Film archive
On the Sunny Side of the Street Na sončni strani ceste
Matjaž Klopčič / 1959 / 17 min / Slovene
A street artist fashions paper silhouettes for small change at Ljubljana’s Triple Bridge (Tromostovje). Shot in the heart of architect Jože Plečnik’s Ljubljana, this poetic short film debut by Matjaž Klopčič, one of the foremost voices of Slovenia’s modernist cinema, received Best Director award at Belgrade’s Short and Documentary Film Festival.
Hundreds of Beavers Hundreds of Beavers
Mike Cheslik / USA / 2023 / 108 min / English
Filmed in Wisconsin and Michigan in subzero temperatures by indie film mavericks and best buddies Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Hundreds of Beavers is a feature length live action incarnation of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Unwaveringly true to its cartoon logic from start to finish, this epic silent action comedy is endlessly inventive, inspiring, ingenious and downright insane.
On Our Own Land Na svoji zemlji
France Štiglic / Slovenia / 1948 / 106 min / Slovene / 13+
Set in the Slovenian coastal region of Primorska during World War II, the film depicts the final years of the Liberation Struggle. After the capitulation of Italy, the region falls under German occupation. German officer Kutschera arrives at the valley of Baška grapa, determined to weed out the “bandits”. But the local population is on the side of the partisans. To the villagers the struggle is a chance to liberate themselves from foreign rule.
SpaceBoy SpaceBoy
Olivier Pairoux / Belgium / 2021 / 100 min / Slovene subtitles, French / 10+
A gifted 11-year-old boy secretly builds an air balloon with his friend Emma to prove his father everything in life is possible.
The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella / USA / 1999 / 139 min / English
Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) adapted The Talented Mr. Ripley from the first in a series of novels Patricia Highsmith wrote about “her favourite character”. The film opened to critical and commercial acclaim, winning five Oscar nominations, including for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In the Electric Mist In the Electric Mist
Bertrand Tavernier / USA, France / 2009 / 117 min / English