121 films, more than 20 other events, 34 film guests and 6,000 visitors of all generations celebrated film for five vibrant festival days in Izola between 5 and 9 June 2024. The diverse but close-knit community of the 20th International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema - including many guests, visitors and team members who have followed the festival faithfully since its first editions - celebrated the anniversary and paid tribute to the timelessness of the art of cinema. This year's festival programme in Cerknica, Idrija, Sežana and Tolmin has also come to an end, and Otok in Ljubljana continues at Kinodvor and the Slovenian Cinematheque, with Kino Otok already looking towards the future. ...
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On the last day of Kino Otok, all generations of visitors meet again to catch the remaining film-filled experiences in Izola before the festival community bids farewell for another year. At the screenings we will talk to filmmakers and activists from neighbouring Trieste Guillermo Giampietro and Pavel Berdon, Croatian director Ivan Ramljak, Remigio Grižonič from Izola, and we will say goodbye to the festival with a dive into the music and images beyond the dream with Istrian music virtuoso Elvis Šahbaz and filmmaker Davorin Marc from Izola. ...
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If there's one thing you can't miss at the beginning of every June, it's the Saturdays of the Kino Otok - Isola Cinema festival, when Izola is bustling with festival action from early morning until late at night. There will be film screenings at no less than six venues, masterclasses, workshops and a night of making friends to the thumping music. Guests Bill Morrison, Michele Bernardi, Jan Cvitkovič, Shoghakat Vardanyan, Matjaž Ivanišin, Nika Jurman and Tobias Wiemann will share their experiences with the youngest and slightly older audience. And for a good night, we will light the candles for our 20th birthday! ...
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