Two boys, Kekec and Rozle, come to serve a farmer, with a blind daughter Mojca, as shepherds. Read More »
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Kekec (1951) Joze Gale, Matija Barl, Frane Milcinski, Franc Presetnik
In an alpine valley lies an idyllic village. High up in the mountains, facing each others Read More »
Spring AKA Vesna (1953) Frantisek Cáp, Metka Gabrijelcic, Franek Trefalt, Jure Furlan
Three students try to pass their final exam by reluctant task of wooing their professor’s daughter Read More »
Outsider (1997) Andrej Kosak, Demeter Bitenc, Miranda Caharija, Nina Ivanic
A teenager, son of an army officer moves with his family to Ljubljana in the fall of 1979. Read More »
Headnoise AKA Zvenenje v glavi (2002) Andrej Kosak, Jernej Sugman, Ksenija Misic, Uros Potocnik
In Yugoslavia’s Livada prison in 1970, inmates led by Keber convince reluctant authorities Read More »
How the War Started on My Island AKA Kako je poceo rat na mom otoku (1996) Vinko Bresan, Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic
Although being one of the first movies to take humoristic approach towards violent break-up of Yugoslavia Read More »
Bread and Milk AKA Kruh in mleko (2001) Jan Cvitkovic, Peter Musevski, Sonja Savic, Tadej Troha
Ivan is released a day early from a treatment programme for alcoholics due to a doctors’ strike. Read More »
Dancing in the Rain (1961) Bostjan Hladnik, Dusa Pockaj, Miha Baloh, Rado Nakrst
Peter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time Read More »
Dad (2010) Vlado Skafar, Miki Ros, Sandi Salamon
After a long separation, a father and his son spend the day fishing on the river bank. Read More »
Samorastniki / Wild Growth (1963) Igor Pretnar, Majda Potokar, Vida Juvan, Rudi Kosmac, Drama
Carinthia, Slovenia, in the 18th century. Ozbej, having finished school, returns to Krnice Manor, where Father tells him that now he is to stay at home because he has decided to make him the future master of the whole estate. Read More »
Slovenka / A Call Girl (2009) Damjan Kozole, Nina Ivanisin, Peter Musevski, Primoz Pirnat, Drama
Alexandra is a student from Krsko, a small town in Slovenia, while she studies the English language in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. Working as a prostitute, her life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, confusion and responsibility.
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Houston, We Have a Problem! (2016) Bostjan Virc, Ziga Virc, Documentary, Drama
Cold War-era international intrigue, declassified top-secret documents, and a clandestine deal between John F. Kennedy and Yugoslavia’s president Josip Tito are just the tip of the iceberg in this absorbing directorial debut from filmmaker Žiga Virc. Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, Houston, We Have a Problem! explores the myth behind the origins of America’s race to be the first country to send a man to the moon, and a supposed multi-billion-dollar deal involving America’s purchase of Yugoslavia’s space program in the early 1960s.
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Fuck It / Jebiga (2000) Miha Hocevar, Matej Druznik, David Furlan, Peter Hvalica, Comedy
A group of teenagers spend the summer looking for fun in a place where it’s in short supply in this good-natured comedy-drama. It’s summer in the Slovenian city of Ljubljana, and five buddies spend their time trying to scare up some excitement; however, finding someone to buy them some beer at the neighborhood tavern is usually the high point of the day. In between drifting through town, sometimes scoring drugs, and trying to figure out where they left their car, the guys discover (to their surprise) that love may be entering the picture when a pair of local girls begin hanging out with the group. Jebiga, the debut feature from director Miha Hocevar, was well received in its screening at the 2000 Slovenian National Film Festival.
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Porno Film (2000) Damjan Kozole, Matjaz Latin, Natalia Danilova, Primoz Petkovsek, Comedy
As Western influences make their way through Eastern Europe, three losers decide to bring to Slovenia the most American of innovations, the pornographic movie, Charly and his two mates who decide to make the first porno movie made in Slovenia. Charly is the best choice to direct as he’s been a viewer of porn since he was a kid. His mate runs a brothel and this is where they get their girls from. Trouble is Charly falls for Kalinka. They also run into trouble when the Pimp who use to run the girls has busted out of the clink and wants his property back.
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Pokrajina St.2 / Landscape No.2 (2008) Vinko Moderndorfer, Marko Mandic, Slobodan Custic, Barbara Cerar
The burglars Sergej and Polde steal the valuable painting “Landscape No.2”. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of the World War II. Instructor is ordered to recover the stolen painting and the document, which triggers a diabolic mechanism of the past.
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