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It is an annual tradition for the Slovene film industry to show
its best features in October. It has been burdened for the last
few years by deep misunderstandings between the creators
and their backers, mostly the Slovenian Film Fund. A seemingly
impressive number of 55 films will be presented, selected by Jože
Dolmark, from 73 films of various genres, but as Dolmark says,
only a few are able to raise the quality of film production and
leave their mark. The programme consists of 15 feature films -
live action, documentaries and experimental, among them three
co-productions - as well as nine shorts (three of them animated)
and eleven student films.
The majority of the most well known Slovene filmmakers of the
day are screening features − Metod Pevec, Jure Pervanja, Vlado
©kafar, Filip Robar Dorin, Vinko Möderndorfer, Vito Taufer, Ema
Kugler, Damjan Kozole and others. While Dolmark was pleased
that Taufer's and Möderndorfer's films (both are mainly theatre
directors) are about dark and disturbing social issues, he was
more sceptical about the others, saying that their themes are
vague, and enveloped in aestheticism, which reduces the number
of ≈real« films in the presentation.
There are a few treats in the accompanying events we should
mention: four decades of the Slovene film archive will be
presented, as well as a monograph by Anton Frelih on the director
France ©tiglic. Filip Robar is writing about the documentaries and
Jan CvitkoviË will present his first book of poetry.
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One of the most valued Slovene literary awards, the 'Rožanc'
award (RožanËeva nagrada), awarded for the best book of
essays, this year went to the famous Slovene director, playwright
and lately more and more an essayist, Dušan JovanoviÊ. In his
'The World Is a Play' (Svet je drama) he has published a selection
of notes on the dramaticality of human participation in the world
and the creation of history. The essays are delivered through the
optic of an experienced director who knows one should speak
from a certain distance, and judge events prudently, looking for
the levers which guide people's acts in the long run.
The jury, composed of Professor Edvard KovaË, Jelka CigleneËki,
MilËek Komelj, Manca Košir and Ivo Svetina considered that this
collection of notes and essays, most of which were written for
the 'Sobotna priloga' supplement of the Delo newspaper, ≈has
become a drama itself and not just a collection of incomplete
diversities«.
the POet tONe PaV»ek CelebRateS
hIS 80th aNNIVeRSaRy
One of the most popular Slovene poets, one with an original poetic
credo of frisky, bright and joyful songs, Tone PavËek, celebrated
his 80th birthday anniversary at the end of September. In his
honour, the Slovene National and University Library in Ljubljana
opened an exhibition of his work - on view are all his books of
poetry, essays, poetry for children, as well as an extensive body
of translations. The title of the exhibition, prepared by Tatjana
KovaË, is 'Gifts' (Darovi). In his opening speech, academician
Matjaž Kmecl analysed the poetry and creative development of
Tone PavËek, paying a lot of attention to PavËek's transition from
an early vitality into a more melancholy and grave depiction of