The members of this year's international jury are Austrian curator and writer Alexander Horwath, Macedonian actress and producer Labina Mitevska and Slovenian film director, screenwriter and producer Sonja Prosenc.
More than 100 films will be screened in Ljubljana and satellite locations in the cities of Maribor, Celje and Novo Mesto. In addition to the main sections Perspectives, Avantpremieres, Kings & Queens, Panorama and Extravaganza, this year’s Focus will present Cuban Cinema in 60s, Hommage will celebrate Abel Ferrara and films by Agnes Varda will be shown in Retrospective.
Industry events highlight the objective of European Parliament Lux Prize, to illuminate public debate on the European integration and to facilitate diffusion of the most significant European (co)productions within the European Union; a masterclass focusing on selected aspects of the current creative, production and distribution realities of filmmaking in Europe is organised by the Motovila Institute (Creative Europe Desk Slovenia) in collaboration with Matthieu Darras. The Art Cinema Network of Slovenia will organise a professional meeting to provide an analytical overview of the past ten years, a rundown of its greatest projects and an analysis of results and long-term effects on the Slovenian film scene.
The millionth viewer is expected at LiFFE, which celebrates its 30th anniversary and is held under the honourary patronage of His Excellency Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia.
“Some years ago, we distributed a short questionnaire among the citizens of Ljubljana concerning their knowledge of ‘serious’ films and our film festival. It turned out that the biggest problem people have is how to pronounce the festival's acronym. If that’s the biggest problem, then we’re in the saddle. Actually, nobody knows the right answer. In other words, no answer is incorrect. Here’s to another thirty!” programme director Simon Popek said in a statement.
Feature Film Competition:
Angelo (Austria, Luxembourg)
Directed by Markus Schleinzer
Beanpole / Dilda (Russia)
Directed by Kantemir Balagov
Bull (USA)
Directed by Annie Silverstein
Lara (Germany)
Directed by Jan-Ole Gerster
Monos (Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany)
Directed by Alejandro Landes
Our Mothers / Nuestras madres (Guatemala, Belgium, France)
Directed by Cesar Diaz
Ray & Liz (UK)
Directed by Richard Billingham
Stitches / Šavovi (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia)
Directed by Miroslav Terzić
Produced by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Coproduced by Nora Production Group, Spiritus Movens, SCCA/PRO.BA
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, Eurimages
Stories from the Chestnut Woods / Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov (Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Gregor Božič
Produced by Nosorogi
Coproduced by Transmedia Production, Deutsche Film Und Fernsehakademie Berlin, RTV Slovenija
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA
System Crasher / Systemsprenger (Germany)
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
