- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Slovak Republic
Kerekes Peter
Across the Border
Five directors from Central Europe contribute to making an international film reflecting a unique moment of forming of a new European community.
66 Seasons
A film about the Košice swimming pool, the place where, according to the filmmaker's slogan, "history came to swim." Set between 1936 and 2002, the story reflects historical events that took place in Central and Eastern Europe during that period. Half-naked men and women lived through the 1941 bombing of Košice (in eastern Slovakia), some swimmers never returned from the front lines, and one of the pool's builders died in a concentration camp. The film is dedicated to the memory of the director's grandfather, and the filmmaker and his father make appearances. Using the pool as a backdrop where three generations came to cool off, a kind of "personal theatre" has been created, a space which itself becomes a model for evoking social history...
Cooking History
A documentary film about army cooks. It shows how the everyday need of thousands armed stomachs affects the victories and defeats. About the field "kitchen" as a model of a world where food preparation becomes a fight strategy; a fight for great ideals standing on strong legs of the kitchen table. The film is based on eleven recipes of the cooks since the Second World War till the war in Tchechenia; from France through the Balkans to Russia.
Czechs in Slovakia
The Czechs have a special position in Slovakia. They represent the youngest of our ethnic minorities, because they become a minority only in 1993 after the Slovak republic gained independence.
Jews In Slovakia
The Jews arrived to modern Slovakia much earlier than the ancestors of Slovaks. According to records of that time it was around a year...
Brno 1969
Pomník, ktorý nebol
The Legends and Morytates of Ladomirova
Jozsef Balogh, Pribenik
Človek o knihe, kniha o človeku
O troch dňoch v Jasovskom kláštore
Most Márie Valérie
Evropa jedna báseň
Documentary series that maps contemporary European poetry. 27 European poets will be presented in 27 episodes (1 country = 1 poet).
Slovak Cinema: Slovak Spirits
As it does elsewhere, the pub plays an important role in the lives of Slovak filmmakers and Slovak films. Since the beginning of time it’s been the place where friends meet as well as also a source of inspiration, rich conflict and dramatic situations. It’s exactly these things that documentary filmmaker Peter Kerekes and some of Slovak film legends set out to find together.
Five directors from Central Europe contribute to making an international film reflecting a unique moment of forming of a new European community.
66 Seasons
A film about the Košice swimming pool, the place where, according to the filmmaker's slogan, "history came to swim." Set between 1936 and 2002, the story reflects historical events that took place in Central and Eastern Europe during that period. Half-naked men and women lived through the 1941 bombing of Košice (in eastern Slovakia), some swimmers never returned from the front lines, and one of the pool's builders died in a concentration camp. The film is dedicated to the memory of the director's grandfather, and the filmmaker and his father make appearances. Using the pool as a backdrop where three generations came to cool off, a kind of "personal theatre" has been created, a space which itself becomes a model for evoking social history...
Cooking History
A documentary film about army cooks. It shows how the everyday need of thousands armed stomachs affects the victories and defeats. About the field "kitchen" as a model of a world where food preparation becomes a fight strategy; a fight for great ideals standing on strong legs of the kitchen table. The film is based on eleven recipes of the cooks since the Second World War till the war in Tchechenia; from France through the Balkans to Russia.
Czechs in Slovakia
The Czechs have a special position in Slovakia. They represent the youngest of our ethnic minorities, because they become a minority only in 1993 after the Slovak republic gained independence.
Jews In Slovakia
The Jews arrived to modern Slovakia much earlier than the ancestors of Slovaks. According to records of that time it was around a year...
Brno 1969
Pomník, ktorý nebol
The Legends and Morytates of Ladomirova
Jozsef Balogh, Pribenik
Človek o knihe, kniha o človeku
O troch dňoch v Jasovskom kláštore
Most Márie Valérie
Evropa jedna báseň
Documentary series that maps contemporary European poetry. 27 European poets will be presented in 27 episodes (1 country = 1 poet).
