2020 - Visegrad Film Forum

Visegrad Film Forum

MIDPOINT calls for applications!

MIDPOINT is a training and networking platform for script and project development operating under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.It is aimed at creative teams of writers, directors and producers from...

9th Visegrad Film Forum is Postponed to 2021 (English/Slovak statement of organizers)

After a long time of considering, we came to the decision that the 9th Visegrad Film Forum cannot be carried out in a full-fledged way in 2020 - neither in a reduced version, nor in an alternative date. We decided to shift the...

Slovak cinematographer Igor Luther dies at 77

With deep sadness we have to inform that Igor Luther - our guest speaker of the very first edition of Visegrad Film Forum (2011) dies at 77. One of the most acclaimed Slovak cinematographers who worked with Juraj Jakubisko, Alain...

Cena mladého publika online - prihlasovanie spustené!

Z dôvodu pandémie koronavírusu COVID-19 sa Európska filmová akadémia rozhodla tento rok zrušiť projekcie v kinách 26. apríla a prejsť do online priestoru. Účastníci budú mať jedinečný online prístup k trom vybraným filmom, za...

Cena mladého publika tento rok online!

Z dôvodu pandémie koronavírusu COVID-19 sa Európska filmová akadémia rozhodla tento rok zrušiť projekcie v kinách 26. apríla a prejsť do online priestoru. Viac informácii prinesieme čoskoro.

Cancelation the current edition of VFF (English/Slovak statement of organizers)

After eight years of the Visegrad Film Forum and facing various challenges that are mainly related to making our guests and visitors satisfied, it’s about time we have to make a tough decision. Based on the current situation in...

VFF organizers statement about the current situation around the COVID-19 outbreak

In regards to the current situation around the COVID-19 outbreak, organizers of Visegrad Film Forum would like to disclose that we take it seriously, but considering the situation in the Slovak Republic (with only 1...

The whole programme of VFF 2020 is here!

So after the confirmation of our last guest speaker we are ready to revaeal the whole programme! Are you ready?

Maria Djurkovic "Creating the Environment and Visual Style for the Story"

Maria Djurkovic is a British production designer, who was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2000, she made her first film with Stephen Daldry, box office hit called Billy Elliot, and won an award for it. Two years later, they...

PINK FLOYD: THE WALL "Iconic movie experimenting with musical elements."

Movie based on a script written by Roger Waters - Pink Floyd's spiritual leader - is a tangle of symbolic images and animated sequences (by Gerald Scarfe), loosely connected by songs and situations of the fictional lead...

AFTERIMAGE "A portrait of an unbroken man - a man confident of the decisions he has taken; a man fully dedicated to art."

A 2016 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was screened in the Masters section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film will be followed by a discussion with cinematographer Pawel Edelman.

Costa-Gavras "Being a Political Filmmaker"

The Greek-French director, screenwriter and since 2007 president of the Cinémathèque Française. He is known for films with overt political themes, such as the political thrillers Z (Academy Award for best foreign language film)...