Slovak Films Far from Bratislava

Ten Slovak films will travel far from Bratislava at the end of November. A showcase New Slovak Cinema - Far from Bratislava (orig. NY SLOVAKISK FILM - LANGT FRA BRATISLAVA) will be held tin he DFI / Cinemateket, the Cinematheque of the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen on November 21 – 29, 2015.

The showcase aims to present to the Danish audiences a closer look at the Slovak reality of today; Far from Bratislava not only referring to the distance the films travelled from the Slovak to the Danish capital, but also to the stories taking place all over the country.

The opening film is the succesful roadmovie by Ivan Ostrochovský Koza (2015). Further representatives of contemporary Slovak cinema are: My Dog Killer (d. Mira Fornay, 2013) - taking place in a dead-end village and focuses on themes of rasism, xenofobia and intolerance; Velvet Terrorists (d. Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes, 2013) - about three men longing to become heroes and during 1980s, they decided to fight the communist regime in Czechoslovakia; Miracle (d. Juraj Lehotský, 2013) – about a teenage-girl sent to a re-education centre yearning for love, but is not allowed to love; Made in Ash (d. Iveta Grófová, 2013) - following a Romany girl, who leaves behind her family in Eastern Slovakia to become a textile factory worker in the border town of Ash; wave vs. shore (d. Martin Štrba, 2014) - a documentary about the extraordinary generation of Slovak photographers that got together at FAMU in Prague at the beginning of the 1980s; The Candidate (d. Jonáš Karásek, 2013) - Slovak box-office hit, thriller-comedy observing the manipulation and power of media that can influence a whole world. 
(1965)
The handpicked selection also features classic film titles: Peter Solan´s wonderful Czechoslovak New Wave film Before Tonight Is Over (1965) taking place in a luxury bar at High Tatras, Solan´s film will be accompanied by a short social–critical documentary comedy by Dušan Hanák Old Shatterhand Came to See Us (1966). Another Dušan Hanák´s film Pictures of the Old World (1972) will present beautiful and suggestive portraits of old people from the Slovak regions of Liptov and Orava who are able to enjoy their individual freedom even in the times of chaos and insecurity in the society and civilization.

A showcase New Slovak Cinema - Far From Bratislava in Copenhagen is organised by Slovak Film Institute and production company Arina and FRAME FILM, in collaboration with the Danish Film Institute and The Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Copenhagen. The event is supported by Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

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published: 16.11.2015
updated: 20.11.2015