Populär Vun Slovenia

Slovenian director Petra Seliskar investigates the role of ideology in her personal family history by means of interviews with her paternal grandfather, her Macedonian boyfriend Brand's maternal grandmother and his Cuban grandmother on his father's side. Illustrated by archive footage and home movies, her voice-over describes her family's personal story, Yugoslavia under Tito, and the recent war, accompanied by some particularly shocking footage. The nature shots and the alternation of classical, popular and revolutionary music occasionally lend the stories a light-hearted tone.

Documentary about Slovenian journalist Juri Gustincic. He was a correspondent in Great Britain, Greece, Israel, U.S., etc. from 1950s to 1980s, reporting to Belgrade RTV and RTV Ljubljana. In 1968 he was one of ten Yugoslavian journalists who reported on the invasion of Soviet forces in Czechoslovakia.

An old mill on a dried up riverbed brings up memories. Some people that used to work there died in concentration camps, some died on the courier paths in forests and some of them in combat.

After the end of World War II, the areas along the Slovenian western border were occupied by the Allied army for two years.

A documentary about the last living victims of Nazi racial experiment.

The camera becomes an extension of body and spirit—a literal and symbolic “third eye” that sees beyond ordinary vision. The film plays like an adrenaline rush: it breaks free from the steering wheel, spirals wildly around a speeding car, captures watercolor-like pastel light, and ultimately returns to its point of origin.

Man has always strived to free himself from nature. The history of philosophy is a story of the reflection of this tragic endeavor. With the rapid development of technology, however, we have found ourselves in a new contradiction. Man has never been more liberated from nature, but at the same time, as a species, never more fragile. It seems as if the question of the survival of our civilization has become a matter of intimate decisions and that we are each approaching a potential common catastrophe on our own. The idea of ​​a project was born in which we would discuss the riddles of humanity in private. Not to alleviate feelings of loneliness, but to contribute to the awareness of a community of loners. We invited some exceptional creators, scientists and philosophers who open up thoughts in a way that only good friends can; they awaken the thoughts that sleep within us.

Conversations with some Gorizia artists from both sides of the border who participated in two retrospective art exhibitions in Gorizia and Nova Gorica in the year the border was opened. We were interested in what a crossing point means, who or what determines national and cultural identity, and how to live and create without borders.

The film was created to mark the 70th anniversary of the Gorizia Library.

Little Miha is not fond of school. No one can get him out of bed, except for a doctor with a big syringe.

Let's visit Slovenian villages with interesting names.

Tourist panorama of Tržič and its surroundings.

The film presents an authentic experience of Palestinian children and parents upon their arrival to Slovenia as a part of the humanitarian project Rehabilitation of Children, Victims of War from Gaza. The focus is on Baylasan, aged 7, and her mother Amal, with their shared wish: that Baylasan could walk like other children.

In a four part film collage we follow the everyday of three characters, who try to run away to now almost unattainable shared moments in the past one last time.

An unforgettable adventure about friendship, love and hate. Get your tissues ready, because you'll cry with laughter. Or maybe not.

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.

A Balkan folktale about a girl who disguises herself as a man and defies the world. On her journey, she overcomes magical creatures and her own fears – until she meets a legendary beast that changes her forever.

The idea for this ethnography was born in the 1990s when the artist noticed the increasing number of military personnel traveling to war zones in the Balkans at an airport in Norway.