25 from the 1960s or the Czechoslovak New Wave
The two-part documentary feature represents a complex view of the phenomenon of the Czech and Slovak new wave cinema in the cultural, social and political context of the 1960s. The twenty five key films with…
All Men Become Brothers
The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.
Back Then In Bratislava
Three women and their life with a good communist.
Ilja
A film manual on how not to get pulled down by communism or by ones own death or The last days of Ilja Zeljenka, the most famous music composer of the second half of the 20th Century, known for auditioning his forbbiden…
Normalization
The film is a Slovak version of The Thin Blue Line, recounting the unsolved disappearance and murder of a young woman that happened thirty years ago. It was a case that was paraded in the communist media at the end of…
Slovak Cinema: Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine is the first part of the cycle of documentaries Slovak Cinema in which young auteur documentarists explore the past and present of Slovak cinema. Applying different documentary techniques and styles…
Slovak Cinema: Guerillas
The theme of war and the Slovak National Uprising has been appearing in Slovak film since the 1940s. As one of the most important milestones of Slovak history, it figured in the birth of “Slovak political mythology”.…
Slovak Cinema: Slovak Princess Wanted
Fairytales are a specific literary and film genre in every culture. This documentary traces their most typical, as well as non-traditional streams in Slovak cinematography and, in its unique way of storytelling, reveals…
Slovak Cinema: Slovak Spirits
As it does elsewhere, the pub plays an important role in the lives of Slovak filmmakers and Slovak films. Since the beginning of time it’s been the place where friends meet as well as also a source of inspiration, rich…