Festival slobody · 16th edition
5 – 8 November 2026
Kino Lumière · Bratislava · Free admission
Films about life under unfreedom, the mechanisms of power and the decisions of individuals. This page lists the six screenings that can be followed in English: five with English subtitles and one in English.
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Oskar Schindler arrives in occupied Kraków intending to do business and make money. Gradually, he begins to use his position to save Jewish workers from Nazi persecution. The historical drama follows the transformation of a man who decides to act in the midst of systematic violence.
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Zwyczajny kraj
Directed by Tomasz Wolski
Secret filming, wiretaps and recordings of interrogations. Assembled from the material of the Polish security services, the documentary shows how state power reached into the everyday life and privacy of people in communist Poland.
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Directed by Tomasz Wolski
A portrait of Leopold Trepper, a Polish Jew and Soviet intelligence agent whose life was marked by the Gestapo, a Stalinist prison and the antisemitic campaign in Poland. The archival documentary raises questions of conviction, personal responsibility and the struggle for one’s own name.
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Directed by Tomasz Wolski
The workers’ protests in communist Poland in December 1970, seen from the side of those in power. Archival telephone conversations combined with animation reveal how the violent suppression of the protests was decided and how the repressive apparatus operated.
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Árva
Directed by László Nemes
A year after the suppression of the Hungarian uprising, a man who claims to be his father enters the life of Andor, a Jewish boy. The family story unfolds in a society marked by violence, uncertainty and the loss of freedom.
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Spalovač mrtvol
Directed by Juraj Herz
Crematorium employee Karel Kopfrkingl gradually succumbs to Nazi ideology and turns against his own family. The adaptation of Ladislav Fuks’s novella combines a psychological story with dark grotesque and shows the destructive force of fanaticism.
TrailerThe full showcase of nine films, including screenings with Slovak subtitles only, is listed on the Slovak page.