Almodóvar’s tragicomedy met with a 9-minute standing ovation in Cannes, Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher horror with Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson — winner of the Queer Palm, a family drama with Juliette Binoche crowned with a Silver Bear in Berlin, an outstanding performance by Sandra Hüller in a stark black-and-white historical drama, Olive Nwosu’s debut about a Nigerian taxi driver awarded at Sundance and the tender old age in Tangier that resonated in Venice. That is just a selection of the twelve titles which the 32nd edition of IFF ART FILM Košice (19 – 25 June 2026) is bringing directly from the four most prestigious world film festivals of the past twelve months.
Films from Cannes 2026 (5 titles), Berlinale 2026 (4 titles), Sundance 2026 (2 titles) and Venice 2025 (1 title) are distributed across four festival sections — the International Feature Film Competition, In the Light of Shadows, Panorama and Late Night Show. All of them will have their Slovak premieres at Art Film and several of the films will move into Slovak theatrical distribution after their Košice screenings.
From Cannes 2026 (5 titles)
Amarga Navidad — Pedro Almodóvar’s return with a 9-minute standing ovation
The newest film by Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar, Amarga Navidad, had its world premiere in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2026. The tragicomedy with elements of autofiction follows a creative crisis and the dissolving boundaries between reality and fiction. The leads are Bárbara Lennie and Leonardo Sbaraglia, with Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit and Quim Gutiérrez. Cannes audiences rewarded the film with a 9-minute standing ovation. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the Panorama section.
Screening: 20 June at 4:30 p.m., Kunsthalle
Histoires de la nuit — Léa Mysius with Monica Bellucci and Benoît Magimel
French director Léa Mysius adapts Laurent Mauvignier’s novel of the same name about one endlessly long night, during which a hidden family past comes back to a family. Histoires de la nuit competed for the Palme d’Or in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. The cast brings together Hafsia Herzi, Benoît Magimel, Monica Bellucci, Bastien Bouillon and Paul Hamy. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the Panorama section.
Screening: 23 June at 8:30 p.m., Kunsthalle
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — 2026 Queer Palm for Jane Schoenbrun
American director Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) turns the slasher genre on its head as both a comedy and a horror. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma opened the Un Certain Regard section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival and on 22 May 2026 took home the Queer Palm. A queer director is hired to shoot a sequel to the cult Camp Miasma slasher series and becomes obsessed with the idea of casting the reclusive actress who originally played the “final girl”. In the lead roles Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. For genre fans, the film is an obvious pick in the Late Night Show.
Screening: 21 June at 8:30 p.m., Kunsthalle
Everytime — Un Certain Regard top prize for Sandra Wollner
After the death of her elder daughter, a mother leaves for Tenerife with her younger daughter and a boy she blames for the tragedy. Austrian director Sandra Wollner’s hypnotic drama Everytime — about grief, guilt and what cannot be forgiven — won the top prize of the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2026. At IFF Art Film, it competes in the International Feature Film Competition.
Screenings: 22 June at 3:00 p.m., Kunsthalle · 25 June at 2:00 p.m., Kino Veritas
La Gradiva — La Semaine de la Critique top prize for Marine Atlan
A school trip to Pompeii, where the line between adolescence, desire and violence dissolves among the ruins. French director Marine Atlan’s sensuous film La Gradiva won the AMI Paris Grand Prize, the top award of the La Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) parallel section, at Cannes 2026. At IFF Art Film, it competes in the International Feature Film Competition.
Screenings: 21 June at 5:30 p.m., Kunsthalle · 24 June at 2:00 p.m., Kino Veritas
From Berlinale 2026 (4 titles)
Salvation (Kurtuluş) — Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for Emin Alper
Turkish director Emin Alper returned to the main competition of the Berlinale after seven years, and Salvation (Kurtuluş) took home the Silver Bear – Grand Jury Prize. The evocative drama, balancing reality with unsettling visions, follows a man whose return home gradually reveals the dark layers of his past and of the entire community’s inner demons. The film was inspired by an actual tribal dispute and a tragic incident from 2009 in the Kurdish region of Turkey. The Slovak distributor is Film Europe. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the Panorama section.
Screenings: 20 June at 9:30 p.m., Kunsthalle · 22 June at 8:00 p.m., Kino Veritas
Queen at Sea — Silver Bear Jury Prize for Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche stars in Queen at Sea as a daughter returning to her mother in the advanced stages of dementia. Lance Hammer’s harsh family drama, drawing comparisons to Haneke’s Amour, won the Silver Bear – Jury Prize at the Berlinale 2026. At IFF Art Film, it competes in the International Feature Film Competition.
Screenings: 20 June at 2:00 p.m., Kunsthalle · 23 June at 4:30 p.m., Kulturpark JOJ Play
Rose — Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance to Sandra Hüller
Austrian director Markus Schleinzer’s historical black-and-white drama Rose follows a woman in early 17th-century Europe who, in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, disguises herself as a man to survive, claim the inheritance of a fallen comrade and a place in the village community — and even enters into an arranged marriage with the daughter of a local farmer. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 76th Berlinale on 15 February 2026, and Sandra Hüller took home the Silver Bear for the Best Leading Performance. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the In the Light of Shadows section.
