- Arts
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
INTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CINEMATIK PIESTANY
The intent of the third edition of International Film Festival Cinematik Pie??any is to raise an interest of the Slovak audience in film production, which is to be offered in the competitive and non competitive sections of our festival.
Festival is going to take place in Pie??any, a town 100 km east of the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava. It meets the technical and social demands for organizing the film festival and thanks to a close cooperation with the local authorities, Pie??any has not only a vast potential for further growth of the festival as a cultural event, but also for its overall cultural and social position in its region and the country of Slovakia.
MAIN COMPETITION
Meeting Point Europe – . Cinematik comes with an unique and original concept of the main competition. Renowned young European film critics, representing countries of the EU vote for the best film made in 2007 and 2008. The voting takes place in two subsequent rounds. In the first one, young film critics make their own, personal „best of“ of European films made in 2007 and 2008. In the second round we shortlist the films which got most points and send them the shortlist back to be rated again. The second round gives us the final list of best films which will be screened within the competitive section. The winning film is awarded the main prize of the festival, the Meeting Point Europe Award. Last year it was a film Taxidermia by Pálfy György. Its main actor came to the award giving ceremony to collect the award in person.