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Maribor Theatre Festival

Prometheus: A Beautiful Apocalypse (Slovene National Theatre Maribor), selected for the competition program at the 59th Maribor Theatre Festival, 2024. Author: Peter Giodani

Every year since 1966, Slovenian theatres have gathered for the Maribor Theatre Festival. This prestigious event, organised by and held at the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, is the largest review of Slovenian theatre production. The festival bestows the Borštnik Ring Award, the highest accolade for theatre actors in Slovenia. Additionally, Borštnik Awards are bestowed for outstanding achievements in directing, acting and other categories.

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2024

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15 May 2025

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15 Jun 2025

MontenegroPodgoricaGallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art
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A solo exhibition by Slovenian sculptor Mirsad Begić, a representatives of the so-called "sculpture of the sensual incarnate." Supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Podgorica.
8 May 2025

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24 Aug 2025

FranceNiceVilla ArsonBiennale of Arts and Ocean
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Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič, known for her work in bio art and sound, presenting "Echoes of the Abyss" at the group exhibition "Becoming Ocean: A Social Conversation About the Ocean". In this video essay, she explores the hidden impacts of war on marine life, focusing on underwater munitions left to decay on the seafloor—still leaking toxic chemicals into the ocean today. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris.
3 Apr 2025

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12 Jun 2025

FranceParisGalerie - Cité internationale des arts
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Tjaša Črnigoj, Slovenian theatre director participates together with Tijana Todorović at the exhibition "D'ici 60 ans: relayer", on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Cité internationale des arts, co-curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Arts and Culture Programme Manager at the Cité internationale des arts. It explores the core values, the hospitality, conviviality, intergenerational dialogue, and the creation of safe spaces, reflecting contemporary challenges through various approaches, including ecofeminist infrastructures, new social contracts, restorative justice, and critical perspectives on climate change and artificial intelligence. Promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris.
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4 Jun 2025

FranceNiceLa baleine – Pavillon Au-delà des frontières, Océan d’avenirUnited Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3)
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A discussion with artists Robertina Šebjanič (Slovenia) and Laure Winants (France), moderated by Valentine Boccas (Tara Ocean Foundation) highlighting how field-based artistic practices can engage with scientific research to illuminate the hidden impacts of marine pollution. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris.
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9 Jun 2025

AustraliaSydneySydney Film Festival
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Screening of the film "Little Trouble Girls", directed by Urška Djukić, produced by the SPOK Institute. Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
14 Jun 2025

United KingdomHamptonGarrick's Temple to ShakespeareShakespeare and the Slovenian School of Philosophy & Psychoanalysis
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Symposium exploring the connections between Shakespeare and the Slovenian School of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. For the Slovenian School of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, a loose association of thinkers which grew out of dissident movements in socialist Yugoslavia, Shakespeare has always been a reference point – especially Hamlet and its reception by Hegel, Marx, Freud and Lacan. Promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in UK.

European Capital of Culture

Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025

Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy are the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Based on these cities' specific political, cultural and geographical context, their 2025 ECoC programme explores the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless”.

The opening event, From Station to Station, was held on 8 February, the Slovenian cultural holiday.

Light markings GO!2025

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Paving the Way for Green Animation and a Co-Development Mechanism

Read up on how the regional animated film industry is driving discussions around environmentally sustainable practices and funding mechanisms that will enable the industry to grow.

GO2025 The City Yet to Become

Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.

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Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival

The Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival has been exploring the art of film since 2004, discovering various film expressions in the company of filmmakers and an audience of all generations. It focuses on world, European, and Slovenian auteur cinema. Each edition features a carefully curated non-competitive program, including around eighty films of all lengths, most of which are shown in Slovenia for the first time.

The festival’s Mediterranean character is manifested in the balance between ease and temperament, which functions as its magic formula – whoever visits it wants to return again and again. It also collaborates with many other international festivals from its geographical or conceptual vicinity.

Screening at Arrigoni open-air cinema, 16th Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, 2020.

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Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

Festivals are up and running!

Our graphic calendar of festivals provides an attractive overview of festivals by discipline and date.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. In 2019, the number of festivals rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

Images

A still photograph from the full-length feature film Happiness on a Lead (1977), Viba Film
National Gallery of Slovenia, view of the northern wing by Edvard Ravnikar and the entrance hall by SADAR + VUGA Architects, 2009.
Still from the film Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, with Iztok Kovač atop the chimney and Aleš Hadalin in the foreground.
This rare example of an octagonal apiary dates from the late 19th century, Apiculture Museum Krapje
Theremidi Orchestra, group of enthusiasts from Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory performing at Mladi levi Festival and 7th edition of U3 Triennial of Contemporary Slovene Arts, 2013
Equrna Gallery, situated since 1984 in a renovated courtyard building at Gregorčičeva 3, Ljubljana, built in the early 18th century,and also used circa 1809 as stables for Napoleonâs army
Exhibition Kontinuiteta / Continuity - 3-channel animation and installation Memorial by artist Adel Abidin at the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2011
Honeycomb Apartments in Ljubljana, Ofis Arhitekti, 2007
PCB, Lightbox with circuit board, BridA, 2010