Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Every year, the old people in Osoblažsko hold a killing party. It is the only day of the year when the whole family gets together to swear, eat, drink and just live. But this year everything is different. Grandpa has been pacing around all morning and doesn't know how to tell his son-in-law Karl that this will be the last slaughter party. Karl's daughter Romana misses her mother and her sister Lucia's marriage is falling apart. Her son Dusan doesn't know how to navigate the clash of the male and female worlds, Uncle Šupina has been drinking dangerously all morning, and a troubled neighbour is plotting how to get revenge for his mess of a life. In the course of such a day, the resilience of mutual bonds is tested, revealing the strength and fragility of relationships shaped by tradition, love and injustice.

OUR LOVELY PIG SLAUGHTER is the feature debut of director Adam Martinec, a native of Krnov in the Moravian-Silesian region. "I often return to Osoblažsko. It is a fascinating island in the middle of nowhere, it is far from the Czech Republic and Poland. People either leave there or live there all their lives. It is a forgotten but beautiful place where beautiful people live," explains the director of the film. OUR LOVELY PIG SLAUGHTER made it to the Main Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Mention.