The organisational structure of the Slovak Film Institute (SFI) consists of National Film Archive (NFA), the core unit in the area of audiovisual heritage protection and restoration, and the National Cinematographic Centre (NCC) as the core unit for public access to the audiovisual heritage and current cinema. Recently, both of the units have gotten new […]
Slovakia collaborates on several international workshops and training programmes for authors of audiovisual works. Below, we provide brief information on at least some of them. At the same time, we indicate the current state of film education for children and young people. Several international workshops are (at least in part) organised in Slovakia and they […]
Support for Audiovisual Industry is a programme launched by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund in autumn 2014 with the aim of inducing interest in making audiovisual works in Slovakia, supporting the development of infrastructure of the Slovak audiovisual industry and increasing its international competitiveness. Modifications to its basic conditions are currently under consideration. The main idea […]
At a time when lively discussions on distribution are held in the film industry, some Slovak and co-production films are also making their way onto the screens of world cinemas. The Teacher (Učiteľka) directed by Jan Hřebejk, Koza by Ivan Ostrochovský, I, Olga Hepnarová (Ja, Olga Hepnarová) by the directing duo Tomáš Weinreb and Petr […]
About the Queen of Local Power Even if, despite their much-appreciated efforts, domestic filmmakers have, to date, not been altogether successful in their feature expeditions into the communist period, it is wholly understandable that the well-proven Czech creative team of Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský should have grasped the topic of the past in their […]
A Hole in the Head, a Film about Memories Human memory acts as a processing instrument for retaining experience. It consists of recollections, something similar to rumours in the brain. It is not a very precise instrument. But it remains important, even though it often displays a tendency to create its own fictitious worlds of […]
Disease, Face, Country – 5 October There are themes that we, as viewers, are generally not much in the mood for. They render us uneasy, disturb us, and highlight our own mortality. They require neither our civil attitude nor, in effect, our opinion. Solely acceptance. Maybe that is the reason why serious diseases, mostly with […]
NAJNAVŠTEVOVANEJŠIE FILMY V KINE LUMIÈRE ► 23. 12. 2016 – 23. 1. 2017 1. La La Land (r. Damien Chazelle, USA, 2016, Forum Film) 2. Toni Erdmann (r. Maren Ade, Nemecko/Rakúsko, 2016, Film Europe Media Company) 3. Je to len koniec sveta (r. Xavier Dolan, Francúzsko/Kanada, 2016, ASFK) 4. Nočné zvieratá (r. Tom Ford, USA, […]
NAJPREDÁVANEJŠIE PUBLIKÁCIE A DVD NOSIČE V PREDAJNI SFÚ ► JANUÁR 2017 PUBLIKÁCIE 1. Kino-Ikon 2/16 (ASFK a VŠMU v spolupráci so SFÚ, Bratislava) 2. Filmový kalendár 2017: Viktor Kubal (SFÚ, Bratislava) 3. Eduard Grečner: Film ako voľný verš (SFÚ, Bratislava) AUDIOVIZUÁLNE NOSIČE 1. blu-ray kolekcia Slovenský film 2 (SFÚ, Bratislava) 2. blu-ray Perinbaba (SFÚ, Bratislava) […]
Dňa 4. decembra 2016 zomrel v Paríži vo veku 80 rokov významný francúzsky filmový kritik, historik, organizátor Jean-Loup Passek. Celý svoj aktívny život bol propagátorom slovenskej kinematografie vo Francúzsku. Na festivale v La Rochelle, ktorý založil, uviedol retrospektívy režisérov Dušana Hanáka, Juraja Jakubiska a Štefana Uhra. Z jeho podnetu sa v rokoch 1996 až 1997 […]
Vo veku 81 rokov zomrel 1. januára 2017 slovenský režisér a kameraman Peter Záchenský. V pozícii kameramana spolupracoval na dokumentárnych snímkach popredných osobností, ako bol Martin Slivka (Balada v dreve, Etudy o človeku zo slovenskej gotiky), Vojtech Andreánsky (Vyrástli z dreva, Horiace samoty) či Jozef Zachar (Stredoveká plastika). Samostatne nakrúcal od druhej polovice 70. rokov, […]
HANS-JOACHIM SCHLEGEL (26. 1. 1942 – 30. 10. 2016) Vlani v októbri zomrel vo veku 74 rokov nemecký filmový historik, teoretik a publicista Hans- -Joachim Schlegel, ktorý sa špecializoval na kinematografie strednej a východnej Európy. Intenzívne spolupracoval aj so slovenským prostredím, písal a prednášal o tunajšej tvorbe, propagoval ju a pomáhal s jej prezentáciou na […]
