{"id":52068,"date":"2026-06-26T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/?p=52068"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:25:56","slug":"pavol-hirjak-sirava-is-an-underused-location-in-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/en\/blog\/news\/2026\/06\/pavol-hirjak-sirava-is-an-underused-location-in-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavol Hirjak: \u0160\u00edrava is an underused location in cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Tuesday, 23 June 2026, the 32nd IFF Art Film Ko\u0161ice held the world premiere of the feature debut <\/strong><em>The Last Season<\/em><strong>, written and directed by Pavol Hirjak. Kino Veritas was the first venue to host the story of two young people who meet during the last three days of summer at Lake Zempl\u00ednska \u0160\u00edrava. The lead roles were played by M\u00e1ria Miklo\u0161kov\u00e1 and Tade\u00e1\u0161 Moravec, with a supporting performance by veteran actor Marko Igonda. The film was produced by Vladim\u00edr Sabado\u0161. The festival screened the film again on Thursday, 25 June, at Kunsthalle Ko\u0161ice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pavol Hirjak<\/strong> chose for his debut the region he comes from. <em>\u201cFirstly, because I\u2019m from there and I know it intimately, and also because \u0160\u00edrava is underused in cinema. It\u2019s a very interesting place,\u201d<\/em> he explained the decision to set the story at Lake Zempl\u00ednska \u0160\u00edrava. The path to filmmaking did not lead directly through directing, before studying at the Prague FAMU, <strong>Hirjak<\/strong> graduated in medicine. <em>\u201cThanks to medicine, you get to know a person better, not only physically but also psychologically,\u201d<\/em> he added. He deliberately chose a feature-length format for his graduation film: <em>\u201cThat was the plan from the moment I wanted to apply to FAMU. I wanted to graduate with a feature film, because I saw it could be done.\u201d<\/em> The casting took half a year and went through four rounds in Prague, Bratislava and Ko\u0161ice. <strong>Hirjak<\/strong> deliberately invited the two leads into the final round together, to test whether the chemistry between them worked.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IFF AF 26 | Rozhovor Pavol Hirjak\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hcHJA50ZI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The role of Viki marks the first lead role in a feature film for <strong>M\u00e1ria Miklo\u0161kov\u00e1<\/strong>. The coming-of-age theme was personally close to her: <em>\u201cI shot this film in my second year of university, so I already had a certain sense of what I wanted to do with my life. But it wasn\u2019t that long ago that I had just finished high school and was wondering what to do next. Many people around me are still asking that question, and so am I sometimes, even though I study what I love,\u201d<\/em> she said. She singled out the summer heat as the toughest part of shooting: <em>\u201cThere were days when it was 35 \u00b0C outside and we were filming in the cabin of a boat where it must have been 45. Some things were also difficult because it was the first film for most of us on the crew, so we were still finding our way. I think it pushed us all forward a lot.\u201d<\/em> Her closing message to young aspiring actresses: <em>\u201cAbove all, live your life. Live it to the fullest, because those experiences are what will allow you to translate acting into entirely different dimensions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IFF AF 26 | Rozhovor M\u00e1ria Miklo\u0161kov\u00e1\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r57KPeJ8ogA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The other lead is played by <strong>Tade\u00e1\u0161 Moravec<\/strong>, who finds personal resonance in the story. <em>\u201cI think many young people can identify with it. At the age when one is finishing high school and has to set out on their own path, we often feel that we might disappoint our surroundings, or that we have to do something to earn respect. I went through this completely,\u201d<\/em> he explained. His character dreams of a career as a boxer. <strong>Moravec<\/strong> himself trains in Muay Thai but has never competed, which came in useful for the film: <em>\u201cThe character significantly overestimates his abilities.\u201d<\/em> He saw the key to inhabiting the role in working with the text: <em>\u201cThe most important thing is to read the script a hundred times. Everything is in there. And since we were able to spend some time at \u0160\u00edrava before shooting, we absorbed the environment. The film takes place at the end of summer, we arrived at the beginning of it, so I actually lived through the whole summer there.\u201d<\/em> <strong>Moravec<\/strong> comes from a family of actors, yet it was precisely that which long kept him away from the profession. <em>\u201cI was a big introvert and could not imagine expressing myself in this way. I always felt closer to film, to living different kinds of adventures,\u201d<\/em> he admitted. He did not come away from the shoot with memories alone: <em>\u201cWe literally left blood and sweat there. I cut my leg open, had to go to hospital, had scrapes. But spending that beautiful summer outdoors with young people I got along with was wonderful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IFF AF 26 | Rozhovor Tade\u00e1\u0161 Moravec\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5Ts_tpAy7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Veteran actor <strong>Marko Igonda<\/strong> joined the film in a supporting role. Working on debuts is for him a conscious choice. <em>\u201cYoung people are trying to make a good film. It\u2019s an authorial work, they had to raise all the resources themselves and bring it to life. To be part of that is, after everything I\u2019ve been through, a great gift and an enormous honour for me. That\u2019s the alpha and the omega of why I\u2019m here and why I support them,\u201d<\/em> he explained. From the premiere itself, what stayed with him most was the sense of coming home: <em>\u201cMost of these filmmakers are from here. The film will go on its journey, but they brought it back home, to their roots. The audience was full of family members, friends, people who know \u0160\u00edrava and feel what kind of energy it has. I told them to treasure that moment, because such feedback may never come again,\u201d<\/em> <strong>Igonda<\/strong> added. He addressed an appeal to young filmmakers: <em>\u201cDo not let yourself be swallowed by the machinery that today, in this profession, sometimes feels almost necessary for survival. Very few individuals can resist it, it is very demanding. But if you hold out, you can live in the freedom I live in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IFF AF 26 | Rozhovor Marko Igonda\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rXsOFeNI9r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other cast members of <em>The Last Season<\/em> include <strong>Bronislava Kov\u00e1\u010dikov\u00e1<\/strong>, <strong>Franti\u0161ek Bele\u0161<\/strong>, <strong>Diana Semanov\u00e1<\/strong>, <strong>M\u00e1rio Ma\u010di\u010d\u00e1k<\/strong>, <strong>Juraj Stebila<\/strong>, <strong>Vanessa Weisz<\/strong> and <strong>Katar\u00edna Kraj\u010dovi\u010dov\u00e1<\/strong>. The second screening on Thursday, 25 June, at Kunsthalle Ko\u0161ice was introduced by director <strong>Pavol Hirjak<\/strong> and producer <strong>Vladim\u00edr Sabado\u0161<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The 32nd IFF ART FILM is made possible thanks to the support of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main organizer: <\/strong>ART FILM FEST s.r.o.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-organizers: <\/strong>City of Ko\u0161ice, K13 \u2013 Ko\u0161ice Cultural Centres, Visit Ko\u0161ice, ART FILM FEST, n.o.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the financial support of: <\/strong>Audiovisual Fund<\/p>\n<p><strong>The project was co-financed by <\/strong>the Ko\u0161ice Self-governing Region from the Terra Incognita program<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main partners: <\/strong>CODES Brand House, H2O FUND SICAV, Fors &#8211; stav<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automotive partner: <\/strong>AUTO-VALAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Official hotel: <\/strong>Hotel Yasmin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main media partners: <\/strong>TV JOJ, Pravda, Eurotelev\u00edzia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors: <\/strong>U. 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