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1000 articles available in total starting from 26/09/2013. Last article published on 06/08/2025.

Martin Šmatlák  • Head, Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Interview: Martin Šmatlák • Head, Slovak Audiovisual Fund

“The top priority is the finalisation of the projects supported for production, even with a delay, given the current situation”

Director of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund Martin Šmatlák talks to us about measures being taken in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak and the rebooting of the domestic film industry  

30/06/2020 | /Slovakia

Olmo Omerzu editing his latest feature-length project

Olmo Omerzu editing his latest feature-length project

The winner of the 2019 Czech Lion for Best Director is working on Bird Atlas, which will mark a departure from his previous coming-of-age-focused stories  

09/06/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovenia/Slovakia/France

Zlín Film Fest unveils the competition titles for its upcoming 60th edition

Zlín Film Fest unveils the competition titles for its upcoming 60th edition

The Czech film The Pack and Slovakia’s Summer Rebels will be vying for the main prizes at the gathering  

04/06/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

Mariana Čengel Solčanská readying The Chambermaid

Mariana Čengel Solčanská readying The Chambermaid

The upcoming movie by the Slovakian filmmaker is a lesbian historical drama and an adaptation of the book of the same name by Hana Lasicová  

03/06/2020 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Ji.hlava IDFF confirms a physical edition for 2020

Ji.hlava IDFF confirms a physical edition for 2020

“Calling off or postponing this year’s edition was not, and is not, an option for us,” says the festival’s director, Marek Hovorka  

27/05/2020 | Jihlava 2020

Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko finishing special effects on the sequel to The Feather Fairy

Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko finishing special effects on the sequel to The Feather Fairy

Late Italian actress Giulietta Masina, the original Feather Fairy, is to be digitally revived for The Feather Fairy and Two Worlds  

26/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival goes local for a unique 2020 edition

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival goes local for a unique 2020 edition

A special KVIFF showcase is to be launched in Czech cinemas, as the 55th edition has been postponed to 2021  

25/05/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020

Václav Kadrnka finishes shooting Saving One Who Was Dead

Václav Kadrnka finishes shooting Saving One Who Was Dead

After his award-winning debut, Eighty Letters, and the critically acclaimed Little Crusader, the Czech auteur is finishing the final instalment in his “Absence of a Loved One” trilogy  

25/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Cinemas allowed to reopen in Slovakia after lockdown measures eased

Cinemas allowed to reopen in Slovakia after lockdown measures eased

Movie theatre operators have to observe a set of precautions while also capping attendance levels at 100 people per screening  

21/05/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Slovakia

Caught in the Net bounces back to the number-one spot at the Czech box office

Caught in the Net bounces back to the number-one spot at the Czech box office

The documentary about online predators has helped the Czech box office to reawaken after local cinemas started reopening with restrictions in place  

20/05/2020 | Box Office | Czech Republic

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