The 30th edition was marked by jubilee celebrations
City of Kosice / 21. – 28. june 2024 / 8 days / 13 sections / 50 countries / 143 films / 171 projections
The festival introduced a new competitive section – the International Competition of Films from Central and Eastern Europe, highlighting the event’s international character. The honorary award Actor’s Mission was presented to Antónia Lišková and Maroš Kramár. The Golden Camera award was given to three exceptional directors – Miloslav Luther (Slovakia), Cristi Puiu (Romania), and Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), who not only personally introduced their films at the festival but also held masterclasses. The organizers signed a memorandum extending their cooperation with the city of Košice for another ten years.
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Opening ceremony, 21.6.2024
Arrivals of guests, 21.6.2024
The Actor’s Mission Award Ceremony: Antónia Lišková
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek
The Actor’s Mission Award Ceremony: Maroš Kramár
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek
The Actor’s Mission Award Ceremony: Antónia Lišková, Maroš Kramár
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek
Arrival at the festival: Antónia Lišková, 26.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Arrival at the festival: Maroš Kramár, 26.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Sergej Loznica, 27.06.2024
Photo: Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš
Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Cristi Puiu, 21.06.2024
Photo: Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš
Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Miloslav Luther, 21.06.2024
Photo: Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Footprints – Fighting in Banská Štiavnica, 21.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Kaytek the Wizard, 22.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: Villa Lucia, 22.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Calm in the Canopy, 22.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: The Dormant Account, 22.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Aquabelles from Prandorf, 22.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: Aquabelles from Prandorf (Palo Korec), 23.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: MMXX, 22.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Uvedenie filmu Zenith, 22.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: The Case of Bohumil Modrý, 22.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Kalman’s Day (Szabolcs Hajdu, Matyas Prikler), 23.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Film Presentation: Ultima Thule (Klaudiusz Chrostowski), 23.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Mať
Film Presentation: Fakir (Roman Ďuriš, Michaela Hošková), 23.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Film Presentation: I Don’t Love You Anymore (Zdeněk Jiráský), 24.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Returns to Pictures of the Old World (Róbert Šulák, Petra Machalíková, Dušan Hanák), 24.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: We Will Not Fade Away (Stéphane Siohan), 24.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: Zenith (György Kristóf), 24.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: 8 Views of Lake Biwa (Marko Raat), 24.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: Goodbye Julia (Mohamed Kordofani), 25.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: The Mammoth Hunt (Aiste Stonyte), 25.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Presentation: The Invasion (Sergej Loznica), 26.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Fakir (Roman Ďuriš, Michaela Hošková), 26.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Olympic Halftime (Haruna Honcoop), 26.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Via Slovakia (Víťazoslav Chrappa, Tomáš Bartaloš, Slavomír Duchovič, Martin Ciel), 26.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: Maria´s Silence (Dāvis Sīmanis, Viera Langerová), 26.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: Shelter (Antónia Lišková), 27.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: The Legend of the Silver Fir (Maroš Kramár), 27.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: The Invasion (Sergej Loznica), 27.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Presentation: Olympic Halftime (Haruna Honcoop), 27.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Presentation: 8 Views of Lake Biwa, 27.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Short films I, Claude Johann Čierny, 22.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Short films I, Claude Johann Čierny, 23.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Short films II, Peter Hošták, 22.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Short films II, Peter Hošták, Martin Kaňuch, 24.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Short films III, Iman Behrouzi (film director – Three Sisters), Martin Kaňuch, 22.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Short films III, Iman Behrouzi (film director – Three Sisters), Martin Kaňuch, 25.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Short films IV, Albin Biblom, Andres Heger Bratterud, Martin Kaňuch, 23.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Short films VI, Hillke Ronnfeldt, Martin Kaňuch, 26.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Press conference: Miloslav Luther, 22.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Press conference: Cristi Puiu, 23.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Lukáš Klimek
