Let There Be Light | Nech je svelte

"Let There Be Light excels because it focuses on a family with day-to-day issues; particularly that of a father who must overcome his own failings before he can protect his older son from being led astray"

Screen International
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Marko Škop
  • Slovakia, Czech Republic 2019
  • 93 minutes
  • Slovak, German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Slovakia Academy Award Nominee

Forty-year-old Milan travels from Germany, where he works, to spend Christmas with his family in their Slovak village. However, the serene and festive atmosphere is unsettled by the suspicion that his son, a member of a paramilitary youth organization, might be involved in a harrowing event that stunned the local community.

The compelling drama by Marko Škop, winner of the Best Actor Award in the Karlovy Vary Festival, highlights xenophobia, religious hypocrisy, and the rise of the extreme right and examines the strength and fragility of family ties.

Filmography: Eva Nová (2015).


  • Director Marko Škop
  • Production Marko Škop, Ján Meliš, Petr Oukropec, Pavel Strnad
  • Script Marko Škop
  • Cinematography Ján Meliš
  • Editing František Krähenbiel
  • Music David Solař, Oskar Rózsa
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary (Best Actor, Special Mention)
  • Actors Milan Ondrík, František Beleš, Zuzana Konečná, Ľubomír Paulovič
  • Source Loco Films, Paris