12-03-2018

FESTIVALS: 25th MFFK Febiofest Slovakia Introduces Competition Lineup

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    BRATISLAVA: Twenty short films are running in the In the Heart of Europe competition of the 25th MFFK Febiofest Slovakia (15- 21 March 2018). Creation, production and distribution of short films are the main topics of the 3rd Industry Days (20-21 March 2018).

    The festival will screen more than 100 films including The Insects / Hmyz directed by Jan Švankmajer (a Czech/Slovak coproduction), Freedom / Sloboda directed by Jan Speckenbach (a German/Slovak coproduction) and the documentary Svetlé miesta / The Bright Spots, directed by the Slovak acclaimed filmmaker Dušan Trančík and produced by Filmpark in coproduction with RTVS.

    The competition consists of 20 fiction, documentary, animation and experimental short films from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Austria.

    The main organiser of MFFK Febiofest is the Association of Slovak Film Clubs. The main part of the festival takes place in the Lumière Cinema in Bratislava. Afterwards, the selection will travel to another 10 cities across Slovakia.

    LINEUP:

    Dust / Proch (Poland)
    Directed by Jakub Radej

    The Little One / Malá (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

    Bo Hai (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Dužan Duong

    Hypnodrom (Austria)
    Directed by Richard Wilhelmer

    A Short Film About Caring / Krátky film o pomáhaní (Slovakia)
    Directed by Alexandra Gojdičová

    Active / Aktiv (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Jan Rousek

    Volcano Island / Vulkánsziget (Hungary)
    Directed by Anna Katalin Lovrity

    Idiot (Slovakia)
    Directed by Martina Buchelová

    O! Fortuna! (Work in Progress) I – VI (Austria)
    Directed by Karin Berger

    Spitsbergen (Poland)
    Directed by Michał Szcześniak

    Making Off (Germania Dreamland) (Austria, Germany)
    Directed by Istvan Gyöngyösi

    Fifi Fatale (Slovakia)
    Directed by Mária Kralovič

    Let Me In / Otwórz mi (Poland)
    Directed by Dominika Gnatek

    Hide and Seek / Bújócska (Hungary)
    Directed by Benő Gábor Baranyi

    I Want to Believe (Slovakia)
    Directed by Matúš Ryšan

    Euphoria / Euforia (Poland)
    Directed by Natalia Pietsch

    The Truck / Kamion (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Michal Blaško, Adam Mach

    Friendly Sport Meeting / Přátelské setkání nad sportem (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Adam Koloman Rybanský

    Collapsed Lung / Légmell (Hungary)
    Directed by Ambrus Fatér

    43 Years of Bratislava Metro / 43 rokov bratislavského metra (Slovakia)
    Directed by Lucia Kašová