PORTOROŽ: Sara Kern’s family drama Moja Vesna will be screened in the competition of the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (25 - 30 October 2022). This Slovenian/Australian coproduction is Kern’s first feature film.
LJUBLJANA: The well-known Slovenian director and screenwriter Tugo Štiglic died on 11 October 2022 at the age of 76.
LJUBLJANA: Seven Slovenian feature films and four long documentaries, together with five long documentaries dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Slovenia's independence and six Slovenian minority coproductions, will screen in the competition of the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož (25 - 30 October 2022).
LJUBLJANA: Sonja Prosenc started shooting her third feature film Redemption / Odrešitev in the town of Vodice, near Ljubljana, on 5 October 2022. This black comedy/drama is a Slovenian/Italian/Croatian/Serbian/Norwegian coproduction.
Netflix Action Thriller The Union aka Our Man from Jersey with Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg Shoots in Slovenia
Slovenia 29-09-2022LJUBLJANA: The Netflix production The Union, directed by Julian Farino and starring Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg and J.K. Simmons, is filming in the Slovenian coastal town of Piran. The Slovenian government gave cash rebate support of 2.5 m EUR for the project that will contribute to an estimated 30,000 overnight stays and the planned use of more than 10 m EUR for preparations and filming.
LJUBLJANA: Kolosej Ljubljana, the first and the largest Slovenian cineplex, which started operating in 2001, was sold at auction on 5 September 2022 for 6.4 m EUR. The new owner of the building with a total area of 10,000 square metres is the Slovenian businessman Ivo Boscarol.
LJUBLJANA: Igor Bezinović finished the two-year shooting of his long documentary Fiume o morte! in the first week of July 2022. The Croatian/Slovenian/Italian coproduction follows WWI events connected to the Italian poet Gabrielle D’Annunzio.
FESTIVALS: Successful First Edition of ReActing as a Star Programme at Kranj Actors FF
Slovenia 20-06-2022KRANJ: The new international programme ReActing as a Star, aiming at encouraging the networking between the film and audiovisual actors in the region, and at increasing their presence in the European film industry, took place for the first time in the framework of the second edition of the Kranj Actors Film Festival (KRAFFT), on 16-19 June 2022.
LJUBLJANA: Žiga Virc started shooting his new feature film The Last Hero / Poslednji heroj on 11 June 2022. This drama with comic elements is a Slovenian/Greek/Croatian coproduction.
LJUBLJANA: Asta Vrečko has been appointed as the new Minister of Culture of Slovenia by the National Assembly. Her first priorities will be a development-oriented and inclusive culture policy, an overhaul of media legislation and of the status of the self-employed, as well as systemic investment in culture.
