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Animateka 2012

The Elephant in Competition I (2012) Slonov tekmovalni program I (2012)

various / 37 min

Egon Klobuk / Egon the Hat
Igor Šinkovec (Družina Krumpak)
Slovenija/Slovenia, 2012, HD, 2'35''

A young boy named Egon expresses his feelings and emotions through his Hat that consequently changes its colour and shape, which helps us guess Egon's mood and anticipate reactions. Egon has a sidekick character, his smart dog. Together it seems there's simply no obstacle unbeatable, no problem unsolvable.

Moj čudni dedek / Moj stranij deduška / My Strange Grandfather
Dina Velikovskaya (Russian State University of Cinematography)
Rusija/Russia, 2011, HD, 8'40''

An eccentric inventor who often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle – merely from garbage.

Ptičica in list / Der kleine Vogel und das Blatt / The Little Bird and the Leaf
Lena von Döhren (Swiss Effects/ HSLU Luzern)
Švica/Switzerland, 2012, 35mm, 4'

A little bird shares a tree branch with a leaf. Life is perfect, until winter arrives and the leaf falls off its bough. Follow our intrepid little bird on this exciting rescue mission!

Miriamini zeleni izpuščaji / Miriami rohelised täpid / Miriam's Green Spots
Priit Tender (OÜ Nukufilm)
Estonija/Estonia, 2012, HD, 5'

Little brother falls ill and gets all of the attention and care of the rest of the family. Miriam feels unhappy. In the end she cannot think of anything else besides painting the spots of the illness on her own face. The chicken is definitely involved, and experiences analogous emotions to Miriam’s.

Pirate Pals
Marius Fietzek (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Nemčija/Germany, 2011, HD, 2'47''

A lonely pirate meets another lonely pirate.     

Obleka naredi prijatelja / Kleider machen Freunde / Dress to Impress
Falk Schuster (Falk Schuster Animation & Illustration)
Nemčija/Germany, 2012, HD, 8'36''

A lonely hedgehog wants to have a friend to play with, and a funny little bird is afraid of heights. When the two meet, they overcome their problems together in this quirky animation.

Surov / Grubo / Rough
Venelin Veltchev (Venelin Animation)
Bolgarija/Bulgaria, 2012, HD, 5'04''

A jolly black and white piglet is carelessly rolling about in its favourite black and white puddle, when suddenly some clean and neat inhabitants of the colourful world pass by. Driven by its ideal of beauty, the piglet follows them and becomes a part of them. But alas, soon it finds out it’s a trap and pigheaded as it is, manages to break “the frame”. Hooray! It’s free again, even though in black and white.

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Mickey 17 Mickey 17

Bong Joon Ho

Saturday, 26. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Six years after Parasite, Korean director Bong Joon-ho is back with another biting satire (this time set in the distant future) with Robert Pattinson shining in the leading role(s). Its unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes, has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. »Combining the best parts of Snowpiercer and Okja into something new, this warm and wonderful film suggests that Bong loves people even more than he hates capitalism.« – IndieWire.

The Penguin Lessons The Penguin Lessons

Peter Cattaneo

Sunday, 27. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

This moving dramedy about the unlikely friendship between a cynical Englishman and an adorable penguin was adapted by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) from a true story.

Parthenope Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino

Monday, 28. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.