Press conference: Memorandum o spolupráci, 23.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Lukáš Klimek
Press conference: Otvorenie Filmového chodníka Košického svetového kraja, 25.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Press conference: Sergej Loznica, 26.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Press conference: Antónia Lišková, 26.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Press conference: Maroš Kramár, 27.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Masterclass: Miloslav Luther, 22.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Masterclass: Cristi Puiu, 23.6.2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Masterclass: Michal Kollár, 23.6.2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Masterclass: Patrik Pašš, Tomáš Koňařík, 25.6.2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Masterclass: Sergej Loznica, 26.6.2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film Profession: 1st, 2nd AC (Assistant Camera), June 22, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Profession: Film Marketing, June 24, 2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Film Profession: Color Grading, June 24, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Presentation of the film preparation: Joe The First – Branko Cap, Juraj Čurný, June 24, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Profession: Video Operator / DIT (Digital Imaging Technician), June 25, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Film formats and their collectible value – Juraj Čurný, June 25, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Profession: SFX – Special Effects, June 25, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš
Film Profession: Film and TV Sound Engineer, June 26, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Film Profession: Costume Designer, June 27, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
15th Anniversary of the Audiovisual Fund, June 27, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Film Profession: Gaffer (Lighting Technician) – Daniel Kontuľ (Filmarina), June 28, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Opening of the Photography Exhibition by Miro Nôta, June 21, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Golf – Malá Ida, June 22, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
TV JOJ Autograph Signing, June 22, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Concert – Lipa sings Lasica, June 22, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Morning yoga with Jaiwanti from New Delhi, June 23, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
DIE! Goldstein Performs Drowned Paradise, June 23, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš, Miroslav Maťo
Closing of the Exhibition Miro Žbirka – Years and Days, June 23, 2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Concert – malinyJAM, June 23, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Rozprávky pre malé Pastelky (Fairy Tales for Little Crayons), June 23, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Welcome reception for delegations at Contesa Café, June 23, 2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Slovak Film Institute – Book Launch: Máme svoj film! by Petra Hanáková & Martin Palúch, June 23, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Opening of the Exhibition Art in Motion, June 24, 2024
Photo: Peter Stas
Bez šepkára (Without a Prompter) – Talk Show with Milan Kolcun, June 24, 2024
Photo: Miroslav Maťo
Bez šepkára (Without a Prompter) – Talk Show with Milan Kolcun, June 24, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Industry & Media Session, June 25, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Live Recording of Baláž & Hubinák – Talkshow – Guests: Antónia Lišková and Maroš Kramár, June 26, 2024
Photo: Marek Vavruš
Concert of Film Music – Mirka Partlová & Ján Slezák, June 26, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Visit to Ostrožovič Winery, June 26, 2024
Photo: Lukáš Klimek
Photography Exhibition by Ctibor Bachratý, June 21–28, 2024
Photography Exhibition by Stana Topoľská & Maroš Ďatko (TV JOJ), June 21–28, 2024
Interview: actress Eva Sakálová (Čarodejník Kajtek / Kajtek the Wizard), 22.6.2024
Interview: producer Marián Urban (Čarodejník Kajtek / Kajtek the Wizard), 22.6.2024
Interview: producer Václav Kadrnka and director Michal Hogenauer (Nočný pokoj / Calm in the Canopy), 22.6.2024
Interview: director Michal Kollár (Villa Lucia), 22.6.2024
Interview: director Palo Korec (Akvabely z Prandorfa / Aquabelles from Prandorf), 22.6.2024
Interview: producer Martin Novosad (Případ Modrý / The Case of Bohumil Modrý), 22.6.2024
Interview: director Peter Gašparík (Stopy – boje v Banskej Štiavnici / Footprints: Fighting in Banská Štiavnica), 22.6.2024
Interview: Miloslav Luther – Zlatá kamera /
, 22.6.2024Interview: actress Zhanna Ozima (Redakcia / The Editorial Office), 23.6.2024
Interview: producer Katarína Krnáčová (Redakcia / The Editorial Office), 23.6.2024
Interview: author Petra Hanáková (kniha Máme svoj film! / We Have Our Film! book), 23.6.2024
Interview: director Claude Johann Čierny (Beyond Anachronism: Eons of the Binary), 23.6.2024
Interview: director Klaudiusz Chrostowski (Ultima Thule), 23.6.2024
Interview: director Peter Hošták (Zima a tma / Cold and Dark), 23.6.2024
