It feels as if we only just left Košice after last year’s festival—yet so much has happened since the last edition of IFF Art Film. Last summer we wondered how best to secure a permanent tribute to the festival’s first and only president. The result is the Milan Lasica Award (Cena Milana Lasicu), and tonight we will present it for the very first time, handing it to the family of Ivan Mistrík.
You could say Art Film has matured. It has changed the lives of actors, filmmakers, fans—and even people who simply passed by. It has shaped those of us lucky enough to help create something so special, and it has left its mark on the place that hosts it.
Since 2016, when Art Film found its home here, Košice and eastern Slovakia have been transformed into a genuinely “cinematic” region. Over the past nine years, Košický kraj and the city of Košice have seized every opportunity the festival brings. They have revealed new, unique shooting locations, while local entrepreneurs have built the facilities needed for film and series production. Thanks to these efforts, the region now stands out ever more boldly on the world’s film map.
Films are built on stories—sometimes joyful, humorous, loving; sometimes bleak, violent, even horrific. The emotions they convey, the way filmmakers capture them, the music and sound they choose… all of it fascinates us. Moving pictures naturally draw human attention. We have been writing the story of this year’s IFF Art Film for months, and we’re thrilled that you, our audience, are stepping into it as active participants. We looked forward to you most of all; we pushed ourselves to the limit so that you could take home another unforgettable experience—your own unique Art Film story.
We’ll be delighted if you share that story with us: tell us how you enjoyed the festival, which films you saw, whom you bumped into over a coffee or a pastry, and with whom you snapped a photograph. After all, IFF Art Film is about you, too.
Usually, the thanks to partners at the end of a festival report are seen as a formality. For us they mean far more. Without our partners, co-organisers and suppliers the festival simply wouldn’t happen. It is inspiring to see companies today that recognise the value of culture and are eager to support it. Thanks largely to them, we can gather again in cinemas and watch great films together.
Andrea Čurná
PR Manager of the Festival
The 31st IFF ART FILM is made possible thanks to the support of:
Organizer: ART FILM FEST s.r.o.
Co-organizers: Mesto Košice · K13 – Košické kultúrne centrá · Visit Košice · ART FILM FEST, n.o. · LGM, s.r.o. · FORLIVE
Financial support: Audiovizuálny fond · Nadácia SPP
Co-financed by: Košický samosprávny kraj through the Terra Incognita programme
Main Partners: národná lotériová spoločnosť TIPOS · Slovenská elektrizačná prenosová sústava, a.s. · CODES Brand House
Main Media Partners: TV JOJ · Pravda · Eurotelevízia
Automotive Partner: Moris Slovakia
Advertising Partners: Best Press · U. S. Steel Košice · ANTIK telecom · Kino Úsmev · LOKO TRANS Media · CORE Labs · Technická univerzita v Košiciach
Technology Partners: NOV · ZEBRA · Deutsche Telekom Systems Solutions Slovakia · T4H · LEDGO · DELTA OnLine · ARICOMA · TelekomCLOUD
Official Suppliers: DKC Veritas · Kaviareň Slávia · PLOOM · Krušovice BOHÉM · pramenitá voda Lucka · DOMOS SLOVAKIA · Reštaurácia Contessa · Aupark Shopping Center Košice · Pierre Baguette · Julius Meinl · Red Fox Golf Club
Official wines: Kubbo Select · Ostrožovič
Media Partners: JOJ play · JOJ 24 · Film Europe · Rádio KOŠICE · Aktuality.sk · Forbes · Startitup.sk · Korzár · Slovenka · SITA · TASR · Mediaboard · See & Go · Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze – ČSFD · BigMedia · Košice City Guide · Košice v skratke · Film.sk · diva.sk · koktejl.sk · zenskyweb.sk · MOJAkultúra · Kino Sterio · Dopravný podnik mesta Košice · AHOJ TV
Partners: JOJ Cinema · Jojko · Veľvyslanectvo Indie v Bratislave · Carmeuse Slovakia · DDDental · TINY Houses · ECO Technologies · Letisko Košice · Local Nomad Tours · Slovenský filmový ústav · Taper · YumEarth · Puella vône · Kvety Garomi · čLOVEčina hra · Rakúske kultúrne fórum · TESCO Store SK · CPK Transport · Tabačka Kulturfabrik · King Media · Východoslovenské múzeum v Košiciach · Letní filmová škola · KPK Reklama · MIHYRING · Zoberma taxi · Hair Factory Košice · Veľvyslanectví České republiky v Bratislavě
Gastronomy Partners: Pub u Kohúta · El Nacional · OhniskO Fire Dining & Brew Bar · Maiko Sushi · Macarons Košice · šum vináreň · Café de Paris · Casa Trade – Casablanca cafe · TATRATEA · Moritz Eis
