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Browse 43 movies from Slovenski filmski center (SFC)
A Slovenian thriller feature.
Aug 2022
In a distopian future few shoemakers are working under an all seeing eye of the factory owner.
Jul 2017
An animated-experimental film which, in accordance with the process of creation – the chemical and thermomechanical processes – features coincidences as its immanent part and thus tries to surpass the conventions of traditional animation and narration.
Sep 2022
A return to her remote hometown and confrontation with ancient local traditions will set Nadia, a successful Italian lawyer, on a journey to re-examine her identity and her estranged Slovenian family and the village community.
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An inexperienced soldier’s loyalty to his ruthless commander is tested by a deadly encounter with a refugee mother and her child, forcing him to confront a tragic moral reckoning on the river border.
Dec 2025
Jelena and Jastog flee war and find refuge in the mountains, where they brace themselves for a fatal meeting with a scary phantom from Jelena’s childhood and play badminton. But you are never really alone in the mountains, and they quickly get company. Life is just sick.
Aug 2016
As the bora wind blows from the east, so from Slovenia to Italy came both the Karst shepherd dog and the wolf that has returned to populate the Alps. The much debated question of the relationship between humans and large predators is addressed here from an unprecedented point of view: that of the shepherd dog. The camera follows the training of a dog according to the ancient method that will prepare it to care for an entire flock by itself. After training, he will be welcomed by a family whose previous shepherd dog was killed in the pasture by a bear. At the same time, it tells of the journey of the most famous Slovenian wolf, Slavc, who, covering more than a thousand kilometres, reached the Alps, stopping in the Lessinia mountains. A balanced, unforced documentation that calmly recounts the theme of coexistence with the "children of the bora", be they dogs or wolves.
Jun 2021
An intimate portrait of the family of Jure Šterk, the first Slovenian to sail the globe alone.
Oct 2023
Lucian (13) would like to fit in. He doesn’t want to be ridiculed, so he decides to go skiing for sports day even though he can’t ski at all. One lie leads to another, and finally to a flurry of untruths that put Lucian in an unbearable situation he can’t escape from.
Jan 2024
Among the many dramatic episodes of the siege of Sarajevo in the years 1992 to 1996, the story of a human safari has remained concealed from the public eye. Few people knew that those fighting the war on the Serbian side were not only the Bosnian Serb Army, volunteers and mercenaries but also a small, clandestine group: wealthy foreigners who paid high fees for the chance to shoot at the residents of the city under siege.
Jean, a young French hooligan, is sent on a forced vacation to his grandfather Evald, who lives in the Slovenian countryside. Despite Evald's warm welcome, Jean remains quite withdrawn, speaks only French with his grandfather, and coldly rejects his lifestyle, which is mainly devoted to tending the orchard and selling apples on the local road. While they struggle to get used to life together, frost is slowly approaching Evald's orchard.
Dec 2022
Lilijana is a lovely lady who copes with loneliness in a unique way.
Sep 2019
It began in 1984 and it still goes on today. 35 years of the LGBT movement in Slovenia through the prism of activism and culture.
A middle-aged man, wandering around the dark music clubs of Ljubljana, meets an attractive girl and together they go to her home. When everything goes as he imagined the girl asks for a favor.
Aug 2019
A Slovenian horror short.
The film tells the story of the Old Faith in the Soča Region. While the time of the religion’s origin remains unknown, the only documented fact about this is that in 1331, the bringers of a new religion (Christianity) came from Čedad, initiating a violent Christianisation of the Soča region. This was a long and extremely violent process.
Oct 2024
An adolescent boy embarks on a final journey through the imprints of his memories, seeking the delicate beauty he fears will soon vanish. Fourteen-year-old Luno battles his impending blindness, confronting his fears as he laces up his freedom shoes for one final adventure.
Jan 2025
More than 30 years have passed since the establishment of the famous Ana Monro Theater group. During their existence, GAM members significantly influenced the development of modern theater in Slovenia – in addition to street theater, they also introduced theater improvisation to our space.
Jan 2014
Joža Čop, an illiterate man of the people, earned great respect from his fellow compatriots. He once famously said: "I’ve never climbed for fame and newspapers, so that people could wipe their asses with me." The film is also a story of the cradle of Slovenia's intellectual and sporting elite, Slovenian vitality, confidence and national pride.
Feb 2024
Rajko is a professional magician who breaks his arm during a performance, but because of a bureaucratic error, his insurance company refuses to pay his claim. Outraged by the injustice, the insurance agent Marcel arranges a meeting with the head of Tangenta. But, in a fit of anger, Marcel unexpectedly kidnaps the CEO and soon, they are on the run together.