Between 8 and 11 December, the seventh Days of Slovenian Film will take place at the Yugoslav Cinematheque in Belgrade. The event will be opened at 6 p.m. by the short animated documentary Granny’s Sexual Life by the director Urška Djukić and the documentary feature The Slovenian Who Flew Through a Century by the director Dušan Milavec. This year, Djukić’s film had its world premiere at one of the most important animation festivals in Ottawa, North America, and has just won the Audience Award at the Animateka festival. It is a brief excursion into the history of the intimacy of an old lady from the countryside, summing up the relationship in which women in the first half of the 20th century were, in the context of strict church doctrines and general social conventions, perceived as objects for the satisfaction of their husbands’ sexual desires. The film was inspired by the women’s testimonies that Milena Miklavčič collected in her book Fire, Butts and Snakes Are Not to Be Toyed With. The screenplay was written by the director, who also edited the film, and co-written by Maria Bohr. Émilie Pigeard is the co-director and animator. The voices were recorded by Doroteja Nadrah, Jure Henigman, Mara Vilar, Božena Zabret, and Bojana Ciglič. The music was composed by Tomaž Grom. Sound design by Julij Zornik. The film received the Vesna Award for Special Achievements at the 24th Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož. The Slovenian Who Flew Through a Century tells the story of Jurij Kraigher, an Austro-Hungarian pilot and flight instructor who served in the aviation of the Kingdom of SHS. He was a pioneer of intercontinental flights at Pan American Airways and set a world speed record. During World War II, the US Army extracted thousands of downed American pilots from the Balkans under his leadership, and he participated in the rescuing of Marshal Tito during the Raid on Drvar.

The New Horizons Association (the organiser of the Kids Kino IFF, the Kids Kino Industry co-production forum, and the Kids Kino Lab script development workshops) and the South Norwegian Film Centre (Sornorsk filmsenter) present a new programme: Kids Kino Docs. The call for projects for the first edition will open right at the beginning of 2022.

The Kids Kino Docs programme is addressed to directors and producers from Poland and Norway who would like to make documentary films and series for young audiences.

The grants for film scripts were announced by the Georgian National Film Center on 7 December 2021.