“The film opens up several themes about youth and change in our lives. We encounter parents who put too much pressure on their children not only in sport but also in art. Many times, the pressure is associated with fulfilling the parents´ dreams through their children,” says the director of the movie Daniela Sláviková.

“Every one of us goes through a crisis where we search for our new self, a movement towards our personal freedom we all strive for, that´s what Ipanema is about. I believe that everyone can find their own thing in our film and that it can enrich them,” adds the director.

Ester´s character is played by Petra Dubayová, viewers recognize from New Scene Theatre, from Scumbag (Sviňa) movie or from Spievankovo (music group for children, translator´s note). The character of Oliver will be played by Oliver Ruttkay, who played in Inspector Max series or performed in radio plays produced by Radio and Television of Slovakia like Malá nádhera or Načo pôjdem domov.

The script was written by Ema Nemčovičová who studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Ema was approached by Daniela Sláviková, the director, studying at the Audiovisual Arts Studio in Zlín – the rest of the main crew is from there as well.

Students of three universities come together to make a film.

The shooting will take place in the city of Bratislava. The main location will be Pavol Orszagh Hviezdoslav Theatre which supports this project.

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The students are looking for funds for the implementation of the project with the help of a crowdfunding page and have decided to involve young artists from various domains. Rastislav Kubica, a student of design, has painted pictures emanating the energy and the colorful palate of the film. Karolína Paluchová and Betka Bobulová, students at the Department of Intermedia and Digital Media, created prints in the form of limited graphics and staged photographs. You can find the campaign at the Startlab platform.

Students of three universities are part of this project. Young artists from the Academy of Performing Arts, Tomas Bata University and the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica.

Translation: Karin Mikossiová

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The students at the School of Applied Arts in Trenčín studied the ins and outs of short feature films. During 2 online meetings, they had a chance to get familiarized with literature and director preparation for a feature film. This part of the workshop was arranged by Martin Velič, a television screenwriter and a director who has worked on various film projects, in cooperation with Peter Bebjak, for example.

As decided by the organizers of the workshop, the whole lecture was shot and prepared in advance at the Fleck coworking premises in Trenčín. The lectures may be used as a study material for future students.

The theoretical part was followed by the practical part where the students created mood boards. With the help of this kind of visual presentation, they communicated their own author intent towards the production of their own audiovisual piece of work – Self-portrait.

After presenting their mood boards, they began shooting the scenes in their own environment so they could depict their personalities in the best way possible. “It was important that the participants analyzed their own personalities because it was them who were the main characters of their own artwork.” says Patrik Kubizna, the organizer of the workshop.

The shot scenes were consulted with the students from The Audiovisual Arts Studio of Tomas Bata University in Zlín after the first week of shooting. The university students consulted the high schoolers on the upcoming audiovisual artworks in 3 meetings during 2 weeks.

The final discussion took place on Tuesday, 15^th of December, and Juraj Ondruš, Senior Video Editor in Bumerang film productions who was a part of it, gave feedback on the created artworks whose theme was a self-portrait. “The self-portraits were diverse, and their different forms of presentation caught my attention. Some of them would even succeed at admittance tests to universities specializing in film” says Juraj Ondruš praising the work of workshop participants.

The citizens association TRAKT has decided to present the participants´ artworks in their online gallery. “We are very happy that the students succeeded in creating interesting author artworks under difficult conditions caused by the coronavirus.”

The project was supported by the city of Trenčín, under the Youth (Mládež) grant program. Thank you.

Translation: Karin Mikossiová

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Throughout the week was filming a movie called Night News. Daniela Slávikova’s work was also attended by students of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Trenčín from the field of photographic design.

Thus, secondary school students had the opportunity to cooperate on a joint project with the Studio of Audiovisual Art of Tomas Bata University in Zlín. Students had the opportunity to directly experience film production and its creative process. During the workshop they also created their own outputs in the form of photographs and videos. During the main shooting day in Munich they could also try the action in extras. Professional film technology from Tomas Bata University was used during the project.

This project allowed professional shooting to be linked to a practical workshop. Projects of a similar type in which the university cooperates with a secondary school are very rare. However, they provide a wealth of experience for high school and university students learning new collaborations. Students of the Academy of Arts in Trenčín still have a theoretical part of film preparation and discussion with filmmakers. The project was organized by the civic association TRAKT, which has long been active in the field of art and education throughout Slovakia.

The film was shot for 4 days at 3 different locations. 2 places were located in Trenčín and 1 in the Munich time center, a cultural house.

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Santa Lucia is a boarding boat that has been stuck in a loop of time. Its two inhabitants, bartender Krištof and dancer Tereza, are waiting in the business for the visitors. One day of winter, young economist Denis climbs on his bike in the farthest part of the city, and with a blown rubber, he suddenly finds himself directly in front of Santa Lucía. It is as if the mood is in front of the boarding house “bicycle repair” and so Denis finds himself in the room with lights, radio and Rob Kazi. Christophe will repair the bike, Tereza dances with him, but will he get Denise from Santa Lucia?

The Santa Lucia Student Film Project was born at Tomas Bata University in Zlín in October 2018. A young student director, Daniel Sláviková, took care of the screenplay of the film as well as the direction. The production of the film was provided by our member Patrik Kubizna (TRAKT).

The shooting of the film took place from 16th to 19th November 2018 in the center of Zlín, namely on a boat, which is located on the Kudlovský brook. 17 people worked on the project and the post-production of the film was successfully completed on December 30, 2018.

The TRAKT civic association enjoys new projects in the field of audiovisual production as well.

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