After ten years, the Panorama Film Festival [ppf] is turning into the city film festival Pair of Nice Films 2025 and will be even closer to all film fans in Banská Bystrica.
The festival remains faithful to classic analogue prints, but in addition to exclusive screenings in the summer cinema at the amphitheatre, this year it will also bring meetings with filmmakers, thematic lectures and a series of screenings in unconventional locations.
Come and experience A Few Nice Films from 18th to 20th July in Banská Bystrica.
Spoken language: English. Subtitles: Czech.
Detective Lieutenant William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is slowly winding down his career, and his last assignment is to mentor a young and ambitious detective, David Mills (Brad Pitt). The two are deployed to investigate a brutal murder case that draws them into the twisted and perverse world of a mentally disturbed but intelligent and cunning criminal with the code name John Doe, who is determined to punish sinners with his deeds. David Fincher's now iconic thriller is screening on the 30th anniversary of its cinema premiere.
Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber, 1962, DE, 158 min
Spoken language: Slovak. Subtitles: none.
The magnificent sailing ship Flying Clipper, a trimaran with twenty cadets and a captain on board, who will take you on an adventurous journey around the Mediterranean, with its many natural wonders and sights. Journey through places that were not yet crowded with tourists at the time this film was made, and travel was still a great adventure. The film, which is full of great music and witty commentaries in addition to beautiful shots, will be screened from a 70mm print with Slovak dubbing, which was made at Koliba in 1964 under the direction of Svatopluk Šablatura.
Spoken language: French. Subtitles: Czech.
Emmanuella is a beautiful young model living in Bangkok with her husband Jean, a few years older than her. Both of them are very tolerant in their marriage, which is why Jean doesn't object when one day a young Marie Ange visits their home and wants something more than friendship from Emmanuella. Based on a literary novel by Emmanuelle Arsan, Just Jaeckin's film was one of the pioneering films of the 1970s, mainly due to its (for the time) overt eroticism. It will be screened as part of a starred night at the cinema - from a print that was also screened in Czechoslovak cinemas in those days. It is perhaps also worth noting that this film has been seen in cinemas around the world by over 350 million viewers.
Spoken language: Various. Subtitles: without translation.
A fresh batch of the best animated films for children from the 18th annual Fest Anča 2025, which took place just a few weeks ago in Žilina.
Come and enjoy exceptional animated films for children from around the world with your little ones. In a special short film program, you will see, for example, the film Bobelova kuchyňa (Bobel's Kitchen) by director Fiona Rolland, which was awarded the Anča Award by the Fest Anča special children's jury.
An evening of strictly forbidden films with Peter Konečný
Peter Konečný, 2025, SK, 150 min
Spoken language: Slovak. Subtitles: without translation.
Can going to the cinema be harmful? Violence, pornography, propaganda and vulgarity have been present in cinema for a long time. But is it really true that films ‘corrupt’ us and their impact on audiences should be regulated? Peter Konečný, editor-in-chief of kinema.sk, will guide you through the night of banned films.
The topic of the harmfulness of audiovisual materials in the form of negative, mainly psychological effects on individuals and society caused by their excessive and mainly unregulated consumption has not only been topical for the last few years. 'Harmful' elements, which are usually considered to include pornography, vulgarity, violence and, last but not least, propaganda and political incorrectness, were present in a specific form in films as early as the 1910s, when the phenomenon of cinema became part of a society-wide debate and a subject of interest in educational and scientific circles.
Spoken language: English. Subtitles: Czech.
The three-time Oscar-winning story of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) spans nearly thirty years. After returning from a concentration camp, Laszlo and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) emigrated to the United States at the end of World War II to pursue their "American dream." However, their lives are forever changed by an encounter with a mysterious and wealthy stranger...
Spoken language: Silent disco. Subtitles: Czech.
The proven atmosphere of silent discos with sets from local DJs will be combined with Fritz Lang's timeless cinematic art from 1927 in July. We invite you to a film party like you've never experienced before.
Fritz Lang's monumental classic is considered the prototype of dystopian sci-fi films and has influenced the development of 20th-century cinema with its content and visual style.
Spoken language: Polish. Subtitles: without translation.
The ppf 2025 festival will also feature a concert by the Danish ensemble E/I, which will bring its minimalist and contemplative compositions to the Medený hámor complex.
E/I (emission/intention) is an ensemble based in Copenhagen, founded in 2018 by Polish drummer and composer Szymon Gąsiorek. E/I's music can be characterized as acoustic ambient or contemporary spiritual music, focused on collective sound and minimalist form. The group has released three albums – emission/intention (2019, Love & Beauty Music), extension/immersion (2023, Instant Classic) and their latest album explicit isolation, which was released in October 2024 by the Slovak label mappa.
The concert is an invitation to an intimate sound journey that transcends genre boundaries and offers a deep focus on the essence of sound itself. It creates a space for contemplation, where ambient delicacy, free improvisation, and precisely modeled sound matter meet.
Spoken language: Slovak. Subtitles: without translation.
A fairy tale about the adventurous journey of a brave prince and his faithful servant John to the beautiful Mahulien to the land of the greedy Zlatovlad. The prince's father presents John with a magical crown that can warn them of any danger. However, he must not reveal the secret of its magical power to anyone, for if he did, he would be petrified instantly. The screenplay of the film based on the fairy tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm was written by Martin Porubjak and Miloslav Luther. It is being screened on the occasion of the 80th birthday of director Miloslav Luther, who was born in the village of Jakub - now a part of Banská Bystrica - from the original 35mm print.
Spoken language: English. Subtitles: Czech.
Schindler's List is a merciless drama about the nightmare of our civilization - the Holocaust. Based on true events, the story tells the fate of the sometimes unscrupulous businessman Oskar Schindler, who first became very rich from the war, only to sacrifice all his resources and his fortune at its end to save 1,100 human lives. Steven Spielberg's defining film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year and Best Director. The 35mm screening is symbolic of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Spoken language: Slovak. Subtitles: without translation.
Special screening of the film to mark the 30th anniversary of its premiere in the park of the Záhrada cultural center, with director Martin Šulík in attendance.
Thirty-year-old Jakub (Roman Luknár) finds himself facing one problem after another. He can't figure out his relationship with married Tereza, he's dissatisfied with his job, and he doesn't get along with his father (Marián Labuda), with whom he lives in a shared apartment. Jakub decides to change his life and leaves for a few days to his grandfather's abandoned house in the countryside. With the help of his grandfather's notes, he rediscovers simple things he had long forgotten. He learns to mow the lawn, prune trees, and bake bread. He meets the mysterious Helena, who changes his life... Martin Šulík's film, created with screenwriters Marek Leščák and Ondrej Šulaj, is one of the iconic films of Slovak cinema of the 1990s.