02-12-2017

Animation Industry Profile SLOVENIA

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    Courtesy of Creative Europe Desk SLOVENIA

    OFFICIAL NAME OF COUNTRYREPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
    FILM SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
    OFFICIAL NAMESlovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia (SFC)
    ADDRESSMiklošičeva 38
    SI - 1000 Ljubljana
    WEBPAGEhttp://www.film-center.si
    CHIEF EXECUTIVENataša Bučar
    PUBLIC FUNDING AVAILABLE IN EUROS (2017)3 605 355
    PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC FUNDING DEDICATED TO ANIMATIONnot fixed
    AVERAGE PRODUCTION BUDGET IN €:
    - FOR SHORT ANIMATED FILM102 297
    - FOR FEATURE ANIMATED FILM/
    - FOR EPISODE OF ANIMATED TV SERIES/
    TAX INCENTIVESYES
    TAX INCENTIVES PERCENTAGE25%
    REGIONAL FUNDS FOR ANIMATIONNO
    AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ANIMATED FILM PROFESSIONALSYES, starting in 2018
    NATIONAL TV BROADCASTER
    OFFICIAL NAMERadio-Television Slovenia
    (RTV Slovenia or RTVS)
    ADDRESSKolodvorska 2, SI-1550 Ljubljana
    WEBPAGEhttp://www.rtvslo.si
    COMMISSIONING EDITOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANIMATIONMartina Peštaj,
    Head of Children's and Youth Programme;
    contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    FUNDING DEDICATED TO ACQUISITION OF  ANIMATED CONTENT FROM CEE COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 5 YEARSN/A
    FUNDING DEDICATED TO PRODUCTION OF LOCAL ANIMATED CONTENT IN THE LAST 5 YEARSN/A
    NUMBER OF MINUTES PRODUCED IN THE LAST 5 YEARSN/A
    DISTRIBUTION INFO
    ADMISSIONS IN CINEMAS IN 20162 343 486
    NUMBER OF SCREENS114
    AVERAGE TICKET PRICE IN EUROS5,07
    INTERNET PENETRATION RATE82%
    PRODUCTION INFO
    NUMBER OF FEATURE ANIMATED FILMS PRODUCED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS0
    - NUMBER OF 100% NATIONAL FILMS0
    - NUMBER OF MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS0
    - NUMBER OF MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS0
    NUMBER OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS PRODUCED IN PAST 5 YEARS (2013-2017)39
    - NUMBER OF 100% NATIONAL FILMSN/A
    - NUMBER OF MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONSN/A
    - NUMBER OF MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONSN/A
    NUMBER OF TV SERIES EPISODES PRODUCED IN PAST 5 YEARS0
    EDUCATION
    NUMBER OF ANIMATION SCHOOLS6

    4 Universities/colleges
    University of Nova Gorica School of Arts (www.ung.si/en/study/school-of-arts/)
    The Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana – ALUO
    (http://www.aluo.uni-lj.si/)
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (https://feri.um.si/en/study/)
    Institute and academy of multimedia – IAM
    (https://iam.si)

    2 Secondary schools
    High School of Design and Photography Ljubljana
    (www.smgs.si)
    High School for Media and Graphic Design Ljubljana
    (www.ssof.si)
    NUMBER OF ANIMATION COMPANIES20
    ASSOCIATION OF ANIMATED FILM: D’SAF! – Slovenian Animated Film Association
    - OFFICIAL NAMESlovenian Animated Film Association 
    (Društvo slovenskega animiranega filma - DSAF)
    - WEBPAGEhttp://cargocollective.com/animirani-film
    - CHIEF EXECUTIVEMatija Šturm
    (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
    ANIMATION FILM FESTIVALS
    NUMBER OF ANIMATION FILM FESTIVALS3
    WEBPAGES OF FESTIVALSAnimateka International Animated Film Festival
    (www.animateka.si)
    Little Elephant, International Children and Youth Animated Film Festival
    (www.enimation.si)
    StopTrik International Film Festival
    (www.stoptrik.eu)
    TRADITION OF ANIMATION AND HISTORY
    SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION IN MAXIMUM 500 CHARACTERS (for example main awards and authors, important milestones, trends...)Slovenian animation has seen a historical expansion in recent years. Professional projects ranging from animated shorts to new animated TV series episodes are in production or preproduction, and some projects await premiere screenings and festival tours. Some of the projects received a huge international visibility due to prestigous nominations and festival awards in the previous years, e.i. Špela Čadež's Boles with nomination for Cartoon d'Or and awards at Hiroshima, DOC Lepizig, Animafest Zagreb, Monstra and many others. Her newest project, Nighthaw,received Grand Prix Award at infamous Holland Animation Festival and at Animafest Zagreb and over 20 other festival awards till now. Also Kolja Saksida's project of short animated films Koyaa is quite an international success with selection to over 200 film festivals. 

    It is encouraging to see the projects of renowed authors like Špela Čadež, Kolja Saksida, Dušan Kastelic, Grega Mastnak and others being enriched by the first professional films of younger authors (Leon Vidmar, Timon Leder).

    Established in 2011, Slovenian Animated Film Association enabled animators to represent their common interests to decision makers festivals and connect on an international level (Visegrad Animation Forum).

    Work with students at the university level has resulted in a raising number and quality of student films, while different educational approaches for general public achieved greater popularity of animated films among all audiences, young and old.

    Festivals have played an important role by providing insight into international production and promotion of animated films − particularly Animateka.

    The quality of new projects has been recognised by national funds, with the Slovene Film Center and Radio-Television of Slovenia as main sources of financial support and a few projects raising grants from other regional funds such as HAVC in Croatia and the ReAct regional fund.