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[[Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)]] was launched in [[established::1989]] as the Film Art Festival Ljubljana. The festival is organised by [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]], Film Programme, but films are also screened at Slovenian Cinematheque, Kinodvor Cinema, Kinoklub Vič and Kolosej Maribor. It can be classified as specialised competitive festival that features an overview of contemporary world film production, but also focus on emerging directors and new trends in contemporary cinema. For many years the programme director of the festival was Jelka Stergel, but in the last few years Simon Popek successfully succeeded her bringing to the festival a clearer cinefile touch. Although its selection is now maybe less commercial and populistic than before the festival audience is still growing. With close to 50.000 sold tickets the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) is the biggest event in the yearly programme in the Cankarjev dom and also one of the biggest cultural events in Slovenia. One of the reasons for the growing interest are also the international guests (directors, actors, producers, etc.) that are visiting the festival each year in a bigger number.  
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The [[Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)]] was launched in [[established::1990]] as the Film Art Festival Ljubljana. The festival is organised by the [[Cankarjev dom, Film Programme|Film Department of the Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre]], but films are also screened at [[Slovenian Cinematheque]], [[Kinodvor Cinema]], [[Komuna Cinema]], [[Bežigrad Cinema]], [[Maribox]], [[Metropol Cinema Celje]] and [[APT Novo mesto]]. It can be classified as a specialised competitive festival that not only features an overview of contemporary world film production but also focuses on emerging directors and new trends in contemporary cinema.
  
 
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==Background==
  
==Sections and Awards==
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For many years, the programme director of the festival was [[Jelka Stergel]], but [[Simon Popek]] has successfully succeeded her, bringing a clearer cinephile touch to the festival in the last few years. Although the festival's selection is now maybe less commercial than before, the festival audience is still growing. With close to 50,000 tickets sold, the LIFFe is the biggest event in Cankarjev dom's yearly programme and also one of the biggest cultural events in Slovenia. Another reason for the growing interest is the inclusion of international guests (directors, actors, producers, etc.) who visit the festival each year. In the past years, some well-known directors and actors have visited LIFFe, including Hal Hartley, Eric Zonca, Aleksei German, Jr., James Benning, Burghart Klaußner, Vlad Ivanov, Abel Ferrara and others.
  
As many similar film festivals around the world also the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) is focusing on young filmmakers in its main competitive section - the Perspectives section. Namely the section is offering a thoughtful selection of first and second feature films from emerging young directors that had their international premier at important film festival around the world (Rotterdam, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Torino, ...). The best film from that section, selected by the three-member international jury, is bestowed with the Kingfisher Award (introduced in 1996)
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{{image|Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) 2019 Abel Ferrara Photo Iztok Dimc.JPG}}
  
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==Sections and awards==
  
The main festival award is the Kingfisher Award (introduced in 1996) - presented by three-member international jury - that goes to best film of the Perspectives. The best film from that section, selected by the three-member international jury,is awarded
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Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) focuses on young filmmakers in its main competitive section – Perspectives. The section offers a thoughtful selection of first and second feature films from emerging young directors who have had their international première at important film festivals around the world. The best film, selected by a three-member international jury, is bestowed with the [[Kingfisher Award]] (introduced in 1996). The second competitive section is named World in Short and screens short films by young filmmakers.
  
