{"id":37816,"date":"2014-10-01T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&p=37816"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:29:34","slug":"slovak-films-in-slovak-and-czech-cinemas","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/slovak-films-in-slovak-and-czech-cinemas\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak films in Slovak and Czech cinemas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In 2014, 24 domestic titles is expected to enter Slovak cinemas, a third of the amount during the last four months of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In September, features Children <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Jaro Vojtek) and In Silence <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Zden\u011bk Jir\u00e1sk\u00fd), minority co-production Places <\/span><\/strong>by Radim \u0160pa\u010dek and the feature documentary 38 <\/span><\/strong>by Daniel Dangl and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Zednikovi\u010d about the Slovak hockey player Pavol Demitra were premiered. The documentary, reaching 111 004 admissions, not only became the most successful documentary in the era of independent Slovakia, but also entered the TOP 10 chart of admissions since 1993, currently ranking No. 6 of the chart.<\/p>\n

In October, the first Slovak fairy tale since 2003 entered the cinemas \u2013 Love in Your Soul <\/span><\/strong><\/a>by Mariana \u010cengel Sol\u010dansk\u00e1, along with the feature documentary by Miro Remo \u2013 Comeback<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which had its world premiere in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary IFF.<\/p>\n

In November, two further feature documentaries are to be released in cinemas: wave vs. shore <\/span><\/strong>by the successful cinematographer and debuting director Martin \u0160trba and Salto Mortale<\/span><\/strong>, a feature debut by Anabela \u017digov\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Slovak short films were also distributed in 2014: animation films Fongopolis <\/span><\/strong>by Joanna Ko\u017euch is a pre-film for Nick Cave: 20 000 Days on Earth<\/span><\/strong> and Nina <\/span><\/strong>by Veronika Obertov\u00e1 and Michaela \u010cop\u00edkov\u00e1 screened before The White God<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"In 2014, a record number of 16 Slovak majority and minority productions are entering cinema distribution in the Czech Republic. After The Candidate<\/span><\/a>, Fair Play<\/span>, All My Children<\/span>, Eugenic Minds<\/span>, Velvet Terrorists<\/span>, GRADUATES\/ Freedom Is Not for Free<\/span>, Archbishop Bezak Adieu…<\/span>, Tomorrow Forever<\/span><\/strong> and Gottland<\/span><\/strong>, seven other titles are reaching Czech cinemas in the Autumn and Winter season: on September 18, the omnibus of ten directors Slovakia 2.0<\/span><\/strong> and the minority co-production Places<\/span><\/strong> by Radim \u0160pa\u010dek had their distribution premiere, and on October 16, In Silence<\/span><\/a>, Children <\/span><\/a><\/strong>and Felvidek. Caught in Between<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and a collection of Slovak short films were released.<\/p>\n

On October 23, the Slovak candidate for the Foreign Language Oscar, A Step Into the Dark<\/span><\/strong> by Miroslav Luther was premiered and December 4 is the date set for the release of Hostage <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(dir. Juraj Nvota). The latter will enter Slovak cinemas after its Czech premiere, on January 8, 2015.<\/p>\n

The greatest distributors of Slovak films in Czech Republic are Mirius FD<\/a> and CinemArt<\/a>. The latter prepared a travelling showcase of the most successful Slovak documentary, fiction and animation films for the second time, entitled Contemporary Slovak Film 2014. Within the showcase, features Children<\/span><\/a>, Felvidek. Caught in Between<\/span><\/a>, In Silence<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and the shorts Homo Ciris<\/span><\/strong> (dir. Jana Min\u00e1rikov\u00e1), tWINs <\/span><\/strong>(dir. Peter Budinsk\u00fd), The Star<\/span><\/strong> (dir. Andrej Kolen\u010d\u00edk), The Last Bus<\/span><\/strong> (dir. Ivana Lau\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 and Martin Snopek) and Tiger Fight <\/span><\/strong>(dir. Martin Repka), are introduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2014, 24 domestic titles is expected to enter Slovak cinemas, a third of the amount during the last four months of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43795,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"kategorie_noviniek":[1965,2038,2036,2037,2145,2151],"festival":[],"rok":[2167],"class_list":["post-37816","novinka","type-novinka","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_noviniek-aic","kategorie_noviniek-archive","kategorie_noviniek-english","kategorie_noviniek-news","kategorie_noviniek-prezentacia-en","kategorie_noviniek-slovak-cinema-at-home"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novinka\/37816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novinka"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/novinka"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_noviniek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_noviniek?post=37816"},{"taxonomy":"festival","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festival?post=37816"},{"taxonomy":"rok","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rok?post=37816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}