International awards
Awards in 2026
The European Film Academy, Berlin, Germany
Category: Film
Animation director, screenplay
Kozmonavti [Cosmonauts]
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Category: Animation, Film
Awards in 2025
film director
Kaj ti je deklica? [Little Trouble Girls]
Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
Category: Film
Director, Producer
Seansa Bulgakov [Session Bulgakov]
Veszprém International Puppet Festival for Adults, Veszprém, Hungary
Category: Puppetry, Theatre
Quartet of actresses
Fantasy
Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category: Film
Poet, playwright and translator
Lifetime achievements of the Slovenian minority poet
Duino/Devin - Aurisina/Nabrežina Municipality, Duino, Italy
Category: Literature
Poet
Au-delà du ciel sous la terre [Above the Sky Beneath the Earth]
L'Association des Amis de Max Jacob, Paris, France
Category: Literature
Awards in 2024
Architecture photographer
Času izvzet [Falling out of time]
World Photography Organisation Creo, London, United Kingdom
Category: Photography
for Čez-mejno drzne [Bold and Borderless]
Annual Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Budapest, Hungary
Category: Literature
film director
Dvorišča ne damo! [Block 5]
Castellinaria Film Festival/European Children's Film Association, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Category: Film
Screenwriter and film director
Morje med nama [The Sea In Between]
Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France
Category: Film
Film producer, film director
Morje med nama [The Sea In Between]
Stockholm international film festival, Stockholm, Sweden
Category: Film
Awards in 2023
International Choir Competition Spittal an der Drau, Spittal an der Drau, Austria
Category: Music
for conducting and singing
World Choir Festival, Hong Kong, China
Category: Music
ViminaciumFest, Požarevac, Serbia
Category: Theatre
Film director, illustrator
Babičino seksualno življenje [Granny's Sexual Life]
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, Paris, France
Category: Film
Writer
In ljubezen tudi [And Love Itself / E l’amore anche ha bisogno di riposo]
Latisana Municipality and Bibliotheca Civica, Latisana, Italy
Category: Literature
Writer
Gebrauchsanweisung fur Slowenien [User Manual for Slovenia]
Internationale Tourismus-Börse, Berlin, Germany
Category: Literature
Design
Adria mobil
German Design Council, Berlin, Germany
Category: Design
Conductor and composer
her contribution to music art
KotorArt Festival, Kotor, Montenegro
Category: Music
director, lighting designer
Moj dedek je bil češnjevo drevo [My Grandfather was a Cherry Tree]
InPut Festival, Karlovac, Croatia
Category: Puppetry
Film director, screenwriter, director of photography
Edi [short-feature film]
Commercial Film Producers of Europe, Cannes, France
Category: Film
Film production, film director and screenwriter
Sadni film [Tales of Fruits and Monsters]
FID-LAB, Film International Festival Marseille, Marseille, France
Category: Film
Awards in 2022
Director of Photography, Producer
Telesce [Small Body (Piccolo Corpo)]
International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI, Reykjavík/Berlin, Germany
Category: Film
Animation author and director
Steakhouse
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France
Category: Film
Film director, illustrator
Babičino seksualno življenje [Granny's Sexual Life]
European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, Berlin, Germany
Category: Film
author
Krota / Wechselkröte
Festival of German-Language Literature, Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
Category: Literature
Film director
Orkester [Orchestra]
Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing, China
Category: Film
Awards in 2021
Composer and musician
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Category: Music
visual artist
opus spanning performance, installation and film
Film London, London, United Kingdom
Category: Film
Karmina Šilec, Stage and Music Direction / Concept
THRENOS (for the Throat)
Association Music Theatre NOW, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Category: Music
author
literary opus
International Christina Lavant Society, Vienna, Austria
Category: Literature
pianist
the best performance of a sonata
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Category: Music
UNESCO-Greece, International awards, International awards
Category: Heritage
actors
Zastoj [Deadlock]
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category: Film
stage performance and the actress
ViminaciumFest, Požarevac, Serbia
Category: Theatre
film director
Odpuščanje [Reconciliation]
Tetova International Film Festival, Tetovo, North Macedonia
Category: Film
actor
for the best acting [Giorgia Milocca]
Bologna, Italy
Category: Film
for Čebelja družina (roman) [Bee Family (a novel)]
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Literature
director, screenwriter, film score composer
Sestre [Sisters]
Clermont-Ferrant, France
Category: Film
documentary film director
Odpuščanje [Reconciliation]
Sofia, Bulgaria
Category: Film
actress
