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22. June 2023

The best feature film of the 29th IFF Art Film Fest was Dalva, the best short film of 48 hours

With the conclusion of the 29th Art Film Fest International Film Festival came the moment we have all been waiting for – the announcement of the […]
13. June 2023

Art Film Fest again in U. S. Steel Košice Amphitheatre

The 29th edition of Art Film Fest is approaching every day, with a total of 150 film screenings taking place in 7 cinema halls in Košice. […]
11. June 2023

INDUSTRY PROGRAM: Overview of accompanying events (not only) for professionals

16.6. at 14:00 FILM LOCATIONS IN EAST SLOVAKIA This presentation of film locations in the Košice and Prešov regions looks at communities, specific places and buildings […]
7. June 2023

Zdena Studenková and Eva Holubová will receive the Actor’s Mission Award at Art Film Fest

Ten days before the start of the 29th edition of the oldest and largest film festival in Slovakia, its organizers informed at a press conference about […]
6. June 2023

Art Film Fest will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Slovak Film Institute

This year, the international film festival Art Film Fest, as a long-time partner of the Slovak Film Institute, has decided to prepare a special program section […]
2. June 2023

The Slovak Season at Art Film Fest will feature contemporary domestic production

The international film festival Art Film Fest, which will take place in Košice from 16th to 23rd June, will bring dozens of films from four continents […]
29. May 2023

In the section of TO OUR NEIGHBOURS, Art Film Fest will offer interesting films from Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic

In the current 29th year of Art Film Fest, which will take place between 16 and 23 June 2023 in Košice, there will also be films […]
23. May 2023

9 Films from 4 Continents are Competing for the Blue Angel

Since 2005, awards in the international competition of feature films of Art Film Fest have been named Blue Angel after the iconic film starring Marlene Dietrich. […]
16. May 2023

Béla Tarr will receive the Art Film Fest Golden Camera in Košice

Martin Scorsese: “Béla Tarr is among the bravest artists in cinema.” Between 2001 and 2019, Art Film Fest has honoured 43 prominent personalities, domestic and foreign […]
2. May 2023

36 Short Films From All Over the World Will Compete at the Art Film Fest

The international short film competition is an integral part of the oldest and largest Slovak film festival, Art Film Fest, which will take place in Košice […]
10. March 2023

Martin Palúch became Art Film Fest’s artistic director

After a one-year break, the oldest and largest Slovak film festival will return to the capital of eastern Slovakia from 16 to 23 June 2023. Due […]
3. March 2023

The 29th Art Film Fest will take place from 16 to 23 June in Košice.

After a two-year break, the oldest and largest Slovak film festival returns to the capital of eastern Slovakia. Due to the extremely difficult economic situation in […]
26. April 2022

Art Film Fest with a forced break

Less than two months before the start of the planned 29th edition of Art Film Fest, which was to take place from 17 to 24 June […]
20. January 2022

Art Film Fest’s competition sections now open to film submissions

Starting today, the Art Film Fest International Film Festival, its 29th edition slated for 17 to 24 June 2022 in Košice, is calling on filmmakers from around […]
24. December 2021

PF 2022

Dear Friends of Art Film Fest! Thank you for your well-wishes and support over this past year, which is now coming to a close. We wish […]
27. June 2021

Pleasure named Best Film at Art Film Fest

At the closing press conference of the 28th Košice Art Film Fest, the recipients of the Blue Angel Awards were announced. The winners of the International […]
10. June 2021

Program is online !

AFF Artistic Director Peter Nagel is pleased to announce that the program of this year’s Art Film Fest is already online and can be found at […]
16. June 2020

28th Art Film Fest to be held in 2021

The 28th edition of the Art Film Fest International Film Festival, originally planned for 19–27 June 2020, has been officially postponed to 2021. Though certain measures […]
7. May 2020

NOTICE: Have you qualified for the official selection? These are the key dates.

The two competition sections of the Art Film Fest International Film Festival are no longer accepting submissions. However, due to the postponement of this year’s festival, […]
25. March 2020

28th Art Film Fest to be postponed…

Judging by current developments and prognoses, it seems that the coronavirus pandemic is not going to subside as quickly as we had hoped only days ago. […]
20. January 2020

Art Film Fest’s competition sections now open to film submissions

Starting today, the Art Film Fest International Film Festival, its 28th edition slated for 19 to 27 June 2020 in Košice, is calling on filmmakers from around […]
25. June 2019

Blue Angels fly off across the globe; Art Film Fest culminates in awards ceremony

The 27th annual Art Film Fest International Film Festival concluded in Košice on Saturday, 22 June 2019 with a closing ceremony that included the presentation of […]
22. June 2019

Hong Kong director Jevons Au: Independent filmmakers concentrate on the message, not the industry

I feel that we should go back to the core of why we make movies, why we love filmmaking: it’s that we’re trying to convey a […]
22. June 2019

Film Director György Kristóf: I always like coming back to Košice; the city and the festival are a great match

Coming back to Košice, my hometown, where my family still lives, is always something special; not just for those reasons, but also thanks to the city’s […]
22. June 2019

Festival Artistic director Peter Nágel – Rain, sun and tears

In the run-up to every year’s festival, the most common question I’m asked is:how will this Art Film Fest be different?And I patiently repeat: of course […]
22. June 2019

Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó to receive Golden Camera today

His films convey fundamental themes that transcend contemporary norms and societal structure, affecting the viewer with both their narratives and their visuals. Each of his films […]
21. June 2019

Today in Košice: Czech actor Jiří Lábus to receive Actor’s Mission Award

Turning 70 next year, Jiří Lábus is an actor known in every corner of the former Czechoslovakia and by every generation. Here at Art Film Fest […]
20. June 2019

tefan Kvietik, Slovak icon of the screen and stage, has been chosen to receive the Art Film Fest IFF Festival President’s Award from Milan Lasica.

