Lover, Not a Fighter Milovník, nie bojovník

Lover, Not a Fighter

Hauteur

Martina BUCHELOVÁ

SlovakiaCzechia

Feature 2026Slovak 108 mn Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2026) ; Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland, 2026) ; Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands, 2026) ; FilmFest Cottbus (Germany, 2026) ; Cineast (Luxembourg, 2026) ; Finále Plzeň Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2026) ;
Lover, Not a Fighter
Lover, Not a Fighter

A love story of a young Andrej, who is twenty, secretly in love, living with his grandma, and has a problem climbing high trees while being drunk and unable to come down.

Andrej has a serious plan how to better himself – to see no one, meet no one, only talk to his grandma and abstain in peace. Then he unexpectedly encounters Miša, his secret love interest with whom he previously tried to smile 17 times while being at parties. He never remembered the outcome as he was always too drunk, but not today – today he is sober!

Andrej and Miša start to talk and, over a glass of Fanta, find an interest in each other. The fight for their young and tender love in this cruel and crazy world begins!

Direction Martina BUCHELOVÁ
Cast Adam KUBALA and Michaela KOSTKOVÁ
Screenplay Martina Buchelová
Cinematographer Adam MACH
Editor Marek BIHUŇ and Katarína PAVELKOVÁ
Music Adam MATEJ and Marek BURANOVSKÝ
Production
NINJA film
NOCHI FILM
Sales Low Light Films
Distributor 2 Aerofilms
Prize Proxima Grand Prix (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026) ; Golden Kingfisher for Best Feature-Length Fiction Film (Finále Plzeň 2026) ; International Young FIPRESCI Award (Warsaw International Film Festival 2026) ;

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