FNE at Berlinale 2023: Slovak Film in Berlin
Dear colleagues and friends!
We are pleased to introduce the line-up of Slovak films at the 73rd Berlinale (February 16 – 26, 2023). Three Slovak films were selected for the festival’s program.
In the Encounters competition you can find the animated feature film White Plastic Sky directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-produced by Slovak company Artichoke and by RTVS.
She – Hero, a new film by Mira Fornay, produced by her company MIRAFOX, will premiere at the Generation Kplus section. Viera Čákanyová’s documentary Notes from Eremocene, produced by the company Guča, was selected for the Forum section.
The European Children's Film Association will award the best films of 2022 at the Berlinale and two Slovak films are nominated: How I Learned to Fly directed by Radivoje Andrić and co-prduced by Silverart and Suzie in the Garden directed by Lucie Sunková and co-produced by Super film. Slovak participant at the Emerging Producers program, a promotional and educational project of the Ji.hlava IDFF, is Tereza Tokárová. Market screenings schedule include Petr Václav’s Il Boemo, Mariana Čengel Solčanská’s The Chambermaid, Tereza Nvotová’s The Nightsiren, and Mira Erdevicki’s Leaving to Remain.
This year, Slovakia will be present at the European Film Market in Berlin for the 18th time. Together with friends and colleagues from the Czech Republic and Slovenia, under the umbrella of the Central European Cinema, The Slovak Film Institute will offer an informational and promotional point for Slovak cinema, and a networking place for Slovak film professionals and their international counterparts. Our team is ready and happy to meet you at the Central European Cinema stand No. 112 in Gropius Bau. Read More…