• View Trailer

    FATHER

    Directed by Tereza Nvotová
    Slovakia | 103 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

  

Winner: FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film: Milan Ondrík

Producer Veronika Paštéková and Producer Anton Shreko are expected to attend the January 10th screening.

Film Festival 2026

A tragic mistake shatters the life of a devoted father, shaking his marriage and isolating him in guilt. Inspired by real-life events. Winner: Best Film, Zurich.

film synopsis

A tragic mistake shatters the life of a devoted father, shaking his marriage and isolating him in guilt. He begins to question whether he deserves to go on living. But when he and his wife come to see that the tragedy was not a personal failure, but something rooted deep in the architecture of the human mind, a fragile path toward forgiveness begins to emerge. Even with this understanding, the question remains: Can love survive? With its unique narrative approach, Father challenges the audience’s perceptions of guilt, tragedy, and empathy. Inspired by real-life events. Winner: Best Film, Zurich.

film details

Director: Tereza Nvotová
Producers: Veronika Paštéková, Anton Skreko, Karel Chvojka, Miloš Lochman, Marta Gmosińska, Mariusz Włodarski
Screenwriter: Tereza Nvotová, Dušan Budzak
Cinematographers: Adam Suzin
Editor: Nikodem Chabior
Music: Pjoni
Cast: Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková, Aňa Geislerová, Martina Sľúková, Dominika Zajcz, Peter Ondrejička
Original Language Title: Otec
Country: Slovakia
Language: In Slovak with English subtitles
Year: 2025
Running Time: 103 minutes
Director Filmography: Nightsiren (2022), Filthy (2017), Take it Jeasy! (2008)
Awards: Golden Eye Award for Best Feature, Zurich Film Festival
Primary Company: IntraMovies

Film Festival 2026