Projects
Retrospective East/West
27. 11. 2024The 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.
Technical report on the digitalization of the Aljoša Žerjal fund "No to bilingualism"
11. 04. 2024The corpus contained in the famous box called "No to bilingualism" is placed in the wider context of the rich amateur film production of Aljoša Žerjal. Digitization of the remaining parts of the collection in the future would be extremely beneficial for further understanding of the footage that was processed at this stage. In fact, much remains to be discovered in order to be able to answer all the questions that arise regarding this corpus and to be able to understand the purpose for which this material was actually recorded.
Aljoša Žerjal: "No al bilinguismo"
11. 04. 2023In February 2023, Kinoatelje, in cooperation with Gorizian Camera Ottica of the University of Udine, completed the digitization of the collection of 8-millimeter tapes, which were given the meaningful name "No al bilinguismo" by the author Aljoša Žerjal. The videos, which were mostly taken at the end of the 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s, offer an insight into life at the border at that time, open up socio-political issues that are still relevant and at the same time impress with the beauty of the landscape and scenes that won't leave anyone indifferent...