16/11/2015 - Films from both countries are travelling the festival circuit intensively in November

Family Film [+see also:
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Honey Night was screened at the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival alongside Vojtek's Children and Ivan Ostrochovský's acclaimed fiction feature debut, Koza [+see also:
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interview: Peter Bebjak
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European borders will be crossed when it comes to the Czech and Slovakian focus at the All Lights India International Film Festival in Kochi (15-19 November). Koza and Children will screen alongside Tomáš Vorel's sequel to the graffiti comedy High School, Prague Cans, which is not only a coming-of-age tale, but also one of generational introspection, Alice Nellis' fairy tale Seven Ravens [+see also:
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Slovakian and Czech cinema will also be heading to the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, where it will be represented by Koza, Eva Nová, the Czech Oscar nod for the 88^th Academy Awards, Home Care [+see also:
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film profile]. Furthermore, Vitaly Mansky's documentary Under the Sun [+see also:
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