Lines depicts the everyday hustle and bustle of contemporary Bratislava, an exemplary post-socialist city whose inhabitants cope with the constant grind of urban construction, collapsing traffic and rising housing prices, in addition to their own woes. Blanka is a woman in her 50s, as alone in her apartment as in her life. Matuš, a young and motivated activist, hopes to become a municipal councillor despite his lack of marketing savvy. A cool real estate agent sells the dream of a happy life through Bratislava apartments. Two road workers paint traffic markings and when their shift is over, they drink beer in their boarding rooms and ponder the indifference of the city inhabitants. Danko, a queer music composer, lives in the city center with his mother in a modest flat. He takes long walks, listening to urban sounds, trying to capture the rhythm around him.
Ji.hlava IDFF 2021, One World Slovakia 2021, Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival 2021, Euganea Film Festival 2022, DokuBaku 2022, ArchFilmLund 2022, Women Make Waves 2022, Arquiteturas Film Festival 2023
| Director | Barbora Sliepková |
| Script | Barbora Sliepková |
| Editing | Máté Csuport |
| Sound | Michal Horváth |
| Cinematography | Michal Fulier, Maxim Klujev, Barbora Sliepková |
| Music | Jonatan Pastircák |
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Barbora Sliepková
Lines (2021, Slovakia, documentary feature film), Icons: Symbiosis (2020, Slovakia, documentary TV episode), Unsung Heroes: Xenophobia (2018, Slovakia, documentary TV episode), About My Sister (2016, Slovakia, short documentary)