opening hours 09:00 - 17:00
Exhibitions and expositions of the East Slovak Museum in Košice:
A. Historical building, Marathon Peace Square
- Košice's golden treasure
- Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance
- Treasures of Archeology in the flow of time
- Lajči Báči – 120th anniversary of the birth of Ľudovít Feld
- The artistic spectrum of the Košice region
- Wooden church from Kožuchovice
B. Division, Hviezdoslavova 3
- Nature of the Carpathians – natural history exposition of fauna and flora
- Threads of life – ethnographic exposition
C. Location of Executioner's Bastion, Hrnčiarska 7
Mikluš prison
Rodošto – memorial house of Francis II. Rákociho
Casemates - medieval fortifications of the city of Košice
Bašta Gallery – S. Jasovský – Threads of Abstraction (Exhibition of paintings)
House of crafts - Kamenári - exhibition of period crafts
Children of War and Peace premiered at the IFF Rotterdam in 2024. It is an exceptional compilation film that deals with propaganda. Finland first became an independent state when it broke away from the Russian Empire when it was falling apart in 1917. Having witnessed the horrors of the WW I and aware of the potential threats of the future, the government initiated a harsh policy for the rising generation. All children were taught discipline, honesty, and patriotism. No exceptions. The film includes archive footage, photographs, radio programs, books, magazines, and a lot of propaganda material, as well as children and young people’s testimonies and diary entries. It is a bleak but visually fascinating study of the policies that small states bordering Russia were forced to adopt.
Another of the spectacular projects of the slow cinema master, Lav Diaz, balancing on the edge of genres. The film premiered in the main competition at the Locarno IFF and is part of the Philippines Drug War Trilogy. It is shot on 16 mm material and also with digital technology, so it uses two approaches to recording reality – documentary and stylized – and Diaz elevates their juxtaposition to a principle. Again, it is a dramaturgical puzzle, the intertwined narratives forming a fresco of contemporary Philippines and, metaphorically, the state of the contemporary world. Mixing gangster and police investigation, themes of monkey rescue and political incompetence, pornography, and documentary filmmaking, LGBTI+ and violence against women, all in fascinating images, meditative and artfully composed, but sometimes surprisingly action-packed.
The tasting event will take place from June 21 to June 27, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, FREE for Cinepass holders!
Kubbo Select, OC Galeria Shopping, Toryská 5, Košice
Come and taste wines from the Kaschauer series at Ostrožovič Winery - including Kaschauer Yellow Muscat, Kaschauer Furmint, Kaschauer Pinot Noir Rosé, and Kaschauer Lovely Frizzante.
Kubbo Select is a family-owned company that has been guiding its customers through the world of gourmet since 2009. Quality, taste, and narrative are paramount when curating our selection.
J&J Ostrožovič Winery is nestled in the enchanting heart of the Tokaj Wine Region. For nearly thirty years, it has specialized in crafting the highest quality Tokaj wines, aged in volcanic cellars. The 58 hectares of vineyards provide ideal conditions for growing grape varieties. In addition to prestigious Tokaj selections, it also produces light wines suitable for every occasion.
Traditionally, a few minutes before the New Year, the President of Russia delivers New Year's greetings on the main TV channels, which is filmed against the backdrop of the Kremlin. For the first time in history, at the end of 2022 a record-long speech of Vladimir Putin was filmed against the backdrop of the military personnel. This short documentary focuses on a young boy standing behind Putin.
Film won Best Short Film – Special Mention at the ZagrebDox.
A Boy will be screened as a supporting film to A Poem for Little People.
A cinéma verité look at the most vulnerable caught up in the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the volunteers of an evacuation team, putting their lives on the line to save them. Through its two parallel plotlines, the film follows the exploits of a volunteer evacuation team in the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, led by young, precociously stoic Anton, as well as the wartime daily lives and unlikely friendship of two elderly women – pragmatic Zinayida and dreamy, starry-eyed Taisija – who decided to stay at their homes in the now de-occupied Chernihiv region. While Anton faces the most visceral horrors of war on a daily basis during his team’s urgent, desperate attempts to rescue the most vulnerable, who are often reluctant or unwilling to leave, Zinayida and Taisija seek to pursue any forms of resistance within their power.
The satire The Devil Never Sleeps is the first film adaptation of the novel by writer and playwright Petr Karvaš. This film also marks the beginning of Karvaš's long-standing creative collaboration with director Petr Solan. Solan, along with fellow debutant František Žáček, based the film on three of Karvaš's short stories: Smutný káder, Typický prípad, Veľkorysá kampaň. The film's content is unified by the work and personal problems of the main character, the young and timid clerk Cyril Kvasnička. While the film's situational comedy reflects the era of its creation, a sense of detachment and sarcasm becomes apparent in the second half. For example, it reveals the typical paranoia and vigilance of the regime, such as the suspicion of the sad cadre, and highlights the pervasive phraseology that contrasts the constantly idealized reality with the lived experience.
Although he studied directing, he is more comfortable working with the camera. His work includes documentary and portrait photography. The diversity of his selection of objects is interesting, as it reminds us of the continuity of development, maps the change of generations and records the revival of Slovak film after long years of silence. In his photographs you will find a whole range of filmmakers who make up the underbelly of Slovak film.