Screenings: 20 June at 2:00 p.m., Kino Veritas · 22 June at 7:30 p.m., Kulturpark JOJ Play
Chronicles from the Siege — Best First Feature at Berlinale 2026
Five intertwined fates in a besieged city, where tragedy mingles with black humour — Chronicles from the Siege by Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Al-Khatib won the prize for Best First Feature at the Berlinale 2026. At IFF Art Film, it competes in the International Feature Film Competition.
Screenings: 21 June at 11:30 a.m., Kunsthalle · 24 June at 1:00 p.m., Kulturpark JOJ Cinema
From Sundance 2026 (2 titles)
Lady — Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble
The British-Nigerian debut by director Olive Nwosu, Lady, follows a young taxi driver in Lagos who looks after herself and her grandmother. After fuel subsidies are scrapped, a childhood friend talks her into driving night fares for a group of glamorous, hard-partying women — and from a judgmental gaze an unexpected sisterhood gradually emerges. The film competed in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2026 and won the Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble. With Jessica Gabriel, Amanda Oruh, Tinuade Jemiseye, Bucci Franklin and Seun Kuti. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the In the Light of Shadows section.
Screening: 20 June at 7:00 p.m., Kulturpark JOJ Cinema
Filipiñana — Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Seventeen-year-old Isabel works as a ball-girl at a golf club in the Philippines — and beneath the polished surface of luxury, violence emerges. Filipino-American director Rafael Manuel’s debut Filipiñana premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2026, where it took home the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision. The European premiere followed at Berlinale 2026. At IFF Art Film, it competes in the International Feature Film Competition.
Screenings: 20 June at 11:30 a.m., Kunsthalle · 24 June at 4:00 p.m., Kulturpark JOJ Cinema
From Venice 2025 (1 title)
Calle Málaga — Audience Award in the Venice Spotlight section
Maryam Touzani, the Moroccan director of The Blue Caftan, brings a sensitive portrait of ageing María (Carmen Maura), who in Tangier fights against her daughter’s decision to sell the family flat — fighting for her home, her memories and her own dignity. At the Venice International Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award in the Venice Spotlight section. At IFF Art Film, it screens in the In the Light of Shadows section.
Screening: 25 June at 5:00 p.m., Kino Veritas
The full programme of the 32nd IFF ART FILM Košice and festival cinepasses are available at aff.cinepass.sk.
The 32nd IFF ART FILM is made possible thanks to the support of:
Main organizer: ART FILM FEST s.r.o.
Co-organizers: Mesto Košice, K13 – Košické kultúrne centrá, Visit Košice, ART FILM FEST, n.o.
With the financial support of: Audiovizuálny fond
The project was co-financed by the Košice Self-governing Region from the Terra Incognita program
Main partners: CODES Brand House, H2O FUND SICAV
Automotive partner: AUTO-VALAS
Official hotel: Hotel Yasmin
Main media partners: TV JOJ, Pravda, Eurotelevízia
Sponsors: U. S. Steel Košice, ANTIK Telecom, Kino Úsmev, LOKO TRANS Media, CORE Labs, Technická univerzita v Košiciach
Technological partners: NOV, ZEBRA, Deutsche Telekom Systems Solutions Slovakia, DELTA OnLine, ARICOMA, Datacomp
Official suppliers: DKC Veritas, PLOOM, DOMOS SLOVAKIA, Reštaurácia Contessa, Natura, Kinley, Budweiser Budvar, Julius Meinl
Official wine: KubBo Select, Ostrožovič
Media partners: JOJ play, JOJ 24, Film Europe Media Company, Rádio KOŠICE, Aktuality.sk, Forbes, Startitup.sk, Korzár, Slovenka, SITA, TASR, Mediaboard, AHOJ TV, See & Go, BigMedia, Kino Sterio, Košice City Guide, Košice V Skratke, MOJAkultura.sk, Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze – ČSFD, Filmsk.sk, diva.sk, koktejl.sk, zenskyweb.sk, Naše Košice
Partners: JOJ Cinema, Jojko, Slovenský filmový ústav, WITKOWITZ SLOVAKIA, DDDental, CK TUI ReiseCenter Slovensko, Taper, ECO Technologies, Aupark Shopping Center Košice, Dopravný podnik mesta Košice, Letisko Košice, YumEarth, Rent2Eat, CPK Transport, iWish.sk, Kvety Garomi, Hair Factory Košice, Face up! Studio by Michaela Petroci, Panta Rhei, ARTFORUM, LOCAL NOMAD, Východoslovenské múzeum v Košiciach, MIHYRING
Gastronomic partners: Pub u Kohúta, OhniskO Fire Dining & Brew Bar, MAIKO SUSHI, Kaviareň Slávia, El Nacional, Tabačka Kulturfabrik, Casa Trade – Casablanca cafe, La Hacienda, Red Velvet Cake Bar, Macarons Košice, Savour Patisserie
