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Production has commenced on Washed and Buried (working title), a new feature film directed by acclaimed Slovenian helmer Martin Turk. The script based on Turk’s concept and co-written by Turk and Italian screenwriter Fabrizio Bozzetti, delves into themes of family, memory, and identity, blending elements of magical realism and family drama.

Sonja Prosenc’s third feature, Family Therapy, was selected as one of the ten films in the main international competition of the Tribeca Film Festival, founded in 2002 by actor Robert De Niro. This year, the Tribeca festival received a record 13,016 submissions from all over the world.

The Slovenian Film Centre (SFC) presented itself for the first time at the American Film Market (AFM), which took place in Santa Monica, California, from 31 October to 5 November 2023. The presentation of Slovenia as a film location took place in cooperation and with the support of the Slovenian Tourist Board.

On 6 June 2023, the Slovenian Film Centre is organising an international conference to address the crucial challenges and public policy issues in the pursuit of a modern, dynamic, and sustainable national film sector.

Urša Menart’s new film in development, titled Everything That’s Wrong With You, will be presented at the co-production market of the 73rd Berlinale, which is to take place from 16 to 26 February. This is the first Slovenian participation in the co-production market in sixteen years.

In 2023, the shooting of eleven live-action features will begin: Tartini’s Key (directed by Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, produced by Blade produkcija), Ciao Bela (directed by Jani Sever, produced by Sever & Sever ), the debut Little Trouble Girls (directed by Urška Djukić, produced by SPOK Films), the debut Fantasy (directed by Katarina Rešek – Kukla, produced by December), the debut Neither Voice (directed by Ester Ivakič, produced by Temporama), Block 5 (directed by Klemen Dvornik, produced by A Atalanta), Everything That’s Wrong With You (directed by Urša Menart, produced by Vertigo), the debut This Is a Robbery! (directed by Gregor Andolšek, produced by Temporama), The Lost Son (directed by Darko Štante, produced by Staragara), FC Freedom (directed by Boris Petkovič, produced by Iridium film), and Tales of Friuts and Monsters (directed by Gregor Božič, produced by Nosorogi).

Urška Djukić is currently working on her first feature film with the working title Little Trouble Girls. Yesterday, the European Film Awards (EFA) ceremony was held in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the short film category, the Best Film Award went to the multiple award-winning short animated-documentary film Granny’s Sexual Life by Urška Djukić.