{"id":6372,"date":"2023-05-14T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinootok.org\/?page_id=6372"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:27:36","slug":"pro-otok-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kinootok.org\/en\/pro-otok-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"PRO OTOK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRO OTOK IN LJUBLJANA 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Filmmakers in Focus: <\/span><\/strong>Elsa<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Kremser<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>&<\/span>\u00a0Levin Peter<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Elsa Kremser<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Levin Peter<\/strong>\u00a0will take us into the inner workings of their creative practice, presenting their detailed film preparation processes, the fascinating twists and turns in project development and screenplay writing, as well as the surprises and anticipations that have guided them toward their final films.<\/p>\n

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Elsa Kremser<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Levin Peter<\/strong>\u00a0are a filmmaking duo and also the founders of the production company Raumzeitfilm, through which they independently produce their films. They began collaborating during their film studies and have since made three feature films: the documentaries\u00a0Space Dogs<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(2019) and\u00a0Dreaming Dogs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(2024), and the fiction film\u00a0The White Snail<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2025). All their projects are based on years of in-depth research dedicated to the social and psychological complexities of contemporary life. Their work repeatedly explores the connections between nature, myth, and modernity. In the highly original cinematic language of Kremser and Peter, the boundaries between fiction, documentary, and the surreal are consistently blurred.<\/p>\n

The two-day program, which includes film screenings, talks, and a masterclass, will delve into the unique creative process of the filmmaking duo, while also shedding light on the social and psychological themes addressed in their films. In the masterclass, we will hear first-hand from the filmmakers about their working methods, interests and obsessions, and their perspectives on filmmaking, art, and the world. Finally, we will also screen all of their feature films \u2013 both documentaries,\u00a0Space Dogs<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dreaming Dogs<\/strong><\/a>, as well as their latest fiction film\u00a0The White Snail<\/strong><\/a>, which will also be screened in June at the Kino Otok Film Festival in Izola.<\/p>\n

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In collaboration with the Kino Otok \u2013 Isola Cinema Festival and UL AGRFT, with the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Monday, 11. 5.<\/span><\/b> 2026
\n<\/strong>Kinodvorana AGRFT (A\u0161ker\u010deva 5), <\/span>18.00\u201320.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dialogue: Space Dogs<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Elsa\u00a0Kremser,\u00a0Levin Peter,\u00a0Austria,\u00a0Germany, 2019, 91′<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The film looks into the lives of Moscow\u2019s stray dogs (and other animals) today and throughout the history of space exploration. The screening will be followed by a talk with the filmmakers and Dr Toma\u017e Gru\u0161ovnik.\u00a0<\/span>Free admission.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, 12. 5.<\/span><\/b> 2026
\n<\/strong>Kinodvorana AGRFT (A\u0161ker\u010deva 5), <\/span>13.00\u201314.20<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dreaming Dogs<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Austria, Germany, 2024, 77′<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A pack of strays\u2014a woman and dogs\u2014live in the shadows of Moscow, where they roam restlessly through the harsh landscape of the city\u2019s underbelly, sharing their existence on the verge of disappearance.<\/span>
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Tuesday, 12. 5.<\/b> 2026
\n<\/strong>Kinodvorana AGRFT (A\u0161ker\u010deva 5), 14.40\u201316.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter \u2013 Dogs, Snails, Parrots, and All Those Films!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A journey into the inner workings of\u00a0creativity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
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Tuesday, 12. 5.<\/b> 2026
\n<\/strong>Kinodvorana AGRFT (A\u0161ker\u010deva 5), 18.00\u201320.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

