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LJUBLJANA: Several film projects were interrupted because of the Coronavirus pandemic, most of them postponed to a later date, some of them to 2021; film theatres and multiplexes were more or less closed almost all year (completely closed for five months, operating with limited seating capacity for another five months). For the same reason the distribution and cinema releases were very limited, which resulted in a drop in cinema attendance of almost 80%.
The Slovenian Film Centre (SFC), which had announced a new strategy for the next four years in November 2019, found itself in a compromised position with the Slovenian Government fulfilling its financial obligations only on the very last day of 2020. Not being able to execute the majority of already confirmed payments to the Slovenian producers during the year caused a major protest and jeopardised the existence of many film projects and the Sloveni
Third year in a row, Slovak Film Institute will attend the Short Film Market under the umbrella name Central European Cinema shared with the Czech Film Center and the Slovenian Film Centre.
Euro Connection is the European Short Film Co-production Forum taking place each year at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. This business platform aims at fostering partnerships between European production companies for short film projects. In collaboration with the European correspondents, a dozen producers are also invited to be in the Producers Focus.
This year, Slovakia is represented by an animated short film project
Tourists (d. Mária Kralovič), included into the final line-up thanks to the nomination through the Slovak Film Institute.
The year of 2020 was one of the hardest years for Slovenian film and the Slovenian Film Centre (SFC), not only due to the epidemic but also because of difficulties to get budget funds released, said SFC head Nataša Bučar on Wednesday. Both she and film studio Viba Film director Vojko Stopar are cautiously optimistic though.