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{{Infobox
| name               = House of Tolerance Festival
| local name         = Festival Hiša strpnosti
| logo               = House of Tolerance Festival (logo).jpg
| street             = Križevniška 3
| town               = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| map                =
| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 425 60 60, 386 (0) 41 314 414
| email              = info@jkc.si 
| website            = http://www.jkc.si
| dates      = 4.2.2015 - 8.2.2015, 17.1.2016 - 21.1.2016, 26.3 2017 - 1.4.2017, 18.3 2018 - 23.3.2018 
| contacts     = {{Contact
  | name        = Robert Waltl
  | role        = Festival Director
  | email       = robert.waltl@jkc.si 
  }}
| accounts      =
http://www.facebook.com/LjubljanaToleranceFestival
}}


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The [[House of Tolerance Festival]], organised since [[established::2015]] by [[Mini Theatre]] and the [[Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana]], is an annual cultural event that emphasises the urgency of well thought-out ethical social engagement. It stands as an important public platform, which reminds the public of the horrors of Holocaust. The Holocaust, as the laying foundation of the programme, serves as an ultimate warning about times and societies which lacked tolerance as an imperative of human intelligence and development. With the festival’s programme, film screenings, concerts, art exhibitions, lectures, roundtables and educational programme for the young, the festival organisers try to constantly warn society to thrive towards positive social change. 
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== History ==

The House of Tolerance Festival was modelled after the Tolerance Festival in Zagreb which began as a festival of Jewish film in 2007. Since 2015 the House of Tolerance Festival in Ljubljana – still called Festival of Tolerance then and organised in regional cooperation with the Zagreb Jewish Film Festival Association – has been highlighting problems in contemporary societies and encouraging debates on tolerance, exclusion and hatred towards marginalised groups.


== Programme ==

The focus of the first edition of the festival in February 2015 was the focus was on film screenings, but its main guests were film producer and actor Branko Lustig, illustrator and designer Mirko Ilić with his lecture ''Symbols of Hatred'' and ''Antimasonic Posters'' Exhibition, and the president of the European Roma Association Orhan Galjuš. The book ''Tracing Jewish Heritage: Guidebook to Slovenia'' written by [[Janez Premk]] and [[Mihaela Hudelja]] was also presented at that year’s festival. Special attention was paid to the educational programme for the young.

Further festival editions continued to feature outstanding international guests, long-feature, documentary and short film screenings, educational mornings, puppet and theatre performances, music concerts and discussions. Arthur Rothstein’s photo collection was exhibited at the [[Mini Theatre]] venue, while a poster exhibition by Mirko Ilić on the topic of tolerance involving world famous designers, including Milton Glaser, took place in Ljubljana’s French Revolution Square. 


== Venues ==

Venues of the House of Tolerance Festival are the [[Jewish Cultural Centre]] and the streets of Ljubljana, expecially in the vicinity of [[Mini Theatre]]. All events are free of charge. 

In 2017, House of Tolerance Festival extended its programme also in Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia.

== See also ==
* [[Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana]] 
* [[Mini Theatre]]


== External links ==
*[http://www.jkc.si/index.php  Jewish Cultural Centre in Ljubljana website]
*[http://www.slovenia.si/visit/features/international-festival-house-of-tolerance-2017 Article on House of Tolerance Festival on Slovenia.si]

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