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PRODUCTION: Katarina Cas Starrer Awakenings Completes Filming

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-05-25

LJUBLJANA: Awakenings / Prebujanja, Peter Bratuša’s drama about midlife crisis with Slovenian actress Katarina Čas, has completed shooting and is moving into postproduction.

Let Him Be a Basketball Player by Boris Petkovič

PRODUCTION: Let Him Be a Basketball Player in Postproduction

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-05-25

LJUBLJANA: The teen comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo by Boris Petkovič is finishing postproduction. The film is based on a well-known book of the…

Irena Ostrouška, Nataša Bučar, Andrej Slapničar, Metka Pirc

Slovenia Attracts First Cash Rebate Project

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-05-24

CANNES: The Slovenian Film Center announced the start of shooting of the first film to take advantage of the new cash rebate scheme, Intrigo - Death of An Author directed…

Hocevar Appointed Head of Studies at MIDPOINT

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-05-23

CANNES: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar has been appointed the new Head of Studies at MIDPOINT Feature Launch. The appointment was announced by Prague-based MIDPOINT in Cannes.

FNE at Cannes 2017: Slovenian Cinema in Cannes

Slovenian Film Centre Slovenia 2017-05-21

Slovenian cinematography will be presented in Cannes in the International Village in the South-East European Pavilion.

EFP Producers on the Move: Slovenia’s Petra Vidmar

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-05-10

LJUBLJANA: Petra Vidmar, producer at the Slovenian production company Gustav Film, will attend this year's Cannes Film Festival as a part of Producers on the Move initiative organised by the…

Slovenian Cinematographers Fete National DoP’s

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-05-02

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Society of Cinematographers (Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije, ZFS) handed out their second annual IRIS awards for best achievement in cinematography in five categories. A total of 42…

PRODUCTION: Hanna Slak Completes The Miner

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-03-30

LJUBLJANA: Acclaimed Slovenian director Hanna Slak has finished her third feature film The Miner / Rudar. Shooting took place in November - December 2016 and the premiere is scheduled for…

Vesna musical - main actors/singers: Flora Ema Lotric (Vesna) and Robert Korosec (Samo)

Slovenian Classical Rom-Com Turned into a Musical

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-03-29

LJUBLJANA: The first Slovenian romantic comedy Vesna (1953) by František Čap, has been turned into a musical that will premiere at Ljubljana's Križanke open-air theatre in June 2017.

Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc

SLOVENIA: Country Report 2016

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-02-22

In 2016 Slovenia’s film production remained stable, but the audience’s interest in domestic films increased. There were no major changes in the distribution and exhibition sectors, and the number of…

Slovenian Comedy Tops Million Euro Mark

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-02-17

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian comedy At Hostar / Pr’Hostar directed by Luka Marcetic has earned 1.06 m EUR at the domestic box office and is poised to surpass 200,000 admissions.

FNE at Berlinale 2017: Slovenian Film in Berlin

Slovenian Film Centre Slovenia 2017-02-12

The 67th Berlin Film Festival will take place between 9 and 19 February. At this year's festival the Slovenian colours in the official programme will be represented by two minority…

Slovenian Hit At Hostar Boosts Domestic Box Office 2016

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-01-10

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian 2016 box office is up by around five percent thanks to the domestic hit At Hostar by Luka Marčetić, which scored over 180,000 admissions last year.

Comedy At Hostar Continues to Top Slovenian Chart

FNE Staff Slovenia 2016-12-08

LJUBLJANA: The indie Slovenian comedy At Hostar / Pr’ Hostar by Luka Marčetićis has already reached almost 150,000 admissions in Slovenia in five weeks.

Mirjana Karanović receiving the award for A Good Wife

FNE at Ljubljana IFF 2016: A Good Wife Takes the Main Prize

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2016-11-21

LJUBLJANA: A Good Wife / Dobra žena, a full length feature debut by the acclaimed Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović, took the Kingfisher Award at the 27th edition of the Ljubljana…

At Hostar Dominates Slovenian Box Office

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2016-11-10

LJUBLJANA: The indie Slovenian comedy At Hostar / Pr’ Hostar by Luka Marčetić continued to dominate the Slovenian box office and attendance for the second week with almost 90,000 admissions.…

Nataša Bučar Appointed Director of the Slovenian Film Center

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2016-11-07

LJUBLJANA: The Government of the Republic of Slovenia appointed Nataša Bučar to the position of director of Slovenian Film Center (SFC) for the next five years. Bučar will assume the…

FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2016: Houston, We Have a Problem!

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2016-11-02

COTTBUS: Žiga Virc’s first feature, the docu-fiction Houston, We Have a Problem! / Houston, imamo problem!, will be screened in the main competition of the 26th Cottbus Film Festival (8-13…

Glory by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov

FESTIVALS: The 27th Ljubljana International Film Festival Announces Lineup

FNE Staff Slovenia 2016-10-20

LJUBLJANA: Ten films will compete in the 27th edition of Ljubljana International Film Festival set to take place from 9 to 20 November 2016.

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Mestni kino Ptuj, Slovenia

Iulia Blaga Slovenia 2016-10-03

This month we speak with Mateja Lapuh, the programmer of Mestni kino Ptuj, Slovenia. The Ptuj City Cinema is a historical venue, where the first film screening took place almost…