White Snail<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Austria, Germany, 2025, 115′<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Physicality, beauty, death, and love through the eyes of a girl who dreams of a modelling career and a boy who works in a morgue while pouring his inner world\u2014which he rarely shares with others\u2014into his paintings.\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>With support from the Austrian Cultural Forum.<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span>Followed\u00a0by\u00a0a Q&A.\u00a0<\/span>Free\u00a0admission.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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PRO OTOK IN IZOLA 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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10. 6. 2026
\n<\/span><\/b>11.00\u201314.00, <\/span>Manzioli\u00a0Palace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeting of the Slovenian Art Cinema Association (AKMS): Film Education \u2013 Good Practice and the Search for Systemic Solutions<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0industry\u00a0meeting of the Slovenian\u00a0Art Cinema\u00a0Association\u00a0is dedicated to film education, ranging from examples of\u00a0good\u00a0practice within the Slovenian cinema network,\u00a0to the search\u00a0for systemic solutions for the sector\u00a0at large. The\u00a0event also features\u00a0a presentation of the\u00a0results of\u00a0Cinnespinners, a\u00a0project implemented over the past year by the\u00a0Dom\u017eale\u00a0City Cinema,\u00a0and\u00a0the findings of a study on the current state and needs in the field of film education in smaller towns across Slovenia.\u00a0<\/span>Organised by AKMS with support from Kino Otok. Free admission.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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11.\u201312. 6.<\/span><\/b> 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting\u00a0of\u00a0European\u00a0Film Festival\u00a0Networks<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kino Otok\u00a0hosts\u00a0a\u00a0two-day meeting of European\u00a0film\u00a0festival networks\u00a0supported by\u00a0the Creative Europe MEDIA programme,\u00a0which\u00a0contribute to the development of the European festival ecosystem and the\u00a0flow\u00a0of knowledge, innovation, and audiences. The\u00a0purpose of the event\u00a0is\u00a0to\u00a0exchange experiences, reflect on\u00a0new approaches, and\u00a0find\u00a0common paths\u00a0towards\u00a0closer\u00a0cooperation and\u00a0audience engagement.\u00a0Featuring\u00a0representatives of the\u00a0Adriatic Festival Network,\u00a0European Network for Film Discourse (END), Moving Images \u2013 Open Borders (MIOB), Northern Animation Network (NAN), and the host network Young\u00a0Programmers\u00a0for Young Audiences! (Young4Film),\u00a0coordinated\u00a0by Kino Otok.\u00a0<\/span>Organised by Creative Europe MEDIA Desks from Slovenia, Belgium (Flanders), the Czech Republic, Denmark,\u00a0Croatia,\u00a0Italy (Turin),\u00a0Lithuania, and\u00a0Germany (<\/span><\/i>Berlin – Brandenburg<\/span><\/i>), in collaboration with Kino Otok and\u00a0Motovila.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. 6. 2026
\n<\/span><\/b>15.00\u201316.30, <\/span>Manzioli Palace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside Festival Networks: Imaginative Ways of Building Film Communities of the Future\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a\u00a0public\u00a0panel discussion, representatives\u00a0of five\u00a0European\u00a0film\u00a0festival networks\u00a0debate\u00a0new collaborative approaches to film programming, audience engagement, and international networking.<\/span>\u00a0Free admission.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Panelists: European Network for Film Discourse: Niels Putman (Talking Shorts); Moving Images \u2013 Open Borders: Nicoletta Romeo, Monica Goti (Trieste Film Festival); Northern Animation Network: Sandra Brunkow Simonsen (Viborg Animation Festival); Adriatic Festival Network: Franka Bihar (Zagreb Film Festival); Young 4Film: Tanja Hladnik (Kino Otok \u2013 Isola Cinema). <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaired by: Sabina Bri\u0161ki Karli\u0107, Motovila \/ Center Ustvarjalna Evropa v Sloveniji (CED Slovenia)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organised by Creative Europe MEDIA Desks from Slovenia,\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina,\u00a0Belgium (Flanders), the Czech Republic, Denmark,\u00a0Croatia,\u00a0Italy (Turin),\u00a0Lithuania, and\u00a0Germany (Berlin \u2013 Brandenburg), in collaboration with Kino Otok and\u00a0Motovila.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Designing the Set \u2013 Shaping the View<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kino Otok\u00a0is excited to welcome\u00a0Laurent Tesseyre, a set designer, art director and, as\u00a0one of the founding members of\u00a0Artscenico, the European\u00a0Federation for\u00a0Costume\u00a0and Production\u00a0Design, an\u00a0advocate\u00a0of\u00a0formal platforms for\u00a0connecting\u00a0professionals\u00a0both in France and at the European level.\u00a0In\u00a0this\u00a0all-day event,\u00a0Tesseyre\u00a0will share insights from his extensive body of work and discuss his longstanding efforts to improve working conditions in\u00a0production\u00a0design.\u00a0Concept: Mojca\u00a0Gorogranc\u00a0Petrushevska\u00a0in collaboration with Mateja Fajt.\u00a0<\/span>Organised by\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Slovenian Association of Set Designers, Costume Designers, and Make-up Artists\u00a0(SKOM)<\/span><\/i>, with support from Kino Otok and\u00a0<\/span><\/i>The Slovenian Federation of Filmmakers’ Guilds.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. 6. 2026
\n<\/span><\/b>12.00\u201313.00,\u00a0Manzioli Palace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Collective\u00a0Efforts\u00a0for\u00a0Better\u00a0Working\u00a0Environment\u00a0in\u00a0Production\u00a0Design\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A discussion with Laurent Tesseyre\u00a0on the importance of technical staff in\u00a0production\u00a0design, union activity\u00a0in France, efforts\u00a0for better\u00a0working conditions and\u00a0fair\u00a0pay, and the need for European cooperation.\u00a0The talk will also\u00a0look into\u00a0the\u00a0importance of solidarity and collective action in\u00a0cinema, an\u00a0industry\u00a0that is\u00a0often\u00a0far from the\u00a0public\u00a0eye.\u00a0Chaired by\u00a0costume designer Mateja Fajt.\u00a0<\/span>Free admission.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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11. 6. 2026
\n<\/span><\/b>15.00\u201318.00, Art Cinema Odeon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Claude Lelouch, France, 1995, 175′, ap<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Screening of a film in which Laurent Tesseyre served as production designer.\u00a0With introduction from\u00a0Mateja\u00a0Medvedi\u010d, production designer and member of the SKOM\u00a0managing\u00a0board.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More about the film:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>This epic, nuanced, and\u2014for many\u2014the finest film adaptation of Hugo\u2019s classic transposes the novel\u2019s events to the 20th century, delivering a film-within-a-film while preserving the essence of the original work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. 6. 2026
\n<\/span><\/b>18.00\u201319.00,\u00a0Art Cinema Odeon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Designing the\u00a0Set \u2013\u00a0Shaping the\u00a0View<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Laurent Tesseyre discusses\u00a0his work as a set designer and art director in French cinema and\u00a0on\u00a0<\/span>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/span><\/i>. Chaired by Varja Mo\u010dnik.\u00a0<\/span>Free admission.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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12.\u201313. 6.<\/span><\/b> 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nManzioli Palace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspiration Accelerator for Video on the Beach filmmakers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Moderated meetings for filmmakers\u00a0participating\u00a0in the Video on the Beach strand to open a space for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and creative and production needs through a dialogue with selected festival guests.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Find out more at kinootok.org. Admission is free, but spaces are limited so book yours at\u00a0<\/span><\/i>video@isolacinema.org<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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12. 6. 2026<\/span><\/b>
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Short Scene Screenwriting Workshop<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

‘Short Scene’ is an intensive 6-month screenwriting workshop organised by the Directors\u2019 Guild of Slovenia in collaboration with the Slovenian Film Centre and in partnership with the Society for short film promotion Kraken. For more information, see dsr.si.\u00a0<\/span>For workshop participants.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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