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| maintainer   = Denis Valič
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{{#set:letter sent=22.9.2009
|letter sent=15.2.2010
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{{Infobox
| name                = OTOK Cultural Institute
| localname           = Otok, zavod za razvijanje filmske kulture Ljubljana
| street              = Metelkova 6
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 431 8008
| fax                 = 
| email               = info@isolacinema.org
| website             = http://www.isolacinema.org
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Lorena Pavlič
| role                = Director
| email               = lorena.pavlic@isolacinema.org
}}
}}

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[[Otok Cultural Institute]] (''otok'' meaning "island" in Slovenian) is a non-profit cultural organisation for the development of film culture that operates in Ljubljana and Izola. It was established in [[established::2003]] to manage the first [[Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival]]. Its main activities include: promotion of film culture, organisation of international film festival, film education workshops and lectures, active inclusion of youth and local population.

In 2005, the [[Otok Cultural Institute]] got the first [[Golden Bird Award|Golden Nest Award]] for the creation of production conditions that enhance the very creativity and the development of film culture.
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Outside the time of the festival the main activity of the Otok Cultural Institute is organising various film events and distributing films. The first film distributed by the institute was ''Baboussia'' by Russian director Lidia Bobrova, which won the Audience Award at the first Kino Otok festival of 2004. The Otok Cultural Institute got the EU Media support for the distribution of the Czech documentary ''Czech Dream'' (Czech: ''Český sen'', 2004) about a large-scale hoax in the Letňany neighbourhood of Prague.

== See also ==
* [[Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival]]
* [[Kino Otok Award]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.isolacinema.org Otok Cultural Institute (Festival) website] (in English, Italian and Slovenian)

[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Film distributors]]
[[Category:Film festival organisers]]
[[Category:Festival organisers]]
[[Category:Film education]]


[[Category:EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)]]
[[Category:EU MEDIA funding recipient]]
[[Category:EU Creative Europe, MEDIA funding recipient]]
[[Category:Film_education_and_research]]
[[Category:Film_festival_and_event_organisers]]