: Slovak Film Institute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mksr.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mzv.sk\/canberra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embassy of Slovak Republic in Canberra<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmcenter.cz\/cz\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech Film Centre \u2013 National Film Archive (NFA)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mzv.cz\/sydney\/cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consulate of the Czech Republic in Sydney<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.czechcentres.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech Centres<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournecinematheque.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinemath\u00e9que Melbourne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti)<br \/>\n<\/strong>CS | 90 min. | 1962 | fiction<br \/>\ndirector: \u0160tefan Uher<\/p>\n<p>05. 06. | 20:30 | ACMI Cinemas<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Shadow (V tieni)<br \/>\n<\/strong>CZ-US-PL-SK | 96 min. | 2012 | fiction<br \/>\ndirector: David Ond\u0159\u00ed\u010dek<\/p>\n<p>06. 06. | 18:00 | RMIT Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>The House (Dom)<br \/>\n<\/strong>SK \/ CZ | 100 min. | 2011 | fiction<br \/>\ndirector: Zuzana Liov\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>Preview film:<br \/>\n<strong>The Stones (Kamene)<br \/>\n<\/strong>SK | 26 min. | 2010 | animation<br \/>\ndirector: Katar\u00edna Kerekesov\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>09. 06. | 15:30 | RMIT Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Identity Card (Ob\u010diansky preukaz)<br \/>\n<\/strong>CZ \/ SK | 137 min. | 2010 | fiction<br \/>\ndirector: Ond\u0159ej Trojan<\/p>\n<p>08. 06. | 20:15 | RMIT Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slovak Animated Film (Slovensk\u00fd animovan\u00fd film)<\/strong><br \/>\nCS \u2013 selection of shorts | 1960-1980 | animation<br \/>\ndirector: r\u00f4zni<\/p>\n<p>within the CaSFFA on the Big Screen<\/p>\n<p>26. 05. | 14:00 | Federation Square<\/p>\n<p>More information at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casffa.com.au\/\">www.casffa.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5, 2013 the first edition of the Czech &amp; Slovak Film Festival will be launched, placing its venues to Melbourne, the second largest Australian city. 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