This documentary is an inner search for the director's grandfather, Stefan Truban, who was a resistance fighter and hid persecuted people, deserters, and Jews in the vicinity of Banská Štiavnica during the Second World War. At the same time, he was a superintendent in Štiavnické Bane and carried out diversionary and intelligence activities. After the war he became the last democratic mayor of Banská Štiavnica before the rise of communism in February 1948. His grandson never met him, so in this quest, he not only learns about his grandfather as a person, but also uncovers wartime events in the Banská Štiavnica region. Through personal history, we thus explore the global one.
Filmmakers present: Peter Gašparík (director)
Ana, a literature teacher, is being accused of misconduct for suggesting Agnieszka Holland’s movie – Total Eclipse – to her 17-year-old students, so they can better understand Rimbaud’s work and life. The movie depicts homosexuality, which the parent objects to. She starts a struggle to justify herself, causing an absurd chain reaction. The school’s principal, Eva slowly withdraws, and this effect good working relationships. The scandal that follows has unforeseeable consequences upon her life, and the life of the student, Victor, whose father makes the complaint. As the case ends up in different court investigations post-socialist fixations comes to surface, and the air around Ana, and Viktor slowly disappear. The main themes of the film include questions of acceptance, being a teacher, the nature of power and oppression.
Mr. Lazarescu, aged 63, resides in a dilapidated tenement flat with three cats. His wife passed away eight years ago, and his daughter has since relocated to Canada.
It's Saturday night. Mr. Lazarescu is not feeling well, so he calls an ambulance. He has run out of pills he needs and seeks help from neighbors. Disturbed from their domestic tranquility, they believe the old man has had a little too much to drink. Finally, the ambulance arrives, initiating an absurd odyssey through hospitals. Doctors cannot agree on a diagnosis and therefore on the correct treatment. They remain indifferent and Mr Lazarescu loses himself deeper and deeper into the Bucharest night.
„The film speaks about a world where love for our fellow man doesn’t exist, about someone whose need for help is ignored by all round him,“ said Cristi Puiu.
A construction worker and a scientist – an expert on mosses and lichens – meet randomly in a Brussels park. And nothing happens. Bas Devos, probably inspired by Tsai Ming-liang, creates a strange, almost dreamlike atmosphere and manages to capture something as ephemeral as the passage of time. This is a film that speaks to the elusive aspects of life without being boring, turning into kitsch or, heaven forbid, lecturing. The filmmaker creates a beautiful story woven from lights and shadows, from glimmers of emotion, hope, and perhaps even love. Remarkably simple in its complexity and complicated in its simplicity, a minimalist relationship film from the same universe as Jarmusch's Paterson or Wenders' Perfect Days.
The film won the Encounters section at the Berlinale 2023 and was awarded the FIPRESCI prize.
invitation only
International Film Festival Art Film commences annually with a joyous opening ceremony. Distinguished guests, filmmakers, artists, and partners of the international film festival have the opportunity to immerse themselves in this unforgettable atmosphere and captivating program, hosted at the Kunsthalle in Košice. While the program is primarily designed for invited guests, the public can also relish the chance to catch a glimpse of the film stars by arriving one hour prior to the ceremony and witnessing their walk on the red carpet.
Opening film: Gloria! by Margherita Vicario /Italy, Switzerland, 2024/ (programme section: International Competition of Feature Films)
At the dawn of the year 1800, not far from Venice, stands the Sant' Ignazio Institute, a cross between an orphanage, a conservatory, and a convent. For years now, it has been home for Teresa, a young woman with a special gift: a visionary talent that allows her to listen to the world around her and transform it, animating it with a new, contemporary, timeless music. An enchantment... that is shattered when reality makes an incursion and brings her back to her duties. Because in the convent everyone calls her “the Mute”, a scullery maid who lives silently and alone. But things are about to change for her. While the convent is in turmoil for the imminent concert that the Chapel Master, the arid and despotic Perlina, is to conduct in honor of Pope Pius VII who is soon to visit, Teresa makes an exceptional discovery.
in original version (Italian), with English and Slovak subtitles
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe. Mars Express premiered in 2023 at Cannes Film Festival and at the same year was selected for competition at Annecy International Animation Festival. The film was nominated for the César Award for Best Animated Film
”Our desire is to give back to the audience the cosmic and existential dizziness given by the classics of the genre, such as Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey or Robocop. The science fiction that we love is at the point of collision between a genre and the future. This science fiction makes it possible to tackle universal human themes and its problems.”
Jérémie Périn
Sira is a member of the nomadic Fulani tribe that has been wandering through the desert in the Sahel region for the past five days. They are heading to the small town of Koursa for a wedding. Sira is a bride and is to be married to a Christian farmer, Jean-Sidi. Despite the prohibition of mixed Muslim-Christian marriages under Islamic Sharia law, the chief of the Tidiane tribe has granted permission, highlighting that love holds greater significance than any other consideration. After a brutal attack, the young nomad Sira refuses to give up her destiny without a fight and instead stands up against Islamist terror. A feminist counterpoint to contemporary news coverage from the Sahel.
The film had its world premiere at the Berlinale 2023 where it won the Audience Award in the Panorama section. Out of nine nominations for the African Movie Academy Awards, it won Best Director and Best Sound Awards.
The residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. Brothers Pedro and Jimmy discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse — its very proximity poisoning the local livestock. They attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community. A wildly original take on the possession film, When Evil Lurks is a shocking supernatural thriller from Argentine master of horror, writer-director Demián Rugna.
”I always seek to create my own universe and something unique in the genre, while always thinking of myself as an audience member rather than as a filmmaker. My intention was to make the audience experience disturbing situations in the context of everyday life."
Demián Rugna