Discoveries from Slovenia World Cinema

On Martin's tenth birthday strange things start happening in the ancient forest.

A portrait of Peter Braatz, German-Slovenian documentary filmmaker and musician.

After a stay in a mental hospital, Metod Trobec comes back home and starts a killing spree, abusing, strangling and killing random female victims and burning them in his tiled stove. The first serial killer in Yugoslavia is born.

Ajda's carefree childhood is slowly mixing with puberty. She is inspired by her young guitar teacher Mojca, and her attention is also piqued by a boy named Javor. The realization at the concert forces her to grow up instantly, as it irreversibly changes her.

Marko is 40 years old and still lives with his mother. His life is settled between work and home. His colleague Ajda tries to approach him, but without success. Marko always returns to his mother, without whom he cannot manage. And when it already seems like he will never separate from his mom, she takes matters into her own hands. Will Marko finally grow up?

Summer 1938. Emma and Zala go on a trip to the house where they went on holiday to visit their cousin Lucija as girls. While Emma paints the house in the garden, Zala sets out to explore the dusty interior. The mysterious empty building is marked by the ghosts of past summers, children’s laughter, fear and a tragic ending.

Felix Langus is increasingly obsessed with the idea of communicating with supernatural forces, which warn him of the great peril of danger. Attacks of obsession are triggered by aggressive media, which are constantly challenged by dangerous information in a graduated rhythm. At his job as a driver, he has more and more problems. He's moved to an undemanding workplace, but his obsession proves to be dangerous even there, which leads him to unpredictable and grotesquely funny complications. Together with his psychotherapist, he can not escape a common fate...

Angela is a dedicated and sensitive carer. She is a widow. Her husband, as many other workers in the area, died from asbestos-related diseases. When the man responsible for the many deaths, now crippled, is hospitalised, she accepts his son’s offer to become his caregiver, hoping to take her revenge.

A stop-motion animation about an author suffering writer's block. When his neighbour asks him to write a letter for her fiancé, he discovers something unusual.

Five people who sworn as children that they will decide about their small town's destiny, share the power among themselves.

A historical saga, based on personal stories and the history of Brda (a region near the border in the west of Slovenia), depicts a bloody history of Europe, full of wars, nationalisms and at the same time cohabitation, which is always personal and common to everyone.

Ivan is a retired music teacher in his late 70s, and has grown weary of life. His estranged son never matched up to his expectations anyway, he is still eaten up with jealousy of his brother, who always enjoys life to the full, and - above all - he cannot keep up with the changes around him. He buys himself a plot in a graveyard with an beautiful view of the Alps and checks into a retirement home so he can wait for his death in peace. However, the exact opposite happens: for the first time in his life Ivan starts to actually live.

Home is where fear is. A young, successful woman is the first and only resident of a new development next to a park, where overnight tents with refugees appear. If nobody means no harm, why, then, do their paths cross and the situation gets tragically out of control?

A scandal breaks out in a small town just big enough to have a local newspaper.

Maj, the son of a politician, loses his mother and with her the main family bond. The cold relationship with his father escalates into revenge, which leads to Maj's independence.

Lojze he wake up as usual, but he forgot the child in the car. But then found something else.

After giving birth in a hospital, Ana enters a bureaucratic labyrinth whose proportions and consequences she cannot even imagine.

On the heights of a mountain in North Macedonia, in the midst of a flock of 600 sheep being watched over by huge dogs, stands a refuge. Children's laughter escapes from the precarious shelter. They are a brotherhood, ranging from ages eight to twenty. When they are not hard at work, they are playing and discussing the meaning of life. Is their future really here?

Everything the actor plays in films later happens to him in real life.

Free climbing is considered one of the most difficult and beautiful sports. To overcome the vertical, strength, intelligence, determination and an immense will to conquer the wall are required. Climbers have the most versatile body and Philippe Ribiere is one of them. But Philippe is different from other climbers. His story begins in 1977 in the city of Fort de France on the island of Martinique. He was born to a Jewish mother and an African father. He was the fruit of forbidden love. His parents abandoned him at birth in the hospital, where he spent the next four years. He was born with Rubenstein-Taby syndrome. His body was severely disfigured at birth. In four years in the hospital, he underwent 21 surgeries on his arms and legs. Philippe spent most of his life alone.

