{"id":59885,"date":"2026-11-12T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/novinky\/idfa-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:50:37","slug":"idfa-2026","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/idfa-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak films and filmmakers featured at IDFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Programme of the upcoming International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)<\/a> includes the Slovak co-production If Pigeons Turned to Gold<\/a><\/em>. Additionally, the film Love Exposed<\/a><\/em> will be presented at the festival market, while Krist\u00edna Leidenfrostov\u00e1 and Eva Sajanov\u00e1 will participate in the IDFAcademy training programme. The 39th edition of IDFA takes place from November 12 to 22, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Pigeons Turned to Gold<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, directed by Pepa Lubojacki, stands out as one of the most notable documentaries of the year \u2013 earning it a spot in the Best of Fests section in Amsterdam. This personal and formally inventive film, which captures director\u2019s family struggle with addiction, was produced in co-production with gu\u010da films (read an interview with the film’s co-producer Matej Sotn\u00edk<\/a><\/strong>). Upon its premiere in Berlin, it won<\/a><\/strong> Berlinale Documentary Award and the Caligari Film Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filip Remunda\u2019s new film, Love Exposed<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, co-produced by the Slovak company kerekesfilm, is featured in the Docs for Sale catalogue. The film, which explores the relationship between the renowned Czech photographer Vlastimil Kula and his daughter, film editor Blanka Kulov\u00e1, premiered at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival<\/a><\/strong>, where it won the award for Best Documentary Film in the Visegrad Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Slovak emerging directors will take part in the IDFAcademy educational and networking programme. Krist\u00edna Leidenfrostov\u00e1 is currently completing her feature-length debut, Raid<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which examines the impact of police violence on the Roma population. Eva Sajanov\u00e1 made the successful short film How to Listen to Fountains<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which won<\/a><\/strong> the main prize in the Nest section at last year\u2019s San Sebasti\u00e1n IFF. She is currently completing the short film She Just Walked into the Room and She Doesn\u2019t Know Why She Did It<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which won the main prize at the Bratislava Industry Days<\/strong><\/a> in March. The Slovak Film Institute is a long-standing partner of IDFAcademy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information can be found on the IDFA festival website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Programme of the upcoming International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) includes the Slovak co-production If Pigeons Turned to Gold. Additionally, the film Love Exposed will be presented at the festival market, while Krist\u00edna Leidenfrostov\u00e1 and Eva Sajanov\u00e1 will participate in the IDFAcademy training programme. The 39th edition of IDFA takes place from November 12 to 22, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56938,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"kategorie_noviniek":[2145,2152],"festival":[],"rok":[],"class_list":["post-59885","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\/59885","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\/56938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_noviniek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_noviniek?post=59885"},{"taxonomy":"festival","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festival?post=59885"},{"taxonomy":"rok","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rok?post=59885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}