38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Strach
SlovakiaCzech Republic
2015 Fiction 28 min
Marek is a young boy who witnesses a violent attack in a bus. He is able to shoot the whole incident on his cell phone, but his fear and conscience prevent him from doing the right thing.
With : Julian Enrik Smoliga, David Selecký, Oliver Asztalos, Júliana Horváthová, Juraj Benčík, Alfréd Aczel
Screenplay : Michal Blaško
Image : Adam Mach
Sound : Ivan Ďurkech
Editing : Peter Sedláčik
Effets spéciaux : Peter Trandžík
Production : FAMU (Prague) et VSMU (Bratislava)
(Jakub Brychta, Veronika Jelšíková, Tomáš Zeman)
Michal Blaško is currently studying in the third year of film and television directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He previously studied at the Film academy of Miroslav Ondricek in Písek for two years, where he attended screenwriting and directing class lead by Jiří Strach and Zuzana Zemanová. He directed two short films before Strach which were selected all around the world.