Arsmedia

Past events
6 Dec 2019
8 Dec 2019
Readings and book presentations by Miha Mazzini, moderated by Zdenka Štimac, and the screening of Sweet Dreams, directed by Sašo Podgoršek (Arsmedia), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris,
23 Jul 2019
27 Jul 2019
Screenings of My Last Year as a Loser, directed by Urša Menart, produced by Vertigo and co-produced by NuFrame, Sinhro Studio 100, and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), Stitches, co-produced by Nora Production Group, and God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, co-produced by Vertigo, in the Main programme; the documentaries Pero Lovšin - You Can, directed by Jani Sever and produced by Sever & Sever Production, and Sing Me a Song, directed by Miran Zupanič and produced by Arsmedia, in the Special Screenings programme; and The Bull, directed by Bojan Labović, produced by Makus Film, and co-produced by Staragara, Studio Legen, and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), in the Shorts programme;
3 Jun 2019
24 Jun 2019
Screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara); Sweet Dreams, directed by Sašo Podgoršek (Arsmedia), and The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film), in the frame of New Slovenian Film cycle, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Buenos Aires,
Feature films
Arsmedia filmography features a number of feature films, including the 1996 TV film Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler (Triptih Agate Schwarzkobler), directed by Matjaž Klopčič; the 1995 Slovene and Austrian co-produced film Radio Doc, directed by Miran Zupanič and winner of the First Prize at the Festival of Slovenian Film; and the 1999 Dark Angels (Temni angeli usode), directed by Sašo Podgoršek.
In 2001, Arsmedia produced Poker by Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, Rascals! [Barabe] by Miran Zupanič, and Sweet Dreams [Sladke sanje] by Sašo Podgoršek. All of the films were recognised and awarded prizes at the Festival of Slovenian Film. Sweet Dreams also received prizes at film festivals in Motovun and Valencia in 2001 as well as in Setubal (the FIPRESCI award) and Braunschweig in 2002.
Other productions include the 2005 historical film Ljubljana the Beloved (Ljubljana je ljubljena), a co-production with Radio-Television Slovenia and Jadran Film, Zagreb, directed by Matjaž Klopčič; and two film adaptations of novels by Feri Lainšček written and directed by Marko Naberšnik: the 2007 cinema and TV hit Rooster's Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk), which for a long time remained the most-watched Slovene film; and the 2012 Shanghai Gypsy (Šanghaj), which won the Award for Best Screenplay at the Montreal World Film Festival (2012).
In 2010, Arsmedia in association with Jadran Film from Zagreb and Radio-Television Slovenia produced the historical romance Piran Pirano by the up-and-coming filmmaker and writer Goran Vojnović. The film won a prize at the South-East European Film Festival (SEE) in Paris.
A very popular film was the 2013 work Čefurji Raus, written and directed by Goran Vojnović. It was awarded at the Festival of Slovenian Film, the festival "SEE a Paris", the Prishtina International Film Festival, and Alexandria International Film Festival. In 2015, as a co-production with Endorfilm (CZ), Arsmedia produced Rodinný film (Family film), directed by Olmo Omerzu and also awarded multiple times.
Documentaries
Arsmedia has also produced various short documentaries and documentary essays (including several directed by Igor Likar), portraits, and the 2002 feature-length documentary The Story of Mr P. F. (Zgodba gospoda P. F.) about the inventor Peter Florjančič, directed by Karpo Godina. For television it produced the 2003 The Messenger of Slovenian Shores (Glasnik slovenske brežine), a documentary about the Slovene comic artist Miki Muster; the 2004 Kocbek, a documentary on the renowned Slovene poet; the 2007 Children from Petriček Hill (Otroci s Petrička); and the 2010 At the End of Trieste Street (Na koncu Tržaške), produced in cooperation with the Italian RAI TV and co-funded by the Ministry of Culture.
Most of Arsmedia's productions are funded by the Slovenian Film Centre (previously Slovenian Film Fund) and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), however, the documentary The Eyes of Bosnia, which won a prize at the Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož, was an independent production of Arsmedia.
Short films
Arsmedia has also produced several short fiction films, among them works by Miha Mazzini, Goran Vojnović, Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, Nataša Prosenc, and Martin Turk.