FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož 2018: I Act, I Am

PORTOROŽ: Miroslav Mandić’s black and white drama I Act, I Am / Igram, sem will be screened in the competition of the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož (10-15…
04-09-2018

FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož 2018: My Last Year as a Loser

PORTOROŽ: Urša Menart's debut feature My Last Year as a Loser / Ne bom več luzerka will be screened in the competition of the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in…
03-09-2018

FNE Spoke to Nataša Bučar, Head of Slovenian Film Center

LJUBLJANA: FNE spoke with Nataša Bučar, Head of the Slovenian Film Center, about achieved goals, challenges in developing domestic film industry, the future of Slovenian cinema and her personal taste…
27-08-2018

FESTIVALS: Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož 2018 Announces Lineup

PORTOROŽ: Sixteen feature films including eight documentaries will be screened in the competition of the 21st Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož, which will run from 10 to 15 September…
23-08-2018

PRODUCTION: Slovenian Director Andrej Košak Preps All Against All

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Andrej Košak will start shooting his fourth feature film All Against All / Vsi proti vsem in September 2018. This Slovenian/Macedonian coproduction is a political thriller set…
10-07-2018

PRODUCTION: Slovenian TV Partners on Animated Series How It Grows

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian production company Invida is producing a 13-episode animated series for Slovenia’s public TV RTV SLO, How It Grows.
22-06-2018

PRODUCTION: Slovenian/Croatian/Italian Don't Forget to Breathe Starts Shooting

LJUBLJANA: Italian-born Slovenian director Martin Turk began shooting his third feature film Don't Forget to Breathe / Ne pozabi dihati on 19 June 2018. The coming-of-age drama is produced by…
21-06-2018

FNE at Cannes 2018: Slovenian Cinema in Cannes

Market Screenings - Village International Riviera - Pavilion 135
13-05-2018

Slovenia and Film Locations in Cannes

In cooperation with the Slovenian Tourist Board, Ljubljana Tourism, and AIPA Institute (Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Film Producers of Audiovisual Works of Slovenia), the Slovenian Film Centre is…
12-05-2018

EFP 2018 Producer on the Move: Rok Sečen, Slovenia

LJUBLJANA: Rok Sečen represents Slovenia at the European Film Promotion’s 2018 Producers on the Move event taking place 10-14 May during the Cannes Film Festival.
08-05-2018

Slovenia Reconsiders Film Funding Goals

PLZEN: Slovenia is re-evaluating its funding priorities, in light of the rising importance of coproductions in the Balkan and CEE region.
03-05-2018

Foreign Acquisitions Tighten at Slovenia’s Public Broadcaster

PLZEN: Shrinking budgets and time slots are reducing foreign programming and documentaries on Slovenia’s public broadcaster RTVS.
23-04-2018

Drive-in Cinema Debuts in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA: Slovenia’s first drive-in movie theatre is expected to open in May 2018 at a shopping center in Ljubljana.
18-04-2018

GRANTS: Slovenia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre decided to support five minority coproductions with the amount of 480,000 EUR including technical service and equipment from FS Viba.
04-04-2018

Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania to Launch New Film Education Programme

LJUBLJANA: Teaching European History through Cinema (TEHC), a film education programme using European films as a tool for learning history, will be implemented in 2018 in Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania…
26-03-2018

Research on Gender Inequality in the Film Sector Shows 90% of Slovenian Films Directed by Men in Past Two Decades

LJUBLJANA: Ninety percent of the films made in Slovenia from 1995 to 2017 were directed by men, according to research commissioned by the Slovenian Film Centre.
22-03-2018

Slovenia Discusses Women in Film Sector

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre is organising the international panel discussion Women in the Film Sector: A Gender Issue at Klub Lili Novy at Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana on 20 March…
16-03-2018

Slovenian Government Approves Bill for Additional Funding for Culture and Film Heritage

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian government green lighted an MP-sponsored bill aimed at securing additional funding for arts and culture in 2020-2026. The funds will be earmarked for various urgent areas including…
14-03-2018

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Mestni kino Domžale, Slovenia

This month we speak with Jure Matičič, the programmer of the Slovenian Mestni kino Domžale, a small municipal one screen art house cinema, established in 2009. It operates as part…
27-02-2018

FNE at Berlinale 2018: Janez Burger’s Ivan Sold to China

BERLIN: The Slovenian drama Ivan, directed by Janez Burger and produced by Miha Černec through Staragara, has been sold to the Chinese distribution company Huaulu, with plans for it to…
20-02-2018