Sunday is tailor-made for squeezing every last drop of pleasure from the festival weekend and recharging with experiences you won\u2019t soon forget. The closing day of the weekend once again serves up a selection of outstanding films, inspiring guests and side-events that will set the tone for the coming festival days packed with great programming.<\/p>\n
You can top up your energy for the whole week first thing in the morning with a yoga session led by Jaiwanti, a Slovak yoga ambassador of Indian descent. Practice starts at 8:30 a.m. in the relaxing surroundings of Kulturpark. Jaiwanti offers festivalgoers a harmonious blend of movement, breath and inner balance, allowing them to slow down for a moment amid the festival bustle.<\/p>\n
At 10:00 a.m. in Kulturpark\u2019s JOJ CINEMA, our youngest \u2013 and most attentive \u2013 viewers can enjoy the animated tale The Glassworker<\/strong> (2024), which follows the talented violinist Alliz and young master glassblower Vincent. Their friendship and love are tested by war and strict fathers. Pakistan\u2019s first anime enchants with its gorgeous animation, music and a story about the power of art and love that also won hearts at the prestigious Annecy festival.<\/p>\n After this magical animation, the International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films offers, in the same cinema at 1:00 p.m., the feature Honeymoon<\/strong> (2024), also nominated for the FIPRESCI Award. The film tells the topical story of a married couple trapped in Kyiv during Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Newlyweds Taras and Olya have just moved into their new flat, invited friends over and are enjoying a peaceful evening. But before dawn explosions erupt and the situation changes from one second to the next. They listen to the news, call family, and Olya\u2019s acquaintance from Austria urges her to leave while there\u2019s still time, offering a grant and accommodation \u2013 but Olya refuses. Ukrainian director Zhanna Ozirna will attend the screening in person.<\/p>\n At the same hour, AFF Industry in the Kulturpark gallery ALFA features editor Peter Harum\u2019s presentation on the use of artificial intelligence in documentary film \u2013 its potential and its risks. Using concrete examples, he will focus on ethical questions, creative approaches and the changes AI is bringing to film reality. Harum studied editing at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, works as an editor of award-winning documentaries and features, has taught at V\u0160MU and PEV\u0160, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the Academy of Arts.<\/p>\n On Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Kino \u00dasmev, the Colours, Flavours & Songs of India strand screens the moving 12th Fail<\/strong>(2023). The story follows Manoj, a boy from a poor family who fights doggedly to fulfil his dream of becoming a police officer despite poverty and obstacles. The film realistically depicts the arduous path to education and the existential struggle of millions of Indians yearning for a better life, and it won Filmfare Awards for direction, screenplay and acting.<\/p>\n Photographer, cinematographer and director Martin Kollar will personally present his latest film Chronicle<\/strong> (2025) in Kulturpark. In this visual essay he captures the state of the landscape and the people within it, observing ordinary scenes that his subtly surreal, gently ironic eye turns into images full of symbolism and unexpected humour: between village houses we suddenly see a gigantic snow sculpture of Christ being carefully sawed apart by a man on a ladder; elsewhere polluted rivers or absurd structures that people are demolishing or rescuing. Chronicle is a poetic, at times philosophical meditation on how humans relate to the land \u2013 altering, destroying and renewing it \u2013 and how together they form one ever-changing organism. The film has been nominated for the FIPRESCI Prize.<\/p>\n In a festival preview at 5:30 p.m. in Kino \u00dasmev, audiences have the chance to see Michel Franco\u2019s newest film Dangerous Dreams<\/strong> (2025) starring the incomparable Jessica Chastain. The celebrated Mexican director has long explored the status of Mexicans in the United States, and in his latest work he returns to the theme via the art world. Chastain plays a wealthy, educated philanthropist from San Francisco who supports ballet talent \u2013 in particular a young Mexican soloist. Their relationship shifts from patronage to passionate affair, yet the heroine fails to see that she treats him more as a possession than an equal partner. Franco sensitively exposes the hidden superiority and power dynamics that often manifest subtly yet cut all the deeper.<\/p>\n After the successful feature film MIKI<\/strong> (2024), viewers can look forward to the four-part miniseries MIKI<\/strong>, which IFF Art Film will premiere exclusively at 8:00 p.m. in the Garden Cinema. The series about former Slovak underworld boss Mikul\u00e1\u0161 \u010cern\u00e1k will be introduced by director Jakub Kroner, editor Michal Kondrla and producer Zuzana Mistr\u00edkov\u00e1.<\/p>\n Also at 8:00 p.m., the Old Town Hall hosts an acoustic concert by Celeste Buckingham. For IFF Art Film she has prepared a special festival acoustic set with Mat\u011bj V\u00e1vra (producer, musician, singer) and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Vajda (drummer), featuring not only her biggest hits but also a selection of well-known movie songs.<\/p>\n As is traditional, the evening brings the Night Screening programme section. At 8:30 p.m. in Kino \u00dasmev, director Alexandre O. Philippe will present his latest film Chain Reactions<\/strong> (2024). Fifty years after Tobe Hooper\u2019s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre<\/strong> (1974) shocked the world and forever changed cinema and pop culture, Chain Reactions maps its profound impact on five major artists \u2013 Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama \u2013 through their early memories, sensory experiences and childhood traumas. The film weaves dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen clips, diving into personal impressions conveyed via various audiovisual formats (16 mm, 35 mm, VHS, digital). Chain Reactions reveals how an old independent low-budget horror burrowed into our collective nightmares and forever shifted the zeitgeist. A digitally restored version premiered in 2024 at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Venice Classics Award for Best Documentary on Cinema. Don\u2019t miss it \u2013 the director will be present!<\/p>\n The 31st IFF ART FILM is made possible thanks to the support of:<\/b><\/p>\n Organizer:<\/b> ART FILM FEST s.r.o.<\/span><\/p>\n Co-organizers:<\/b> Mesto Ko\u0161ice \u00b7 K13 \u2013 Ko\u0161ick\u00e9 kult\u00farne centr\u00e1 \u00b7 Visit Ko\u0161ice \u00b7 ART FILM FEST, n.o. \u00b7 LGM, s.r.o. \u00b7 FORLIVE<\/span><\/p>\n Financial support:<\/b> Audiovizu\u00e1lny fond \u00b7 Nad\u00e1cia SPP<\/span><\/p>\n Co-financed by:<\/b> Ko\u0161ick\u00fd samospr\u00e1vny kraj through the Terra Incognita programme<\/span><\/p>\n Main Partners<\/b>: n\u00e1rodn\u00e1 lot\u00e9riov\u00e1 spolo\u010dnos\u0165 TIPOS \u00b7 Slovensk\u00e1 elektriza\u010dn\u00e1 prenosov\u00e1 s\u00fastava, a.s. \u00b7 CODES Brand House<\/span><\/p>\n Main Media Partners: <\/b>TV JOJ \u00b7 Pravda \u00b7 Eurotelev\u00edzia<\/span><\/p>\n Automotive Partner: <\/b>Moris Slovakia<\/span><\/p>\n Advertising Partners: <\/b>Best Press \u00b7 U. S. 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\n<\/span>Official wines:<\/b> Kubbo Select \u00b7 Ostro\u017eovi\u010d<\/span><\/p>\n