Motovila Institute that hosts the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia has produced the series called Creative Europe Stories. The aim is to promote the EU Creative Europe programme as well as highlighting successful initiatives developed by Slovenian organisations in cooperation with their European partners.
New stories were created in cooperation with Kersnikova Institute, Animateka film festival, Malinc Publishing House and Kino Šiška.
For more stories, see here.
Kersnikova Institute is a non-profit and non-governmental cultural organisation. Due to its strong programme focus marked on the maps of the most interesting international centres dealing with contemporary investigative arts, science and cuttingedge technologies. In the video story, Simon Gmajner explains that participation in European projects has had a significant impact on the networking with scientific research institutions such as CERN or the European Space Agency, or has opened doors for them to collaborate in other sectors such as the economy. Watch Creative Europe Story (only in Slovene).
For more than 20 years, the Društvo 2 koluta has been organising the Animateka International Animated Film Festival. In the video story, Igor Prassel explains what Creative Europe funding means to them: from the recognition of the importance and visibility of the festival at home and abroad to the support for the professionalisation of the festival team, the strengthening of the programme and the many opportunities for international networking. Watch Creative Europe Story (only in Slovene).
Malinc Publishing House implements and participates in six Creative Europe projects. In this video story, Barbara Pregel explains what Creative Europe funding and international cooperation mean to the publishing house. The latter focuses on young people’s literature, targeting more the Spanish market, smaller literatures and smaller languages, while promoting and encouraging reading for all generations. Watch Creative Europe Story.
Kino Šiška is Slovenia’s leading institution in the field of contemporary concerts, complemented by visual and performing arts programmes. Since its foundation in 2009, Kino Šiška has been participating in European projects that have enabled it to establish today’s important international festivals such as the Co-festival in the field of contemporary dance, the MENT music festival or the Tinta festival in the field of comics. The participation in the Liveurope platform allows many local creators and producers to gain valuable experience and knowledge. Watch Creative Europe Story.
