Poetic film from summertime Bratislava, reminiscent of Slovak films of the 1960s or the work of Dušan Hanák.
Social & External
The people behind it
Róbert Jakab
Ági Gubík
Lenka Fillnerová-Robaye
Vladimír Jedľovský
Csongor Kassai
Vladimír Zboroň
Marek Hollý
Katarzyna Pol
Milan Obšivan
Obšivan
Leo Štefankovič
Winter is coming. With business failing, a restaurant owner feels too ashamed to go home for the New Year. To save food, he plans to abandon a stray dog he had been feeding. But after a car accident, he changed his mind and cared for the dog instead. When the dog was later hit and killed by a car, he demands compensation from the driver. The next day, he packs his bags and go home.
It is a story of four young individuals of different genders, social classes, and beliefs navigate the challenges of contemporary society and seek self-redemption. After the disenchantment of all things, meaninglessness has become a widespread issue in postmodern society, and an increasing number of young people are suffering from “emptiness syndrome”.
A man stuck at a dead-end job must reckon with a figure from his past.
Self-conscious 13-year-old Taylor dreads her annual shopping trip with her mom, until one day when she discovers the perfect top, sparking a new-found confidence.
David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth: David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school, Leo Denton has one goal: to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in his class is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long, and soon everyone knows that Leo used to be a girl. As David prepares to come out to his family and transition into life as a girl and Leo wrestles with figuring out how to deal with people who try to define him through his history, they find in each other the friendship and support they need to navigate life as transgender teens as well as the courage to decide for themselves what normal really means.
An actor discovers his identity and look has been stolen and replicated by AI.
A Gossy New Wave Production - A lonely high school student discovers his true colour through friendship and music.
"A Black Swan Stomps on an Oversized Human Heart" follows Heinrich, a lonely young man in an empty castle, through his strained, detached conversations with Hannah, an analogy on the isolation and miscommunication that define modern love in a fast-paced world.
Day in the life of teenagers.
Like every year, a group of friends arrives at a remote and secluded place to "celebrate their friendship". This is the 36th time now, but this year is going to be different. Stana has lost his battle with cancer and for the first time ever there are only five friends. Spring is blooming, they kill a lamb with their own hands and drink to Stana's memory. However, one of them, Dalibor, has a secret he does not want to share.
Julian finds himself in surreal, nightmarish situations after waking up and having his life flipped upside down.
When an aspiring painter grapples with self-doubt in his artistic journey, his father must learn to love and accept him for who he is.
While a seemingly picture-perfect suburban family enjoys breakfast together, an omniscient narrator reveals their repressed inner thoughts and secrets…all just moments before a nuclear bomb is dropped on the family.
"Dispatched Dream" is a film about Rachel, a young woman who works at a store and dreams of becoming a successful singer. One day, she meets Sandra Brooks, a famous singer who inspires Rachel to pursue her dreams. Despite the discouragement of her boss Malcolm, Rachel continues to work. As she tries to balance her job and her passion for music, Rachel faces challenges and obstacles along the way. The film explores themes of perseverance, following one's dreams, and the importance of having supportive people in one's life.
A skilled basketball player with a confidence problem is made aware of the university walk-on tryouts. His best friend convinces him that he has the talent to make the team after he showcases skills he didn't know he had during a pickup game to eleven.
A girl takes mysterious pills offered to her by her friend and has a bad trip
Alice and Emmett reflect on their fraying relationship. A hazy tapestry of summer memories recollected through voice recordings.
A young child loses his prized deck of playing cards amidst a life-changing day for him and his family.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.