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Filmstill Fragile Memory

Fragile Memory

Krykhka pam’yat
Igor Ivanko
Panorama Middle and Eastern Europe 2022
Documentary Film
Ukraine,
Slovakia
2022
85 minutes
Ukrainian,
Russian,
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

In the 1960s, the Soviet cinematographer Leonid Burlaka worked on films that went around the world for the Odesskaya kinostudiya in his native city of Odesa in the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Today he is eighty years old and diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; his memory is visibly fading. Filmmaker Igor Ivanko follows the traces left by his grandfather and discovers an archive of immense value in the garage.

Dozens of rolls of photo film, albeit almost decayed, are found between gardening and other tools. The grandson scans the material and shows it to his grandparents. Burlaka’s face brightens when he recognises familiar faces, but he can’t remember much. Ivanko realises that he has a treasure of historical dimensions in his hands. Leonid Burlaka began his career when many Soviet creative artists were struggling with censorship. When state repression eased in the mid-1960s, he had long established himself in his profession. The political change, however, was reflected in his works. Ivanko’s attempt to record his grandfather’s memories before they disappear forever comes too late. But he succeeds at making a film that looks back on fifty years of cinema and life in the USSR: a stirring portrait of the times and the family between emotion and information.
Lina Dinkla

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Director
Igor Ivanko
Cinematographer
Igor Ivanko, Illia Yehorov
Editor
Igor Kosenko
Producer
Mariia Ponomarova, Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Igor Ivanko, Peter Kerekes
Sound
Karina Rezhevska
Score
Marek Piaček
World Sales
Clementine Engler
Nominated for: MDR Film Prize
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In Shallow Water

V plytkej vode
Marek Moučka
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Slovakia
2020
10 minutes
Slovak
Subtitles: 
English

Standing in the water in fishing gear, catching fish and taking in the rugged winter landscape. What at first sounds like a dream for outdoor fans is part of the working routine of prison inmates in the East Slovakian town of Perín-Chym. Their job is to breed carp, which are primarily consumed at Christmas dinners. Marek Moučka anonymizes the prisoners by erasing their eyes in his artful black and white film. He talks to them about freedom and missed holidays.

Kim Busch

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Director
Marek Moučka
Cinematographer
Marek Moučka
Editor
Marek Bihúň
Producer
Tomáš Gič
Sound
Roman Vojtek, Maroš Oláh
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Kykeon

Kykeon
Mária Júdová
Extended Reality 2021
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Slovakia,
UK,
Germany
2020
23 minutes
without dialogue

Inspired by ritual practices from different cultures, the VR experience addresses the loss of a sense of community and empathy, combining modern dance and VR technology to re-examine old rites and reveal their meaningful potential for future societies. The title of the work refers to what legend has it is an “enlightening” potion from ancient Greece.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Mara Nedelcu
Co-Producer
Motion Bank (Hochschule Mainz), Sensorium Festival
Creative Technologist
Marko Júda
VFX Artist
Florian Friedrich (Narranoid)
Sound
Alexandra Timpau
Choreographer
Taneli Törmä
Performer
Milena Wiese, Finn Lakeberg, Bojana Mitrović, Amber Pansters, Zachary Chant
Director
Mária Júdová
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Love, Dad

Love, Dad
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2021
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
2021
13 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
English

After a long time, a young woman once again holds letters in her hand that her father wrote her fifteen years ago when he was in prison. His words are full of love and affection: Never again were they to be that close, the daughter sums up today. What happened? This is what she tries to answer in a letter to him, writing down what couldn’t be said until now. The complex relationship between father and daughter in the form of a fragmentary animation.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Script
Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík
Cinematographer
Matěj Piňos, Kryštof Melka
Editor
Lukáš Janičík
Producer
Karolína Davidová
Co-Producer
Jakub Viktorín, Tomáš Šimon
Sound
Viera Marinová
Score
Viera Marinová
Animation
Vojtěch Domlátil, David Štumpf, Barbora Halířová, Diana Cam Van Nguyen
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Winner of: Silver Dove (Competition for the Audience Award Short Film)
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Money and Happiness

Money and Happiness
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2022
Animated Film
Serbia,
Slovenia,
Slovakia
2022
10 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

In Hamsterland, everybody is 100 percent happy. Their religion is statistics and the perfect employee is young, a team player and stress-resistant. Even the most mindless computer jobs and piece work drudgery are fun, without exception. Until one day something goes wrong after all and the mantras “think positive” and “follow your dreams” are temporarily silenced. An entertaining polemic on hyper capitalist, neoliberal societies that makes you smile.