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Other sections of the LIFFe programme: the Avant-premières section – which includes major international productions from established directors that will be screened later in the commercial distribution; the King and Queens section – bringing a variety of works by renowned and awarded masters of contemporary cinema; the World Film Panorama – meant for festival favourites from all over the world; the Extravaganza section – bringing the so-called "midnight cinema" to fans of daring, bizarre and titillating contents of diverse genres; the Focus section – offering an insight into one (or more) of the hottest national cinematographies; the Retrospective section – offering an overall presentation of the work by an important contemporary filmmaker; the Tribute section – bringing a short, condensed presentation of an author. The Kinobalon section is dedicated to the youngest audience as it offers a selection of films for children aged 7 to 14, carefully selected with the help of the [[Kinodvor Cinema]] staff.
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The main purpose of the festival is to familiarise audiences with non-Hollywood films which are not usually screened in commercial Slovene cinemas, since the art cinema distribution network in Slovenia has only developed very recently. At present the Festival comprises the following sections: Perspectives - the official competitive section of the festival, which presents the work of first- or second-time directors; Avant-premieres - which screens major European and other films by established directors that will be screened later in the commercial distribution; King and queens - works by renowned and awarded masters of contemporary film; World film panorama - festival favourites from five continents; Extravaganza - the so called ‘midnight cinema’ brings daring and titillating contents of diverse genres; Focus - An insight into one (or more) of the hottest national cinematographies; Retrospective - An overall presentation of films by an important contemporary cineaste; Tribute - A short, condensed presentation of an author who has received a fair share of festival and media attention; The world in short - competitive section that brings a selection of short-length films by young filmmakers; Kinobalon - a selection of films for children aged 7 to 14; in association with Kinodvor Cinema.
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At LIFFe, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) also has its own three-member jury and it selects the best film from all the works in the programme. Their award is called the [[LIFFe-FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]] and with it, they usually promote a fresh and innovative approach mostly (but not exclusively) among young or unknown filmmakers. The audience award is called the [[Dragon Award]] (first introduced in 2000 as the Golden Reel Award) and can be bestowed to any film on the programme; the winning film is later also commercially distributed in Slovenian cinemas. Between 2005 and 2007, LIFFe also presented the Amnesty International Award (granted by Amnesty International Slovenia) but the award was moved to the [[International Documentary Film Festival]].
  
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Numerous awards are presented at the Festival. The main festival award is the Kingfisher Award (introduced in 1996) - presented by three-member international jury - that goes to best film of the Perspectives. The Audience Award (introduced in 2000 as a Golden Reel Award; in 2008 it become the Dragon Award) can be bestowed to any film of the festival; the FIPRESCI Award is awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics; Best Short Film Award goes to best film of the section The world in short.  
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==Facts and numbers==
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For several years now, the number of screened films exceeds 100 and approximately 10% of those are shorts. Around 250 official screenings take place each year; while just a little less than 50,000 tickets are sold. The festival is followed by around 180 domestic and foreign journalists (the number of foreign journalists is still small but it is growing each year).
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==International activities==
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The Ljubljana International Film Festival is also an active member of many international bodies and associations like Europa Cinemas; the Association of European Film Exhibitors, Paris; the European Co-ordination of Film Festivals (ECFF), Brussels; and the Motion Pictures Association, Brussels.
  
Ljubljana International Film Festival has been a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) since 1992. It is also a member of Europa Cinemas, the Association of European Film Exhibitors, Paris ECFF, the European Co-ordination of Film Festivals (ECFF), Brussels and the Motion Pictures Association, Brussels.
 
  
The 20th Ljubljana International Film Festival of 2009 featured as many as 106 films (15 shorts). For 254 official screenings they sold 46.000 tickets. It closed with the screening of Bent Hamer's latest film ''O'Horten'' (part of that year's World film panorama section). Radmila Djurica, member of the three-member FIPRESCI jury, bestowed the FIPRESCI Award to the US independent drama Go Get Some Rosemary, presented in the Perspective festival section. The winner of the 2009 Dragon Award, bestowed by the audience for the best film of the festival, was the Canadian bittersweet drama I Killed My Mother, directed by Xavier Dolan. The prestigious Kingfisher Award went to Croatian dark war drama Blacks by Goran Dević and Zvonimir Jurić. The three-member jury decided to give a Special Mention to the Romanian film Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu, presented in the Perspectives section.
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Dragon Award]]
 
* [[Dragon Award]]
 
 
* [[Kingfisher Award]]
 
* [[Kingfisher Award]]
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* [[LIFFe-FIPRESCI Award]]
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* [[Cankarjev dom, Film Programme]]
  
* [[FIPRESCI Award]]
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==External links==
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* [https://www.liffe.si/index.php/en/ LIFFe website]
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* [http://fipresci.org/?s=ljubljana Festival reports on the FIPRESCI site]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana_International_Film_Festival Liffe on Wikipedia]
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* [https://english.sta.si/2700885/beanpole-wins-main-award-at-ljubljana-film-festival An article about the LIFFe 2019 from [[Slovene Press Agency (STA)|''Misli slovensko'' STA website]]
  
* [[Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre]]
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* [http://www.liffe.si/ LIFFe website]
 
  
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Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre 2013 01.jpgCankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre with a monument to Ivan Cankar (by Slavko Tihec) on the main platform, 2013. The centre was designed by Slovenian architect Edvard Ravnikar in 1977, and constructed in the early 1980s.

The Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) was launched in 1990 as the Film Art Festival Ljubljana. The festival is organised by the Film Department of the Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre, but films are also screened at Slovenian Cinematheque, Kinodvor Cinema, Komuna Cinema, Bežigrad Cinema, Maribox, Metropol Cinema Celje and APT Novo mesto. It can be classified as a specialised competitive festival that not only features an overview of contemporary world film production but also focuses on emerging directors and new trends in contemporary cinema.



Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) 2019 Simon Popek Photo Iztok Dimc.JPGSimon Popek, a programme director of the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), 2019.

Background

For many years, the programme director of the festival was Jelka Stergel, but Simon Popek has successfully succeeded her, bringing a clearer cinephile touch to the festival in the last few years. Although the festival's selection is now maybe less commercial than before, the festival audience is still growing. With close to 50,000 tickets sold, the LIFFe is the biggest event in Cankarjev dom's yearly programme and also one of the biggest cultural events in Slovenia. Another reason for the growing interest is the inclusion of international guests (directors, actors, producers, etc.) who visit the festival each year. In the past years, some well-known directors and actors have visited LIFFe, including Hal Hartley, Eric Zonca, Aleksei German, Jr., James Benning, Burghart Klaußner, Vlad Ivanov, Abel Ferrara and others.

Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) 2019 Abel Ferrara Photo Iztok Dimc.JPGAbel Ferrara was a guest of the 30th edition of the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), 2019.

Sections and awards

Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) focuses on young filmmakers in its main competitive section – Perspectives. The section offers a thoughtful selection of first and second feature films from emerging young directors who have had their international première at important film festivals around the world. The best film, selected by a three-member international jury, is bestowed with the Kingfisher Award (introduced in 1996). The second competitive section is named World in Short and screens short films by young filmmakers.

Other sections of the LIFFe programme: the Avant-premières section – which includes major international productions from established directors that will be screened later in the commercial distribution; the King and Queens section – bringing a variety of works by renowned and awarded masters of contemporary cinema; the World Film Panorama – meant for festival favourites from all over the world; the Extravaganza section – bringing the so-called "midnight cinema" to fans of daring, bizarre and titillating contents of diverse genres; the Focus section – offering an insight into one (or more) of the hottest national cinematographies; the Retrospective section – offering an overall presentation of the work by an important contemporary filmmaker; the Tribute section – bringing a short, condensed presentation of an author. The Kinobalon section is dedicated to the youngest audience as it offers a selection of films for children aged 7 to 14, carefully selected with the help of the Kinodvor Cinema staff.

At LIFFe, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) also has its own three-member jury and it selects the best film from all the works in the programme. Their award is called the FIPRESCI Award and with it, they usually promote a fresh and innovative approach mostly (but not exclusively) among young or unknown filmmakers. The audience award is called the Dragon Award (first introduced in 2000 as the Golden Reel Award) and can be bestowed to any film on the programme; the winning film is later also commercially distributed in Slovenian cinemas. Between 2005 and 2007, LIFFe also presented the Amnesty International Award (granted by Amnesty International Slovenia) but the award was moved to the International Documentary Film Festival.

Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) 2019 international jury Photo Iztok Dimc.JPGThe international jury of the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) in 2019: Labina Mitevska, Sonja Prosenc, and Alexander Horwath

Facts and numbers

For several years now, the number of screened films exceeds 100 and approximately 10% of those are shorts. Around 250 official screenings take place each year; while just a little less than 50,000 tickets are sold. The festival is followed by around 180 domestic and foreign journalists (the number of foreign journalists is still small but it is growing each year).


International activities

The Ljubljana International Film Festival is also an active member of many international bodies and associations like Europa Cinemas; the Association of European Film Exhibitors, Paris; the European Co-ordination of Film Festivals (ECFF), Brussels; and the Motion Pictures Association, Brussels.


See also

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