This year, the Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival is also joining one of the programs of Slovenia's leading film festival, Liffe, which will take place between November 12 and 23 in Ljubljana's cinemas and on several screens across Slovenia. The Slovenian Cinematheque will be screening a retrospective of Kelly Reichardt – Unwavering Commitment to Otherness, featuring feature films by one of the most prominent and innovative contemporary independent American filmmakers. ...
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The Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival is dedicated to exploring the diversity and colorfulness of film culture and art, with our programme addressing audiences throughout the year in various locations across Slovenia, most often in the Primorska region. The main venue of the festival is the coastal town of Izola at the beginning of summer, but for many years now, festival films have also visited Cerknica, Tolmin, Sežana, and Idrija. This year, we have designed the satellite events of the 21st edition of the festival with particular care, in close dialogue with local partners. On October 17 and 19, Kino Otok will visit Betrib – Festival of Industrial Culture in Idrija, which—this year also part of the official program of the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025—celebrates Idrija's industrial culture, weaves bonds of camaraderie and solidarity, and intertwines the old with the new. ...
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In May, the first international group of Young Programmers using the Moving Cinema methodology was formed. Each of the six film festivals in the Young4Film network invited two experienced Young Programmers to join the international group. The group of 12 met online throughout the summer to select a double-bill in which a film classic would be placed in dialogue with a contemporary film. ...
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