Interview: producer Mátyás Prikler (Kálmánov deň / Kalman’s Day), 24.6.2024
Interview: producer Stépahne Siohan (Nezhasneme /
), 24.6.2024Interview: director Iman Behrouzi (Tri sestry /
), 24.6.2024Interview: director Zdeněk Jiráský (Už ťa nemám rád /
), 24.6.2024Interview: director Albin Biblom (Dobývanie vesmíru /
), 24.6.2024Interview: director Andres Heger-Bratterud (Krása zachárni svet /
), 24.6.2024Interview: director Mohamed Kordofani (Zbohom, Júlia /
), 25.6.2024Interview: director Róbert Šulák and dramaturg Petra Macháliková (Návraty k Obrazom starého sveta /
), 25.6.2024Interview: Sergej Loznica – Zlatá kamera /
, 26.6.2024Interview: Antónia Lišková – Hercova misia /
, 26.6.2024Interview: director Roman Ďuriš and cameraman Michaela Hošková (Pokiaľ ja žijem /Fakir), 26.6.2024
Interview:
Hercova misia / , 27.6.2024Interview: director Marko Raat (8 pohľadov na jazero Biwa / 8 Views of Lake Biwa), 27.6.2024
Interview: director Hilke Rönnfeldt (Štúdia empatie /
), 27.6.2024Interview: director Dāvis Sīmanis (Máriino mlčanie /
), 27.6.2024Interview: actor Slavomír Duchovič (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024
Interview: cameraman Tomáš Bartaloš (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024
Interview: director Víťazoslav Chrappa (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024
Interview: actor Marián Mitaš, 23.6.2024
Interview: actress Danica Jurčová, 22.6.2024
Interview: Bohumír Bobocký – Audiovizuálny fond, 27.6.2024
Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Peter Stas, 27.6.2024
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Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Lukáš Klimek, 27.6.2024
Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Marek Vavruš, 27.6.2024
Festival guests through the lens of photographer Miro Nôta
Jury of the International Feature Film Competition
Mano Khalil, Anna Kryvenko, Marek Kubo
Jury of the International Short Film Competition
Lucia Hurajová, Martin Kuba, Krzysztof Sienkiewicz
Jury of the International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films
Birgit Beumers, Sylvia Huszár, Anna Ladinig
© Copyright IFF Art Film, photo authors: Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš, Miroslav Maťo and more.
Final press release
The 30th jubilee edition of the Art Film IFF is coming to an end and on Thursday evening the closing ceremony took place in the Kunsthalle, at which the Blue Angel, the Golden Camera and the Actor’s Mission honorary award were presented. The awarding ceremony was held in a pleasant spirit, but important social messages were also conveyed. The well-known moderator Bruno Ciberej led the festival audience through the festive evening. He opened the ceremony by presenting the JOJ Cinema Audience Award for a feature-length film. The highest number of audience votes and the award went to Katalina Moldovai’s Without Air. TV JOJ reporter Katarína Kleknerová announced the awarded film.
In the International Competition of Short Films category, the professional jury decided to give special recognition to three short films, namely An Orange from Jaffa, Cross My Heart and Hope to Die and finally Nun or Never!. But the final moment of the Short Film Competition was the Blue Angel, awarded to Bill Morrison’s Incident, a reconstruction of the 2018 Chicago police shooting. The American director spoke to the festival audience and expressed his gratitude through a video message. Czech filmmaker Martin Kuba, a jury member, said at the award ceremony: “Choosing the winner was not easy at all. It’s rare to see so many quality and strong short films in one competition. However, finally, we opted for the film Incident, which cleverly uses modern surveillance technology to reconstruct the tragedy from all human perspectives. The fragments of the incident of illegal shooting by the police put together a larger picture of society, fear and prejudice, which is the driving force behind the recurrence of such tragedies.
After the short film competition came the newly established competition category International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films. The jury awarded the Blue Angel for the best film from Central and Eastern Europe to the feature debut of Polish director Klaudiusz Chrostowski, Ultima Thule. The award was presented by the jury chair Sylvia Huszár from Hungary and the Audiovisual Fund director Vladimír Burianek. The director of the winning film, Klaudiusz Chrostowski, received the award in person. In his speech, he thanked the crew members and revealed his intention to shoot another film from the Polish-Slovak border area. The jury awarded special recognition to the animated film Pelikan Blue, directed by László Csáki.
Three special recognitions were also awarded in the acting category. The first was earned by actor Clément Faveau for his role in the comedy drama Holy Cow!. Recognition also went to the female acting duo of the winning film Goodbye Julia – Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak. The third recognition went to the Japanese film Rei by debut director Toshihiko Tanaka. Toshihika’s thank-you speech was delivered via a video call from distant Hokkaido, and he revealed to the festival audience that he was going to shoot his next film there.
