Retrospective East/West
The East/West Retrospective is part of the official program for the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025. The project aims to reveal the rich cinematic heritage of the cross-border region between Slovenia and Italy to European audiences. The filmography of this region, which explores life along the Slovenian-Italian border, challenges the conventional perception of borders as mere divisions, instead portraying them as vibrant spaces of transition, exchange, and connection.
The selection includes a diverse range of feature films, documentaries, animated works, and newsreels that reflect the multifaceted experiences of life in multicultural areas, where people of various nationalities coexist and enrich each other's lives. It also focuses on themes that represent both the historical and contemporary experiences of the cross-border space, offering reflections on topics that resonate in many multicultural environments across Europe.
The East/West retrospective, which will travel to various European cities in 2025, will be further enriched with discussions and presentations by historians, sociologists, film theorists, and filmmakers. These insights will highlight the experiences of communities and individuals, shedding light on how to recognize and harness the advantages of multicultural regions.
The retrospective will kick off in March 2025 with special screenings in Nova Gorica and Gorizia.
Announcements/
Restored Copy of the Film Red Boogie by Director Karpo Godina
16. 05. 2024The third symposium, East/West: Borders Through Film and History, which explores life along the Slovenian-Italian border through moving images, delivered an exceptional film experience on May 7 at 8:30 p.m. in the House of Film in Gorica. A freshly restored copy of the film Red Boogie by director Karp Godina from 1982 was shown, with the director himself joining us for the occasion.
Flashbacks from the Third Symposium at the House of Film 2024
16. 05. 2024Between May 6 and 8, 2024, the 3rd symposium East/West: Borders Through Film and History took place at the House of Film in Gorica. In this edition, a diverse array of lecturers and authors focused on the significance of local film cultures and cross-border film practices, as well as the role of cross-border television co-created by Radiotelevizija Slovenija and Rai Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Open borders project
11. 04. 2024By examining the development of cross-border cooperation from the end of the Second World War to the present day, the Open Borders scientific project focuses on the reconsideration of European history during the Cold War. The ultimate goal of the project is to challenge the established vision of two separate Europes, "East" and "West", from a new perspective.