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346 articles available in total starting from 10/10/2005. Last article published on 18/09/2025.

Review: World Between Us

Review: World Between Us

Marie Dvořáková delivers an unembellished portrait of photographer Marie Tomanová’s journey from a rural Czech upbringing to New York’s art world  

04/11/2024 | Jihlava 2024

Review: Ms. President

Review: Ms. President

Marek Šulík's time-lapse documentary provides a measured portrait of Zuzana Čaputová's historic and turbulent tenure as Slovakia’s first female head of state  

30/10/2024 | Jihlava 2024

Review: Limits of Europe

Review: Limits of Europe

Apolena Rychlíková's immersive documentary shows the drama of cheap labourers working in Western Europe  

29/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Šimon Holý wraps the shoot for Chica Checa

Šimon Holý wraps the shoot for Chica Checa

The Czech director’s latest film blends social realism with a touch of humour and melancholy, touching upon the themes of identity, ageing, coming out and social norms  

17/10/2024 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/France

GoCritic! launches call for participants for workshops at five animation festivals

GoCritic! launches call for participants for workshops at five animation festivals

Ten participants will be selected for workshops of film journalism and criticism, which now also include a video component, at five member festivals of the Animation Festival Network  

23/09/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024/Anifilm Liberec 2025/Animafest Zagreb 2025/Fest Anča 2025/Animest 2025

Tomáš Hubáček shooting his debut feature, the mystery-drama Wirbel

Tomáš Hubáček shooting his debut feature, the mystery-drama Wirbel

The Czech director examines the relationship between humans and the landscape in a drama film set in the Central Bohemian Highlands  

18/09/2024 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Peter Kerekes  • Director of Wishing on a Star

Interview: Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

“This film is not about sound or image; it’s about energy”

VENICE 2024: Can spending your birthday under the right star constellation really help you reach your goals in life? The Slovak-Hungarian director tells us more  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Wishing on a Star

Review: Wishing on a Star

VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt but entertaining documentary, Peter Kerekes follows a Neapolitan astrologer and her customers on their path to finding new meaning in life  

01/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Peter Kerekes follows the stars in travelling doc-comedy Wishing on a Star

Peter Kerekes follows the stars in travelling doc-comedy Wishing on a Star

The Slovak director captures a Neapolitan astrologer and her five clients seeking to alter their destinies in an optimistic documentary premiering in Venice's Orizzonti  

26/07/2024 | Production | Funding | Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

Interview: Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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