BRATISLAVA: In 2021, Slovakia was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year. Although production fully restarted in the summ.
The Auschwitz Report by Peter Bebjak
BRATISLAVA: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of cinemas and to a number of measures restricting filming and travel for coproduction teams in 2020. However, Slovak filmmakers managed to complete 28 films, while distributors released 20 domestic titles.
After new amendments to the Audiovisual Law had been approved in September 2019, the cash rebate increased from 20% to 33% starting 1 January 2020.
A total of 45 projects registered for the 33% cash rebate at the Slovak Audiovisual Fund in 2020, compared to 30 in 2019.
PRODUCTION
A total of 11 feature films (including six minority coproductions) and 17 documentaries (including three minorities) were completed in 2020.
Multiple high-profile projects were in production in 2020 and some of them are expected to premiere in 2021.
Dušan Hanák: Both Acclaimed & Censured First Online Retrospective of this Czechoslovak New Wave Director
The DAFilms streaming portal is paying tribute to Dušan Hanák, one of the most important Slovak directors, by presenting thirteen digitally restored films in what is the first online retrospective focused on his work. Hanák’s creative start dates to the 1960s, when the Czechoslovak New Wave began to attract interest with the films of Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová
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Jiří Menzel at the head of the list. He made his first feature-length film –
322 – in 1969, one year after Czechoslovakia was occupied by Soviet-led troops. Despite the exceptional international success of his debut film, his next two works –