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Julie Keeps Quiet

Julie zwijgt

BE/SE, 2024, 97 min.; nl, fr / en sub

Director: Leonardo Van Dijl

Julie is a star player at an elite tennis academy. When her coach becomes part of an investigation and is suddenly suspended, all the players at the club are asked to speak up. But Julie chooses to remain silent. Julie…

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…

Explanation for Everything

Magyarázat mindenre

HU/SK, 2023, 152 min.; hu / sk tit

Director: Gábor Reisz

High school student Ábel is struggling to prepare for his school-leaving exams while coming to terms with his hopeless infatuation for his best friend Janka. Clever Janka, however, has her own object of unrequited love: a married history teacher, Jakab,…

Zenith

Zenit

SK/CZ/HU, 2023, 77 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues

Director: György Kristóf

A group of prisoners, who know no world beyond the walls of their jail, manage to escape. They find themselves in an underground cave, where a small opening high above allows sunlight to filter in. The prisoners dream of freedom…

The Professional Parent

Profesionálny rodič

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

Director: Erik Jasaň

The film The Professional Parent tells the story of Ingrid, who, living in a difficult financial situation with a constantly ill child, decides to become a professional parent to a young Romani girl. This decision significantly disrupts her fragile family…

Green Border

Zielona granica

PL/US/CZ/FR/BE/DE/TR, 2023, 152 min.; pl, ar, en, fr / cz tit

Director: Agnieszka Holland

After relocating to the Suwałki region, psychologist Julia becomes an involuntary witness and participant in the dramatic events on the Polish-Belarusian border. She decides to give up her comfortable life and joins a group of activists helping refugees. At the…

Super Short Films Best of AZYL ‘23

Other Spaces: Krátke filmy, 60 min.

Let’s watch shorts! Showcase of the best 1-minute, 5-minute films and music videos from all around the world that had been submitted to the competition of film festival AZYL SHORTS 2023. Our international jury was choosing from among hundreds of…

Young Film Talents of the Workshop Azyl 2024

Other Spaces: Krátke filmy, 60 min.

The participants of the AZYL FILM WORKSHOP had the opportunity to make their own short films on the topic of “taboo” under the guidance of professional lecturers. During five days, they tried almost all positions in the production of an…

Local pop-up and vinyl market

predajný market, 300 min.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity and visit our pop-up shop featuring pieces from local creators. You’ll find upcycled as well as brand-new timeless pieces from the Lub.kin tailoring workshop, original products from the ceramics studio, and much more. If…

Adam Tarana – In the Middle of Something

Výstava, min.

The selection of unpublished private work (2017–2024) by photographer Adam Tarana invites us to reflect on what it means to be in the middle of something (and at the same time, nothing). This collection refers to personal space—whether it be…

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…

Adrián Krišák – Balamuta

Výstava, min.

Balamuta is a visual and functional project by Adrian Krišák and Nikoleta Gajarová. He works with solid wood, while she illustrates and designs. Adrian Krišák, also a member of the musical group 52 Hertz Whale, operates at the intersection of…