PORTOROŽ: Ester Ivakič’s debut feature Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song won the Vesna award for best film at the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which run 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This coming-of-age drama, based on a book by Slovenian author Suzana Tratnik, won four Vesna Awards altogether.

PORTOROŽ: Siniša Gačić’s long documentary Dance of Life / Ples življenja won the Vesna award for best documentary, screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz (13 - 18 October 2026). The film is a heartbreaking intimate portrait of a teacher, who wishes to end her suffering after a long-life illness.

PORTOROŽ: Urša Menart’s Everything That's Wrong with You / Vse, kar je narobe s tabo is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which is running 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. The sophomore feature from the director who won three Vesna Awards for her debut My Last Year as a Loser at the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož is a coproduction between Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, and Croatia.

PORTOROŽ: Jan Cvitkovič’s Hotel Alcohol is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which is running 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This is the sixth feature film from the Slovenian director, actor, writer and poet, who gained international recognition with his debut feature Bread and Milk (2001, Vertigo/E-Motion film).

PORTOROŽ: Marko Naberšnik’s Whites Wash at Ninety is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which runs 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This feature drama, based on real-life events described in the popular autobiographical novel by Slovenian writer Bronja Žakelj, is a coproduction between Slovenia, Italy, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Croatia.

PORTOROŽ: Luka Marčetić’s Girl in the Night is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which is running 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This is then third feature film from the director whose work At Hostar (2016) is still the most viewed feature film in Slovenian history.

PORTOROŽ: Ester Ivakič’s Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which is running 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This debut feature, based on a book by Slovenian author Suzana Tratnik, won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 36th edition of the Ljubljana International Film Festival.

PORTOROŽ: Darko Štante’s The Lost Son / Izgubljeni sin is screening in the competition of the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which is running 13 - 18 October 2026 in Portorož. This sophomore feature from one of the voices of the young generation of Slovenian directors and screenwriters is a coproduction between Slovenia, Greece, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Italy.

LJUBLJANA: A total of 126 films have been selected for the 29th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which will run 13- 18 October 2026 in Portorož. Seven feature films and eight long documentaries will compete for the Vesna awards alongside 14 coproductions (nine feature films, four long documentary films and one docu fiction).