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We invite you to the film August of documentaries of the 21st year of the international film festival ETHNOFILM ČADCA 2020. Every Tuesday and Sunday, from 09 to 23 August 2022, will be among the awarded and winning films of the important film event in Kysuce.

ETHNOFILM ČADCA is an international documentary film biennial. The event offers films on topics from the field of social and cultural anthropology and ethnology in a broad scope, from diverse manifestations of traditional folk culture to mapping the life of a contemporary person.

Film August at the ZION club will bring you the best of the previous year's festival. August Tuesdays and Sundays will belong to the awarded and winning films of the 21st year of the film festival:

Golden Turon GRAND PRIX - LAMARELA (Denmark): depicting the life of fishermen on the island of Lamarela in Indonesia.

Silver Turoň - SVETOZÁR STRAČINA (Slovak Republic): film treatment of the life and work of the legend of the Slovak folk group of the 20th century.

VIA EUROPA - VOLANIE prize (Slovak Republic): portraits of three monks and the mysticism of the Orthodox monastery Počájivská lavrai in the west of Ukraine.

Martin Slivka Award - ÚLE EDA HOGLA (Slovak Republic): the story of one of the last beekeepers in Slovakia, who keeps bees in the traditional way.

Festival Director Award - GAJDOŠI (Slovak Republic): presentation of the bagpipe tradition in Slovakia

"Slovaks in the world" award - LADIES (Serbia): approach to Palm Sunday celebrations in Stara Pazova, Serbia, where the tradition of walking with ladies continues to this day.

Award "Ethnologist behind the camera" - IGRANKA ZA POKOJNOG EMILIANA (Serbia): ancient and authentic depiction of customs associated with the death of a person.

Award for the best Czech film - JOZEF VÁCHAL (Czech Republic): the story of a man and an important artist confronting the conformity of the time and environment in which he lived.

Entry is free

The 22nd edition of the International Film Festival ETHNOFILM ČADCA 2022 will take place on November 8 - 11. 2022