{"id":37761,"date":"2014-04-26T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&p=37761"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:44:10","slug":"slovak-films-competing-at-finale-plzen-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/slovak-films-competing-at-finale-plzen-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak films competing at Fin\u00e1le Plze\u0148 for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

In its 27th<\/sup> edition, Fin\u00e1le Plze\u0148<\/a> (April 27 \u2013 May 3, 2014, Pilsen, Czech Republic), traditional festival of Czech films, opens its gates also to Slovak films. Slovak films entered the competition for the main award \u2013 the Golden Kingfisher, in all three competition sections, as well as in the new competition of Czech and Slovak TV formats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Main Jury will be presided by Juraj Herz, renowned Slovak film director, active in the Czech Republic as well as in Germany. The festival also dedicates a tribute to Juraj Herz on the occasion of his 80th birthday screening his Slovak-made film The Sweet Games of Past Summer<\/strong><\/em> (Sladk\u00e9 hry minul\u00e9ho leta) from 1969.<\/p>\n

The Industry Days of the festival present a ZOOM section dedicated to Slovenia.\u00a0In connection\u00a0with expanding the competition sections with Slovak production, the festival presents a long-term collaboration of three national film\u00a0institutions: Czech Film Center<\/a>, Slovak Film Institute and Slovenian Film Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Czech and Slovak feature films in competition: Slovak selection 2014
\nFine, Thanks <\/em><\/a><\/strong>(dir. M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Prikler, SK 2013, 134 min)
\nLove Me or Leave Me<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(dir. Mariana \u010cengel Sol\u010dansk\u00e1, SK 2013, 95 min)
\nMiracle <\/strong><\/em><\/a>(dir. Juraj Lehotsk\u00fd, SK-CZ, 78 min)<\/p>\n

Slovak minority co-productions:
\nClownwise<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(dir. Viktor Tau\u0161, CZ\u2013SK\u2013LU\u2013FI, 120 min)
\nHoneymoon<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(dir. Jan H\u0159ebejk, CZ-SK, 97 min)
\nColette <\/strong><\/em><\/a>(dir. Milan Cieslar, CZ-SK, 120 min)
\nLike Never Before<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (dir. Zden\u011bk Tyc, CZ-SK 100 min)<\/p>\n

Out of Competition entries:
\nThe Candidate <\/em><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Jon\u00e1\u0161 Kar\u00e1sek, SK-CZ 2013, 105 min)
\nCyril and Methodius \u2013 The Apostels of the Slavs <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Petr Nikolaev, CZ-SK 2013, 85 min)
\nThe Blacksmith from Woodham <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Pavel G\u00f6bl, CZ-SK 2013, 85 min)
\nLike Baby Jesus?<\/em><\/strong> (dir. Lenka Kny, CZ-SK-MX 2013, 100 min)<\/p>\n

New Czech and Slovak documentary films in competition: Slovak selection 2014
\nMiner’s Bread <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Roman F\u00e1bian, SK 2013, 60 min)
\nEugenic Minds <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Pavel \u0160tingl, CZ-SK 2013, 76 min)
\nNormalization <\/em><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Robert Kirchhoff, SK-CZ 2013, 100 min)
\nNew Life of Family Album <\/em><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Adam O\u013eha, CZ-SK 2012, 77 min)
\nVelvet Terrorists<\/em><\/strong> (dir. Pavol Pekar\u010d\u00edk, Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd, Peter Kerekes, SK-CZ-HR , 87 min)<\/p>\n

For the newly-introduced competition of Czech and Slovak TV formats, altogether five Slovak TV programs were selected (3 in Comedy section, 2 in Drama section): one from the offer of the Slovak national broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia, and 4 from the commercial TV channel JOJ.<\/p>\n

More information at: http:\/\/www.festivalfinale.cz\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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