Stories you can feel. Music you can see.
DRYEYE Film is a Slovak production company that brings together powerful cinematic storytelling and immersive live concert experiences. Founded by producer Igor Engler, the company operates at the intersection of film production and orchestral performance, producing both feature films and large-scale film concerts that combine cinema with live symphonic music.
Stories you can feel.
DRYEYE’s film division focuses on visually driven, socially resonant narratives. Its debut feature, Promise, I’ll Be Fine (Hore je nebo, v doline som ja, 2024), premiered at top international festivals including Tokyo TIFFCOM and Beijing IFF, and was selected for a special screening at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Igor served as both writer and producer on the film, which was praised for its intimate portrayal of identity and generational trauma in a rural Slovak setting. He is also involved in the upcoming Raklo (2025), co-produced with NOCHI Film, which explores the coming-of-age story of a young Romani boy in Central Europe. In addition to feature films, Igor has worked on creative development for documentaries and hybrid projects, always seeking out strong visual language and authentic voices.
Founder and producer Igor Engler studied filmmaking in London and is currently pursuing his postgraduate degree at the prestigious National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. His multidisciplinary background includes writing, directing, and development, as well as international co-productions. Igor’s approach bridges narrative sensitivity with strong aesthetic control, and he remains deeply engaged in discovering new forms of storytelling, with a particular focus on underrepresented voices and experimental formats. His work reflects a unique fusion of Central European realism and contemporary cinematic language.
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Music you can see.
DRYEYE is also a leading force in the production of film concerts – screenings of iconic films performed with live orchestras. Under the leadership of Tibor Engler, Head of Concert Productions, the company has brought internationally acclaimed titles such as Harry Potter Film Concert Series to audiences in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, with sold-out performances and growing demand.
In 2025, Tibor made his conducting debut in Prague with Charlie Chaplin™ in Concert, leading the Prague Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in a live-to-picture performance of The Kid and The Idle Class. Later that year, he conducted Three Wishes for Cinderella™ in Concert with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra at Bratislava’s PEUGEOT Arena.
For both of these productions, Tibor not only conducted the performance but also created the complete Newman System (streamers and punches) himself, designing the synchronization cues that enabled frame-accurate coordination between the orchestra and the film. This rare combination of musical leadership and technical expertise allows him to oversee both the artistic interpretation and the technical execution of complex live-to-picture productions.
Tibor is currently the only known conductor in Slovakia specializing in conducting live-to-picture productions using the Newman System, the international synchronization standard for film concerts. His ability to both prepare and conduct these productions places him among a small group of specialists capable of managing the entire live-to-picture workflow — from synchronization programming to performance.
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With a small, dedicated team and deep roots in both cinema and live music, DRYEYE Film continues to grow as a dynamic creative studio. Whether producing films or bringing movies to life with orchestras, DRYEYE is committed to delivering emotionally rich, high-quality artistic experiences to audiences across Central Europe and beyond.