11th Kinotrip International Film Festival
The 11th Kinotrip International Film Festival took place from 15 to 17 October 2026. The diverse film programme was carefully curated by thirteen high school students, who are members of the Kinotrip Film Club. Festival audiences voted Nuclear Boy (Joren Molter, 2025) the winner of the Kinotrop Audience Award.
A total of 885 visitors, mainly young people, explored a variety of cinematic worlds across seven public screenings and two school screenings. They were joined by inspiring guests: Safinaz Sattar, the lead actress in Thanks for Nothing (Stella Marie Markert, 2025), travelled to Ljubljana from Berlin; Guus Blanken, the lead actor in the winning film Nuclear Boy, joined the post-screening discussion online. Following the screening of the short film programme, Lea Cverle, the lead actress in the short film Little House (Nika Jurman, 2026), took to the stage; and after the film A Fox Under a Pink Moon, there was a discussion about refugee issues with Charmine Keza, a young refugee from Burundi, and Taja Premk from Amnesty International Slovenia.
You can relive the highlights from the 11th Kinotrip International Film Festival on our website and on the Kinotrip Instagram profile.
But wait, the journey isn’t over yet. Our next stop is the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE), where five Kinotrip Film Club members will watch five films from different programme sections. They will then announce their favourite at the festival’s main awards ceremony, presenting it with the Kinotrip Youth Jury Award.
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to this year’s festival and helped spread the word. Join us as we continue to explore the world of film for young people.
Let film take you away!
The 2026 Kinotrip Team: Teja Bernik, Vennya Drachuk, Maja Doblekar Frank, Lana Gale, Sofiia Mamashina, Špela Mikuž, Viktoria Nesmeianova, Ava Reba, Lana Sirc, Ulyana Solomeyeva, Alica Zelnik, Ella Zupanc, Maja Žunič
Partners and Supporters of the 11th Kinotrip Film Festival:
The City of Ljubljana (founder of the Kinodvor Public Institution), Slovenian Film Centre, Association for the Study and Conservation of Butterflies of Slovenia, FIVIA – Vojnik, FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Mladi zmaji (Baza, Ljubljana Youth Centre), Ljubljana Multimedia and Graphic Technology Secondary School, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands