"With [this] extraordinarily poetic work, Bozic is putting himself forward as a new voice in contemporary Slovenian cinema."
- Cineuropa.
The Vesna award winner for best Slovenian film had its world premiere at the Toronto film fest.
Stories From The Chestnut Woods Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov
In a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia in the mid-20th century, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart in search of a new life across the ocean. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy fairy tale on loss, regret and the power of imagination.
cast Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roščić, Giusi Merli, Tomi Janežič, Anita Kravos, Nataša Keser, Janja Majzelj, Marko Brecelj, Matija Solce, Janez Škof
IMDbThe DVD of the film is available in our Bookshop. (List of available DVDs in Slovene only)
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Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Sunday, 01. 02. 2026 / 20:30 / Small Hall
With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.
Marty Supreme Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie
Sunday, 01. 02. 2026 / 21:30 / Main Hall
Timothée Chalamet is Marty Mauser, a young man with dreams that no one takes seriously, a man who played against all the rules and became a legend. Josh Safdie’s second solo venture received three Golden Globe nominations: for Best Motion Picture and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, and for Best Screenplay.