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Peter Balko

Profession: WriterWriter
Country: Slovakia
He studied screenwriting and film direction and currently teaches genre forms of film narration and Slovak literature. He has written and co-written several feature and short films, awarded in Slovakia and abroad, including THE CANDIDATE/KANDIDÁT (dir. J. Karásek, 2013), which received 5 nominations and Slovak academy awards and reached 90,000 viewers in Slovak cinemas; THE LINE/ČIARA (dir. P. Bebjak, 2017), which won the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF, 5 Slovak academy awards, reached turnout of 330,000 viewers in Slovak cinemas and was screened at dozens of foreign festivals.
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Mother of Darkness

On the day of her ninth birthday, Lucia disappears without a trace. Her unexpected return to her mother and the village community a year later is believed to be a God’s miracle. However, a series of ...
MIDPOINT účastníci: Peter CzikraiMichal KollarPeter Balko
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OLIGARCH

The life of Roman Savojský, olicharch and a head of an influential finance group, turns upside down after he finds out the safe flat he´s been using to corrupt high-ranked politicians was wiretapped ...
MIDPOINT účastníci: Wanda Adamik HrycovaPeter Balko
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