Somewhere far away from the village and people, four hundred wind gusts away, Marija and Drevo are dealing with the acceptance of the upcoming loss of their friend.

Newsreel 62 reflects on the participation of two Syrian artists in a 1966 Yugoslavian art show celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, showcasing the relative ease with which objects (as opposed to people) can pass across borders.

A documentary essay about the relationships among Mediterranean men and their games. The film takes the form of a travelogue across Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey, and examines men, young and old, who come together like their ancestors did – to play games. During filming, however, the director suddenly faces a serious creative crisis and turns the camera on himself, turning the film into a playful homage to absurdity.

Let's visit Slovenian villages with interesting names.

Rajko is a professional magician who breaks his arm during a performance, but because of a bureaucratic error, his insurance company refuses to pay his claim. Outraged by the injustice, the insurance agent Marcel arranges a meeting with the head of Tangenta. But, in a fit of anger, Marcel unexpectedly kidnaps the CEO and soon, they are on the run together.

When a mysterious Frenchman appears in their small village, two gangs of sixth graders are reluctantly united to help find a buried treasure. Can they manage to keep the strife between them at a minimum and locate the booty?

When his father visits him with a brand-new truck, eleven-year-old Teo makes a decision that will change his life forever.

On the island of Lošinj, a man finds healing and purpose in its therapeutic air, while uncovering the island's hidden military past through the stories of a former soldier, blending nature, history, and human connection.

SonoLog is a lyrical impression, an aesthetic and philosophical reflection – about the meeting of two theatres and about the people who live in these theatres. This is a film that wants to be a part of this meeting.

Duša is a young dancer and dance instructor. Torn between a dominant mother, an absent father and a married lover, she is sinking into a typical crisis of the thirties, which gets worse when she starts suspecting that someone has been following her and invading her privacy.

The story turns on a small deception - since they were married, instead of the real thing, the wife has always made Chicory (a cheap substitute for Coffee) for her husband. He never catches on to the deception. For him, the slush tastes better than the best Coffee.

Underpaid and undermined, a Slovenian village pastor pours her heart and raw personal trauma into ministering to her parishioners. But as the cracks in her private life deepen, the woman beneath the collar must choose between true faith and real healing.

Laibach North American Tour 2004 and Laibach live 13.12.2004 La Locomotive, Paris, France This Film is a unique document of the Laibach tour, during the traumatic post-election atmosphere in The USA, a country deeply divided by two opposite political and cultural poles. The tour has been therefore named "The Divided States of America Tour".

In the village of Anhovo on the Soča River, there lies an old asbestos factory that has managed to outlive wars, regimes and borders. It provided employment and stole life. Even today it continues to exhale smoke.

Documentary on famous Slovenian accordionist and his musical family.

Along with Fabiani and Plečnik, Ivan Vurnik is one of the big trio of architects who laid the foundations of modern Slovenian architecture.

How to relate the first Lumière film about a train to dangerous scenes shot on a smartphone by contemporary refugees hidden between iron wheels? The maker is part of an activist movement striving to revive the independent, critical newsreel efforts of the 1960s and 1970s.

A story about parting ways, accompanied by the decomposition of a burning tree. Discussing jigsaw puzzles, we explore two opposing views trying to reconcile despite their differences.

The nature has caressed us into being, has even taught us how to pet her back as we grew up. We then started hitting her hard, using her goods in order to progress at her expense. She stares at us reluctantly yet tolerates us as a mom would. But occasionally she freaks out, warns us with an earthquake, a pandemic, or a tsunami. shall we ever learn not to take advantage of our mom, but humbly share her goods with respect and appreciation?

An experimental short about the Slovenian filmmaker Ema Kugler. The film was made during the production of her feature film Man With Shadow.

