Košice International Film Festivalannounces its selection of short film, feature film and television pilot screenplays. Alongside its film programme, the festival also turns its attention to stories on the page and the writers developing them for the screen.
To keep creating even when circumstances are difficult. To find your own voice, explore new approaches and seek out people with whom you can create something meaningful. Košice International Film Festival 2026 embraces the motto Gaudium creandi — the joy of creation. In challenging times, it reminds us why we return to filmmaking: the opportunity...
Andrej wants a quiet summer. To spend time with his grandmother, stay out of trouble and avoid alcohol, which sometimes leaves him stuck up a tree, unable to get down. But then he meets Miša. Over a glass of Fanta, a connection begins that changes his plans entirely.
A film ends, but the conversation about it can continue long afterwards. Sometimes a character stays with us; at other times, an image, a line of dialogue or an unexpected turn in the story. When deciding on festival awards, these impressions meet questions about the screenplay, direction and how individual creative choices work together.
Košice – [18 August 2026] – Košice International Film Festival has become a member of the prestigious Film Festival Alliance (FFA), an international organisation connecting film festivals, festival professionals and others working in independent film culture. The festival joins a community that includes dozens of leading festivals from the United...