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.

LJUBLJANA: Blue Heron, a Canadian/Hungarian debut feature by Sophy Romvari, received the Kingfisher Award at the 36th edition of Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) held 12 – 23 November 2025.

PORTOROŽ: Petra Seliškar’s long documentary The Mountain Won’t Move / Gora se ne bopremaknila screened in the competition of the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, winning Best Director and Best Editor.

PORTOROŽ: Urška Djukić’s debut feature Little Trouble Girls won the Vesna Award for best film at the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which ran 21 - 26 October 2025 in Portorož. The film also won awards for best actress (Jara Sofija Ostan), best supporting actress (Mina Švajger), best supporting actor (Saša Tabaković) and best sound (Julij Zornik), together with the Slovenian FIPRESCI Award.