www.filmsk.sk Cannes Edition 2021 THE HISTORY AND PRESENT OF THE SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE editorial The Slovak Film Institute (SFI) is the sole state- funded memory and archive institution operating in the area of audiovision in Slovakia. The National Film Archive and the National Cinematographic Centre are the SFI’s basic organisational units. The SFI is a member of the SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), European Film Promotion (since 2006); it operates as a service work- place for the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) and the Council of Europe cinema support fund – Eurimages. AND SLOVAK FILM COMMISSION Creative Europe Desk Slovensko is also part of the Slovak Film Institute. The Film Institute in Bratislava was established JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE In the previous Berlinale Edition 2021, the first spe- on 1st April 1963. The film archive, which was established cial festival edition of Film.sk, we committed to the Cannes in 1958, also became part of the Institute. In 1970, the SFI and Karlovy Vary editions. However, their production process was presented with a copy of the first Slovak feature film Jánošík (dir. Jaroslav Siakeľ, 1921) which was later re- was constantly complicated by new anti-pandemic measures SLOVAKIA AT INTERNATIONAL stored and provided with a soundtrack. and date changes of festivals. As a result, we decided to put By the end of 1976, the Film Club of the Central together a combined summer festival version of Film.sk – Office of Slovak Film was opened in Bratislava. Cinema FILM MARKETS. the Cannes & Karlovy Vary Edition 2021, published on two Lumière, opened in 2011 and operated by the SFI, is locat- occasions. ed on its premises at the present day. The first,Cannes Edition 2021 showcases new Slovak In January 1991, the National Cinematographic films presented in Cannes exclusively in an electronic version. Centre was established as an independent public con- Which Slovak filmmakers will represent their country? What tributory organisation managed by the Ministry of Slovak films are about to be screened at the prestigious Culture. By delimitation, the SFI acquired producer festival? You will find out right on the first pages! rights to the archived Slovak films made before 1991. Moreover, we managed to boost the issue with more inter- Institute played a part in the preparation of the extensive publication entitled History of Slovak Cinema views, in which the respondents share personal insights (Dejiny slovenskej kinematografie, 1997; updated issue into many aspects of production. 2016). In 2002, the SFI published its first DVD; since then, In the poll, a number of filmmakers will reveal their current it has published dozens of other DVDs, which are now avail- projects as well as their future plans. able with everything else related to films at the SFI’s on- In addition to introducing new films, we will also provide line shop Klapka.sk, opened in 2008. In 2002, the SFI started an overview of new releases (DVD and Blu-ray) which were to implement the long-term integrated audiovisual infor- successfully restored by the SFI. mation system project SK CINEMA. EUROPEAN FILM MARKET, Lastly, we summarise how Slovak cinema and distribution In 2006, the Government adopted the draft Project BERLINALE did in the rough year 2020. of the Systematic Restoration of Audiovisual Cultural At the end of July, the Karlovy Vary section will be Heritage with the objective of rescuing cinematographic added to the issue, highlighting the Slovak representation and audiovisual works and gradually making them acces- sible to the public. This is the SFI’s long-term priority at the festival in Karlovy Vary. project. In August, you can hopefully look forward to the printed MARCHÉ DU FILM, In the years 2011 to 2015, the SFI, in cooperation version of the complete overview of the two largest sum- with the Radio and Television Slovakia, implemented the FESTIVAL DE CANNES mer festivals – the Cannes & Karlovy Vary Edition 2021. ◀ national project Digital Audiovision. During the project, 61,650 cultural objects were digitised. The project is sus- tainable over a long period and continues to reach its goal — Veronika Krejčová / executive editor — – digitisation of the audiovisual heritage of the Slovak Republic. The SFI’s digitisation workplace has become a permanent part of its professional workplaces. Film.sk, the only printed film monthly in Slovakia, has been published by the SFI since 2000. During the 21 years of its existence, it has undergone other format and conceptual changes, but the goals remain to provide a wide range of information and opinions from the domestic audio- visual environment, capable of appealing to film experts and the wider public alike. The website www.filmsk.sk has supported its printed version since 2001. ◀ content contributors Mariana Jaremková Publicist and presenter. She collaborated with several editorial teams and worked for Film.sk for several years. Over a long period, she also cooperates with Rádio Devín, the programme