More than half of the 31st edition of IFF Art Film is already behind us, and today we\u2019ll look at what awaits us on the festival\u2019s sixth day. Like the previous ones, it offers a host of exceptional films, inspiring discussions, intriguing masterclasses and a rich accompanying programme. The festival buzz is in full swing, and visitors can look forward to a colourful line-up of events that are definitely worth seeing and experiencing.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s IFF Art Film was marked by the Romanian New Wave, with Cristi Puiu receiving the honorary Golden Camera. The Romanian New Wave is not missing from this year\u2019s programme either. In the Love & Anarchy section, dedicated to unconventional and experimental cinema, we will screen at 10:00 in Kino \u00dasmev the latest film by Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-Flatza, EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA<\/em>\u00a0(2024). This extraordinarily witty archival compilation film documents in eight chapters, through period commercials, the dynamic transition from a totalitarian system to free-market consumerism. The uncommented footage shows how ideas and fantasies changed and evolved, how old stereotypes disappeared and new ones emerged. Period TV ads tried to \u201csell\u201d a new lifestyle in often absurd ways, meeting with ridicule, incomprehension, but also enthusiasm.<\/p>\n At 10:00 in the Alpha Gallery of Kulturpark, the Industry Programme continues, and on Wednesday it will feature American film producer and director Alexandre O. Philippe. In his masterclass he will analyse landmark works of world cinema through his internationally acclaimed documentaries. Philippe has served on juries at the London Film Festival and the Rome International Film Festival. In 2024 he won the Venezia Classici Award at the Venice IFF for his documentary CHAIN REACTIONS<\/strong> (2024) about the cult classic THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE<\/strong> (1974).<\/p>\n We move to contemporary Russia with the documentary MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN<\/em> (2025) at 12:00 in Kino \u00dasmev. Shot by the courageous Pasha, who after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine decides to document day-to-day life in Russia and fight the best way he knows how, the film captures not only state-mandated activities but also everyday life at school and beyond, aiming to show the world the impact of war and authoritarian rule on ordinary people. Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/em> offers a unique insight into Russian propaganda and tells the gripping story of a man who risks everything rather than betray his values.<\/p>\n At 13:30 in Kulturpark you can look forward to the latest Slovak-Austrian film PERLA<\/em> (2025) by director Alexandra Makarov\u00e1. In the spring of 1981, Perla\u2014an \u00e9migr\u00e9 and impulsive painter\u2014must return from Vienna to communist Czechoslovakia to repay an old debt. Years ago she fled the country, and on both sides of the Iron Curtain she is unwelcome. She embarks on a risky journey to Ko\u0161ice, where she must confront the secrets of her past that she has kept under lock and key. The film portrays a vibrant, strong-willed woman and mother who strives to live on her own terms despite the losses she has endured. Lead actress Rebeka Pol\u00e1kov\u00e1 and producer Tom\u00e1\u0161 Krupa will attend the screening.<\/p>\n The Slovak Season section, dedicated to the latest Slovak films, brings to Kino \u00dasmev at 14:30 the documentary VARSO<\/em> (2025), capturing the life and work of Peter Varsav\u00edk\u2014an idiosyncratic musician active from the late 1980s to the present. Varsav\u00edk\u2019s lifestyle and creative approach fall outside standard musical and social frameworks. His lyrics, music and above all who he is today bear witness to this. His intermittent activity has long been linked mainly to the Kysuce region, but thanks to his exceptional expressive and performative qualities he briefly reached beyond regional borders, collaborating for instance with Mari\u00e1n Varga. The story of Peter Varsav\u00edk carries a message about creativity as a potential lifeline for someone long struggling with severe mental states, opening an important space for reflection on the relationship between art, mental health and the social environment in which his legacy is created and slowly fades.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to dive into contemporary Chinese cinema, we recommend the new strand A New Hope in Contemporary Chinese Cinema. Within it, at 15:30 in Kino Veritas, we will screen A BRANCH TO ROOST <\/i>(2024). Zhi Fang, an elderly woman living alone in the countryside who is diagnosed with an incurable disease, is coping with the loss of her husband and son. Worried about where she will ultimately rest, she boldly dismantles the family tomb, takes the ashes to the city and seeks a shared resting place with lifelong care. This decision\u2014her final wish\u2014unexpectedly brings new energy to the autumn of her life.<\/p>\n At 16:30 in Kunsthalle we will present, in its Slovak pre-premiere, the latest film by world-renowned director Ferzan \u00d6zpetek\u2014DIAMONDS<\/em> (2024). It is 1974, and in a tailoring atelier that makes costumes for film and theatre works a diverse group of women. At work they all have to contend with a frantic pace, demanding quality standards, the whims of clients, the rivalry of the sisters who run the atelier, and a lack of time for lunch. In private, each lives her own novel\u2014which in no case belongs to a romance series. They all secretly struggle with something\u2014a man, violence, poverty, fear\u2014and each with her own weapons. What unites them is resilience, strength and solidarity. The film won the David di Donatello Audience Award.<\/p>\n In Taba\u010dka Kulturfabrik at 18:30, the festival will premiere the brand-new discussion format Slow Talk s Havranom<\/em>. The new talk show hosted by Michal Havran brings respected guests to Taba\u010dka to explore topics that shed light on the deeper causes of social phenomena. The evening\u2019s topic is: What Are We Playing At? Film in the Age of Modern Populism.<\/em> Guests include actor No\u00ebl Czuczor, director Marko \u0160kop, and theatre theorist, translator and manager Sylvia Husz\u00e1r.<\/p>\n If you want to be among the first audiences in Slovakia to see the film that won this year\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, don\u2019t miss the 20:30 screening in Kino \u00dasmev of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT<\/em>\u00a0(2025) by Iranian director Jafar Panahi. Vahid, a former political prisoner who works as a car mechanic, recognises the distinctive sound of a customer\u2019s leg prosthesis one evening and believes the man to be his former torturer. He kidnaps him, intending to bury him alive in the desert. Soon, however, he begins to doubt the man\u2019s identity, and so he gathers other torture victims to decide the fate of the man they believe to be their tormentor. The film explores moral dilemmas such as revenge, forgiveness and justice in a repressive society. Jafar Panahi\u2014imprisoned several times in Iran\u2014shot the film in secret, without government permission. And although it addresses the trauma suffered by political dissidents and other opponents of power, Panahi also employs compassion, satire and black humour to criticise the social system.<\/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. 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