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Mladi levi Festival

Performance Duos by Czech artistic group Temporary Collective at the Mladi levi Festival in 2023. Author: Nada Žgank

The Mladi levi Festival (in English: Young Lions Festival) is an annual international festival of contemporary performing arts, organised by the Bunker Institute. It presents original approaches to theatre and dance, focusing on talented and emerging stage performers, along with presenting already established progressive authors. It takes place every August and was initiated in 1998 under the auspices of the international network Junge Hunde.

The festival has a distinctive atmosphere marked by creativity, vibrancy and a social nature. It is an interdisciplinary place of exchange and cooperation, extending beyond the habitual local or international concepts.

Audience at the Mladi levi Festival, Old Power Station. Author: Nada Žgank

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2025

Current events

27 Jul 2025

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31 Aug 2025

CroatiaDubrovnikTvrđava LovrjenacDubrovnik Summer Festival
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A contemporary tragedy about women with nothing left to lose, Medea places a psychologically and emotionally broken woman, a wife and mother, at the center of a tense dramatic construction, who, in a mythical labyrinth set in contemporary reality, plays out intense emotional states, from initial passionate love to disappointment, anger, jealousy and cruel revenge.
Produced by: Hrvaško narodno gledališče Varaždin, Slovene National Theatre Maribor.
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29 Apr 2025

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15 Oct 2025

SerbiaGolubacTrdnjava Golubac
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Site-specific, interacitve, enviromental, sculpture exhibition "Fusion" by Boštjan Kavčič, whose sculptures, inspired by the natural world, address the fusion of organic forms with modern materials, creating a dialogue between the environment and the viewer.
Supported by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Belgrade.
19 Nov 2024

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18 Jan 2026

MontenegroPodgoricaGallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art
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The Slovenian artistic collective Laibach's exhibition showcases their distinctive blend of provocative art and political commentary. Laibach has developed a “Gesamtkunstwerk” – multi-disciplinary art practice in all fields ranging from popular culture to art (collages, photo-copies, posters, graphics, paintings, videos, installations, concerts and performances).
Supported by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Podgorica.

Upcoming events

27 Aug 2025

FranceParisCinéma Le Concorde
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A screening of the movie "Family Therapy" (2024), directed by Sonja Prosenc, which explores contemporary social issues in a humorous, tragicomic reimagining of Pasolini's Teorema. Movie premiere and screenings at several cinemas across France.
Produced by: Monoo.
28 Aug 2025

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30 Aug 2025

FinlandHelsinkiWHS Teatteri UnionSAMPO International Puppet Theatre Festival
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Transport: Cargo directed by Tin Grabnar, a hyper-realistic puppet miniature, exposes the pressing issue of increasing road freight transport. It takes us into the world of global trade, where speed and accessibility drive economic growth while simultaneously accelerating climate change due to their environmental footprint.
Produced by: Maribor Puppet Theatre.
29 Aug 2025

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7 Sep 2025

USAAsheville, Daly City, Morrison, Orlando
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An American tour by Gramatik alias for Slovenian electronic music producer Denis Jašarević. In addition to his fame in the field of electronic music, he is also known for his cryptocurrency project.

European Capital of Culture

Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025

Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy are the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Based on these cities' specific political, cultural and geographical context, their 2025 ECoC programme explores the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless”.

The opening event, From Station to Station, was held on 8 February, the Slovenian cultural holiday.

Nova Gorica municipal building with light installations during R.o.R festival

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Paving the Way for Green Animation and a Co-Development Mechanism

Read up on how the regional animated film industry is driving discussions around environmentally sustainable practices and funding mechanisms that will enable the industry to grow.

GO2025 The City Yet to Become

Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.

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Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art

Established in 2003, the Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art is the main summer visual arts event in the Ptuj region. Since 2009, it represents one of two branches of the Art Ptuj Festival, the other being the Arsana International Music Festival.

The Art Stays Festival traditionally consists of a shorter condensed festival and a longer exhibition featured at several locations in Ptuj, including at partner institutions Ptuj – Ormož Regional Museum, Mihelič Gallery and Ivan Potrč Library Ptuj.

Bioalloy, a body art performance by Gary Cass & Chandrasekaran, performed at the Art Stays Festival, 2010

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Images

Equrna Gallery, situated since 1984 in a renovated courtyard building at Gregorčičeva 3, Ljubljana, built in the early 18th century,and also used circa 1809 as stables for Napoleon's army
A still photograph from the full-length feature film Happiness on a Lead (1977), Viba Film
National Gallery of Slovenia, view of the northern wing by Edvard Ravnikar and the entrance hall by SADAR + VUGA Architects, 2009.
Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF) presents the folklore dances, music, singing and the cultural variety of the Mediterranean countries to the public
Honeycomb Apartments in Ljubljana, Ofis Arhitekti, 2007
Exhibition Kontinuiteta / Continuity - 3-channel animation and installation Memorial by artist Adel Abidin at the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2011
Kobarid Museum seen from the street
Still from the film Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, with Iztok Kovač atop the chimney and Aleš Hadalin in the foreground.
PCB, Lightbox with circuit board, BridA, 2010