PRODUCTION: Metod Pevec Starts Shooting I Am Frank
LJUBLJANA: Metod Pevec’s Slovenian/Serbian/Macedonian coproduction I Am Frank started shooting in the small Slovenian town of Tržič on 23 November 2017. Pevec is well-known for his multiple-award-winning drama Beneath Her…
PRODUCTION: Goran Vojnović Preps Once Were Humans
LJUBLJANA: Goran Vojnović is in preparation with drama Once Were Humans / Nekoč so bili ljudje about two guys who get involved in human trafficking. Vojnović is a renowned Slovenian…
GRANTS: Slovenia Announces New Grants
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre announced development and production grants of 837,000 EUR in November 2017. Thirty one projects were selected for co-funding in three categories: audiovisual projects production, short…
CEE Animation Workshop: Interview with Industry Expert Linda Beath
LJUBLJANA: Industry expert Linda Beath explains her involvement as Head of Studies in the CEE Animation Workshop, that will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 2 to 6 December 2017…
FESTIVALS: Men Don’t Cry Wins FIPRESCI Award at LiFFe
LJUBLJANA: Columbus by Kogonada won the Best Film award of the 28th LiFFe fest on 18 November 2017, while Men Don’t Cry by Alen Drljević racked up yet another award,…
GRANTS: Slovenia Funds Eight Feature Films
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced production grants of 2.38 m EUR for four full-length feature films, two documentary features and two feature debuts.
Three Slovenian Hits in Box Office Top Ten
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian films are riding high at the local box office with three local productions scoring places in the top ten at the local box office.
PRODUCTION: To the Stars and Back in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: The family drama To the Stars and Back / Do zvezd in nazaj by Marko Šantić completed shooting at the end of October 2017 and has entered postproduction. Šantić…
FESTIVALS: Eleven Films Compete for LIFFe Main Prize
LJUBLJANA: Contenders for Oscar best foreign film nominations Men Don’t Cry and Requiem for Mrs. J are among the 11 films competing in the Perspectives section of the 28th Ljubljana…
Let Him Be a Basketball Player Rises to Top Spot in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian youth comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player directed by Boris Petkovič topped the box office chart in Slovenia in its third week in release, distributed by…
Slovenia Selects The Miner as Oscar Candidate
LJUBLJANA: Hanna Slak’s third feature film The Miner / Rudar has been chosen as the official candidate from Slovenia for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: The Miner
PORTOROŽ: Hanna Slak’s third feature film The Miner / Rudar was screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film is based…
FESTIVALS: The Family Wins the Slovenian Film Festival Portorož
PORTOROŽ: Rok Biček's documentary The Family won the Vesna Award for best film of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival, which ran in Portorož from 12 to 16 September 2017. The…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Men Don't Cry
PORTOROŽ: Alen Drljević’s debut feature Men Don't Cry / Muškarci ne plaču was screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). This brilliantly…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Codelli
PORTOROŽ: Miha Čelar’s docudrama Codelli will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). This poetic documentary tells a story about the…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Perseverance
PORTOROŽ: Miha Knific’s third feature film Perseverance / Vztrajanje will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film is a…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Every Good Story Is a Love Story
PORTOROŽ: The Slovenian/Croatian coproduction Every Good Story Is a Love Story by Matjaž Ivanišin and Rajko Grlić will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: A Dream
PORTOROŽ: Boštjan Slatenšek’s sophomore feature film A Dream / Privid will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). The film is…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Ksana
PORTOROŽ: Ksana by Dejan Babosek will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (12-16 September 2017). Babosek’s second feature film is the story of…
FNE at Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: The Last Ice Hunters
PORTOROŽ: The documentary The Last Ice Hunters / Zadnji ledeni lovci by Jure Breceljnik and Rožle Bregar will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in…