Kinosloga. Retrosex 2022
The Boys from Fengkuei Feng gui lai de ren
Hou Hsiao-hsien / Taiwan / 1983 / 99 min / Mandarin Chinese
The fourth film by Hsiao-Hsien Hou (Flowers of Shanghai) and one of the first major works of the Taiwanese New Wave in the 1980s.
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century
Richard Kegler / USA / 2011 / 45 min / English
Far from Men Loin des hommes
David Oelhoffen / France / 2014 / 110 min / French, Arabic, Spanish
Algeria, 1954, shortly before the Algerian War: Daru (Viggo Mortensen) is a teacher in a remote mountainous area. He is forced to bring a local farmer to the colonial court to face trial for murder. As the uprising takes root in the valley and the air thickens with hostility, they have to make the perilous journey through the Atlas Mountains.
Ex Machina Ex Machina
Alex Garland / United Kingdom / 2015 / 110 min / English, Slovene subtitles / 15+
The Last Day of Patriarchy Poslední den patriarchátu
Olmo Omerzu / Czech Republic, Slovenia / 2021 / 16 min / Czech
Nina is pregnant by Jakub. Today, he introduces her to his family. They’re all gathered in the hospital at the bedside of his grandfather. Nina is faced with the surprising reaction of the dying relative: he wants to see her breasts. Should the patriarch’s last wish be granted?
Vrnitev Agnieszke H. Powrót Agnieszki H.
Krystyna Krauze, Jacek Petrycki / Finland / 2013 / 77 min / Polish, Czech
Observing Opazovanje
Janez Burger / Slovenia, North Macedonia, Italy, Croatia / 2023 / 82 min / Slovene
Through the lens of a thriller, Janez Burger explores where empathy has gone and where the limits of personal responsibility lie in the use of social media.
Wake Me Zbudi me
Marko Šantić / Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia / 2022 / 85 min / Slovene
Wake Me Up is a highly relevant story about xenophobia, collective memory loss and the search for new beginnings. The winner of five Vesna awards, including Best Feature, at the latest Festival of Slovenian Film.
Woman of God Duhovnica
Maja Prettner / Slovenia / 2023 / 98 min / Slovene
A documentary film about a free-spirited evangelical priest Jana, who is facing a great life dilemma – to leave or continue pursuing the priesthood, all whilst dealing with many other challenges: from childhood wounds to solving complex family relationships. In the town, she is seen as God’s representative on earth, but at the end of the day, she’s only human too.
Sparks In Time Iskre v času – svetovni računalniški podvig
Jurij Gruden / Slovenia / 2020 / 82 min / Slovene
Bitch, a Derogatory Term for a Woman Prasica, slabšalni izraz za žensko
Tijana Zinajić / Slovenia / 2021 / 90 min / Slovene
Eva is a young artist who smokes, drinks, occasionally takes drugs, parties and finds no creative inspiration. She also has a strange love affair with her mentor, her best friend is moving to Berlin, her paycheck is three months late and, above all, so is her period… Bitch is a film about a period in life when you simply get stuck and do not know how to move on.
Reconciliation Odpuščanje
Marija Zidar / Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo / 2021 / 82 min / Albanian
Antigone - How Dare We! Antigona - Kako si upamo!
Jani Sever / Slovenia / 2020 / 86 min / Slovene
A film based on Slavoj Žižek’s play The Three Lives of Antigone. Praised as the heroic rebel against state power, Antigone seems to be a convenient ideal for the present age. But is Antigone truly an emancipatory hero – or is she part of the problem? It is time to lay bare the “disgusting murmur of life” in the world of right-wing fundamentalism, climate change, and stark inequality. Antigone – How Dare We! stands for political drama that addresses the most vital questions of our time.
The Valley of Tears Dolina solz
Boštjan Korbar / Slovenia / 2020 / 109 min / Slovene
Stories of three inmates of the Dob Prison, set against a concert performed by Matjaž Pikalo and his band Autodafé in the prison dining hall.
No Man Is an Island Septembrska klasa
Igor Šterk / Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia / 2020 / 78 min / Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
LGBT_SLO_1984 LGBT_SLO_1984
Boris Petkovič / Slovenia / 2022 / 87 min / Slovene
An archival-documentary account of Slovenia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement, as well as the associated organisations that influenced the wider social arena of ex-Yugoslavia.