Zeko and Gogi, two stereotypical criminals, have to get rid of a corpse on November 1. What seems like a routine task turns out to be much more difficult, especially when a veterinarian, a butcher, and a prostitute get involved in the story. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the matter is very serious. After all, this is a story about cancer.

In Žilnik’s hilarious and sneakily charming docu-fiction, post-socialist restitution returns his childhood home to Serbian jazz musician Stevan. After six decades in Germany, he returns to his homeland where a series of reunions sheds light on his life.

The young microbiologist Petra is ready to do her best to create a truly sensational product. Mmmm, how creamy and healthy it is…

In 1880, the young, brave firefighter Ignacij Merhar from Prigorica commanded his company in the Slovenian language during the Ljubljana firemen's parade. With this, he upset the authorities at the time, which is why he was temporarily detained. Due to public pressure, the lawsuit was dropped and he was released. His action coincided with the national revival at the time, when Slovenians actively advocated the use of their native language both in public and in public institutions.

Konrad is living a quiet life up in the snowy mountains. One day he is visited by a group of lawmen, claiming they have a warrant for his arrest connected to the crimes he and his old gang of outlaws did over 20 years ago.

Juš is a parish priest. What is his sin? How big is it?

The beginning of the 21st century is marked by globalization and the uniformity of opinions, ideas, and visions. The village of Juršče, far removed from the broken and crazy world, yet so close, still preserves the memory of how their ancestors lived.

After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment, things quickly get out of hand.

A story about the price of success. It reveals the cruelty of the music scene that a young and talented girl has to cope with in order to succeed.

Julia lives with her brother and dad in the city and her life revolves around dancing, friends and school. Despite the fact that Mom is no longer alive and that her father is a film director, an artistic and rather unpredictable man, her life is arranged well. When the father announces one day that they will move on to a village, to his new female friend, Julia must accept the fact that she will get a child sister. Jasna, which is the same age as Julia, makes sure that Julia feels well in the village. She is starting to admire her more and more, borrowing her clothes, and trying to be similar to her. Soon Jasna looks like Julia. In pursuit of love, she assumes a new identity...

Vlada Divljan, a famous musician from Yugoslavia, left his native Belgrade in the turbulent ’90s. From a space and time distance, he reflects on his artistry and his life as an emigrant.

Five young men, each without a job, spend most of their time together at a local bar seeing how much beer they can drink without paying. Occasionally outside events intrude on their easy-going lifestyle, such as searching for a missing car, and the appearance of an attractive young hairdresser and her friend.

How do you describe Marko Brecelj? The author of the documentary, Janez Burger, got away by saying: “Marko Brecelj is poetry. Poetry that is life. And poetry cannot be put in words other that verse.” Marko Brecelj is a point of convergence for the self-centred world of pop culture.

Giving an insight into a little-known and prematurely forgotten period in Slovenia's recent history, the film chronicles the establishment and rise of a Slovenian shipping corporation, weaving in the memories of the then seamen, who had the right amount of naval knowledge and a need for adventure to sail every sea and ocean of the world.

Little things in the everyday life of six different people: a pregnant woman who sets off with her daughter to give birth; her husband, who needs to take her to the maternity ward as soon as possible; a woman who is in conflict with the pregnant woman\’s husband regarding a parking dispute; her lover who wants a serious relationship; and a postman who wants this man\’s signature upon a registered letter. People always meet and their lives are interconnected, regardless of who or what they are.

While Mr Raven is crafting a cardboard birdhouse, Koyaa is preparing to paint. As he grabs his brush, the canvass starts folding all by itself, turns into a paper airplane, and flies off. Koyaa will need a special plan to outsmart the tricky paper sheet.

A philosophical meditation on a young Tomaž Pengov, one of the greatest musicians in Slovenian history and the author of many timeless songs, some of which will accompany him on this cinematic journey through his world. Pengov’s legacy features ‘Odpotovanja’, the first singer-songwriter record released in the former Yugoslavia.

Experimental short film

An archeologist's wife is kidnapped by a mobster and he is forced to seek out an ancient book for him.