They\u2019ll unleash loads of laughs, suspense and even gore. They\u2019ll come at you from an angle with a vampire invasion or fascinate you with their sheer experimentalism. These are the kind of films you should be ready for at the time-tested crowd-pleasers of this year\u2019s Art Film Fest: Late Night Show and Love and Anarchy. <\/p>\n
The 20th Art Film Fest is being held from 16 to 23 June in Tren\u010dianske Teplice and Tren\u010d\u00edn.<\/p>\n
Late Night Show is the festival’s traditional evening closer, keeping audiences amused well into the witching hour. "This year’s line-up leans a bit further towards the horror genre, with nightly bloodbaths and terrifying sound effects. But of course that\u2019s not all \u2013 we\u2019re also including comedy and epic, controversial, action-packed sci-fi,\u201d says section programmer Ivana Petr\u00edkov\u00e1.<\/p>\n
One of the section\u2019s biggest draws will be the American cult-classic horror comedy Ghostbusters from Slovak-born director Ivan Reitman. Art Film Fest\u2019s screening marks the legendary 1984 film\u2019s Slovak premiere in its original, undubbed form. <\/p>\n
The film centres on three university parapsychologists who start a paranormal extermination company called Ghostbusters. While investigating strange events at an Upper West Side flat, they make a shocking discovery, and soon all of Manhattan is overrun by demons and spirits from another dimension. \u201cI’m hoping the film will be a fantastic new discovery for our youngest visitors, and for the slightly older ones, it’ll be a return to the incredible 80s, with brilliant performers like Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in their prime,\u201d adds Petr\u00edkov\u00e1. <\/p>\n
For another crazy and unforgettable thrill-ride, look no further than American horror film The Cabin in the Woods. \u201cOn one level, \u2018Cabin\u2019 functions as your classic horror film; it\u2019s the sort of movie where you grab your popcorn and hold your date tight while you watch five teenagers head to the woods and encounter terrible things. But it\u2019s also our version of that type of movie, which means things get a lot more insane than you might expect,\u201d says director Drew Goddard. <\/p>\n
Sci-fi fans won\u2019t be left out either, thanks to Iron Sky – a film imagining that the Nazi party avoided defeat during World War II by taking a rocket to the dark side of the moon. Over the last 70 years, they have secretly constructed a gigantic space fortress with an enormous fleet of flying saucers. When the Americans launch another manned moon landing, the lunar F\u00fchrer decides that their big moment to reclaim the Earth has come. <\/p>\n
Partially financed by its own fans, this long-anticipated sci-fi comedy was premiered at this year\u2019s Berlinale, later becoming one of Finland\u2019s biggest blockbusters. The film\u2019s soundtrack was recorded by the legendary Slovenian band Laibach. <\/p>\n
With a total of seven films, Late Night Show will also feature The Moth Diaries, a dark, gothic-tinged tale of a young girl at a boarding school, and Stake Land, a vision of an America rendered a godforsaken wasteland by an invasion of bloodthirsty monsters. The post-apocalyptic road movie received the People’s Choice Award at the 2012 Toronto IFF. <\/p>\n
The popular section Love and Anarchy also ventures into strange territory, following the latest trends in independent cinema. \u201cThese films are distinguished by their originality and affinity for experimentation,\u201d explains section programmer Martin Ciel. \u201cWe\u2019re presenting some truly exceptional work this year, oriented especially towards younger audiences. Every film features young protagonists dealing with serious problems, be it in South America, Europe or Asia. Most of them are likeable characters who end up, often inexplicably, in dramatic situations,\u201d says Ciel. <\/p>\n
One of the section’s flagships is the Dutch film Lena from the talented Belgian director Christophe Van Rompaey, whose debut Moscow, Belgium was met with exceptional acclaim at Cannes. The tragicomedy about life in a working-class industrial district of Ghent was the opening film of the 2008 Art Film Fest, attended by the director himself. <\/p>\n
Van Rompaey\u2019s latest tells the story of an ordinary girl named Lena, whose hobbies include dancing and casual sex. But all this changes when she starts going steady with a boy and meets his unusual father. Lena gradually slips into an ever more complicated web of dysfunctional relationships, sex and violence. The film is an authentic and unembellished glimpse into the lives and problems of today\u2019s teenagers; a visually powerful, expertly mixed cocktail of social drama, psychodrama, crime and eroticism. <\/p>\n
More insight into modern-day adolescence is provided by young Serbian director Maja Milo\u0161 in Clip (Klip). This extraordinary debut was adored by audiences upon its premiere in competition at this year’s Rotterdam IFF. Clip\u2019s story revolves around Jasna, a teenage girl fed up with her dreary life in a crumbling Serbian city. She doesn\u2019t get on with her mum, she\u2019s bored with school, and she devotes her free time to sex, drugs and alcohol. This dynamic and unsettling portrait of wasted youth and the search for one\u2019s place is shot in a very modern and radical manner, at times approaching pornography, at others psychodrama. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Love and Anarchy will present a total of nine titles, which will also include the Greek film Alps, depicting a very strange group of people who replace deceased friends and relatives. A fantastic horror film full of military mayhem, The Squad follows a small company of soldiers in the mountains of Columbia overwhelmed by an inexplicable frenzy. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Andes, a young photographer happens upon a village whose inhabitants disregard time itself in the mysterious Hist\u00f3rias que s\u00f3 existem quando lembradas (Found Memories).<\/p>\n
Art Film Fest 2012 \u2013 the 20th International Tren\u010dianske Teplice\/Tren\u010d\u00edn Film Festival<\/p>\n
ART FILM, n.o., FORZA, a.s.<\/p>\n
Co-organizers: The Town of Tren\u010dianske Teplice, the City of Tren\u010d\u00edn, K\u00fapele Tren\u010dianske Teplice <\/p>\n
Financial Support: The Audiovisual Fund<\/p>\n
General Sponsors: KOOPERATIVA pois\u0165ov\u0148a Vienna Insurance Group, Privatbanka<\/p>\n
Main Sponsors: Omnia Holding SE, Slovnaft<\/p>\n
Official Transport Provider: Lancia<\/p>\n
Logistics Sponsor: DHL <\/p>\n
Student cinepasses for only \u20ac5 provided by Prv\u00e1 stavebn\u00e1 sporite\u013e\u0148a, a. s. <\/p>\n
Sponsors: TIPOS, Slovak Telekom, Penzi\u00f3n Baske, Cinemax, Forza CZ, Omnia Motors, Omnia 2000, DOMO Omnia, Omnia KLF<\/p>\n
Official Suppliers: Mo\u00ebt, Hotel Pax \u2013 the festival spa hotel, Esterle&Esterle, LampART, Stredn\u00e1 odborn\u00e1 \u0161kola polygrafick\u00e1 Rozhlas a telev\u00edzia Slovenska, Pravda, R\u00e1dio FM, zoznam.sk<\/p>\n
Media Sponsors: telev\u00edzia JOJ, Film Europe Channel, Central Europe Television, R\u00e1dio Europa 2, .t\u00fd\u017ede\u0148, Eurotelev\u00edzia, Pardon, OK!, Kine\u010dko, Kam do mesta, Focus, GONG SK, Boomerang Media, SITA, BlueSky, euroAWK, moviemania.sk<\/p>\n
Partners: the Tren\u010d\u00edn Self-governing Region, the European Commission Representation in Slovakia, the Slovak Film Institute, Celtima SK, Hotel Fl\u00f3ra, the Bratislava Culture and Information Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They\u2019ll unleash loads of laughs, suspense and even gore. They\u2019ll come at you from an angle with a vampire invasion