The programme committee reviewed 125 submitted films and included 87 in the festival programme, of which 54 will compete for Vesna awards in the competition programme: ten long films (six feature films, four long documentaries), nine minority coproductions (seven feature films, two documentaries), two medium-length, 21 short and 12 student films.
Slovenian actor Primož Bezjak, Croatian director and producer Dana Budisavljević, and Serbian director and screenwriter Želimir Žilnik are the members of the international jury for full-length competition films.
This year's recipient of the lifetime achievement Badjura Award is the film innovator and sound engineer Emilija Soklič.
All the films will be screened in the three venues of Avditorij Portorož, as well as at the Tartini Theatre and the Monfort Exhibition Center.
LINEUP:
Feature Films:
Ameba / Ameba (Slovenia)
Directed by Blaž Završnik
Produced by Bandera
Bitch, a Derogatory Term for a Woman / Prasica, slabšalni izraz za žensko (Slovenia)
Directed by Tijana Zinajić
Produced by December
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Aatalanta, Gustav Film, 001, Teleking and Zavod EE
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Studio Viba Film
Deadlock / Zastoj (Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia)
Directed by Vinko Möderndorfer
Produced by Forum Ljubljana
Coproduced by Delirium films, Sektor Film
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the North Macedonia Film Agency, Studio Viba Film
Inventory / Inventura (Slovenia)
Directed by Darko Sinko
Produced by December
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europa MEDIA, RE-ACT, Studio Viba Film
Once Were Humans / Nekoč so bili ljudje (Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Goran Vojnović
Produced by Arsmedia
Coproduced by MB Grip, NuFrame, 100, Apapaja
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Studio Viba Film
Sanremo (Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Miroslav Mandić
Produced by Filmostovje
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Incipitfilm
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission – FVG and Fondo Regionale per l’Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Studio Viba Film
Long Documentaries:
Reconciliation / Odpuščanje (Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo)
Directed by Marija Zidar
Produced by Vertigo
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Filmska kuča Baš Čelik, Seagull Entertainment, Dera Film, in collaboration with Studio Viba Film, Friendly Production, NuFrame, 001
Supported by Eurimages, the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, the Film Centre Montenegro, Creative Europa MEDIA, the Kosovo Cinematography Center
Sparks in Time – Worldwide Computer Adveture / Iskre v času – Svetovni računalniški podvig (Slovenia)
Directed by Jurij Gruden
Produced by Senca Studio
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, AVI film
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Studio Viba Film
No Man Is an Island / Septembrska klasa (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Igor Šterk
Produced by A.A.C Production.
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Gabisof, Spiritus Movens, Gustav Film, Teleking, 100
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Newsreel 80 – Metka,Meki / Filmski obzornik 80 – Metka, Meki (Slovenia)
Directed by Nika Autor
Produced by Obzorniška fronta (Slovenia)
Supported by the Municipality of Maribor, Društvo za evropsko zavest (Society for European Consciousness), Mesto žensk
Slovenian Minority Coproductions Competition (full-length films):
Only Human / Homo (North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Slovenia) Feature film
Directed by Igor Ivanov
Produced by Skopje film studio (North Macedonia)
Coproduced by Trigger (Kosovo), Art & Popcorn (Serbia), Gala film (Bolgaria), Iridum Film (Slovenia)
Supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency, Bulgarian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia, Kosovo Cinematography Center, Slovenian Film Centre
Droneman / Modelar (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia) Feature film
Directed by Petr Zelenka
Produced by 0.7 KM Films (Czech Republic)
Coproduced by Czech Television (Czech Republic), Hangar films (Czech Republic), Punchart Films (Slovakia), Fabula (Slovenia), RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Laska Valka Prague (Czech Republic)
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, South-Moravian Film Fund, Prague Film Fund, Slovak Audivisual Fund, Slovenian Film Centre
Murina / Morena (Croatia, Slovenia, Brasil) Feature film
Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Produced by Antitalent (Croatia), RT Features (Brasil)
Coproduced by SPOK Films (Slovenia), Staragara (Slovenia), Spiritus Movens (Croatia), Sikelia Productions (US), RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), HRT (Croatia)
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, Studio Viba Film
Heavens Above / Nebesa (Serbia, Germany, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Feature film
Directed by Srdjan Dragojević
Produced by Delirium films (Serbia)
Coproduced by Ma.ja.de Fiction (Germany), Sektor Film (North Macedonia), Forum Ljubljana (Slovenia), Studio dim (Croatia), Montenegro Max Films (Montenegro), Novi film (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Supported by Film Center Serbia, MDM (Germany), North Macedonian Film Agency, Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Centre Montenegro, ZDF/Arte, Eurimages, Studio Viba Film
Oasis / Oaza (Serbia, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France) Feature film
Directed by Ivan Ikić
Produced by SENSE Production (Serbia)
Coproduced by Tramal films (Slovenia), Keplerfilm (Netherland), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Les films d'Antoine (France)
Supported by Creative Europa MEDIA, Film Center Serbia, Netherlands Film Fund, Slovenian Film Centre, Fondation for Cinema Sarajevo
Tune Up / Po tamburi (Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) Feature film
Directed by Stanislav Tomić
Produced by Kaos (Croatia)
Coproduced by Supermarket (Slovenia), Krug film (North Macedonia), K12 (Serbia)
Small Body / Telesce (Italy, France, Slovenia) Feature film
Directed by Laura Samani
Produced by Nefertiti Film (Italy)
Coproduced by Vertigo (Slovenia), Tomsa Films (France), RAI Cinema (Italy)
Supported by Slovenian Film Centre, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europa MEDIA, Eurimages, Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA-Mic (MIBACT)
Storkman / Starec in štorklja (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy) Documentary
Directed by Tomislav Jelinčić
Produced by Antitalent (Croatia), Tramal films (Slovenia), Transmedia (Italy)
Coproduced by RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), HRT (Croatia)
Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, MIC – Ministero di cultura Italia
The Wire / Žica (Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Belgium, Norwegian), documentary
Directed by Tiha K. Gudac
Produced by In Script (Lithuania), Kinoteka (Croatia), Urgh! (Slovenia), Off World (Belgium), Relation4 media (Norwegian)
Coproduced by Umedia (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), RTV Slovenija (Slovenia)
