Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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A long-feature Wake me up directed by Marko Šantić in the Main Competition programme, and Illyricvm by Simon Bogojević Narath in the FEST Special programme. Related: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
at the FEST Belgrade International Film Festival
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Mitja Velikonja (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana), author of the Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe, participating in online discussion, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
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Alan Ford’s Lap of Honour, a guest comics exhibition by the National Gallery of Slovenia and the Institute of Culture and Education and Glavan Antiquariat in Ljubljana, hosted by the Museum of Yugoslavia in cooperation with the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade and the Yugoslav Film Archive, promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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Goran Vojnović presenting his novel The Fig Tree, in discussion with Miloš Jocić on the occasion of the Night of Literature, organised by Franch Institute in Serbia, EUNIC Cluster Serbia in partnership with the Novi Sad Foundation 2021 European Capital of Culture, promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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A documentary film retrospective by Mako Sajko, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
at the Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
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Fotogank, a photography open air exhibition, screening of 22 Slovenian photographers opus, in cooperation with the Cultural Centre of Belgrade, supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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A performance Sonny by Nataša Živković, produced by City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade, in the frame of BeFem - Bring The Noize event,
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The exhibition Taking the Train Through Slovenia, co-organised by the "Sava" Slovenian Society and "Logarska Valley" Association in Belgrade, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
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The international student symposium Cankar and Us, organised in cooperation with the Centre for Slovene as a Second and Foreign Language and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
at the World Festival of Ivan Cankar
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An overview of recent Slovenian film production, co-organised by the "Sava" Slovenian Society in Belgrade, Slovenian Film Centre and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
at the Days of Slovenian Film
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An overview of recent Slovenian film production, co-organised by Slovenian Film Center and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
at the Days of Slovenian Film
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The exhibition Legacy Stories (Slovenia and the Succession after Yugoslavia), prepared by the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in cooperation with Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) and the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Archives, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
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Ivo Svetina’s ABC oder Krieg, produced by the Muzeum Institute and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Cankarjev dom, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
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100 Years of the Slovenian Puppetry Art, exhibition organised by Mini Teater, International Union of the Marionette (UNIMA), Slovenia, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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100 Years of the Slovenian Puppetry Art, exhibition organised by Mini Teater, International Union of the Marionette (UNIMA), Slovenia, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade in the framework of the the 21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres
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100 Years of the Slovenian Puppetry Art, exhibition organised by Mini Teater, International Union of the Marionette (UNIMA), Slovenia, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
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Slovenian documentaries subtitled by the students of Slovenian language, organised by the Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
at the Days of Slovene Documentary Film in Belgrade
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Week of Slovene Film co-organised by Slovenian Film Centre and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade
Cultural cooperation
Bilateral cultural cooperation is based on the "Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture and Education", signed in 2001. This legal basis enables a platform for regular cooperation and cultural exchange between cultural and educational institutions, which is usually annually renewed with programmes of cultural cooperation between the two Ministries of Culture.
Literature and language
In March 2013 the embassy co-organised a poetry evening with Slovene poet and author Meta Kušar, awarded with the Rožanc Award. Te event promoted Kušar's latest poetry collection Ljubljana, which is her third collection translated into Serbian.
In 2020, Goran Vojnović talked to Miloš Jocić, presenting his novel The Fig Tree, featured on the Kaleidoscope platform on the occasion of the Night of Literature.
Embassy regularly updates news on the Slovenian language courses for foreigners held in Slovenia, conducted by the Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language. Ties have also been established between with the Lectureship of Slovenian Language at Belgrade's Faculty of Philology. Some Slovenian courses have been organised also in Serbia, for instance in Kostolac with a community of around 250 Slovenes.
Performing arts
In 2014 the exhibition A Hundred Years of the Slovenian Puppetry Art curated by Agata Freyer and Edi Majaron toured to Belgrade, Subotica and Novi Sad. It presented a selection of more than two hundred puppets designed by the most eminent Slovenian visual artists, the oldest exhibits being puppets by Milan Klemenčić from 1910.
In January 2015 the performance ABC oder Krieg, Quasi una Phantasia directed by Barbara Novakovič Kolenc and coproduced by the Prešern Theatre Kranj was presented at the Madlenianum Opera and Teatar in Zemun, Belgrade. It was based on the new drama piece written by Ivo Svetina that features the well-known 19th Century characters (France Prešeren, Matija Čop, Jernej Kopitar and Vuk Karadžić (Ivan Bekjarev as a host actor)) who played an important role in the development of the young nations' language and its script.
In 2020 a performance Sonny by Nataša Živković, produced by City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts was invited by the BeFem Feminist Cultural Centre in the framework of their Bring The Noize event in Belgrade.
Film
During the Days of Slovenian Documentary Film at the Museum of Yugoslav Cinematheque in Belgrade in November 2012, a homage to Jurij Gustinčič, Slovene journalist legend and a long-time foreign correspondent for Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) and Mladina, concluded the projections with a debate on media in Slovenia with the editors of Delo and Serbian journal Press. The event was co-organised by the Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language.
The latest film production is presented at the Yugoslav Cinematheque as annual editions of the Days of Slovenian Film, curated by the Slovenian Film Centre.
Beldocs Festival 2020 featured a retrospective of 15 documentary films by a highly intriguing Slovenian film maker Mako Sajko that was well covered by media.
Visual arts
In cooperation with the Celje Museum of Recent History, a photograph exhibition by Josip Pelikan (1885–1977) was presented at the Archive of Serbia in Belgrade November 2012.
In July 2020, Fotogank project presented 22 Slovenian photographers via screenings on the Knez Mihailova promenade facades in the very city centre of Belgrade.
In December 2020 the Museum of Yugoslavia hosts Alan Ford’s Lap of Honour, a guest exhibition originally prepared by the National Gallery of Slovenia and the Institute of Culture and Education and Glavan Antiquariat in Ljubljana. It marks 50 years of the Italian comic book named Alan Ford that with its satirical undertones had a cult status in the former Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 70s. According to itw writer Bunker, Alan Ford draws on an old art form called commedia dell’arte set in a Cold War situation.
Slovenian community in Serbia
According to the national census from 2002, around 5,000 Slovene nationals were living in the Republic of Serbia at that time. Various cultural events have been organised by Slovene associations, e.g. the Sava Slovenian Society of Belgrade, the France Prešeren Slovenian Cultural Community of Niš, etc. See the link to the list of all Slovenian minority cultural societies active in Serbia below.