Pop Up Film Residency Visegrad is a Pop Up Film Residency special program, which aims at supporting and nurturing the writing & development of feature films closely connected to the s. c. Visegrad Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). The program is organized in close cooperation with Hungarian Friss Hús Budapest Intl. Short Film Festival, Czech Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Polish New Horizons Intl. Film Festival, and Slovak IFF Febiofest Bratislava & Slovak Film Institute.

Budapest Residency: 29 May – 17 June 2022

Gregor Valentovič

Gregor Valentovič

scriptwriter, director

Born in Bratislava, he studied at the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He started with the Production Course (BA) and continued with Directing Course (BA and MA) under the supervision of Professor Stanislav Párnický. His graduation short film Kid (2019) has been premiered at IFF Karlovy Vary in the Future Frames section.

 

Twentyseven

David and his three best friends from high school promised themselves that their friendship would last forever. After Hana gets married, Bažo moves abroad and Maja falls in love with an adventurous traveller, David finds himself all alone. He is forced to embark on a new journey to find out that his adult life as a queer person might be inherently different than of those who grew up with him.

Mentor

Juli Jakab

Juli Jakab