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FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Ivan

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-11

PORTOROŽ: The Slovenian/Croatian drama Ivan by Janez Burger will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). Maruša Majer, the Slovenian Shooting…

Let Him Be a Basketball Player by Boris Petkovič

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Let Him Be a Basketball Player

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-08

LJUBLJANA: The youth comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo by Boris Petkovič will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in…

Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World by Marko Nabersnik

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-08

PORTOROŽ: Marko Naberšnik’s fourth feature film Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World / Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film…

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: The Basics of Killing

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-07

PORTOROŽ: The Slovenian/Serbian drama The Basics of Killing / Družinica directed by the acclaimed Slovenian director Ian Cvitkovič, will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival…

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: The Family

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-06

PORTOROŽ: Rok Biček’s documentary drama The Family / Družina will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film premiered at…

They Were Tito's Towns by Amir Muratović

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: They Were Tito's Towns

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-05

PORTOROŽ: The documentary They Were Tito's Towns / Bila so Titova mesta by Amir Muratović will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16…

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož: Contemporary Drama Ana’s Commission

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-04

PORTOROŽ: Igor Šmid's sophomore feature Ana’s Commission / Anina provizija will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film stars…

FESTIVALS: Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož Announces Lineup

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-09-01

PORTOROŽ: Eleven feature films will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož, which will run from 12 to 16 September 2017. The Badjura Lifetime…

Animateka to Host Workshop for CEE Producers

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-08-30

LJUBLJANA: The Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana will host a workshop for animated film producers from Central and Eastern Europe from 2 to 6 December 2017. A total…

Alfredson‘s Trilogy Intrigo Wraps Slovenian Shoot After Winning First Cash Rebate

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-08-29

LJUBLJANA: Trilogy Intrigo directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Ben Kingsley has wrapped its shoot in Slovenia, which ran May to August 2017. This German/US/Belgian coproduction serviced by Slovenia's Pakt…

PRODUCTION: Urša Menart Preps My Last Year as a Loser

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-08-07

LJUBLJANA: My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka by Urša Menart will start shooting on 6 September 2017. The story of a 29-year-old unemployed girl, who…

Online TV Spin-Off At Hostar Sets New Record at Slovenian Box Office

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-08-02

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian comedy At Hostar / Pr’ Hostar by Luka Marčetić has topped 210,000 admissions, becoming the most viewed domestic title since Slovenia claimed its independence in 1991.

PRODUCTION: Darko Štante Starts Shooting Consequences

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-08-02

LJUBLJANA: Consequences by writer / director Darko Štante started shooting in Ljubljana on 1 August 2017. This is the first feature film produced by Filmsko društvo Temporama, a film society…

PRODUCTION: Rok Biček Wraps Ten Year Documentary Project

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-07-17

LJUBLJANA: Young Slovenian director Rok Biček, who gained international success with his debut feature A Class Enemy (Triglav Film, 2013), has just completed the long documentary The Family, a Slovenian…

Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc

First Slovenian Film to Be Broadcast on Netflix

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-07-13

LJUBLJANA: Documentary Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc is the first Slovenian film to be aired on Netflix starting 20 July 2017. However, the film will not be…

PRODUCTION: Sonja Prosenc Starts Shooting History of Love

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-07-07

LJUBLJANA: New international coproducers have been confirmed for the contemporary psychological drama History of Love by Sonja Prosenc and the shooting started in Italy on 26 June 2017.

GRANTS: Slovenia Funds Five Minority Coproductions

Damijan Vinter Slovenia 2017-07-06

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Center (SFC) announced production grants of 245,000 EUR for five minority coproductions including four feature films and one long documentary on 5 July 2017.

No Women No Revolution by Tamara Reklov, Jakob Krese

FNE/IDF DocBloc: No Women No Revolution

FNE Staff Slovenia 2017-06-02

Slovenia and Germany are coproducing a documentary about Kurdish women's rights.

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.

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…