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Slonov tekmovalni program III (2024)

razni avtorji / 2024 / 60 min / No dialogue, English Subtitles, Slovene subtitles, French / 11+

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Beurk! / Yuck!
Loïc Espuche (Ikki Films/Iliade et Films), France, 2023, 13’10”
Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it...

Gilbert
Arturo Lacal, Alex Salu, Jordi Jiménez (Retalls Films), Spain, 2024, 12’50”
Gilbert and Sullivan are inhabitants of a small archipelago in the middle of the ocean where Sullivan is a trumpeter and Gilbert distributes packages with his gondola. But one day Gilbert decides to keep a package that was intended for his neighbour.

Pasos para volar / Steps to Fly
Nicolás Conte, Rosario Carlino (Osa Estudio/Vivement Lundi !), Argentina, France, 2024, 9’12”
A Bird teaches a Little Bird how to fly, even if he has no wings. The appearance of a mysterious briefcase will ruin his plans and reveal to Little Bird an unexpected possibility to escape.

The Wild-Tempered Clavier
Anna Samo (Tiger Unterwegs Filmproduktion), Germany, 2024, 7’18”
Play: both a verb and a noun—and despite the world’s disasters, an artist insists on both. A story told through a filmmaker’s art, inspired by Bach’s timeless music and painted on rolls of toilet paper in an homage to the tradition of painting directly on 35 mm film.

Los Carpinchos / Capybaras
Alfredo Soderguit (Autour de Minuit/Pajaro/Palermo Estudio), France, Chile, Uruguay, 2024, 10’34”
Hunting season has begun. A family of capybaras seek refuge in a chicken coop, but the hens don't trust them. The curiosity of the youngest members of the families will create a union with unexpected consequences.…

Případy poručíka Dobrodrůža / Cases of Sergeant Goodmind
Filip Tatýrek (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague), Czechia, 2024, 6’45”
Sergeant Goodmind is something of a local hero. Thanks to his belief in goodness, he bravely overcomes every dangerous obstacle. In four interconnected and action-packed stories, he fearlessly fights for his moral values.

 

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Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

Wednesday, 16. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

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. In this intimate heart-to-heart, the nearly 90-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and the world’s greatest ambassador for compassion brings a timely message of hope. Wisdom of Happiness blends the Dalai Lama’s inspirational words with stirring images of our planet and newly unearthed archival footage.

Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklica

Urška Djukić

Thursday, 17. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Urška Djukić’s (Granny’s Sexual Life) debut feature explores the power of girls’ voices to overturn traditional ideas and patriarchal patterns through the eyes of a shy and sensitive 16-year-old girl, Lucija. The opening film of the Perspectives Competition and winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film at this year’s Berlinale.

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Friday, 18. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

A much-anticipated biographical drama about the rise of one of the most influential songwriters in history, who changed the course of American music.