Slovenian Films in Frankfurt: Ženja Leiler Kos and Igor Prassel (Slovenian Cinematheque) in conversation

The Guest of Honor of the Frankfurt Book Fair Slovenia presents
itself in October 2023 with 14 feature films and 18 short films
in the cinema of the DFF. Slovenia is considered a nation of
poetry and this is also reflected in the film program. In doing
so, the retrospective deliberately departs from the concept of
literary adaptation, which otherwise served as the basis for
Slovenian film for many years, and focuses on film as an
autonomous art form. The retrospective was opened by two silent
film concerts on October 3 and 4, and will continue on October
13.


In the podcast, director Ženja Leiler Kos and film curator Igor
Prassel of the Slovenian Cinematheque talk about their thoughts
that preceded the retrospective, offering interesting insights
into Slovenia's film history, the close connections between
literature and film in the Slovenian cultural landscape, and the
development of their comparatively young institution.


The Slovenian Cinematheque in Ljubljana holds the only remaining
original of Ernst Lubitsch's earliest surviving feature film ALS
ICH TOT WAR (1916), Franz Hofer's earliest surviving film DES
ALTERS ERSTE SPUREN, and the short film LE JONGLEUR (Pathé,
1913), of which it owns the world's only color print. In addition
to Lubitsch's film, the retrospective also features works from
the 1960s - a time when the so-called "Black Wave" emerged in
Yugoslav feature film - and contemporary works.


More Info:
https://www.dff.film/kino/kinoprogramm/filmreihen-specials-oktober-2023/ehrengast-slowenien-ves-poet-svoj-dolg/