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330 articles available in total starting from 10/10/2005. Last article published on 19/06/2025.

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

Interview: Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

“We realised that many of our beloved traditions exist to preserve the status quo”

The Slovak filmmaker talks about her film, which deals with conservative traditions, the patriarchy and female empowerment, and just won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del presente section  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Nightsiren

Review: Nightsiren

Slovakian director Tereza Nvotová presents a drama with supernatural undertones which overturns tragically persistent stereotypes  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Conflict and hope reflect inter-generational cohabitation in Waltzing Matilda

Conflict and hope reflect inter-generational cohabitation in Waltzing Matilda

A degenerative disease glues a torn family together in this fiction feature debut by veteran Czech documentary-maker Petr Slavík, which stars Karel Roden and Regina Rázlová  

02/08/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Martina Buchelová is preparing her feature fiction debut Lover, Not a Fighter

Martina Buchelová is preparing her feature fiction debut Lover, Not a Fighter

The emerging Slovak writer-director’s urban tragicomic love story utilises a romantic narrative to convey the tribulations and passions of Gen Z  

21/07/2022 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

“We often forget what we thought but never what we felt”

The Czech director, whose film won two awards at Karlovy Vary, turns back time and gets inspired by the story of her own family  

14/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Animated feature Diplodocus releases its first teaser

Animated feature Diplodocus releases its first teaser

Based on the cult Polish graphic novels from the 1980s, Wojtek Wawszczyk’s film is set for a 2023 release, and is a joint effort between Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia  

07/07/2022 | Production | Funding | Poland/Czech Republic/Slovakia

Review: The Word

Review: The Word

Beata Parkanová makes a sincere but modest attempt to tell the story of life under communism in the aftermath of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia  

05/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Witchcraft and female empowerment collide in modern-day magical realist drama Nightsiren

Witchcraft and female empowerment collide in modern-day magical realist drama Nightsiren

Up-and-coming Slovakian filmmaker Tereza Nvotová’s sophomore fiction feature seeks to dispel the myths and conventions surrounding womanhood  

22/06/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/France

1930s crime-drama Dawn investigates the strange case of a dead, intersex embryo

1930s crime-drama Dawn investigates the strange case of a dead, intersex embryo

Czech director-producer Matěj Chlupáček has started shooting his sophomore feature, which probes gender roles against a genre backdrop  

12/05/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Peter Budinský finishes his animated fantasy adventure Journey to Yourland

Peter Budinský finishes his animated fantasy adventure Journey to Yourland

The Slovak director’s feature-length debut is being spun off into an AR book, a VR prequel and a mobile game  

09/05/2022 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Belgium

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