A suspense historical-political docu drama that bring out the most successful Czechoslovak Communist Secret Service (ŠTB) OPERATION MONACO. After the communist Prague Coup in 1948, É. Manac’h became the French General Consul in Bratislava. ŠTB blackmailed the consulate administrator, forcing him to handing over secret documents that were later used to accuse the Consul’s friends […]
In a country where an average of four cars vanish each night, you can never be certain that your vehicle won’t be part of the statistics by morning. The true-crime documentary Car Gangs offers a unique glimpse into the world of Slovak car thieves. It explores car theft from the perspectives of the thieves, their […]
In one of Slovakia’s largest Roma settlements, everyday survival meets unexpected dreams. Dezider and Lavor fight to bring order into chaos, Broskva refuses tradition and aims to become a car mechanic, and young runner Dany chases freedom with every step. City of Dreams reveals raw hardship, disarming humor and surprising hope in a place the […]
The documentary film Via Slovakia tells the story of an extraordinary tourist, Slavomír Duchovič, who, in 82 days, covered the longest tourist route in our country, over 1,870 km along the borders of Slovakia. On the way, he experiences crises, reaches the bottom of his strength, has to overcome his fears, but he always gets […]
Ľuboš has insight, he has his own opinion and he doesn’t trust the media, who seek only after profit and never write the truth. Ľuboš is one of the few who has kept his “common” sense. That is why he has to endure the fate of a man who has revealed secret facts about what […]
The film focuses on the events surrounding the honoris causa doctorate awarded to Alexander Dubček by the University of Bologna in 1988. Dubček travelled to Italy to be present in person at the ceremony. The main protagonists are the State Security agents who represent the machinery driven by the highest political positions, having kept Dubček […]
The Impossible Voyage is a special effects film depicting the life story of M. R. Štefánik. With only a slight exaggeration, we could call the film a documentary as made by Georges Méliès. It takes an unusual approach to an original narrative form, highlighted by a distinctive artistic style and animation. The film tells the […]
They were exiled by war. They lost everything. Abroad they have started from zero, without anyone’s help. The story about temperate community of exiles from former Yugoslavia, living in Slovakia, shows us destiny, nostalgia, but also the tenacious striving to built home and decent life.
A docu-drama about Zuzana Mináčová, the 84-year old photographer who was present at the birth of Slovak film. Her pictures of film stars have literally become legendary. However, for many years she did not allow even her nearest and dearest to view her terrible memories of the past and the years spent in a concentration […]