Immaculata [Immaculate]
Cividale del Friuli, Italy
Category: Theatre
Awards in 2020
film actor
Il confine e un bosco
Rome, Italy
Category: Film
European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN), Brussels, Belgium
Category: Cultural heritage
film director
Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Category: Film
author
Jugoslavija, moja dežela, translated into Polish by Joanna Pomorska [Yugoslavia, My Fatherland]
the City of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Category: Literature
film director
Stoletje sanj [A Century of Dreams]
Lima, Peru
Category: Film
film director
Igor in Rosa [Igor and Rosa]
Tarzana, USA
Category: Film
film director
Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]
Nara, Japan
Category: Film
film director
Oroslan
Leskovac, Serbia
Category: Film
author
literary opus, including Groznovilca v Hudi hosti [Grozovilca in the Terrible Forest]
Skopje, North Macedonia
Category: Literature
film director
Jaz sem Frenk [Everything Is Different]
Pula, Croatia
Category: Film
author
life-time achievements [11 novels, including And Love Itself / Wenn die Liebe ruht]
Federal Chancellery of Austria, Vienna, Austria
Category: Literature
video artist and film director
Človek s senco [Man with the Shadow]
Los Angeles, USA
Category: Film
Awards in 2019
video artist and film director
Človek s senco [Man with the Shadow]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Category: Film
translator
Austrian literature tranlations into Slovenian
Austrian Government, Vienna, Austria
Category: Literature
author
Izbrisana [Erased]
London, United Kingdom
Category: Film
Europa Cinemas, Paris, France
Category: Film
actress
her contribution to the Slovenian and Yugoslavian film
Paris, France
Category: Film
film director and film producer
Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]
Tallinn, Estonia
Category: Film
Belgrade, Serbia
Category: Theatre
International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities, Cologne, Germany
Category: Architecture
for [The Ljubljanica River Phenomenon]
UNESCO, Paris, France
Category: Cultural heritage
new media artist
'Confronting Vegetal Otherness – Skotopoiesis, Phytoteratology, Strange Encounters
Linz, Austria
Category: New media art
composer
Mo(uve)ment musicaux
International awards, Italy
Category: Music
European Cultural Foundation, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Category: Other
composer
Prana (2018) for symphony orchestra
International Music Council, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Category: Music
European Union, Berlin, Germany
Category: Cultural heritage
Awards in 2018
film director
Koyaa
Xiamen, China
Category: Film
film director, scriptwriter, producer
Celica [The Box]
St Petersburg, Russia
Category: Film
theatre director
Ivanov
Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
Category: Theatre
film director, scriptwriter, producer
Celica [The Box]
Paris, France
Category: Film
film director, film production
Posledice [Consequences]
International awards, Hungary
Category: Film
European Museum Academy and Hands on! International Association of Children in Museums, Valetta, Malta
Category: Museums, Puppetry
Council of Europe and the European Commission, Strasbourg, France
Category: Cultural heritage
European Union, Berlin, Germany
Category: Cultural heritage
author
literary opus
Austrian Ministry of Culture, Vienna, Austria
Category: Literature
author
Municipality of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Category: Literature
actress
Ivan
Pula, Croatia
Category: Film
film director
Všechno bude/Zimske muhe [Winter Flies]
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Category: Film
composer
[Silence for viola solo]
London Ear Festival of Contemporary Music, London, United Kingdom
Category: Music
Awards in 2017
film director, scriptwriter, producer
Celica [The Box]
Gandia, Spain
Category: Film
film director
Stoletje sanj [A Century of Dreams]
Berlin Amsterdam Paris Barcelona, International awards
Category: Film
for European Festival Awards
Yourope Association of European Festivals, Groningen, Eurosonic Noorderslag Showcase Festival, The Netherlands
Category: Music
for theatre director
European Commission, International awards, International awards
Category: Theatre
film director, scriptwriter, producer
Celica [The Box]
International awards, France
Category: Film
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Cultural heritage
for Drugje [Somewhere Else]
PIF International Puppet Theatre Festival Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Puppetry, Theatre
new media artist
K-9_topology
Linz, Austria
Category: New media art
for translations from Italian (Dario Fo, Cesare Pavesi, Pasolini, etc)
Italian Ministry of Culture and Sport, Rome, Italy
Category: Literature
European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Riga, Latvia
Category: Music
Awards in 2016
film director
Nočno življenje [Nightlife]
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Category: Film
for Waiting to Register
The World Press Photo Foundation, International awards, International awards
Category: Photography
