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The Nest

Year
2015
Country
Slovakia
Duration
25’
Director
Kristína Schnirzová

Can love be replaced by material property? The film is a tragicomic and intimate portrait of an ageing couple from the Slovak countryside. They have been living in debt and repairing their house in the hope that their children will come back to live with them again one day. But in every parent’s life, there comes a moment when they must face up the fear of being alone.

Production and Sales
The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Svoradova 2, Bratislava, 81301, Slovakia, +421259303577, [email protected], www.ftf.vsmu.sk
Director
Kristína Schnirzová

Kristína Schnirzová is studying documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, under the supervision of Peter Kerekes. In 2015, she completed the bachelor’s degree with her short observational documentary Hniezdo. For her master's degree, she is preparing a full-length investigative documentary about the influence of Penta, one of the most powerful financial groups in Slovakia, on the national healthcare system, which is rated as one of the worst in the EU.

Selected Filmography

Hniezdo (2015)

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Year
2015
Country
Iraq
Director
Rekesh Shahbaz
Duration
23’
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End of the World
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End of the World
Year
2015
Country
Poland
Director
Monika Pawluczuk
Duration
40’
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Highnoon Winti
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Highnoon Winti
Year
2015
Country
Switzerland
Director
Dmytro Tiazhlov
Duration
12’
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Just Another Day in Egypt
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Just Another Day in Egypt
Year
2015
Country
Serbia, Switzerland
Directors
Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Nikola Ilić
Duration
11’
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Moriom
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Moriom
Year
2015
Country
Switzerland
Directors
Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa
Duration
12’
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Ostap
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Ostap
Year
2015
Country
Ukraine
Director
Taras Dron
Duration
28’
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Perfection Is Forever
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Perfection Is Forever
Year
2015
Country
Romania
Director
Mara Trifu
Duration
18’
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Salamanca
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Salamanca
Year
2015
Country
Russia
Directors
Ruslan Fedotow, Aleksandra Kulak
Duration
41’
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The Burden of Proof
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The Burden of Proof
Year
2015
Country
Germany
Director
Stefan Kessissoglou
Duration
33’
DOCU/SHORT
Until the Quiet Comes
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Until the Quiet Comes
Year
2015
Country
The Netherlands
Director
Yaron Cohen
Duration
26’
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Women in Sink
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Women in Sink
Year
2015
Country
United Kingdom
Director
Iris Zaki
Duration
37’
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YAMAHA
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YAMAHA
Year
2015
Country
Russia
Director
Inna Omelchenko
Duration
38’
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