Wednesday 11. 09.

Free the Chickens

Free the Chickens

CZ/SK, 2024, 15 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Matúš Vizár

A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to flee into the harsh wilderness. During their escape, they encounter numerous extreme situations and ethical dilemmas, leading to…

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari

RO/CZ/FR/BG/DE, 2018, 140 min.; ro, fr, es, en, de / cz tit

Director: Radu Jude

“I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians.” The words spoken in the Council of Ministers in the summer of 1941 marked the beginning of Romania’s entanglements in the Holocaust under the fascist regime of General…

Trust

Confidenza

IT, 2024, 136 min.; it / en sub / sk tit

Director: Daniele Luchetti

Can love and fear coexist in a romantic relationship? Can being too close to your other half damage your life? Trust is about the unbalanced life of Pietro Vella, a teacher capable of being there for his students but not…

Intregalde

Întregalde

RO, 2021, 104 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Radu Muntean

Three humanitarian workers are delivering aid to the remotest parts of the country. It is winter, the end of the year. In the forest, they meet a lonely, confused old man. He says he has to get to the sawmill…

Lapilli

Lapilli

SK/DE, 2024, 65 min.; sk / en sub

Director: Paula Ďurinová

From sea flows through dark caverns to volcanic deserts. LAPILLI is a personal reckoning that dives deep into the hard matter. Traversing through diverse rocky landscapes, director Paula Ďurinová deals with the sudden loss of her grandparents. An unexpected disappearance…

Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Mord

CZ/SK, 2024, 80 min.; cz

Director: Adam Martinec

A family gathering like no other! This describes the annual pig slaughter that takes place in a cottage in a remote village in the equally remote Osoblažsko region. It’s the only day of the year when the entire family comes…

Men of Deeds

Oameni de treaba

RO/BG, 2022, 105 min.; ro, ua / en sub / sk tit

Director: Paul Negoescu

Ilie, a small-town police chief, wants to build a modest comfortable life for himself, but ends up making the wrong choices. Middle-aged and alienated, he feels the need to be a part of something—to build an orchard, even a home.

To the North

To the North

RO/FR/GR/BG/CZ, 2022, 123 min.; bg, en, ro, es, tl / en sub / sk tit

Director: Mihai Mincan

Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic cargo ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between containers. If Dumitru is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the…

The Island

The Island

RO/FR/BE, 2021, 85 min.; ro / en sub / sk tit

Director: Anca Damian

Robinson is a doctor and his solitude is voluntary on an island invaded by migrants and NGOs. He saves Friday, a castaway, the only survivor of his illegal refugee boat. During his journey on the island, Robinson encounters extraordinary beings…

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

BE/FR/NL, 2024, 150 min.; fr, en, nl / en sub / sk tit

Director: Johan Grimonprez

In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers and the US to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the…

Booger

Booger

US, 2023, 78 min.; en / sk tit

Director: Mary Dauterman

After the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend Izzy, Anna struggles to cope with the loss of a loved one and move on with her life. While cleaning her room, looking for a photo album, Izzy’s cat, Booger,…

Dream Scenario

Dream Scenario

US/CA, 2023, 102 min.; en / cz tit

Director: Kristoffer Borgli

Paul Matthews is a man you would probably overlook in real life: bald, wearing wrinkled pants and brown leather loafers, he is a professor at a university you’ve never heard of. He has a supportive wife, two daughters, and ambitions…

Smiling Georgia

Gimiliani Sakartvelo

GE/DE, 2023, 62 min.; ka / en sub / sk tit

Director: Luka Beradze

What are the costs of the half-truths that politicians tell? In 2012, in the race for reelection, Georgia’s governing party was promising subsidized dental care to the country’s least well off. Across the land, state medical practitioners began removing rotten…

MasterClass Iveta Grófová – director and screenwriter of the film The Hungarian Dressmaker

Diskusia, 90 min.

Interview with Slovak director and screenwriter Iveta Grófová about directing and screenwriting. The drama The Hungarian Dressmaker opened the 19th edition of Cinematik in its Slovak premiere. How she works, why she chooses particular themes, how long she prepares a…

Film Quiz by Peter Konečný powered by JOJ play

Kvíz, 60 min.

Do you like films and series? Do you like to talk about them and even more do you like to compete? Then here’s a film quiz for you with lots of interesting excerpts and questions. Test your film knowledge and…

FILMEU Film School and the process of internationalisation in Slovakia

Diskusia, 90 min.

Slovakia, together with seven European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal), has responded to the request of the European Commission and, through the Academy of Performing Arts, is participating in the FILMEU project, the purpose of which is…

DJ Gonzo

DJ set, 165 min.

An ardent fan of music of various genres. As a DJ he started at Cinematik. He focuses on music genres such as nu jazz, Latin, broken beat, dub, hip hop, funk and others.

Tiny Lights

Světýlka

CZ/SK, 2024, 70 min.; cz / en sub

Director: Beata Parkanová

Amálka is a six-year-old girl who plays with her cat and lives in her own world in complete harmony with the universe. But this day changes everything. The sunny house where her family lives, surrounded by a beautiful garden, is…

The Hungarian Dressmaker (2/2)

Ema a smrtihlav

SK/CZ, 2024, 129 min.; sk, hu, de / sk tit / en sub

Director: Iveta Grófová

Marika is a Hungarian widow who, during the turbulent years of World War II and the wartime Slovak State, hides a Jewish boy in her home on the Slovak-Hungarian border. She becomes the object of interest for two men—a Slovak…

Sons

Vogter

DK/SE/FR, 2024, 100 min.; da / cz tit

Director: Gustav Möller

The idealistic prison officer Eva faces a life-changing dilemma when a young man connected to her past is transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, she requests to be moved to the department for the most…

The Dead Don’t Hurt (1/2)

The Dead Don’t Hurt

US/MX/UK, 2023, 129 min.; en, es, fr, da / cz tit

Director: Viggo Mortensen

French-Canadian Vivienne and Holger, a Danish immigrant, fall in love right before the start of the American Civil War. When he goes off to fight, she’s left to defend herself against the machinations of Weston Jeffries, an influential rancher. Returning…

I’m Not Everything I Want To Be

Ešte nie som, kým chcem byť

CZ/SK/AT, 2024, 80 min.; cz / en sub

Director: Klára Tasovská

Libuše Jarcovjáková is a legend of world photography and an untamed woman who defied all conventions. Her life is a mosaic of fascinating encounters and wild stories—from the gritty underground of communist Czechoslovakia, through exclusive photo shoots for fashion elites…