{"id":55558,"date":"2025-11-04T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&#038;p=55558"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:55:34","slug":"cottbus-2025","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/cottbus-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak Films at the Cottbus Film Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The program of the 35th Cottbus Film Festival (November 4 \u2013 9) will feature ten new and upcoming Slovak films.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the feature film section, the co-production <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/summer-school-2001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer School, 2001<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Du\u017ean Duong) will compete, while in the Youth Film U18 Competition the Slovak-majority film <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/promise-i-ll-be-fine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Promise, I\u2019ll Be Fine<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Katar\u00edna Gramatov\u00e1, pictured), along with the co-productions <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/broken-voices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Broken Voices<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Ond\u0159ej Provazn\u00edk) and <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/caravan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caravan<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Zuzana Kirchnerov\u00e1), will vie for the jury\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The non-competitive section Hits will showcase some of the most-watched titles since the founding of the Slovak Republic: <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/miki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MIKI<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/cernak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u010cern\u00e1k<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, both directed by Jakub Kroner. Among the ten films in the Ecoeast section is the short animated film <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/free-the-chickens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free the Chickens<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Mat\u00fa\u0161 Viz\u00e1r), which humorously portrays the hypocrisy of eco-activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For children, four films will be screened at the festival, including the feature-length animated film <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/living-large\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Living Large<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (dir. Kristina Dufkov\u00e1), which premiered last year at the Annecy festival. Finally, the Cottbus Masters section, showcasing works by directors who have previously presented at the festival and achieved international recognition, will give German audiences a chance to discover the story of the iconic Slovak singer through <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/duchon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ducho\u0148<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, directed by Peter Bebjak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/connecting-cottbus.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">connecting cottbus<\/a> industry program (November 5\u20137), the upcoming feature film <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/attention-whores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Attention Whores<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, currently being developed by director Alica Bedn\u00e1rikov\u00e1 at the La R\u00e9sidence screenwriting workshop in Paris, will be presented among the projects selected for cocoPITCH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information at:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmfestivalcottbus.de\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.filmfestivalcottbus.de\/en\/<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/connecting-cottbus.de\/\">https:\/\/connecting-cottbus.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program of the 35th Cottbus Film Festival (November 4 \u2013 9) will feature ten new and upcoming Slovak films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55557,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"kategorie_noviniek":[2145,2152],"festival":[],"rok":[],"class_list":["post-55558","novinka","type-novinka","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_noviniek-prezentacia-en","kategorie_noviniek-slovak-cinema-abroad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novinka\/55558","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\/55557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_noviniek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_noviniek?post=55558"},{"taxonomy":"festival","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festival?post=55558"},{"taxonomy":"rok","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rok?post=55558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}