LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has announced a total of 3.4 m EUR in production grants for seven feature films and two long documentaries.

LJUBLJANA: In 2023 the leading Slovenian art house cinema Kinodvor in Ljubljana celebrates not only its centenary, but also two decades of art cinema programming and 15 years of existence as a public entity.

LJUBLJANA: Petra Seliškar’s fifth long documentary Body / Telo is expected to be finished in the beginning of 2023. This Slovenian/North Macedonian/Croatian coproduction is a story dealing with resilience and acceptance, life and death, disease and health, and the interconnection between body and mind.

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian comedy At Hostar 2‰ by Luka Marčetič dominates the domestic box office and is about to reach 100,000 admissions. The film currently has 97,190 admissions and 641,160 EUR gross after four weeks in cinemas.

LJUBLJANA: The Croatian/Slovenian coproduction Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto by Juraj Lerotić won the Kingfisher Award for best film in the Perspektives Competition of the 33rd Ljubljana IFF (9 - 20 November 2022).

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian comedy At Hostar 2‰ by Luka Marčetič dominates the opening weekend box office in domestic cinemas with 28,689 admissions and 194,672 EUR gross. This is the best result for a film in its first weekend in 2022.

PORTOROŽ: Orchestra directed by Matevž Luzar won the Vesna Award for best film along with awards for script and cinematography at the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (25 - 30 October 2022). Teona Mitevska’s The Happiest Man in the World won Best Slovenian Minority Coproduction and two other prizes for achievement in costume design and make-up.

PORTOROŽ: Dominik Mencej’s debut feature Riders / Jezdeca is screening in the competition of the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož, taking place 25 - 30 October 2022. The film is a coproduction between Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Italy.

PORTOROŽ: Rahela Jagrič Pirc’s debut feature The Space Among Us / Vesolje med nami is screening in the competition of the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (25 - 30 October 2022). This Slovenian/Serbian coproduction is a coming-of-age drama set in the rural town of Kostanjevica na Krki.

PORTOROŽ: Slobodan Maksimović's Beanie / Kapa is screening in the competition of the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož, which is taking place 25 - 30 October 2022. This coproduction between Slovenia, Luxembourg, Croatia and Slovakia is the first Slovenian Christmas film.