for Digging for Future
The World Press Photo Foundation, International awards, International awards
Category: Photography
Photography Staff of Reuters
Migrants make their way on foot on the outskirts of Brezice, Slovenia
Columbia University, New York, USA
Category: Photography
Orchester-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker, International awards, International awards
Category: Music
for When the Mountain changed its clothing
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Category: Music, Theatre
for Na/pol (roman) [In/Half (novel)]
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Literature
for Sneguljčica [Snow White]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Sneguljčica [Snow White]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Jutri je zabava [Tomorrow's Party]
PIF International Puppet Festival Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Puppetry, Theatre
actress / animator
Spake [Freaks]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for [In the Land of Finger Puppets]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
Awards in 2015
film director
Družinski film [Family Film]
Tokyo, Japan
Category: Film
theatre director
Ilyad, co-produced by Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL) and Cankarjev dom,
Belgrade, Serbia
Category: Theatre
coproducer
Zenit [The High Sun]
Cannes, France
Category: Film
film director
Šiška Deluxe
Cottbus, Germany
Category: Film
Italian Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (FICLU), Foligno, Italy
Category: Cultural heritage
theatre director
Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
composer
Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
light designer
Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
for Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]
Zagreb, Croatia
Category: Theatre
Composer
Warm up
International Music Council, International awards, International awards
Category: Music
author
for exceptional achievements strengthening European integration
European Parliament, Strassbourg, France
Category:
composer
Cancro (2015) for symphony orchestra
International Music Council, Tallin, Latvia
Category: Music
composer
Runaround
International Music Council, Tallin, Latvia
Category: Music
Awards in 2014
Author
To noč sem jo videl [I Saw Her That Night / Cette nuit je l'ai vue]
Association of French critics and publishers, Paris, France
Category: Literature
author
European Parliament, Strassbourg, France
Category:
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Cultural heritage
Awards in 2013
film director
Razredni sovražnik [The Class Enemy]
Bratislava, Slovakia
Category: Film
for Sušna doba (roman) [Dry Season (a novel)]
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Literature
author
European Parliament, Strassbourg, France
Category:
actor
Razredni sovražnik [The Class Enemy]
Bratislava, Slovakia
Category: Film
author, photographer
European Parliament, Strassbourg, France
Category: Photography
Awards in 2012
film director
Rome, Italy
Category: Film
for Renovation of the banks of the River Ljubljanica in the section flowing through the old city centre
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Architecture
Awards in 2011
L’Association Capitale Européenne des Littératures (EUROBABEL), Strassbourg, France
Category: Literature
author
Angel pozabe [The Angel of Oblivion / Engel des Vergessens / Im Kessel]
Festival of German-Language Literature, Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
Category: Literature
Awards in 2010
author
Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah [Heaven in a blackberry bush: novel in stories]
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Literature
Europa Cinemas, Paris, France
Category: Film
Awards in 2007
for Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Building in Ljubljana
European Union, International awards, International awards
Category: Architecture
Awards in 2006
European Union, Berlin, Germany
Category: Cultural heritage
architect
achievements in the field of culture
Jury of the German and Austrian universities, Vienna, Austria
Category: Architecture
Awards in 2004
actor
Delo osvobaja [Labour Equals Freedom]
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category: Film
film director, producer
Delo osvobaja [Labour Equals Freedom]
València, Spain
Category: Film
Awards in 2003
European Union, Berlin, Germany
Category: Cultural heritage
author
achievements in the field of culture
Jury of the German and Austrian universities, Vienna, Austria
Category: Literature
Awards in 2001
film director, film producer
Sladke sanje [Sweet Dreams]
València, Spain
Category: Film
actor
Kruh in mleko [Bread and Milk]
Bratislava, Slovakia
Category: Film
film director
Kruh in mleko [Bread and Milk]
Venice, Italy
Category: Film
SOURCES
- FILM – Slovenian Film Database List of Awards and SFC international events & awards web page, *Best film awards
- THEATRE – Sigledal.org – Slovene theatre portal - Info on awards
- PUPPETRY – LGL Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
- LITERATURE – https://www.jakrs.si/en/