Flood

Potopa / Martin Gonda / Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic 2025 / 102 min. / 15 years / DCP
Flood
In 1980, a Rusyn village in eastern Slovakia was wiped off the map to make way for the construction of a dam. Houses were demolished, the dead were exhumed, and the living were relocated to prefabricated blocks of flats. Amid these events, the rift deepens between a widowed farmer and his fifteen-year-old daughter who dreams of becoming a pilot.

Screenings

Fr 24/07/2026
22:45 - 0:37
Aula of J. z Poděbrad High School
Director: Martin Gonda / Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic 2025 / 102 + 10 min. / 15 years / DCP / rusyn, slovak / czech subtitles
Introduction: Jaroslav Sedláček
Mo 27/07/2026
13:30 - 15:22
House of Culture - Big Hall
Director: Martin Gonda / Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic 2025 / 102 + 10 min. / 15 years / DCP / rusyn, slovak / czech subtitles
Introduction: Jaroslav Sedláček

Additional info

Directed by:
Martin Gonda
Screenplay:
Martin Šuster, Dominika Udvorková, Martin Gonda
Photography:
Oliver Záhlava
Music:
Théophile Moussouni
Cast:
Sára Chripáková (Mara), Jozef Pantlikáš (Alexander, otec Mary), Katarína Babejová (Kata), Vladimíra Štefániková (Jarmila), Michal Soltész (Vlado), Vladimír Čema (pop), Stanislav Pitoňák (Hudák), Svetlana Škovranová (Anna)
Awards:
Slnko v sieti 2026 – nejlepší scénář (Martin Šuster, Dominika Udvorková, Martin Gonda), nejlepší herečka v hlavní roli (Sára Chripáková), nejlepší herec ve vedlejší roli (Vladimír Čema), nejlepší zvuk (Bohumil Martinák, Ivan Ďurkech, Quentin Collette, Renaud Guillaumin), nejlepší scénografie (Juraj Kuchárek)

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