A documentary about Slovenian women who left for Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th century by Metod Pevec was chosen the best in the documentary films section of the 23rd Trieste Film Festival, Primorski dnevnik, a Trieste-based paper of the Slovenian minority in Italy, reported on Wednesday. “Aleksandrinke” (Alexandrinians) explores the stories of [...]
Arhiv 25. januar, 2012
Over 1,200 Sign Petition against Scrapping Culture Ministry
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v European Capital of Culture 2012
More than 1,200 people have so far signed a petition against the planned merger of the culture ministry with the education and science ministry that was published on a web page of the Maribor European Capital of Culture project (EPK). Several former culture ministers and the EPK programming director Mitja Čander, who was the first [...]
Actress: Slovenia Has Great Filmmakers, Not Enough Support
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v Interview
Film and theatre shooting star Iva Kranjc, who recently became the president of the Association of Slovenian Filmmakers (DSFU), has told the STA that Slovenia has a great filmmaking potential, but its film industry virtually does not exist on the European filmmakers’ map due to lack of promotion and financing. Kranjc expressed regret over the [...]
Hungary to be Presented as Part of EPK in February
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v European Capital of Culture 2012
Several Hungarian artists will be presented in Maribor as part of the European Capital of Culture project (EPK) in February. The Hungarian Month of Culture, organised as part of the cultural embassies project, will kick off on 1 February with an exhibition of works by painter Victor Vasarely (1906-1997). Hungary will be presented through ten [...]
Koper University Honours Historian Pirjevec
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v Slovenia
The Koper University has honoured acclaimed historian Jože Pirjevec, as the expert on Slovenian-Italian relations celebrated his 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, the university presented on Tuesday a collection of scientific papers written by his colleagues. The collection dubbed “Pathways of History between Northern Adria, Central and Eastern Europe” is also a reflection of [...]
V mariborski galeriji 3x razstava Pariz, London, Berlin
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v EPK 2012
V mariborski galeriji 3x na Lentu bodo danes v okviru Evropske prestolnice kulture odprli slikarsko razstavo Pariz, London, Berlin avtorice in lastnice galerije Jasne Kozar. Na ogled bodo različni motivi iz omenjenih evropskih državnih in slikarskih prestolnic, ki jih je Kozarjeva tam ustvarila v času svojega bivanja. “Razstavila bom okoli 50 svojih del, ki sem [...]
Pod peticijo proti ukinitvi ministrstva za kulturo več kot 1200 podpisov
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v Slovenija
Peticijo proti ukinitvi ministrstva za kulturo, objavljeno na spletni strani Življenje na dotik, ki sodi v sklop EPK, je doslej podpisalo že več kot 1200 ljudi. STA je za mnenje o tej nameri povprašala nekdanje ministre za kulturo in prvopodpisanega pod peticijo Mitjo Čandra. Nekdanja ministrica za kulturo Majda Širca je že od vsega začetka [...]
Mariborski ulični strip o Violah požel različne odzive
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v EPK 2012
Mariborska polomljena okna, razpadajoče fasade in nefunkcionalni objekti na Koroški cesti in še nekaterih ulicah so v času Evropske prestolnice kulture dobili slikovito podobo. Ilustrator Damjan Stepančič je skupaj z avtorjem besedil Zdravkom Dušo ustvaril ulični strip in z njim skušal zapolniti prazne lokale, kar nekaterim ni po godu. Njuna zgodba o mestu, ki je [...]
Februarja del EPK namenjen tudi madžarski kulturi
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v EPK 2012
V okviru kulturnih ambasad Evropske prestolnice kulture (EPK) se bo februarja v Mariboru predstavila tudi sosednja Madžarska, ki se ponaša z bogato kulturno zgodovino. Madžarski mesec kulture se bo začel 1. februarja z razstavo slikarske zbirke Victorja Vasarelyja v salonu EPK, zaključil pa junija z razstavo velikega fotografa Roberta Kappe. Madžarska se bo februarja predstavila [...]
Iva Krajnc za STA: Gledališče kot kruh, film kot tortica
25. januar, 2012 | objavljeno v Intervju
Filmska in gledališka igralka Iva Krajnc je nedavno prevzela funkcijo predsednice Društva slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev (DSFU). Kot je ob tej priložnosti dejala za STA, so slovenski filmski ustvarjalci fantastični, le snemajo premalo, zato se “dajmo potruditi, da bo drugače” in se ob tem zavedati, da je film tudi posel. Iva Krajnc je kljub igralski najstniški [...]