An actor who needs no introduction.The obstinate Pirin from The Copper Tower, Samo Pichanda from Millennial Bee, the industrious Urban Habdža of Red Wine, the conflicted […]
18. June 2019

A self-described “movie maniac”, she says that for her, film is an important way to talk about topics that affect us as a society.

She is among those actresses who can fill every last cell of a role with her personality, creating a symbiosis that persuades the viewer with authentic […]
18. June 2019

A dynamic, exciting and clever selection

Not every film festival could or should be Cannes, Venice or the Berlinale – there have to be some smaller, cosier, friendlier film festivals on the […]
14. June 2019

Festival daily photo competition

Want to win a cinepass for next year’s Art Film Fest? Got the social media bug? Share your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #artfilmujeme, and […]
14. June 2019
Prezident AFF Milan Lasica, Foto: Peter Stas

President of Art Film Fest Košice MILAN LASICA: Slovak film is experiencing a revival, and Art Film Fest should reflect that

The run-up to the festival: a time, for me, of positive associations.I look forward to the festival itself, to the people I’ll meet, to new faces […]
13. June 2019

ART FILM FEST 2019 – International Competition of Feature Films

This year’s International Competition of Feature Films once again features an international lineup, including two brand-new films from the recent Cannes Film Festival, where they were […]
21. January 2019

Art Film Fest’s competition sections now open to film submissions

Starting today, the Art Film Fest International Film Festival, its 27th edition slated for 14 to 22 June 2019 in Košice, is calling on filmmakers from […]
6. January 2019

Art Film Fest 2019 coming to Košice from 14 to 22 June. Festival presents new logo!

The Art Film Fest Košice International Film Festival has announced the dates of its 27th edition. This year, Slovakia’s biggest film event will be held from […]
24. June 2018
Foto: Peter Stas

Art Film Fest concludes, awarding Blue Angels to best films’ casts and crews

On Saturday, 23 June 2018, the closing ceremony at Košice’s Kunsthalle concluded the 26th Art Film Fest International Film Festival. The festival’s nine days culminated in […]
21. June 2018

The festival team recommends If a film doesn’t pull at your heartstrings, it’s just a banal moving picture

Thursday is set to be a day of heartrending scenes, perpetual melodrama, flames of passion and tear-jerking endings. One thing we love is to recommend the […]
21. June 2018

INTERVIEW The son of the talented Swedish director presents the dance film Ingmar Bergman – Through the Choreographer’s Eye at Košice’s Art Film Fest.

Ingmar Bergman – a name recognized the world over.The auteur behind legendary films such as Fanny and Alexander, The Silence and Autumn Sonata.The festival is hosting […]
19. June 2018

Hitmaker Karel Janák premieres new thriller: We surround ourselves with things that can harm us

Karel Janák is the veteran filmmaker behind hit teen comedies such as Snowboarders and Rafters. Hot on the heels of his madcap 2017 comedy Cuky Luky […]
17. June 2018

Interview with Zuzana Mauréry: I always like to play a part I’ve never played before

Geraldine Chaplin, Annie Girardot, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Ornella Muti…And now Zuzana Mauréry, the latest actress to be awarded at Art Film Fest.   As a […]
14. June 2018

Art Film Fest starts on Friday with world premieres and major filmmakers in person

Press release 14 June 2018, Bratislava The 26th edition of the Art Film Fest International Film Festival begins this very Friday in Košice. The nine-day cinema […]
14. June 2018

Art Film Fest is drawing lots of distinguished filmmakers to Košice. Who will you meet at the first festival weekend?

They’re coming with their films, and they want to discuss them. Numerous filmmakers and performers are coming to personally present their films at this year’s Art […]
13. June 2018

Members of Jury of the International Competition of Short Films

The Art Film Fest International Film Festival proudly presents the Jury of the International Competition of Short Films.   Anne Gaschütz was born in 1983 in […]
12. June 2018

The Avid Cinemagoer Prize

The MyCinepass system – it’s the place to buy tickets, make reservations, and get information on the festival programme and individual screenings. This year it’s also […]
8. June 2018

Art Film Fest proudly presents this year’s jury for its feature film competition

The Art Film Fest International Film Festival proudly presents this year’s jury for its feature film competition, consisting of film professionals from five different countries: Slovakia, […]
7. June 2018

13 films in the running for Art Film Fest’s Blue Angel

Art Film Fest’s International Competition of Feature Films presents the latest works of world-class filmmakers. Their films vie for Blue Angels in four different categories – […]
5. June 2018

Art Film Fest to screen hottest new films from Cannes and grant awards for extraordinary contributions

Hot new releases from the recent Cannes Film Festival, including the this year’s Palme d’Or winner and an array of other must-see films, along with a […]
12. April 2018

Cinepass presale underway for Art Film Fest Košice 2018 – now with new club offer

Starting today, cinema fans who don’t want to miss the best and latest of the film world can stake their claim to a festival pass for […]
15. January 2018

Film submissions now open for 2018 AFF Košice

As always, the 26th edition of Art Film Fest Košice will feature two competition sections, closely watched at home and abroad, whose winners will receive Blue […]
15. November 2017

26th Art Film Fest, 15–23 june 2018 in Košice

The 26th incarnation of Slovakia’s oldest and biggest film festival already has a set date and location. For the third time now, the festival will be […]