LJUBLJANA: Ignacija Fridl Jarc was appointed as the new Minister of Culture of Slovenia by the National Assembly on 4 June 2026. She is replacing Asta Vrečko (a member of the political party Left), who ran the Ministry from 1 June 2022.

LJUBLJANA: It was a successful year for the Slovenian film sector as the Slovenian Film Centre (SFC) received a record breaking 12.7 m EUR for running costs, film funding and other activities in 2025 (compared to 8.6 m EUR in 2024). The impact on film production has already shown, but in 2025 cinema exhibition and film production, as well as film distribution seem stabilised.

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has distributed 285,800 EUR for the production of three films with co-financing of up to 100,000 EUR.

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has 13.1 m EUR at its disposal for 2026, following the succesful last year, when the Centre received a record breaking 12.7 m EUR for running costs, film funding and other activities, compared to 8.6 m EUR in 2024.

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has distributed 509,000 EUR for the production of five feature films and one animated film, all of them Slovenian minority coproductions.

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Aleš Žemlja has finished shooting Totalna rulerka, a six-episode coming-of-age TV series. A story of ninth graders in the Slovenian countryside, the series combines elements of drama and adventure while pointing out responsibility and solidarity.

LJUBLJANA: Although no title exceeded 100,000 admissions in 2025 and the Slovenian box office stayed close to 2024 with 1,698,038 admissions and 11.908 m EUR gross, the domestic drama Whites Wash at Ninety, released in December 2025, has already crossed this line in the first two months of 2026. Additionally, the Croatian/Serbian comedy The Wedding has had over 130,000 admissions in just five weeks.

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Katarina Morano is currently shooting her awaited debut feature Seaview / S pogledom na morje. The Slovenian/Greek coproduction follows 24 hours in the life of a young family as they spiral deeper and deeper into precariousness.

LJUBLJANA: Marko Naberšnik’s fifth feature film Whites Wash at Ninety / Belo se pere na devetdeset is the top domestic title in Slovenian cinemas in 2025 with 53,246 admissions and 378,408 EUR gross in just three weeks.

LJUBLJANA: A 5-episode TV series about the grotesque dynamic within a typical Slovenian family is now completed. Aristocracy / Plemstvo was written by Iza Strehar, directed by Žiga Virc, and backed by the Slovenian Film Centre.