Sydney Czech & Slovak Film Festival 2021

After a truly challenging 2020, IKSIMA Films is proud to present its 5 day showcase of enthralling Czech & Slovak films: from drama, adventure, political thriller to comedy and fairy tale fantasy as well as some cute short animations, many of them award winning. 

To lighten the mood, this year’s opening feature is the Australian premiere of yet to be released award winning The Man with Hare Ears (Dendy Newtown, Wednesday 24 March). This delightful Slovak comedy drama is the 10th film by one of the most prominent contemporary Slovak filmmakers, Martin Šulík.  A couple of other highlights from the program include Charlatan by renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland which is a fascinating personal tale of the Czech healer Jan Mikolášek as well as Bohdan Sláma’s black and white epic drama Shadow Country about the coexistence of Czechs and Germans in a Czech-Austrian border village during a particularly historically trying period of the 20th century.

Cute, funny and often surreal animations, as well as short features - a Sydney Czech & Slovak FF fixture, will give festival-goers an added viewing pleasure.

All films are with English subtitles.

Popular festival multipasses can be again purchased at Dendy Newtown Box Office.