In April 1950, he whom the world had named "The God of Dance", a choreographer and the embodiment of contemporary ballet, died in London at the age of 60. The star of Nijinsky burnt beyond the legend: what do we know of this artist, about whom very few archival recordings have survived, and whose life and work are still subject to different interpretations?

Elisabeth Kapnist’s film reflects both on the bright side of Nijinsky, his artistic genius, and the obscure aspect of his gradual descent into madness. The film focuses on his artistic rise, as well as the relationships with his closest family members and colleagues, especially the most important people in his life, Romola, the woman he married in 1913, and Sergei Diaghilev, his impresario and lover. Nijinsky’s marriage led to a traumatic split from Diaghilev at the end of that same decade.

The documentary film will be followed by a talk with dr. Henrikom Neubauerjem.

Length: 98 minutes
Subtitles: /
Language: Slovenian

Woman of God follows the Protestant pastor Jana for years on her way to step away from the Church. But this difficult decision brings additional challenges to her - she has to confront first her sexual abuse from the childhood, long buried family wounds and the newly diagnosed life-threatening disease.

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Screenplay: Antonio Lukich
Cinematography: Misha Lubarsky
Cast: Amil Nasirov (Kolja), Ramil Nasirov (Vasja), Lyudmyla Sachenko (Larisa Petrivna), Nataliya Gnity (mama), Karina Cherchevych (Maša)
Producent: ForeFilms

A fast-paced, bittersweet Ukrainian family drama about the complex relationship between estranged twins and their eventful journey to see their dying father whom they overidealised as children.

The city of Lubny, 1998. Seven-year-old twins Kolya and Vasya are full of mischief and need their gangster father to rescue them. They have mythologized the man since their birth. Twenty years later, Vasya is a married cop dedicated to serving the public. Kolya is a bus driver, deals drugs and still lives at home with their mother. Their father has been gone for those two decades. Then, they receive a call from the Ukrainian consulate in Luxembourg informing them that their father is in hospital. If they want to say goodbye, they need to come and visit. Kolya feels as if their father is leaving them for a second time and is desperate to make the trip. Vasya takes more persuading.

About director
Born in 1992, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Lukich graduated from the Kyiv National Karpenko-Karyi University with a degree in film direction. His first feature film, My Thoughts Are Silent (2019), received multiple awards at international film festivals. Lukich is laureate of the Ukrainian Film Academy and winner of the Merited Artist of Ukraine Award.

Filmography
2019 My Thoughts are Silent
2022 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Luksemburg, Luksemburg)
 

Slavenka Drakulić's Invisible Woman consists of a series of fragile and painful intimate stories, confessions and insights addressing the question why age and aging are practically forbidden topics in our modern society that shatters all taboos. Do we become invisible with age? What happens to our bodies, to our relationships with others and, more importantly, to the attitude of others towards us? Why do the links we forge throughout our lives suddenly become weak and tenuous?

Screenplay: Andrew Haigh, Taichi Yamada (novel)
Cinematography: Jamie Ramsay
Cast: Andrew Scott (Adam), Paul Mescal (Harry), Carter John Grout, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, Ami Tredrea, Cameron Ashplant, Lincoln R. Beckett, Jack Cronin, Christian Di Sciullo, Oliver Franks, Hussein Kutsi, Gsus Lopez
Subtitles: Slovenian
Language: English

One night in his near-empty tower block in London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

Women played a leading role in keeping alive the tradition of oral literature – including folk epics. From antiquity to the present day women's lamentations have constituted the only proven continuity in the Balkan culture, which opens up a wide field of gender ratio in the patriarchate, societal attitude towards death, birth and fertility... Women, often censored in church texts, forgotten in national literature, omitted from chronicles and historiography, are found behind the scenes, in the complexity of historical events, in the covert diplomacy and different politics, and above all in everyday life, in the customs and knowledge delegated to women. In exploring the female world relegated to the fringes of patriarchal society, historical anthropology reveals exceptional prerogatives, knowledge and competence of women in culture and art, traditional medicine, education, cults and social rules. What are the traces of the female world in culture?

