What´s Slovak in Toronto 2015
Two Slovak films - Eva Nová and Koza - were selected for Toronto International Film Festival (September 10 20, 2015). Furthermore, for the first time there is a Slovak representative at Producers Lab Toronto 2015.
Fiction-feature debut by Marko kop EVA NOVÁ has its world premiere within in the TIFF Discovery section.
The film depicts the life of Eva, a recovered alcoholic but decades ago a famous actress - brilliantly portrayed by the Dame of Slovak theatre and cinema, actress Emília Vááryová - who would do anything to regain the love of the one person she hurt the most - her own son. Supposedly everyone deserves a second chance. The question is whether it is not too late...
Marko kop directed successful documentary films Osadné (2009) and Other Worlds (2006). He said about Eva Nová: "I tried to get immersed in the intimacy of a family. I believe that, despite all the mistakes, people still have the possibility to embrace, no matter how clumsy the hug may be. Because only love without unnecessary sentiment has the power to really redeem us."
The section Contemporary World Cinema hosts Koza directed by Ivan Ostrochovský. The film tells the story of a former Olympic boxer Peter Balá, nick-named Koza, who after years of missing out on trainings returns to the ring.
Ostrochovský´s name became internationally known thanks to the documentary Velvet Terrorists (2013), which he co-directed by Pavol Pekarčík and Peter Kerekes, and premiered at Berlinale 2014, winning the Tagesspiegel Readers´ Award. Koza - his fiction-feature debut - has been successfully trotting the festival circuit ever since its world premiere at Berlinale Forum in February 2015 and now has its North American premiere in Toronto.
Slovak cinema has also a representative at the networking platform Producers Lab Toronto, organised by European Film Promotion. Silvia Panáková (producer at ARINA, Slovak Producer on the Move 2010) will presents her up-coming film Piagry (d. Ivo Trajkov).
SCREENING DATES
Eva Nová (d. Marko kop)
presented in person by Marko kop
Sep. 11 - Scotiabank 10 - 21:30
Sep. 12 - Scotiabank 5 - 16:15 - Press & Industry
Sep. 13 - Scotiabank 9 - 19:00
Sep. 16 - Scotiabank 5 - 16:00 - Press & Industry
Sep. 19 - Scotiabank 7 - 9:15
Koza (d. Ivan Ostrochovský)
presented in person by Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter "Koza" Balá, Marek Urban and Jiři Konečný
Sep. 14 - Scotiabank 8 - 14:15 - Press & Industry
Sep. 16 - TIFF Cinema 4 - 21:30
Sep. 17 - TIFF Cinema 4 - 20:30
Sep. 18 - AGO Jackman Hall - 9:45
Materials for download
Eva Nová: presskit, poster
Koza: presskit, poster
More info:
www.tiff.net
www.kozamovie.com
www.artileria.sk
published: 26.08.2015
updated: 09.09.2015