Image+Nation
Good Boy from Slovakia

Good Boy from Slovakia

MICHAEL BUKOVANSKY | CZECH REPUBLIC | 2025 | 25 MIN | SLOVAK EST

MICHAEL BUKOVANSKY | CZECH REPUBLIC | 2025 | 25 MIN | SLOVAK EST

VIRTUALShort

Synopsis

In Slovakia, Andrej Dúbravský prepares for his Olomouc exhibition GOOD BOY. While creating intimate work in the midst of tranquil rural surroundings, he is facing homophobic criticism from government officials, highlighting tensions between personal expression, societal backlash, and the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility.

Filmmaker Bio

Michael Bukovanský is a Czech filmmaker. With Good Boy, his first documentary, he examines the life and work of Slovak painter Andrej Dúbravský, highlighting the social and political tensions surrounding the LGBT+ community in Slovakia and the reactions to his art.

Producer

Telegraph Gallery

Writer

Michael Bukovansky

Cast

  • Andrej Dúbravský

Also playing with

PosterShort
Anita Louise and the Wild Women13 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

Anita Louise Martinez dedicated fifty years to capturing Nova Scotia's queer and trans community, including the Wild Women Don't Get the Blues lesbian camping weekends of the 1980s and 1990s.

PosterShort
Big Bass14 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

A filmmaker revisits a 1997 second-grade memory, exploring her queer identity, a legendary PE teacher, and a mysterious plastic fish, questioning what it means to be seen before seeing yourself.

PosterShort
The Job[I+N CONNEXE]14 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

An exploration of Canadian photographer John Phillips’ erotic archive, chronicling the impact of AIDS on his life and work for American gay magazines in the 1990s, at the dawn of the digital revolution. An intimate portrait of an artist and an industry on the verge of transformation.

PosterShort
The Divine Femme[COMPETITION]17 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. A conversation with women from Toronto's ballroom scene exploring the intersections of identity and how they channel the presence and power of womanism on the runway.

PosterShort
Anita Louise and the Wild Women13 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

Anita Louise Martinez dedicated fifty years to capturing Nova Scotia's queer and trans community, including the Wild Women Don't Get the Blues lesbian camping weekends of the 1980s and 1990s.

PosterShort
Big Bass14 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

A filmmaker revisits a 1997 second-grade memory, exploring her queer identity, a legendary PE teacher, and a mysterious plastic fish, questioning what it means to be seen before seeing yourself.

PosterShort
The Job[I+N CONNEXE]14 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

An exploration of Canadian photographer John Phillips’ erotic archive, chronicling the impact of AIDS on his life and work for American gay magazines in the 1990s, at the dawn of the digital revolution. An intimate portrait of an artist and an industry on the verge of transformation.

PosterShort
The Divine Femme[COMPETITION]17 minutesThis programme includes 5 filmsDOCUMENTS: QUEER HISTORIES83 minutes

Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. A conversation with women from Toronto's ballroom scene exploring the intersections of identity and how they channel the presence and power of womanism on the runway.