The basis of Balkan narratives – here, we are referring to literature, oral literature, theatre, opera, film and comics – are mostly male-dominated heroic stories. Roman emperors born in the Balkans, Byzantine, Turkish rulers, and then warriors, rebels, kings, hayduks, knights, saints-adventurers, and famous battles. The first issue to be resolved, of course, is defining the region’s components, i.e. its borders, in geographical terms. Only after we have defined the area, the battles acquire meaning. Many such stories are "translations" of historical characters and events into national myths. However, many express completely different ethical, political, social and cultural ideals. The paper includes both the former – Alexander the Great, Constantine, Marko Kraljević, Skenderbeg, Njegoš, Karadjordje, and the latter – Cyril and Methodius, Stefan Lazarević, Rigas Feraios, Vuk Karadžić...
 

Notice to ticketholders!
Please be advised that the show SLG Celje: The Assault scheduled to take place on Monday, 15 April 2024, has been postponed to Monday, 22 April, at 19.00. 

The tickets remain valid for the new date (no ticket exchanges necessary).
If unable to attend the event on the new date, ticket holders may exchange their tickets until 18 April 2024 inclusively. More information: vstopnice@cd-cc.si
Thank you for your understanding.
 

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In Slovenia of today, the Partisan movement is nothing but a bone of contention, the sweet and sour recent past of the nation. This is why the creators of the production aim to explore a bygone, forever young generation, being a generation that was compelled to take radical decisions. In so doing they transformed consciously from naive youth into a voice of resistance, a propagandist, a rabid dog.
What does an artist’s voice change into in the maelstrom of war? What is the meaning of his (young) life? What can we discern when we hear the bygone dreams of the future that has already been blown up  by the wind?

The Assault, an original creation based on the life and work of Karel Destovnik – Kajuh directed by Živa Bizovičar and produced by Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje, was selected for the competition section of the 54th Week of Slovenian Drama and the competition programme of the 59th Maribor Theatre Festival. 

The Balkans abound in cults, magic and spirits of all kinds. The vampire and werewolf, actually one and the same creature characterised by the taboo of its name, is certainly the most representative example. Fairies, witches, semi-demonic mortals such as zduhać, Bosnian-Montenegrin-Albanian fighter with natural elements, water creatures, the ajdje ogres, dwarfs, tree protectors, magical animals, plants with the ability to change living beings, cursed spaces, jinxed objects, rituals, it all left behind a rich legacy, a treasure trove of art and popular culture motifs. On the other hand, it is precisely this treasury that fuels stereotypes, which in turn give rise to the misunderstanding of the Balkan reality and the false picture of the imaginary Balkans as a dark, dangerous and mysterious place. Magic beings enjoyed the greatest international visibility: apart from the widely known Dracula, Hollywood culture is also familiar with vamp, an abbreviation of vampire, and exclusive to female specimens. Film and comics are ideal mediums for conveying this strand of the Balkan culture. 
 

Screenplay: Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders
Cinematography: Franz Lustig
Cast: Koji Yakusho (Hirayama), Tokio Emoto (Takashi), Arisa Nakano (Niko), Aoi Yamada (Aya), Yumi Aso (Keiko), Sayuri Ishikawa (Mama), Tomokazu Miura (Tomoyama), Min Tanaka (brezdomec)
Producent: Master Mind Ltd.& Spoon Inc. & Wenders Images
reiko.kunieda@dentsu.co.jp
Subtitles: Slovenian
Language: Japanese, English


A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. Best Actor Award at Cannes 2023.

Hirayama is a middle-aged man employed as a toilet cleaner, who drives around serenely from job to job in his van, listening to music. At each location, he changes into a jumpsuit and matter-of-factly gets on with the job in hand with his brushes and mop. On his lunch-hour he reads and takes photos of trees and smiles acceptingly at everything that presents itself to his senses. But who is Hirayama? A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past.