A total of 98 out of 183 submitted films have been selected, more than in 2016. A total of 97 films (51 in the competition and 46 out of the competition) will be screened in the two venues (Main Hall, Amphitheatre) at Avditorij Portorož.
Seventeen long films will compete for the Vesna awards: eleven feature films and six long documentaries, among them Janez Burger’s Ivan (starring the Slovenian Shooting Star 2017 Maruša Majer), Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World by Marko Naberšnik and the documentary The Family by Rok Biček, who gained international success with his debut feature A Class Enemy (Triglav Film, 2013).
Most of the competition feature films will be released in autumn 2017.
Feature Films Competition:
Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo (Slovenia)
Directed by Boris Petkovič
Produced by Gustav Film
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, MB Grip, Studio Ritem, Unicasting and Pecl
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Media
Ksana / Ksana (Slovenia)
Directed by Dejan Babosek
Produced by Narayan Production
Coproduced by Snaut
A Dream / Privid (Slovenia)
Directed by Boštjan Slatenšek
Produced by FilRouge
Coproduced by AS Film Production, DArt picture, Studio Ritem
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba
Ana’s Commision / Anina provizija (Slovenia)
Directed by Igor Šmid
Produced by Studio Arkadena
Coproduced by Studio Ritem
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba
Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World / Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet (Slovenia, Macedonia)
Directed by Marko Naberšnik
Produced by Perfo Production
Coproduced by Kino Oko, RTV Slovenija
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Macedonian Film Agency
Ivan / Ivan (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Janez Burger
Produced by Staragara
Coproduced by Propeler Film, RTV Slovenija, Tramal films
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Eurimages
The Basics of Killing / Družinica (Slovenia, Serbia)
Directed by Jan Cvitkovič
Produced by Perfo Production
Coproduced by Pilon Media, RTV Slovenija
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Serbian Film Center
The Miner / Rudar (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
Directed by Hanna Slak
Produced by Nukleus Film
Coproduced by VOLTE
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba
Sly Foxes / Stekle lisice (Slovenia)
Directed by Boris Jurjaševič
Produced by RTV Slovenija
Perseverance / Vztrajanje (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy)
Directed by Miha Knific
Produced by Nukleus Film
Coproduced by This & That Productions, Helios Sustainable Films
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Film Centre of Serbia, BLS
Slovenian Minority Coproductions:
Men Don't Cry / Muškarci Ne Plaču (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Germany)
Directed by Alen Drljević
Produced by Deblokada Sarajevo
Coproduced by Iridium Film, This & That Productions, Menderley Films, Produkcija Živa and Cineplanet
Supported by the Foundation of Cinematography Sarajevo, Slovenian Film Center, ZDF/Arte TV, MEDIA, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Kanton Sarajevo, CineLink, Eurimages and FS Viba
Codelli / Codelli (Slovenia)
Directed by Miha Čelar
Produced by Astral film
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, PS Mangart, Kerozin
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba
The Family / Družina (Slovenia, Austria)
Directed by Rok Biček
Produced by Cvinger film
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Austrian Film Institute
The Last Ice Hunters / Zadnji ledeni lovci (Slovenia)
Directed by Jure Breceljnik, Rožle Bregar
Produced by FilmIT
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Studio Ritem, Vizualist
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, MEDIA
Charlatan Magnifique / Charlatan Magnifique (Slovenia)
Directed by Maja Pavlin
Produced by RTV Slovenija
They Were Tito's Towns / Bila so Titova mesta (Slovenia)
Directed by Amir Muratović
Produced by RTV Slovenija
Every Good Story Is a Love Story / Vsaka dobra zgodba je ljubezenska zgodba (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Matjaž Ivanišin, Rajko Grlić
Produced by Vertigo
Coproduced by NP7, NuFrame, 100
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center
