{"id":37863,"date":"2015-06-22T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&#038;p=37863"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:23:39","slug":"first-edition-of-the-visegrad-film-festival-to-focus-on-slovak-cinema","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/first-edition-of-the-visegrad-film-festival-to-focus-on-slovak-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"First edition of the Visegrad Film Festival to focus on Slovak cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/AIC_foto\/visegrad-ff-cork-15.bmp\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" class=\"table\" \/><strong>The Irish city of Cork will host the 1st edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/visegradfilmfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visegrad Film Festival<\/a>, a festival focusing on the film production in the V4 countries, June 24 \u2013 28, 2015. The programme will present a wide range of Slovak films, including titles of the Slovak classics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opening film of the festival is the first Slovak feature \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/eshop\/dvd\/janosik-1921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>J\u00e1no\u0161\u00edk<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1921), a silent film by Jaroslav Siake\u013e, which will be accompanied by live music provided by the Non Toxic Orchestra. Classics such as <a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/eshop\/blu-ray\/blu-ray-obrazy-stareho-sveta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Pictures of the Old World<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1972) by Du\u0161an Han\u00e1k, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/eshop\/dvd\/vtackovia-siroty-a-blazni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Birdies, Orphans and Fools<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1969) by Juraj Jakubisko and <a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/eshop\/dvd\/styridsatstyrii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Forty-Four Mutineers<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1957) by Pa\u013eo Bielik will be also screened.<\/p>\n<p>The contemporary cinema will be represented by a selection of fiction and documentary films, as well as a collection of shorts:<strong><em><br \/>\nThe Candidate<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Jon\u00e1\u0161 Kar\u00e1sek<br \/>\n<strong><em>Socialistic Zombie Mord<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Rastislav Bla\u017eek, Zuzana Paulini, Peter \u010cerm\u00e1k<br \/>\n<strong><em>Felvid\u00e9k. Caught in Between<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Vladislava Plan\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1<br \/>\n<strong><em>Bells of Happiness<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Jana Bu\u010dka, Marek \u0160ul\u00edk<\/p>\n<p>Shorts:<br \/>\n<strong><em>tWINs<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Peter Budinsk\u00fd<br \/>\n<strong><em>The Pandas<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Mat\u00fa\u0161 Viz\u00e1r<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/nina-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Nina<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, dir. Veronika Obertov\u00e1, Michaela \u010cop\u00edkov\u00e1<br \/>\n<strong><em>Fongopolis<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Joanna Ko\u017cuch<br \/>\n<strong><em>Pictures<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Andrej Danoczi<br \/>\n<strong><em>Momo<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Teodor Kuhn<br \/>\n<strong><em>25km<sup>2<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>, dir. Janka Min\u00e1rikov\u00e1<br \/>\n<strong><em>Arsy-versy<\/em><\/strong>, dir. Miro Remo<\/p>\n<p>The Czech programme of the festival will feature the co-production omnibus documentary film <strong><em>Gottland<\/em><\/strong>, co-directed by Viera \u010c\u00e1kanyov\u00e1, an up-and-coming Slovak documentary filmmaker and editor.<\/p>\n<p>The festival takes place in the Deja View Club, at the Camden Palace Hotel in Cork, and is organized by the Camden Quay Community Arts Centre Limited, already\u00a0experienced with film evening screenings of Slovak, Czech, Hungarian and Polish cinematography. After the intensive festival week, the\u00a0Centre will continue with the screenings during the whole year. One of the main organizers of the festival is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mzv.sk\/dublin\">Slovak Embassy in Dublin<\/a>. Partners and <a href=\"http:\/\/visegradfilmfestival.com\/2015\/05\/22\/find-out-more\/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-organizers of the Slovak participation at the festival<\/a>\u00a0are EEE, Slovak Film Institute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsmu.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">V\u0160MU<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmtopia.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FILMTOPIA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinecko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kine\u010dko<\/a>\u00a0magazine. The event was financially supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/visegradfund.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Visegrad Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Irish city of Cork will host the 1st edition of the Visegrad Film Festival, a festival focusing on the film production in the V4 countries, June 24 \u2013 28, 2015. 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