Samuel Döring

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Director
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak
Cinematographer
Nikola Majdak
Editor
Milina Trisic
Producer
Jelena Mitrović
Co-Producer
Tina Smrekar, Peter Badac
Sound
Julij Zornik
Score
Dusan Petrovich
Animation
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak, Leon Vidmar
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
Kids DOK 2023
Filmstill My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow
My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow
Filip Diviak
Everything in Edgar’s life is well-ordered. His favourite food is meat. A trip to the slaughterhouse makes him think and he takes in a calf. Will Edgar have to make more changes?
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My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow

Jmenuju se Edgar a mám krávu
Filip Diviak
Kids DOK 2023
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
2023
8 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
German (Overvoice), English

Everything in Edgar’s life is well-ordered and always in the same place. And his favourite food is meat. A trip to the slaughterhouse takes his appetite away and he brings a calf home. The calf grows into a cow and, of course, turns his well-ordered life upside-down. His favourite cup and the television set break and Edgar realises that he needs to make more changes.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Filip Diviak
Script
Filip Diviak
Cinematographer
Filip Diviak
Editor
Filip Diviak
Producer
Bara Prikaska
Co-Producer
Zuzana Mistrikova
Sound
Vit Pribyla, Filip Diviak
Sound Design
Vit Pribyla
Score
Vit Pribyla, Filip Diviak
World Sales
Annabel Sebag
Kids DOK 2021
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On the Hill
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
The little robot lives in the forest. One night, a star falls from the sky, to his great joy. Because the star fades more and more, it must be put back. But how?
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On the Hill

On the Hill
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
Slovakia
2020
9 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

The little robot lives alone in a house on the hill in the forest. One night, kaboom, a star falls from the sky. The little robot likes the star and decides to keep it. But he realizes that something is now missing from the sky and the star on earth fades more and more. It must be put back! But that’s easier said than done.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Script
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Cinematographer
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Editor
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Producer
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar, Erika Paulinská
Sound
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
Animation
Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
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Photophobia

Photophobia
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe 2023
Documentary Film
Slovakia,
Czech Republic,
Ukraine
2023
71 minutes
Ukrainian,
Russian
Subtitles: 
English

12-year-old Nikita and his family have been staying in an underground station in Kharkiv for weeks. The place promises protection from Russian attacks, but there is not much distraction down here. The glaring lights and provisionally furnished carriages create a surreal to dreary atmosphere, pets roam the aisles, an aging musician plays songs on his guitar.

Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík condense the first months of the war in Ukraine into an oppressive but not hopeless narrative, because the station is also a place of encounters. Niki soon meets Vika, who is his age and who coaxes the lethargic boy out of his shell. Together they roam the underworld, but while Vika is permitted to go to the surface at least once in a while, Niki’s radius of movement ends at the stairs on which sunlight falls occasionally. And yet an outside exists which the two directors make visible by Super 8 shots scattered in between. They show a damaged Kharkiv: destroyed vehicles, a charred bed, provisionally protected monuments. “Photophobia” is a hybrid, introspective film that manages to find something like tender romance in an unreal situation.

Carolin Weidner

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Director
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Script
Marek Leščák, Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Cinematographer
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Editor
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Martin Piga
Producer
Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Katarína Tomková, Tomáš Michálek, Kristýna Michálek Květová
Co-Producer
Helena Osvaldová, Denis Ivanov, Jakub Mahler, Pavol Pekarčík
Sound
Dušan Kozák, Jakub Jurásek
Sound Design
Jakub Jurásek
Score
Roman Kurhan, Michal Novinski
World Sales
Michaela Čajková
Nominated for: MDR Film Prize, Leipziger Ring
Kids DOK 2022
Filmstill Suzie in the Garden
Suzie in the Garden
Lucie Sunková
Suzie and her parents spend a lot of time in their garden on the outskirts of town. One day she discovers a hole in the fence. Creepy! But then she dares to slip through anyway.
Filmstill Suzie in the Garden

Suzie in the Garden

Zuza v zahradách
Lucie Sunková
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
2022
14 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
German (Overvoice)

Suzie and her parents cycle out to their garden on the outskirts of town on the weekend. This is where Suzie feels at home! Digging, picking flowers, nibbling berries – gorgeous! One day a black dog crosses her path and she discovers a mysterious site. Who could be the owner? Suzie is a little scared, but dares to slip through the fence anyway.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lucie Sunková
Cinematographer
Jaroslav Fišer
Editor
Anna Ryndová
Producer
Martin Vandas
Co-Producer
Simona Hrušovská
Sound
Martin Večeřa
Score
Aliaksandr Yasinski
Animation
Lucie Sunková
World Sales
Georg Gruber