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Floating Castle Festival

Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015

Festival dates: 7.8.2025 - 10.8.2025

Established in 2014, the Floating Castle Festival takes place in the picturesque surroundings of the Snežnik Castle. This congenial meeting of artists and various communities is an open-ended project from start to finish, and could best be described as a "folk-puppet-music-theatre site-specific event".

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2025

Current events

3 Aug 2025

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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.
8 May 2025

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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.
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.

Upcoming events

7 Aug 2025

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8 Aug 2025

KosovoPrizrenDokuFest
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World movie premiere of "Punk Under Communist Regime" (orig. "Punk pod komunističnim režimom"), a documentary about the Slovenian punk scene between 1977 and 1985, directed by Andrej Košak. Co-produced by Nama Film (Serbia), Dynamic Arts (Bulgarian), and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia). This year's international documentary and short film festival DokuFest will also include screenings of other movies either produced or co-produced by Slovenian producers: "Gora se ne bo premaknila", directed by Petra Seliškar, "Navadna hruška", directed by Gregor Božič, "Fiume o morte!" directed by Croatian director Igor Bezinović, "Osemdeset plus" directed by Serbian director Želimir Žilnik, and "Prekinitev ognja" directed by Jakob Krese.
Produced by: Blade Production.
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.
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