Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association

After a long absence, WPSCA is bringing back our “Slovak Filmfest” series beginning in the fall. We will feature three popular Slovak films with English subtitles, one each month beginning in September. The movies are FREE with free popcorn.

Sunday, September 24. 2pm.

Love Can Move Mountains (2022)

The Czecho-Slovak romantic comedy takes place in a Tatra hotel spanning a few hours during an ordinary wedding day. The three stories that make up the film repeat themselves, they intersect, and at the end they climax together. It is the debut film of director Jakub Machala, who directed episodes of the TV series “Love in the Time of Corona.” (85 minutes)

Sunday, October 22. 2pm.

The Cellar (2018)

The marriage of Tana and Milan Labat is going through a crisis. One night changes their lives. Their 16-year-old daughter goes missing at her birthday party in a neighboring village. Milan imprisons the alleged kidnapper, Lenka’s friend Lukas, in a cabin in the woods. But did Lukas really kidnap Lenka? (114 minutes)

Sunday, November 26. 2pm.

The Lonely Runners: Moving On!  (2019)

This feature-length documentary road movie tells the story and history of the legendary Slovak poets’ collective known as the Lonely Runners, founded in the 1960s by Ivan Laučík, Peter Repka and Ivan Štrpka, who represented the progressive stream in modern Slovak poetry. The central idea of this poetic memoir is to convey the great friendship between the three writers. The film starts with Peter’s departure from his current home in Offenbach am Main to meet Ivan in Bratislava. The two then head off to Liptovský Mikuláš to see the other Ivan. They meet old friends and visit old haunts where they lived, worked and wrote their finest collections of poetry, in hopes that the Lonely Runners will meet yet again. An inspiring film about friendship and the Lonely Runners’ poetry, featuring the Lonely Runners themselves. (82 minutes)

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