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FeKK 2020

The End Is Near: Let’s Contemplate Konec je blizu: Kontemplirajmo

various / 100 min

"Six contemplative shorts, six sides of insight, and six contemporary experimental classics for a bigger picture and the end of the world."- Matevž Jerman, Jelena Radić

A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit
Germany, experimental, documentary, 2018, 16’

Director: Felix Dierich
Concept: Felix Dierich
Cinematography:
Editing: Felix Dierich
Sound: Felix Dierich
Music: Felix Dierich
Production: Felix Dierich

Himawari 8, Japan’s most advanced meteorological satellite, travels 35,786 km above Earth, at more than 11000 km/h. It observes the Eastern Hemisphere day and night. For one year we look through the eyes of the distant observer. From solstice to solstice, from pole to pole, from storm to storm, we watch Earth’s beauty and fragility, weather’s wonders, forces, and disasters.

Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
Canada, experimental, 2009, 10'

Director: Daïchi Saïto
Screenplay: Daïchi Saïto
Cinematography: Daïchi Saïto
Editing: Daïchi Saïto
Music: Malcolm Goldstein
Production: Double Negative Collective (Daïchi Saïto)

Richly colored and entirely hand-processed, Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis, with contrapuntal violin by Malcolm Goldstein, is a poem of vision and sound that seeks perceptual insights and revelation through a syntactical structure based on patterns, variations and repetition.

In association with the Slovene Cinematheque the film is going to be screened off a 35mm copy.

California on Fire
USA, documentary, experimental, 2018, 25’

Director: Jeff Frost
Screenplay: Jeff Frost
Cinematography: Jeff Frost
Editing: Jeff Frost
Scenography: Jeff Frost
Sound: Jeff Frost
Music: Jeff Frost

The film utilizes time, sound, and the effects of climate change as a backdrop to examine loss. Each of the film's five chapters is based on the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, and acceptance.

The Day Before the End  
Philippines, 2016, 17'

Director: Lav Diaz
Screenplay: Lav Diaz
Cinematography: Lav Diaz
Editing: Lav Diaz
Cast: Hazel Orencio, Noel Mirales, Noel Sto. Dominvo
Production: Lav Diaz

In the year 2050, the Philippines brace for the coming of the fiercest storm ever to hit the country. And as the wind and waters start to rage, poets are being murdered.

Wunderschein 
Germany, documentary, experimental, 2019, 14'

Director: Guillaume Cailleau
Screenplay: Guillaume Cailleau, Matteo Conti
Production: Light Cone

A production facility for euro banknotes. The camera is drawn into the printing and coating process of the notes until it becomes an artifical act. Contours and motifs dissolve into abstract forms and blend into ornamental patterns. Capitalism as a kaleidoscope, money as an optical illusion. Psychedelic money making.

Plastic Bag
USA, experimental, 2009, 18’

Director: Ramin Bahrani
Screenplay: Ramin Bahrani, Jenni Jenkins
Cinematography: Michael Simmonds
Editing: Ramin Bahrani
Scenography: Chad Keith
Sound: Abigail Savage
Music: Kjartan Sveinsson
Voice: Werner Herzog
Production: Noruz Films, Gigantic Pictures

Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag ventures through the barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.

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Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer

Dag Johan Haugerud

Saturday, 19. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her overwhelming experience, she entrusts her feelings to paper. When her mother and grandmother read her writings, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see its literary potential… »Refreshingly unexpected, Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams breathes new life into the often oversimplified genre of sexual awakening that seems to draw on his twinned career in both cinema and books.«Deadline. Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.

Conclave Conclave

Edward Berger

Sunday, 20. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

When Cardinal Lawrence takes charge of one of the world’s most secretive and ancient procedures—the selection of a new Pope—he finds himself entangled in intrigues and scandals that could shake the very foundations of the Catholic Church. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Pat Boonnitipat

Monday, 21. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

A young Thai director wraps important questions about family, intergenerational ties, and the pursuit of happiness into a touching dramedy that broke all box office records at home and became a cultural phenomenon. Bring your grandma – and don’t forget the tissues!