The Tatino Films Award, presented at Bratislava Industry Days on 17 March 2026, has been awarded to Attention Whores, a feature project directed and written by Alica Bednáriková.
The award includes a script consultation within the Pop Up Film Residency network, to take place in spring 2026 and led by one of the network’s consultants.
Bratislava Industry Days, the industry programme of IFF Febiofest Bratislava, brings together Slovak and international film professionals, with a special focus on Central Europe. Its main event, Works in Progress, showcases upcoming films from the region across fiction, documentary, and animation. This year, audiences and professionals were introduced to 17 projects in different stages of development and production.
Among them was Attention Whores, a 90-minute Slovak-Czech dark comedy in development. The film follows two inseparable sixteen-year-old girls, Johana and Marika, whose friendship is built on rivalry, manipulation, and a relentless hunger for attention. When they turn their provocations into a dangerous game involving a new teacher, the consequences begin to spiral beyond their control.
The project is produced by Jakub Viktorín (nutprodukcia, Slovakia), Valeria Borkovcová, and Tomáš Hrubý (nutprodukce, Czech Republic), with Roman Šupej attached as cinematographer.
Alica Bednáriková is one of the most distinctive emerging voices in Slovak cinema. Her short film Boredom won the IGRIC Award for Best Short Film, while Liquid Bread premiered in La Cinef at Cannes, screened at Clermont-Ferrand, and reached the semifinals of the Student Academy Awards. Her debut feature Attention Whores has already been developed through Les Arcs Talent Village, Connecting Cottbus, and the Cannes Film Festival Résidence.
The Tatino Films Award adds another layer of support to the project’s development by connecting it with the Pop Up Film Residency’s international consultancy network this spring.