Slovak films at April festivals

Slovak films have a busy spring ahead: during April, they will be presented to audiences at various events - from the 12th Rome Independent Film Festival, 20th Titanic IFF in Budapest, 13th goEast Wiesbaden FF and Disappearing Act V, to the 10th Crossing Europe FF in Linz, 20th IFAF Stuttgart and 20th Hot Docs Toronto.

►12th RIFF (3. – 11. 4. 2013)
►20th Titanic IFF Budapest (5. – 13. 4. 2013)
►13th goEast Wiesbaden (10. – 16. 4. 2013)
►Disappearing Act V (10. – 21. 4. 2013)
►10th Crossing Europe Linz (23. – 28. 4. 2013)
►20th MF animovaných filmov Stuttgart (23. - 28. 4. 2013)
►20th Hot Docs Toronto (25. 4. – 5. 5. 2013)

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12. ROME INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (3. – 11. 4. 2013)
Two Slovak films will be presented in Rome - the Feature Film Competition will presented the co-production title DONT STOP by Richard Řeřicha and Momo by Teodor Kuhn will compete in the Student Short Film section. 

			DONT STOP (DONT STOP) CZ, SK - 98 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Richard Řeřicha
Feature Film Competition			► 06.04. ► 22:20 ► SALA 1
			MOMO (Momo) SK - 30 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Teodor Kuhn
Student Short Film Competition			► 09.04. ► 16:40 ► SALA 1

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20th TITANIC IFF BUDAPEST (5. – 13. 4. 2013)
Two Slovak films will compete in the Competition section of the Hungarian festival Titanic, both of them Rotterdam IFF-world premiered - My Dog Killer (by Mira Fornay) and Fine, Thanks (by Mátyás Prikler). The Staropramen Beer Snacks section will feature co-production titles Lidice (by Petr Nikolaev) and In the Shadow (by David Ondříček).

			FINE, THANKS (Ďakujem, dobre) SK - 134 min. - 2013 - fiction director: Mátyás Prikler
Competition			► 07.04. ► 16:30 ► Puskin ► 10.04. ► 18:45 ► Uránia National Film Theatre
			MY DOG KILLER (Môj pes Killer) SK, CZ - 90 min. - 2013 - fiction director: Mira Fornay
Competition			► 07.04. ► 19:00 ► Uránia National Film Theatre ► 12.04. ► 19:00 ► Puskin
			LIDICE (Lidice) CZ, SK - 126 min. - 2011 - fiction director: Petr Nikolaev
Staropramen Beer Snacks			► 05.04. ► 21:00 ► Uránia National Film Theatre ► 12.04. ► 10:30 ► Uránia National Film Theatre - Csortos Screen
			IN THE SHADOW (V tieni) CZ, PL, SK, US, IL - 96 min. - 2012 - fiction director: David Ondříček
Staropramen Beer Snacks			► 08.04. ► 21:00 ► Uránia National Film Theatre ► 11.04. ► 10:30 ► Uránia National Film Theatre

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13th GOEAST WIESBADEN (10. – 16. 4. 2013)
Four films will be screened in the program of the Central and Eastern European-focused festival in Wiesbaden, Germany. Director Juraj Krasnohorský will personally present his film Tigers in the City in the Beyond Belonging section. Peter Bebjak's Evil and Władysław Pasikowski's Aftermath will be screened within the Highlights section, a section focused on genre films connected to number 13. The Special section will offer the co-production family film The Blue Tiger by Petr Oukropec and Bohdan Sláma.

			TIGERS IN THE CITY (Tigre v meste) SK - 90 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Juraj Krasnohorský
Beyond Belonging			► 11.04. ► 18:00 ► Alpha ► 13.04. ► 14:00 ► Alpha
			EVIL (Zlo) SK - 80 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Peter Bebjak
Highlights			► 12.04. ► 22:00 ► Festivalzentrum ► 13.04. ► 22:00 ► Festivalzentrum
			AFTERMATH (Pokłosie) PL, NL, RU, SK - 107 min. - fiction director: Władysław Pasikowski
Highlights			► 14.04. ► 20:00 ► Alpha ► 15.04. ► 20:15 ► Programmkino Rex, DA
			THE BLUE TIGER (Modrý tiger) CZ, DE, SK - 90 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Petr Oukropec, Bohdan Sláma
Specials			► 14.04. ► 09:00 ► Caligari

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DISAPPEARING ACT V (10. – 21. 4. 2013)
DAV will present 24 contemporary films from 24 European countries, including Iveta Grófová's Made in Ash, the Karlovy Vary IFF's East of the West opening film.

			MADE IN ASH (Až do mesta Aš) SK, CZ - 82 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Iveta Grófová
			► 13.04. ► 17:30 ► Bohemian National Hall

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10. CROSSING EUROPE LINZ (23. – 28. 4. 2013)
Crossing Europe, celebrating its 10th anniversary, offers author films of the young European generation. The Competition section will include Made in Ash, personally introduced by the director Iveta Grófová and the cinematographer Viera Bačíková and the Working Worlds section will present the GRADUATES / Freedom Is Not For Free documentary by director Tomáš Krupa. He will introduce the film personally, as well. 

			MADE IN ASH (Až do mesta Aš) SK, CZ - 82 min. - 2012 - fiction director: Iveta Grófová
Competition			► 25.04. ► 17:45 ► Movie 1 ► 28.04. ► 12:00 ► Movie 1
			GRADUATES / FREEDOM IS NOT FOR FREE (Absolventi / Sloboda nie je zadarmo) SK - 83 min. - 2012 - documentary director: Tomáš Krupa
Working Worlds			► 26.04. ► 16:00 ► City 2 ► 27.04. ► 13:30 ► City 2

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20th IF OF ANIMATED FILMS STUTTGART (23. - 24. 4. 2013)
The prestigious festival of animation film will screen the new projekt of Slovak animator Katarína Kerekesová - the Tricks for Kids section will present her new animation children TV series Mimi and Liza.

			MIMI A LIZA (Mimi a Líza) SK - 2013 - animation director: Katarína Kerekesová
Tricks for Kids			TBA

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20. HOT DOCS TORONTO (25. 4. – 5. 5. 2013)
The FAMU graduate's personal documentary -  New Life of Family Album by Adam Oľha will represent Slovak cinema in the World Showcase section of the significant Hot Docs Toronto film festival. The director will present the film personally.

			NEW LIFE OF FAMILY ALBUM CZ, SK - 77 min. - 2012 - documentary director: Adam Oľha
World Showcase			► 01.05. ► 18:00 ► Scotiabank 3 ► 03.05. ► 19:00 ► Scotiabank 4

More information at:
www.riff.it
www.titanicfilmfest.hu
www.filmfestival-goeast.de
www.disappearingact.org
www.crossingeurope.at
www.hotdocs.ca

published: 03.04.2013
updated: 12.04.2013