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Slovak films in Trieste 2015

The festival year 2015 for Slovak films starts at Trieste Film Festival (January 17 – 22, 2015). Focused on quality films from the Central and Eastern Europe and Italy, in the programe of its 26th edition the festival presents the Italian premieres of two successful Slovak films on the last year:

Velvet Terrorists (orig. Zamatoví Teroristi), documentary by directors trio Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and Peter Kerekes, awarded in Berlinale´s Forum 2014 with the Tagesspiegel Readers´ Award, is presented in the International Documentary Competition. The film will be personally introduced by director Peter Kerekes.

In Silence (orig. V tichu) by Zdeněk Jiráský is presented within the TFF Art & Sound section, a showcase dedicated to contaminations between cinema and contemporary art, with a focus also on music documentaries. The film started its festival life with a special world premiere screening at Karlovy Vary IFF 2014 and has since toured the festival world, including Chicago, Thessaloniki and many more.

Eastweek Workshop Selection features young Slovak filmmaker Katarína Vargová with her project Sketch.

Trieste co-production forum WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2015 is dedicated to connecting projects and film professionals from Eastern Europe and English-speaking countries (UK, Ireland, Canada, United States of America) and will also be attended by several Slovak film producers and representatives of film institutions.

More information at:
www.triestefilmfestival.it

Related AIC articles:
2014 - January festivals screening successful Slovak films
2013 - Slovak Film at Festivals in January
2012 - Awards to The House at Trieste and Palm Springs

published: 16.01.2015
updated: 20.01.2015