From 2003 to 2005, Artfilm\u2019s programme contained a section focused on domestic film production, entitled Slovak Season<\/b>. This was followed by a three-year hiatus. \u201cCurrently however, the Slovak film industry is experiencing a great surge in not only quality, but also in quantity. And even more importantly, audiences are showing increasing interest in domestic productions, evidenced by the over 426 000 viewers of last year\u2019s Bathory<\/i> and the already over 115 000 viewers of Soul at Peace<\/i>,\u201d explained the section\u2019s coordinator Miro Ulman, pointing out that in the flood of international premieres, of which there are 180 to 200 each year, unfortunately not every Slovak film makes it to every cinema. That is why Art Film Fest will present a selection of Slovak films from the first half of 2009. Visitors will even see hot new releases which have yet to be premiered. \u201cWe also invite the filmmakers, so that festival visitors can have the one-of-a-kind opportunity to discuss film with them,\u201d added Ulman. On the festival screen, audiences will see the premiere of director Ivan Vojn\u00e1r\u2019s long-awaited feature film originally titled \u201cFlowers of Sakura\u201d, which will arrive with the title My Husband\u2019s Women<\/i>.
The film depicts the fate of a married celebrity couple. The director follows their life both in front of the cameras and behind them, leaving nothing out. Their fate is bound up with successes and disappointments, new hope and the aftermath of past deeds.
The lives of Daniel and Vera Hod\u00e1lov\u00e1 \u2013 a married couple whose relationship has been in shambles for several years already \u2013 are touched by a Macedonian girl who is searching for happiness in Slovakia, and starts a new life with Vera and Daniel. In Liana, Vera finds a part of herself which faded away long before, leaving a bitter emptiness. Appearing in the main roles are Zdena Studenkov\u00e1, Martin Stropnick\u00fd, T\u00e1\u0148a Pauhofov\u00e1, \u00c9va Bandor, Vladim\u00edr Dlouh\u00fd, Anna Pol\u00edvkov\u00e1, Marija Dimishkova and \u013dubom\u00edr Paulovi\u010d. Among the hot new releases at Art Film Fest, young director Jakub Kroner\u2019s Bratislavafilm<\/i> awaits its first public screening. It depicts a single day in the city from the perspectives of four people: a taxi driver who has a personal crisis, a drug dealer who lives in a poor hip-hop district, a mafia boss and a person who comes to Bratislava to find work. Their fates intertwine and lead to drama.
Featuring Robert Roth, Zuzana Fialov\u00e1, \u013dubo\u0161 Kosteln\u00fd, Anna \u0160i\u0161kov\u00e1 and \u010cistychov. A premiere also awaits the short feature film from director Juraj Krasnohorsk\u00fd, X=X+1<\/i>.
An unfamiliar man and woman open the door and enter your flat. They make themselves at home. They don\u2019t see you, don\u2019t react to your threats, and the door opens yet again to more and more new couples. It starts to get crowded in the flat. Each couple is surprised at the arrival of each new couple and react in their own way, but always with the same conviction \u2013 the others are the intruders. But it\u2019s your flat, you were here first. Or not? In addition to new releases, festival cinemas will also screen Slovak films that have come to our cinemas since January 2009. Audiences can look forward to director Vlado Balko\u2019s Soul at Peace<\/i>, which ranks as the third most-watched film in the history of the Republic, with more than 115 thousand viewers. The picture is a contemporary story of three childhood friends. All three find themselves at crossroads in their lives and try to help each other. The main character is T\u00f3no, who returns from prison to his native village and tries to reintegrate into normal life. But in this small village near \u010cierny Balog, that is far from simple.
The film stars Attila Mokos, Roman Lukn\u00e1r, Jan Vondr\u00e1\u010dek, Robert Wieckiewicz, Helena Kraj\u010diov\u00e1 and Jarom\u00edr Hanzl\u00edk, who will accept the Actor\u2019s Mission Award at this year\u2019s Art Film Fest. Success in Slovak cinemas has also been enjoyed by Miloslav Luther\u2019s tragicomedy Mosquitoes\u2019 Tango<\/i>. It is the story of two pre-revolution emigrants, who return years later from Spain to Slovakia. The businessman Karol needs to get divorced, but fears his abandoned wife Eva, whereas his well-off fianc\u00e9 Lucia is afraid he won\u2019t go through with it. So she sets unsuccessful actor Rudo to the task of seeing to it. Their mission, however, becomes progressively more complex.
This tragicomedy features Roman Lukn\u00e1r, Ady Hajdu, Zuzana Fialov\u00e1, Tereza Brodsk\u00e1, Diana M\u00f3rov\u00e1 and Tereza Nvotov\u00e1. Art Film Fest will also present director Laura Siv\u00e1kov\u00e1\u2019s Heaven, Hell\u2026 Earth<\/i> starring Zuzana Kan\u00f3cz, which tells the story of a young ballerina whose relationships and career collapse. Her boyfriend cheats on her, she injures her leg and on top of that, her family is falling apart. Kl\u00e1ra falls in love with a middle-aged man with a daughter who she starts to take care of. A game of love and responsibility begins, where she plays mother and lover. Everything seems perfect. Will Kl\u00e1ra find happiness?