In the Blue Angel category for Best Actress, the award went to Danish actress Trine Dyrholm for her performance in The Girl with the Needle. The award was presented by the chairman of the jury of the feature film competition, Kurdish-Swiss director and screenwriter Mano Khalil and Ing. Ľudovít Šipoš, a Member of the Board of Directors and the Financial Director of Východoslovenská energetika (Eastern Slovakia Energy Company), to the director of The Girl with the Needle, Magnus von Horn, as the award-winning actress was unable to attend the festival in person. The Blue Angel for Best Male Actor went to Danish actor Sebastian Bull for his role in Gustav Möller’s prison drama Sons. Sebastian Bull received the award in person. Martina Fatykova, Marketing Manager, TIPOS National Lottery Company and Mano Khalil, member of the jury, presented it to him. “This is my first award in my life and I will always remember it,” the award-winning actor said in his thank-you speech.
The jury awarded the Blue Angel for Best Director to director Magnus von Horn for his haunting drama The Girl with the Needle, inspired by the horrific events in Denmark in the period shortly after the end of WWI. This was Magnus’ second time on stage and the award was presented to him by Mano Khalil and Gergely Santha, on behalf of EUK Force. “Thank you very much to the festival and the jury for having a good taste. It’s a film about the unwanted and how to remain a good person even when the world around you is evil,” said Magnus von Horn in his thank-you speech.
The Golden Camera Award for outstanding contribution to the field of cinema was received at the ceremony by the famous Ukrainian director Serhiy Loznitsa from the hands of the festival’s art director Martin Palúch. In his speech, the art director Martin Palúch revealed interesting facts from the filmography of the famous director. In 1996, the Art Film IFF selected one of Loznitsa’s first films, the documentary Today We Are Going to Build a House (1995, co-directed by Marat Magambetov), for the Student Film Competition. “It is a great honour for me! We must have the opportunity to make films about important and difficult issues in our history. I say this because I feel that the ground is beginning to disappear from under our feet and it is important to draw attention to this and to make films like this. Peace to Ukraine and all of us,” said the winner of the Golden Camera award, Serhiy Loznitsa, in his speech.
Since 1995, the Actor’s Mission Honorary Award has been presented at the Art Film IFF to actors for their outstanding contribution to the art of acting. Two honorary awards were presented at the ceremony. The first Actor’s Mission Award went to the actress Antónia Líšková. The actress began her career in Rome and became known for her numerous roles in Italian films. She received the award from Adriana Kronerová, who worked closely with Lišková on the series Mistresses and the films Happy New Year and Happy New Year 2: Dobro došli.
The second honorary award, the Actor’s Mission Award, went to the Slovak actor Maroš Kramár. The award was presented to him by his son Timur Kramár, who in a moving speech described Maroš not only as an actor but also as a great father. “Thank you very much, Art Film, for this award. Film is a wonderful thing and my work is also wonderful. However, lately, I’ve been encountering this notion that ‘you’re an actor and don’t meddle in politics.’ However, I think this is not the right view. Film, theatre and culture in general are not here for entertainment only. Culture should also educate and teach us. I think it is very important in these times for culture to mirror this period,” said the laureate of the Actor’s Mission award in his thank-you speech.
The final point of the closing ceremony was the presentation of the Blue Angel Award for the Best Feature Film. The professional jury awarded this prestigious award to the Sudanese drama Goodbye, Julia, which tells the story of the friendship of two women with different religious beliefs. Director Mohamed Kordofani arrived in person in Košice and received the award from the jury member Man Khalil. “I shot this film a year and a half ago. When the post-production of the film started, we said that after finishing the film, we had to release it at home in Sudan, but three months after we finished it, the war began in Sudan. Since then I have been travelling the world showing this film. I’m a bit tired of it, but I’m lucky compared to the Sudanese who stayed in Sudan. I therefore call on the politicians to stop this war and I call on you to put pressure on the authorities that can help Sudan,” said Kordofani.
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Jury
Jury of the International Feature Film Competition

Anna Kryvenko
film Silently Like a Comet (Potichu jako kometa, 2014) she won prize for the Best Experimental Act at FAMUFEST, Prague (CZ). Her film Listen to the Horizon (Poslechnout horizont, 2015) won prize for the Best Czech Experimental Documentary, Jihlava IDFF (CZ). Her first feature documentary film My Unknown Soldier (Môj neznámy vojak, 2018) won Special Mention at Zagreb Dox and other awards. Her newest feature work in progress project Sun of the Living Dead was presented at Marché du Film by Cannes Film Festival 2020.

Mano Khalil

Marek Kuboš
Jury of the International Short Film Competition

Lucia Hurajová
and Czech films (e.g. An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World, Hannah and Her Brothers, Two Syllables Behind, Little Kingdom), TV series and radio plays.

Martin Kuba

Krzysztof Sienkiewicz
Jury of the International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films

Birgit Beumers

Sylvia Huszár
