Kinotrip is Kinodvor’s film programme created by the youth for the youth, with the Kinotrip international film festival being its biggest event. The seventh edition will bring six feature-length films for various film tastes of all ages and see the return of Kinotripie – A Short Film Programme. The entire programme has once again been carefully selected by the Kinotrip Film Club team, which this year consists of nine high-school students.
The festival will kick off on Thursday, 20 October, with Atlantide (Atlantide, Yuri Ancarani), which depicts the hypnotic beat of the life of young people in Venice and thus reveals the side of this city we do not see in idyllic postcards. In the evening, the festival will formally open with Olga (Olga; Elie Grappe), which takes place between Ukraine and Switzerland and, from a personal story about dedication to sports, develops into a story about political and social maturation. We are incredibly happy to announce that the Ukrainian actress Anastasiia Budiashkina, who plays the protagonist in this film, will attend the festival and talk with the members of this year’s Kinotrip team after the screening.
Exceptionally topical themes will also pervade the film programme on Friday, 21 October. We will begin the festival day with Into My Name (Nel mio nome, Nicolò Bassetti), a sincere documentary about four friends joined by the exploration, formation and strengthening of their identity as trans persons. We will continue with Sun (Sonne), a daring depiction of growing up in the in-between space of different cultures and a whirlpool of social networks, which brought the young director Kurwdin Ayub the Best First Feature Award at this year’s Berlinale. We will end Friday’s programme with the lively and colourful stories of Kinotripie’s short films.
On Saturday, 22 October, we will start our film walk in the middle of the Australian desert with a unique adventure and a reflection on time and civilisation with Walkabout (Walkabout, Nicolas Roeg) and end the festival happening in the evening with the inspiring story about friendship, competitiveness and rebelliousness in the documentary Rookies (Allons enfants, Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai), a depiction of eight young people who live for and because of dance.
Film guests and accompanying events
In addition to Anastasiia Budiashkina, the festival team members will also talk to interesting guests from Slovenia. Their names and the schedule of the talks will be published on our website and social networks.
This autumn, we are in for four new episodes of the Kinotripping podcast. This year’s team hosted Benjamin Krnetić, Lina Akif, Suzana Tratnik, Evan Grm, Peter Cerovšek and Matevž Jerman. Together, they tripped on films, cinema and other topical issues related to this year’s programme and the broader young generation. During the festival, you can listen to them on Kinodvor’s website www.kinodvor.org/podkast-kinotripanje/.
The festival will also present the products of the pre-festival video workshop Monkey Business, which the Doplgenger artist duo conducted at Kinodvor in cooperation with the 28th International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women.
Between the films, the young will be able to socialise, while before every screening the young Kinotrippers will prepare interesting film introductions. At the closing screening, the young will confer the Kinotrip Audience Award.
Festival tickets
The tickets for film trips will be on sale from today, 3 October, at Kinodvor’s box office, Kolodvorska 13, Ljubljana (01 239 22 17, blagajna@kinodvor.org). The tickets can also be purchased online.
For high-school and university students:
Single show: 4.5 €
Single show for a group of four or more viewers: 3 € / person
Festival ticket for all seven films: 21 €
For Kinodvor Club members: 3.8 €
For other viewers:
Single show: 5.3 €
Festival ticket for all seven films: 28 €
For press tickets, write to Aliki Kalagasidu at press@kinodvor.org.
Kinotrip’s seventh generation consist of Stela Artes Štern, Julija Bauer, Zala Humar, Zoja Klemenčič, Tatjana Kobe, Julija Pavlin Vodušek, Ajda Simčič, Ajda Varl and Zarja Žagar.
Partners and supporters of the 7th Kinotrip International Film Festival:
City of Ljubljana – the founder of Kinodvor Public Institution
Slovenian Film Centre
Austrian Cultural Forum, FIVIA – Vojnik, FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, French Institute in Slovenia, International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women, Ljubljana High School for Media and Graphic Technology, Embassy of Switzerland