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Minoriti Summer Open Air Cinema

The Minoriti Summer Open Air Cinema is an annual summer film event, established in 2017, focusing on the best films of the year in the field of art cinema, documentaries, Slovenian film, film premieres and short films. It takes place at the open air auditorium of the Maribor Puppet Theatre in Maribor during July and August, usually every Saturday and Wednesday evening. The event instantly became popular and is attracting around 4,000 visitors every year. Half of the programme is usually screened with English subtitles or in English language.

Screening of the film Miles Ahead, an American biographical drama that interprets the life and compositions of jazz musician Miles Davis, at the Minoriti Open Air Cinema, 2017.

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2025

Current events

21 Jun 2025

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25 Jul 2025

ChinaShanghaiShanghai Exhibition CenterInternational Film & TV Market
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The Slovenian Film Centre participated in the fair to promote Slovenian films and filming locations. Special attention was given to the presentation of the digitally restored version of the iconic 1951 film "Kekec", directed by Jože Gale – a significant work of Slovenian film heritage.
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24 Aug 2025

FranceNiceVilla ArsonBiennale of Arts and Ocean
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Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič, known for her work in art, marine ecology and sound, presenting "Echoes of the Abyss" at the group exhibition "Becoming Ocean: A Social Conversation About the Ocean". In this video essay, she explores the hidden impacts of war on marine life, focusing on underwater munitions left to decay on the seafloor—still leaking toxic chemicals into the ocean today.
Supported by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris.
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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.

Upcoming events

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27 Jul 2025

USANew YorkAnthology Film Archives
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A retrospective of Slovenian experimental film entitled "Everything Spins: Experimental Film in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, 1960s–80s." The program, curated by Matevž Jerman, curator of the experimental film collection at the Slovenian Cinematheque and program director of the FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival, presents a selection of films made between the 1960s and 1980s. The films included in the program have been digitized and restored in the last decade at the Slovenian Cinematheque, which is systematically dedicated to preserving Slovenian experimental film heritage.
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6 Aug 2025

JapanHiroshimaFormer Imperial Bank of Japan buildingArtists Around the World Carrying the Spirit of Hiroshima
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Photographic exhibition by Bojan Radovič (born 1960 in Slovenia, Yugoslavia) commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombing. Bojan Radovič devoted the years 1980–1982 to studying photography in Great Britain. He has received several awards for his work in the field of photography, including the Trdina Award of the Municipality of Novo mesto for 2023.
19 Sep 2025

CroatiaZagrebVartoslav Lisinski Concert Hall
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"Why Me” by Katja Vidmar, produced by Katja Dance Company is a multimedia dance-theatre piece exploring multiple sclerosis through the eyes of Tadeja Polanšček, who lives with the disease. The central figure is a woman — mother, daughter, friend, wife — trapped in her body yet determined to live.

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

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
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 Napoleonâs army
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