Slovak Cinema: Slovak Spirits
As it does elsewhere, the pub plays an important role in the lives of Slovak filmmakers and Slovak films. Since the beginning of time it’s been the place where friends meet as well as also a source of inspiration, rich conflict and dramatic situations. It’s exactly these things that documentary filmmaker Peter Kerekes and some of Slovak film legends set out to find together.
Velvet Terrorists
Velvet Terrorists is a film about minor and foiled terrorist plots in former Czechoslovakia. The film focuses on three protagonists. The first one wanted to blow up a decorated stage during the May 1 celebrations in the 1970s. The second one planned to assassinate the President and start an anticommunist revolution. Sadly, his letter to the CIA was so naive that nobody cared to reply. The third one blew up communist billboards. Acts that were once considered criminal are now viewed as acts of heroism. The film is about our relative views of history and about the various perspectives which can be used to assess these individuals and their actions.
Field Trip
A documentary field trip to four places that have influenced the course of European history. Aurora in St. Petersburg, Stadium in Nuremberg, the Berlin Wall and Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. The film captures the witty ways in which history is retold in official interpretations and tries to see what visitors really take away from guided tours at these four major European tourist attractions. Big history as told through the small history of tourist guides.
Velvet Terrorists is a film about minor and foiled terrorist plots in former Czechoslovakia. The film focuses on three protagonists. The first one wanted to blow up a decorated stage during the May 1 celebrations in the 1970s. The second one planned to assassinate the President and start an anticommunist revolution. Sadly, his letter to the CIA was so naive that nobody cared to reply. The third one blew up communist billboards. Acts that were once considered criminal are now viewed as acts of heroism. The film is about our relative views of history and about the various perspectives which can be used to assess these individuals and their actions.
Field Trip
A documentary field trip to four places that have influenced the course of European history. Aurora in St. Petersburg, Stadium in Nuremberg, the Berlin Wall and Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. The film captures the witty ways in which history is retold in official interpretations and tries to see what visitors really take away from guided tours at these four major European tourist attractions. Big history as told through the small history of tourist guides.
Peter Kerekes (born 1973 in Košice) studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU) in Bratislava in the years 1991 - 1998. He eventually ended up teaching the same subject at the same institution, where he, together with Dušan Hanák, founded the feature and documentary film studio. Although he originally wanted to make feature films and managed to reach for the university degree, he fell for documentary storytelling ever since his first documentary about Slovakian poet Erik Groch. His latest feature Cooking History (produced by Austrian director and producer Georg Misch) was awarded at many international festivals, such as Hot Docs and DOK Leipzig, and even nominated for the renowned Prix Arte 2009 European Film Award.
COOKING HISTORY Documentary film 88 min 35mm © Mischief films, Peter Kerekes, Negativ, ORF, CT, STV / 2009 www.cookinghistory.net 66 SEZÓN 66 SEASONS Documentary film 86 min 35 mm © Peter Kerekes, ČT, STV / 2003 www.66seasons.com LADOMÍRSKE MORYTÁTY A LEGENDY MORYTATS AND LEGENDS OF LADOMIROVÁ Documentary film 54 min. 16mm © VŠMU, STV, ČT, Ars Media s.r.o. /1998
Peter Kerekes s. r. o
Vištuk 277
900 85 Vištuk
Vištuk 277
900 85 Vištuk
Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films - 2012
Docu Talents From the East 2007 - 2007
Documentary at Its Best - Conference of Discovery Campus and IDF - 2004
Documentary Tea - 2007
Best Central European Documentary, 7th Jihlava IDFF 2003, Czech republic;
Best Documentary, DocAviv Tel Aviv 2004, Izrael;
Award for Best Documentary Film, Viennale 2009, Austria;
Special Jury Prize, Hot Docs 2009, Canada;
The FIREPRESCI Prize, Dok Leipzig 2009, Germany;
Best documentary film, Sofia International Film Festival 2009, Bulgaria