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Slovenia serves Rooster's Breakfast as Oscar bid

Nerina Kocjancic Slovenia 2008-09-30

The Association of Slovenian Filmmakers (DSFU) chose Rooster's Breakfast by Marko Nabersnik and produced by Arsmedia, as the Slovenian candidate for the Foreign Language Academy Award.

Slovenian distributor Natasa Bucar, Cankarjev dom

Cathy Meils Slovenia 2008-09-23

When Natasa Bucar began working for Cankarjev dom in 2001, the venerable national cultural institution already had an established eight-year-old distribution arm.

Slovenian Film Takes Off in Venice Days

Anna Franklin Slovenia 2008-08-31

Slovenian director Vinko Moderndorfer’s Landscape No 2 (www.pokrajina-st2.org) which is screening in the Venice Days programme of the Venice Film Festival attacks a topic that is front and center in…

Two Slovenian Films in Venice

Nerina Kocjancic Slovenia 2008-08-26

Slovenia will be represented at the Venice film festival by Landscape No. 2 in Venice Days and competition short Every Breath You Take.

Slovenes love Olympics

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-08-18

Fox Sports reports that Slovenian audiences for the Chinese Olympics have almost doubled over figures for the Sydney Olympics.

Estrellita wins Motovun award

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-08-07

Metod Pevec's film Estrellita received the Amnesty International award at the Motovun film festival.

Gravehopping screens in Italy

Nerina T.Kocjancic Slovenia 2008-07-16

Jan Cvitkovic's 2005 film Gravehopping bowed in Italian cinemas the first week of July. Distribution company SAP11 (www.sap11.com) are placing 10 copies of the film within the Italian territory.

First Slovenian film retrospective heads to New York

Nerina T.Kocjancic Slovenia 2008-07-14

At the Crossroads: Slovenian Cinema, the first retrospective of the history of Slovenian cinema which will take place at the Walter Reade Theater in New York July 16-22.

Slovenian Festival of European Film prize for Zim & Co

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-05-15

The third Festival of European Film in Ljubljana awarded its top prize to France's Zim & Co directed by Pierre Jolivet.

New Slovenian co-production starts shoot

Mateja Princic Slovenia 2008-03-26

Shooting began March 27 on a new international co-production by Slovene director Damjan Kozole called Slovenka, or Slovenian Girl. The budget for the film is €1.52 million.

Slovenian films breaking all records

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-02-17

Slovenian films are popular as never before domestically. Of the 25 films currently being screened in Ljubljana, one-fifth were made in Slovenia, according to the Slovenian daily Delo.

Estrellita, the latest feature by Metod Pevec, was released to Slovenian cinemas in late January with simultaneous premiere screenings at two different Ljubljana cinemas, according to the Slovenian government communications…

Shooting under way for new Slovenian film Transition

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-02-12

Shooting is under way for the new Slovenian film Transition by director Boris Palčič. The screenplay is based on the novel by Vladimir Nardin with the same title.

Slovenia screens two co-productions at Berlinale

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-02-11

Two Slovenian co-productions are being screened in the "Panorama" section of the official Berlinale program. One is Love and Other Crimes by the Serbian director Stefan Arsenijević, a Serbian-German-Slovenian co-production…

Roosters Breakfast tops 140,000 admissions

FNE Staff Slovenia 2008-01-23

The director of Rooster's Breakfast, the biggest Slovenian box office hit in the last four years, says he's surprised by the film's success. Director Marko Nabersnik picked up the Great…

Fourth Gold Roll for Roosters Breakfast (update)

FNE Staff Slovenia 2007-12-16

The smash hit Rooster´s Breakfast has surpassed all recent admissions records in Slovenia, having now passed the 100,000 mark since its opening Oct. 18.

Ljubljana IFF to screen over 100 films

FNE Staff Slovenia 2007-10-30

The 18th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), the biggest event of its kind in Slovenia, will feature over 100 films during its two-week run Nov. 7-21. The festival will open…

Slovene filmmakers continue protest against Film Fund, Culture Ministry (update)

Mateja Princic Slovenia 2007-10-29

Slovene filmmakers, some of whom boycotted the 10th Festival of Slovenian film in Portoroz earlier this month, are continuing their protests against the Slovene Film Fund and the Ministry of…

Postwar documentary wins Slovenian Vesna prize for best film

FNE Staff Slovenia 2007-10-16

A documentary about the children of victims of post-World War II killings, Children from Petricek Hill by Miran Zupanic, took the Vesna Award for best film at the 10th Festival…

World premiere Saturday of Slovenian film Kiss of Death

FNE Staff Slovenia 2007-10-11

Kiss of Death, a short feature film by young director Kristjan Vrtačnik will see its world premiere on Saturday at the 10th Festival of Slovenian Film in Portoroz