service of Radio and Television Slovakia that focuses on art and culture. Jaroslava Jelchová Editor of Film.sk. Studied Mass Media Communication at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava and Audio-visual Studies (FTF VŠMU). In cooperation with the Cultural Centre of Gemer- film.sk Malohont in Rimavská Sobota, she does audiovisual creative workshops for children from disad- vantaged backgrounds. Lecturer of the Film Cabinet for Children, an educational project of the Publisher: Association of Slovak Film Clubs. Slovak Film Institute Address: Mária Ferenčuhová film.sk / Slovak Film Institute 27 Editor of Film.sk. Former lecturer at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts Grösslingová 32 / 811 09 Bratislava in Prague, where she also worked as a vice-rector (2004 – 2007). Author of the scientific monograph Slovak Republic tel.: +421 2 57 10 15 25 Odložený čas (Time Delayed), co-author and editor of two more books on film. She translates prose, e-mail: [email protected] poetry and non-literary texts from French. Author of five poetry collections. www.filmsk.sk Editor-in-chief: Matúš Kvasnička Matúš Kvasnička Editor-in-chief of Film.sk and publicist. Graduated from the Department of Audio-visual Studies Executive editor: 3 contributors (FTF VŠMU), majoring in film science. In 2003, he joined and later managed (2012 – 2019) culture Veronika Krejčová 4 — 6 what’s slovak in cannes? Editing: desk of nationwide daily newspaper Pravda. Mária Ferenčuhová 7 producers on the move: Katarína Tomková Jaroslava Jelchová Miroslav Ulman Editorial board: Peter Dubecký 8 — 15 interview: Katarína Krnáčová | Peter Kerekes Film publicist, researcher at the Slovak Film Institute, co-founder of the monthly Film Fan Rastislav Steranka (1990 – 1995) and founder of the first Slovak website about cinemaFilmsite (1997). Co-organiSer Marián Brázda 16 — 17 what are they up to? Miroslav Ulman of several festivals, co-author of the book Sprievodca klubovým filmom (A Guide Through Club 18 — 21 interview: Viera Čákanyová | Martin Štrba Simona Nôtová-Tušerová Film), dramaturge of the Music & Film cycle at the Cinema Lumière. Holder of the Slovak Film Andrea Biskupičová 22 — 27 new slovak films: The Lines | Applause | Power | Critics Award. English translation: Simona Sklenárová, except pages Once There Was a Sea… | The Nightsiren | The Sailor Jana Dudková 28 - 30 (Rastislav Steranka), Senior Researcher at the Institute of Theatre and Film Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences in 31 (Ivana Musilová) 28 — 31 interview: Rastislav Steranka | Meir Lubor Dohnal Design & Graphic design: p & j Bratislava. Her main interests include postcolonial and multicultural studies, balkanism and Printing: Dolis Goen, s. r. o. 32 — 35 slovak classics on dvd and blu-ray: Havetta Collection | transcultural influences in Slovak and Balkan cinemas. Author of around sixty papers published in various languages, author of three monographs on Emir Kusturica, Serbian cinema of the Tenderness (1991) | The Shop on Main Street(1965) | Hanák Collection Cover photo: 1990s and Slovak cinema in the era of transculturality. The Sailor – TOXPRO 36 100 years of slovak cinema Film.sk is supported by the Ministry Erik Binder of Culture of the Slovak Republic. 37 10 years of kino lumière Film critic and publicist. Graduated as an architect, currently a PhD student at the Department The opinions of the editioral staff do not necessarily 38 — 41 2020 in fiction film of Audio-visual Studies (FTF VŠMU), from which he graduated in 2018. He lectures on world comply with the opinions expressed by the contributors. cinema and publishes on several portals and in magazines. Editor of the anthology Pavel Branko 42 — 45 2020 in documentary film – V znamení filmu a jazyka (In the Sign of Film and Language) about film critic Pavel Branko. 46 — 49 2020 in animated film Eva Šošková 50 — 51 distribution of slovak films in 2020 She works at the Department of Audio-visual Studies (FTF VŠMU), focusing on animated film. 52 cinema in pandemic times She participated in the preparation of the retrospective of Czechoslovak animated films for the Filmmuseum in Vienna. Every year, she reviews the past year’s Slovak animated films on various platforms. Film.sk is supported by — text: Matúš Kvasnička — photo: nutprodukcia, Silverart, BFILM, CinemArt SK — “People with disabilities are often portrayed as cute, Not Enough to Be Just Good kind and a little silly in films. In my experience, this view is very In Saving One Who Was Dead, director and screen- limiting. On that account, when writing the screenplay, I tried writer Václav Kadrnka used the personal experience with to avoid false poetics or romanticising the mental disability. his father who suffered a stroke. Being emotionally in- Personal Stories David is supposed to be a complex character with positive and volved has pros and cons. “It all depends on the extent to negative personality traits,” says screenwriter and director which the filmmaker has individually dealt with a certain Zuzana Kirchnerová about the main character of her topic.