Producers

Primož Bezjak, Branko Jordan, and Katarina Stegnar from collective Beton Ltd. in their performance Grosse Erwartungen. Author: Nada Žgank

Established in 1997, Bunker is a non-profit organization for the realization and organization of cultural events. It produces and presents contemporary theatre and dance performances, organizes different workshops and other educational programmes, carries out various research methods in the field of culture, and brings together one of the most noted international festivals, the Mladi levi Festival.

The aim of Bunker is to refresh and invigorate the Slovene cultural space with innovative approaches. It encourages the mobility of artists and their works both in Slovenia and abroad and promotes the intertwining of different art disciplines. It creates a space that allows the exchange of experiences, knowledge, and interests among artists and various audiences. Bunker tries to stimulate discussions regarding various artistic practices and subjects and to create artistic programmes and events that reflect upon topical social, ecological, political, and cultural issues.

In 2004, Bunker was awarded the management of the Old Power Station in Ljubljana during the public tender period initiated by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. The programme in the Stara elektrarna consists of theatre and dance performance productions, in an educational manner and strictly performance based. Besides this, the Bunker is hosting other festivals, concerts, and various interdisciplinary events and actively collaborates with numerous artists, theatres, festivals, and networks within Slovenia and abroad.

The Kinoatelje Institute was established in 2000 to enrich and facilitate cross-border cultural projects between Slovenia and Italy. It is a non-profit non-governmental organisation closely related to Kinoatelje, which was founded in 1977 in Gorizia-Gorica (a town on the Italian side of the border) by film critic Darko Bratina.

Every august the Kinoatelje Institute organizes the Youth Film Campus in Nova Gorica, where kids and young video enthusiasts from various European countries meet for a week and make several short films. At the same time, the project gives the young filmmakers an opportunity to prove themselves as mentors, as well.