Cultural Directory of Slovakia

One of eight Slovak institutes operating abroad, the purpose of which is to present Slovak culture in co-operation with foreign institutes, to provide information on cultural life, cultural institutions and organisations, higher education and science institutions in Slovakia and to present the regions of Slovakia. Slovak institutes are established in Prague, Paris, Moscow, Rome, Warsaw, Budapest and Vienna.

One of eight Slovak institutes operating abroad, the purpose of which is to present Slovak culture in co-operation with foreign institutes, to provide information on cultural life, cultural institutions and organisations, higher education and science institutions in Slovakia and to present the regions of Slovakia. Slovak institutes are established in Berlin, Prague, Paris, Moscow, Rome, Warsaw, Budapest and Vienna.

One of eight Slovak institutes operating abroad, the purpose of which is to present Slovak culture in co-operation with foreign institutes, to provide information on cultural life, cultural institutions and organisations, higher education and science institutions in Slovakia and to present the regions of Slovakia.

One of eight Slovak institutes operating abroad, the purpose of which is to present Slovak culture in co-operation with foreign institutes, to provide information on cultural life, cultural institutions and organisations, higher education and science institutions in Slovakia and to present the regions of Slovakia. Slovak institutes are established in Berlin, Prague, Paris, Moscow, Rome, Warsaw, Budapest and Vienna.

Opened in May 2004, the European Commission Representation in Slovakia is part of the Commission’s network of representative offices throughout the Member States of the European Union.

The Czech Centre is an apolitical and non-profit organisation established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Goethe Institute is a cultural institution of the Federal Republic of Germany operating worldwide. It promotes teaching of German language abroad and fosters international cultural co-operation. Through information about cultural, social and political life it provides a comprehensive picture about Germany.

Based in Bratislava, the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) was founded by the governments of the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) - the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic - on 9 June 2000. The purpose of the Fund is to promote the development of closer co-operation between the V4 countries through support for common cultural, scientific and educational projects, exchanges between young people, cross-border co-operation and tourism promotion.

The message of the ekotopfilm festival is● CONNECT - the festival is a unique platform to join two different groups, originally antagonists, namely: technicians and ecologists.● EDUCATE - the festival educates both professionals and the general public through attractive films and contributes to cultural and knowledge development.● INFORM - every year the festival brings the world up-to-date films and TV programmes in the field of sustainable development.

The Association of Slovak Film Clubs is a citizens' association which co-ordinates the activities of 60 film clubs across Slovakia. A member of the International Federation of Film Clubs (FICC) since 1995, it is the largest distributor of non-commercial cinematography in Slovakia.

Slovak Audiovisual Producers Association (SAPA) was founded in November 2000 and its major objective is to:(i) represent the Slovak and foreign producers in the Slovak audiovisual sphere on the basis of authorisation to perform the activities of collective management organization,(ii) protect the rights of represented Slovak and foreign producers in the Slovak audiovisual sphere

Awarded every two years by the Slovak Film and Television Academy, the Slnko v Sieti ('Sun in the Net') is the Slovak equivalent of the Oscar in the United States, the Caesar in France, the David in Italy and the Český lev in the Czech Republic ). It takes its name from Štefan Uher's film Slnko v Sieti (1962), the first of the Czechoslovak new wave which gave Slovak cinematography a world dimension.

The SFU Documentation and Library Services Department is a highly specialised theoretical-research, archive and documentation workplace that acquires, stores, professionally archives, processes and makes available for public use paper, photographic, graphic and fine art materials, including archival and documentary collections and funds relating to Slovak and foreign feature films, documentaries, anim

The SFÚ Library is the only library for film literature in Slovakia. Its collection consists of 8,700 books and 1,573 screenplays, including Slovak film scripts taken over from Koliba Studios j s c. The library also keeps diploma theses, textbooks, CDs with digitalised funds (30) and about 1,515 volumes of film magazines, Slovak as well as foreign.

The Economic Services Department of SFÚ ensures communication between the Economy Section of the Ministry of Culture and SFÚ.

A project of the Slovak Film Institute (SFÚ), the 1. Slovak Movie Database collects information on all Slovak full-length (fiction, documentary, animated) feature films made in Slovakia from 1921 (date of the first full-length film Jánošík) until today, with new titles continually being added. The database does not include films made for television, Czech films, foreign films shot on the territory of Slovakia, or films made by major foreign capital with minor Slovak financial participation.

Part of the National Cinematographic Centre, the Audiovisual Information Centre leads on Slovak participation in Eurimages and the European Audiovisual Observatory and makes use of advantages concerning Slovak participation, contacts foreign institutions and provides relevant information relating to the Slovak cinematographic and audiovisual sector, collects, processes and distributes information coming to Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Film Institute

The SFÚ Foreign Department is in charge of the following promotion activities of the Slovak film abroad: (i) organising festivals and retrospective screenings of Slovak films abroad and arranging the participation of Slovak (feature, documentary and animated) films in festivals abroad; (ii) providing information on festivals and screenings to Slovak production companies and filmmakers; (iii) dealing with correspondence and distribution of documentation and promotion materials on Slovak films to film events; (iv) inviting filmmakers and manages their participation at various events; (v) man

The activities of the National Film Archive include special storage, maintenance, preservation and restoration of films and audiovisual material produced in Slovakia, and in accordance with regulations of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It also restores a selection of significant films of foreign origin.

The Union of Slovak Film Distributors: (i) protects and enforces the common interests of its members in the distribution of feature films; (ii) represents its members, ensuring the protection of their interests in dealings with public authorities and associations; (iii) controls activities in the cinemas; and (iv) collects, processes, registers and grants information on film distribution.

Rádio Slovensko is Slovak Radio's first channel which offers 24-hour-broadcasting. Its programmes have an information and news-journalistic character with a balanced ratio of spoken language and music. The target group of listeners is created by a wide range of potential listeners focusing primarily on socio-political information.

Radio Devin is Slovak Radio's third channel which offers 24-hour-broadcasting. It is profiled as an artistic-cultural radio channel, particularly orientated towards the fields of music, theatre and literature with the aim of developing the cultural identity of listeners. The music element noticeably dominates in the broadcasting structure.

!!! TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW !!! Hlavnou náplňou tejto programovej služby je prispievať k rozvíjaniu národnej a kultúrnej identity národnostných menšín, k ich právnemu vedomiu a spoločenskej zodpovednosti.Organizačne sa delí na dva celky: