In the heart of the Šalek valley, behind a cloud of smoke from the nearby power plant, lies the town of Šoštanj. When Slovenia is supplied with enough electricity and the smoke dissipates, only a few people remain there. This is their story.
A climbing documentary about a young Slovenian climber, Natalija Gros, discovering new dimensions in climbing. From the urban and temperamental streets of Buenos Aires and vast pampas to extraordinary landscapes of Patagonia you find variety of objects and shapes to climb. Urban style bouldering is one of the latest free climbing disciplines, exploring possibilities of urban environment as a test bed for a climber's imagination and competence. Natalija Gros goes even further and pursue for new dimensions in nature as well. She unleashes the child in herself and embraces the freedom of climbing. She can climb wherever she wants on her favorite playground all around this beautiful Argentina.
Young mothers and sometimes also their daughters have vastly travelled from Vipavska valley to Egypt in 20th century. Their families were poor and needed money. So they went to Alexandria and worked as wet nurses and helpers for wealthier people. They often left their own kids alone with their fathers, only taking care for them with gifts and money. Many never returned and even if they did, they were not well accepted.
Biography of Slovenian composer of Madrigals Gallus, born in the 16th century. In search for his accidental descendants in Slovenia, accompanied by his music interpreted by the Gallus Choir from Ljubljana.
The film paints an inspiring portrait of Tomaž Šalamun, an extraordinary poet who lived for his art and tirelessly sparked creativity in others. For more than 50 years, he remained fully committed to art, often paying a high price. His poetry, charisma and passionate support for fellow poets made him a globally revered persona, especially in the U.S., while his personal life was riddled with struggles and refusals to compromise.
Former Camorra killer Cristina Pinto is facing the challenges of everyday life after her discharge from prison. Soon after her release, her partner Rafaele, 20 years older than she, is diagnosed with lung cancer. Pinto seeks refuge with her 28-year-old daughter Ellena, and tries to bridge a 24-year-old void in their relationship. At the age of 46, Pinto tries to re-establish herself as a lover, mother, and grandmother. Is she able to overcome her violent history and live in a loving relationship with her closest ones? Is she able to love
Boštjan Gorenc Pižama, Perica Jerković and Gašper Bergant in an amusing show bring an exclusive insight into the stand-up scene. Sex in the car, unusual tattoos, child rearing and reality show will be just some of the topics that will be touched by the bearded flowers of Slovenian freestyle comedy. The most comic comedy offers a half-hour of laughter in a staggered male company with no hair (only) on the tongue.
The story of Mia and Luka develops from their first morning-after to watching movies and travelling together, until they move to another place, in a series of events, memories, movies, scenes and frames.
It depicts the life of Slovenians in Porabje region with a puppet show perfomed by the puppet group from Gornji Senik. The puppets represent the Porabje archetypes of a policeman, a cook, a musician, a blacksmith - in short, people who are also found in real life. With the help of the puppeteers, we discover their families and confront the problems of the existence of Slovenians in Porabje.
A short mosaic about theater and film actress Nora Gregor and her life, always torn between fairy tale and tragedy.
Mario is a man who knows everybody, and everybody knows him. He knows all about what is going on in his city of Maribor. But above all, he is a first-class percussionist. He has appeared on stage with some of the greatest Slovenian and international musicians, playing rock, world music, and jazz. At the pinnacle of creativity, Mario learns he has terminal cancer. His prognosis is very poor. The deadline too tight to accept. The desire and will to live too strong to give up. Mario agrees to everything including the most invasive forms of treatment. Time is mercilessly running out.
It is a story about a group of elderly users from the nursing home of Danica Vogrinec from Maribor, who, despite their age and disease limitations, are eager to show their greatness and for some, the first performance in their lives. They named themselves VIP Danica. With an old-timer, they go to a very unique festival in Kragujevac. The journey is long and they are not of strong health. However, they are determined to perform their performance for the last time...
Through three different perspectives on life (belief in God, disbelief in the existence of meaning, and acceptance), this animation explores the author’s interpretation of a natural path in the human experience.
Blažka works as a hostess in a contemporary gallery. At the opening of an exhibition, she sees familiar faces, which surprises her. When she tries to approach them, they step on stage and begin to present their performance. Blažka finds out that the two of them are the authors of today's exhibition.
A super 8mm film by Vinko Rozman.
The film, printed at the International Centre of Graphic Arts, draws inspiration from the exhibition Victor Vasarely: In Echo. Just as Vasarely's art explores optical illusions, movement, and geometric patterns, the film weaves together visual elements that create hypnotic effects and dynamic compositions. The film was printed "frame by frame".
Combining animation, a feature-length documentary and interactive comic art, the Reinventing the Wheel cross-media documentary project tells the story of the biggest historical phenomenon in Slovenia – the oldest wooden wheel in the world, which was discovered in the Ljubljana marshes in 2003. The Animation Bobri voz uses legendary characters from Janez Jalen's novel Bobri to take us to the Stone Age. Then, a feature documentary film Reinventing the Wheel gives us an insight into the phenomenon of the wheel. With the comic strip Bobri voz and its smart phone app, we come full circle, back into the animation.
Fantazija is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) experimental film.
It could be said that space is never just the absence of matter, but is somehow a step ahead of it. As such, it is the initial principle of what is emerging. The dancers and their movement are embedded in multiple layers of materiality such as texture, skin, air, floor, movement, sound in this poetic short dance film. Just as a membrane envelopes and defines the most basic structure of a cell, it also teaches us about the multi-directionality of our attention. The intelligence of boundaries/“membranes” as spaces of response, bring us a sense of containment, limits and at the same time, provide a doorway through which we turn towards the other.
Short experimental 8mm film. Short experimental 8mm film. A melancholic paraphrase of the poem of the same name by Oton Župančič.
