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Crossings Festival

Crossings International Festival of Independent Performing Arts is designed as a platform for presenting domestic and foreign independent theatre and performance productions. Organised by Moment Arts and Culture Association since 2010, it aims to develop and support independent theatre and promote an open, inclusive and solidarity society, a society without prejudice and fear.

The Grand Opening of Crossings festival, 2021

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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.

Light markings GO!2025

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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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Lighting Guerrilla Festival

Human tiles by Ocubo projected on the facade of Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2010

First held in 2008, the Lighting Guerrilla (Svetlobna gverila) is a quite special festival that explores, elaborates, and sheds light on the myriad relations between light, the public space, and the "confines" of the gallery walls. Initiated a year earlier as a workshop at the festival Lighting Detectives (Detektivi svetlobe), it is founded and run by Strip Core, otherwise predominantly active as the comic art section of Forum Ljubljana. The festival is well-known for its luminous, site-specific "exhibition objects" presented at several public locations, mainly in Ljubljana; its streets, squares, bridges, parks and gardens. By way of exhibitions, installations, workshops, and performances, each year's programme is dedicated to a certain topic - among them the concept of shimmering, the functioning of darkness, and the role of light in shaping the urban experience.

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2024

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A solo exhibition by Slovenian sculptor Mirsad Begić, a representatives of the so-called "sculpture of the sensual incarnate." Supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Podgorica.
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28 May 2025

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"Office Monster", a tripartite art exhibition by Saffi Adler, Maja Bojanić, and Mette Sterre, curated by Maximilian Lehner. Supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Vienna.
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Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič, known for her work in bio art 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. At the Biennale of Arts and Ocean

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20 May 2025

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Slovenian Film Centre presents the film "Whites Wash at Ninety", directed by Marko Naberšnik, produced by Perfo Production at the Film Market, at 2 pm in the G Hall. The Slovenian Film Centre is presenting itself at the CEE Pavilion. At the Cannes International Film Festival
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22 May 2025

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A screening of films about the NSK State collective, Laibach, Irwin directed by Igor Zupet, titled "From Kapital to Capital: The States in Times of NSK", "An Apology for Modernity", "4:33 Laibach Remake", exploring the history, methodology, and cultural influence of NSK, IRWIN, and Laibach. Supported by SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre, the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Berlin.
22 May 2025

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A screening of films about the NSK State collective, Laibach, Irwin directed by Igor Zupet, titled "From Kapital to Capital: The States in Times of NSK", "An Apology for Modernity", "4:33 Laibach Remake", exploring the history, methodology, and cultural influence of the collectives. Supported by the SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre, the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Berlin. At the Soundwatch Music Film Festival

Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

Festivals are up and running!

Our graphic calendar of festivals provides an attractive overview of festivals by discipline and date.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. In 2019, the number of festivals rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

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.
Still from the film Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, with Iztok Kovač atop the chimney and Aleš Hadalin in the foreground.
This rare example of an octagonal apiary dates from the late 19th century, Apiculture Museum Krapje
Theremidi Orchestra, group of enthusiasts from Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory performing at Mladi levi Festival and 7th edition of U3 Triennial of Contemporary Slovene Arts, 2013
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
Exhibition Kontinuiteta / Continuity - 3-channel animation and installation Memorial by artist Adel Abidin at the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2011
Honeycomb Apartments in Ljubljana, Ofis Arhitekti, 2007
PCB, Lightbox with circuit board, BridA, 2010