The cinema is temporarily closed for renovations and will reopen after August 2nd.

Main Competition III (2024) Tekmovalni program III (2024)

različni avtorji / various / 72 min

The best new animated films from Central and Eastern Europe in the running for the Audience Award and the Jury Grand Prix. The filmmakers featured in this strand include animation legends and debut filmmakers alike, and everyone in between.

Where Blue Meets Red
Tamás Patrovits (Reanimation Studio)
Hungary, 2024, 4'

The film consisting of countless original risograph prints, is an under-the-camera, straight-ahead animation improvised to the rhythm of the scores of Hungarian jazz trumpeter Barabás Lőrinc.

Väike teine / Little Other
Andres Tenusaar (Nukufilm)
Estonia, 2024, 12’

It is said that when somewhere a trickster is born, all the emergency flashers on the cars turn themselves on.

Long Distance
Michael Frei (Playables)
Switzerland, 2024, 2’

A fly takes flight to meet a close friend.

Tri tičice / Three Birds
Zarja Menart (Finta Film/RTV Slovenija/Adriatic Animation)
Slovenia, Croatia, 2024, 8'18"

A wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.

Долго доаѓање на огнот / The Long Coming of the Fire
Zharko Ivanov (Flipbok Productions)
North Macedonia, 2023, 5'04"

In The Long Coming of the Fire, a short animation inspired by the poem of the same name by the poet Atso Shopov, the director of the film confronts his father's terminal illness and the transience of life. The film is mainly composed of animated MRI scans of the now late parent.

Cipők és paták / Shoes and Hooves
Viktória Traub (PI Productions)
Hungary, 2024, 14'58"

A pedicurist in a small town, Paula the centaur-girl longs to have human feet. When she meets Arnold the crocodile-man, it is love at first sight. Can Paula take the first steps in her search for identity? What will be the price of her attempts to fit in and deny her true self?

Žarko, razmazit ćeš dite! / Žarko, You Will Spoil the Child
Veljko Popović, Milovoj Popović (Prime Render Studios/Bagan Films)
Croatia, France, 2024, 13'37"

This animated-documentary film recounts the memories of a childhood in Split in the 1980s. It is a moving tribute to the love of a grandpa and grandma who did their best to keep their granddaughter smiling.

Kinderfilm
Total Refusal (Total Refusal)
Austria, 2023, 11'08"

It's an ordinary day in Grand Theft Auto V. And yet, the car-crowded streets are marked by a grave absence. Searching for clues, protagonist Edgar explores the uncanniness of his normality and rediscovers a beautiful yet nightmarish world.

Kinodvor. Newsletter.

Join our mailing list and receive details of upcoming films and events!

What's On

I'm Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui

Walter Salles

Thursday, 31. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. The Paiva family live a full and happy life in a house by the beach. One day, however, everything is turned upside-down when the military junta abducts the father. Director Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries) based his heartbreaking film on memoirs written by the son of the seven-member family. »An engrossing, affecting tribute to a formidable woman and her family.« – Screen Daily. »A gripping, profoundly touching film with a deep well of pathos. It’s one of Salles’ best.« – The Hollywood Reporter. Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

Nosferatu Nosferatu

Robert Eggers

Friday, 01. 08. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

In September 1924, one of the greatest masterpieces of the silent era, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, was shown in a cinema on Kolodvorska Street. One hundred years later, Kinodvor presents a new version of the expressionist classic as envisioned by Robert Eggers.

Materialists Materialists

Celine Song

Saturday, 02. 08. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Lucy works at a high-end matchmaking company trying to pair up moneyed entrepreneurs with elite bachelors and bachelorettes. When she meets Harry at the wedding of two of her successfully paired clients, she immediately knows that this ‘unicorn’ would be a perfect catch for a lot of her customers. But Harry is more interested in Lucy. And then her ex suddenly shows up… As we could expect from the director of Past Lives, Materialists is not exactly a romantic comedy about a matchmaker torn between two suitors, but rather a lucid examination of the contradictions of love and dating.