From Art Film Fest\u2019s documentaries, viewers will for the first time get to see the Slovak-French-Spanish co-production from director Diana Fabi\u00e1nov\u00e1 Moon Inside You<\/i>. The subject of the documentary, which had its premiere on International Women\u2019s Day on the television station Arte, and has already been purchased by multiple European television networks, is menstruation. This tabooed subject is treated unconventionally, sometimes humorously, but still educationally and originally, through the story of a young girl.
The festival will also include the noteworthy documentary from Peter Kerekes, Cooking History<\/i>, which traces historic military conflicts through the testimonies of military cooks, and asks if war would exist at all without them.
One of the medium-length documentaries to be introduced at Art Film Fest is Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hu\u010dko\u2019s Before This Film Is Over<\/i>. It is a portrait of Slovak screenwriter and dramaturge Tibor Vichta, who from the 1950s on strongly influenced the form of many Slovak films, becoming an auteur in his own right thanks to the exceptional works of significant Slovak directors such as Peter Solan, Martin Holl\u00fd and Du\u0161an Tran\u010d\u00edk.
A portrait of another prominent Slovak artist will be presented by the documentary Between 4-5,6 <\/i>from director Vlado Balco. The film portrays Vincent Rosinec, who demonstrated his cinematographic abilities in films such as Martin Holl\u00fd\u2019s Havrania cesta <\/i>(Raven\u2019s Flight), Stanislav Barab\u00e1\u0161\u2019s Zvony pre bos\u00fdch<\/i> (Knell for the Barefooted), and in the pictures Before This Night is Over <\/i>from Peter Solan, Every Week Seven Days<\/i> and The Return of the Dragon<\/i> from Eduard Gre\u010dner and Du\u0161an Tran\u010d\u00edk\u2019s Concert for Mourners<\/i>.
Director Zuzana Piussi will introduce the documentary detective story Koliba<\/i>, about the fate of Slovak cinema. Along the way to a hill above Bratislava which was once home to a Slovak film production studio called Koliba<\/i>, it reveals fragments of inconsistent truths, absurd half-truths and veiled lies concerning the dissolution and theft of the \u201cfamily jewels\u201d \u2013 Slovak film. It is the first attempt to analytically chart this problem.
Art Film Fest will also present the short documentary Mystery of the Underground<\/i> from adventurer and filmmaker Pavol Barab\u00e1\u0161, who uncovers a dripstone paradise. He focuses on Slovak caves, of which there are nearly 6000. \u201cSlovakia is unique in the world in having six of its twelve publicly accessible caves recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. No where else in the world do they match this record. We can truly be proud of our underground treasures,\u201d said Barab\u00e1\u0161. ———————————————————————————————————– Organizers:<\/b> ART FILM, n.o., FORZA Production House Co-Organizers:<\/b> the Town of Tren\u010dianske Teplice, the Town of Tren\u010d\u00edn, Health Spa Tren\u010dianske Teplice
The Festival is made possible through the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic<\/b>.<\/p>\n
General Sponsors:<\/b> AquaCity Poprad, zdravotn\u00e1 pois\u0165ov\u0148a D\u00f4vera
Main Sponsors:<\/b> Omnia Holding, Tatra banka, Tauris, the Central European Foundation, Slovnaft Official Transport Provider:<\/b> Lancia Logistics Sponsor:<\/b> DHL Sponsors:<\/b> Provimi Pet Food, Dr. Max, Enagro, Hotel Baske, AVI Studio Official Suppliers:<\/b> Hubert, Parkhotel na Bara\u010dke, GS design, Segafredo Zanetti SR, Philips, Via France Slovak cinema is brought to you by <\/b>Zlat\u00fd Ba\u017eant Main Media Sponsors: Slovensk\u00e1 telev\u00edzia, Pravda, Zoznam.sk, Boomerang, \u017durn\u00e1l Media Sponsors: telev\u00edzia Mark\u00edza, FilmBox, Telev\u00edzia Central, R\u00e1dio Okey, R\u00e1dio Hit FM, Mark\u00edza, Pardon, Cinemax, Kam do mesta, port.sk, kedykam.sk, superobed.sk, ISPA, SITA, Q-EX, Tren\u010dianske Echo Partners: Hotel Praha, Hotel Fl\u00f3ra, Hotel Tatra, Slovak Film Institute, Italian Cultural Institute Bratislava, CzechTourism, Intersonic, Tatrafilm, Slovak Film and Television Academy, Esterle & Esterle, lampART, Celtima<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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