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Significant film titles from the Slovak archives will introduce themselves to the audiences of the Midnight Sun FF (June 10 \u2013 14, 2015)<\/a> in the Finnish country of Lapland, celebrating its 30th anniversary.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The film festival, which takes its name by the nights during which the sun does not fall behind the horizon, offers new successful films as well as timeless masterpieces of veteran filmmakers. The Slovak retrospective section entitled Master Class on Slovak Cinema will offer five titles: The Organ<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1964) by\u00a0\u0160tefan Uher, Before Tonight Is Over<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1965) by Peter Solan, Dragon’s Return <\/strong><\/em><\/a>(1967) by\u00a0Eduard Gre\u010dner,\u00a0Wild Lilies<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1972) by Elo Havetta and Pictures of the Old World<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1972) by Du\u0161an Han\u00e1k, a documentary. All film will be screen from 35 mm prints.<\/p>\n All Slovak films will be introduced by Olaf\u00a0M\u00f6ller, the curator of the archive selection. \u201eWhen people mention the Nov\u00e1 vlna, they usually talk only about Czech directors, many of which are well known to Sodankyl\u00e4 habitu\u00e9s – for example Ivan Passer, Milo\u0161 Forman. Yet: All things changing towards a cinema more modern, in synch with the New Waves happening between France and Japan, the Soviet Union and Brazil, began in the Slovak part of the CSSR, in 1963, with \u0160tefan Uher <\/em>Slnko v sieti \u2013 a title by now mostly forgotten (at least beyond the borders of the Slovak Republic). Unjustifiedly so. Personally speaking: I find the Slovak element(s) of the Nov\u00e1 vlna far more intriguing and inspiring than the Czech part,<\/em>\u201c M\u00f6ller says.<\/p>\n The Midnight Sun FF was founded in 1986 by Finnish filmmakers, including the Kaurism\u00e4ki brothers, and the Municipality of Sodankyl\u00e4. The village of Sodankyl\u00e4 is located in the heart of Finnish Lapland, some 120 kilometers above the Arctic Circle, where the sun doesn’t set at all in the summertime. \u201eThe atmosphere of the festival is one of the most unique in the whole world: the most fascinating film directors around the world, up-and-coming talents, the international audience and the inhabitants of Sodankyl\u00e4 meet under the midnight sun in a relaxed and informal spirit. Without any formal restraints, the festival is best characterised by its pure love for cinema. Films are shown in four venues for 24 hours a day, and the actual time is easily forgotten as the sun shines as brightly at 4 a.m. as it does at 4 p.m.,\u201c<\/em> the organizers describe the festival.<\/p>\n Masterclass on Slovak cinema<\/p>\n The Organ<\/strong><\/em> \/ June 10 \/ Wednesday \/ 22:45 \/ Koulu (School) The co-organizers of the Slovak section are the Slovak Film Institute<\/a> and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Helsinki<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nBefore Tonight Is <\/strong>Ove<\/strong>r<\/strong><\/em> \/ June 11 \/ Thrusday \/ 15:15 \/ Pieni teltta (Small tent)
\nDragon’s Return<\/strong><\/em> \/ June 12 \/ Friday \/ 15:15 \/ Pieni teltta (Small tent)
\nPictures From the Old World<\/strong><\/em> \/ June 13 \/ Saturday \/ 15:15 \/ Pieni teltta (Small tent)
\nWild Lillies<\/strong><\/em> \/ June 14 \/ Sunday \/ 15:15 \/ Pieni teltta (Small tent)<\/p>\n