Open Air Cinema in Ljubljana
In case you will be traveling around Slovenia in the second part of August, you can also enjoy the traditional open-air cinema festival which will be taking place in our capital from 22nd to 24th August.
After successfully organizing a three-week festival “Film under the stars” on Ljubljana castle in July, another similar event will be taking place on Ljubljana’s Congress square. Congress square is one of the biggest and most accessible squares in Slovenian capital, so wheelchair users can enjoy the movie projections as everybody else. Parking house in just near the square, below the park Star and the square also has a toilette adapted for wheelchair users.
The films are screened in their original language with Slovenian subtitles; non-English language films also include English subtitles. The movies which will be projected during the festival are the following ones:
August 22 at 21:00
Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin
Wim Wenders, West Germany / France, 1987
Projection of an unforgettable classic in honor of the 30th anniversary of the film and the Best Director Award in Cannes.
August 23 at 21:00
Rashômon
Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1950
Projection of the restored version of a timeless classic in 4K resolution. One of the greatest film masterpieces, awarded in 1951 with the Golden Lion and an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Prefilm: Na sončni strani ceste On the Sunny Side of the Street, Matjaž Klopčič, Yugoslavia-Slovenia, 1959
August 24th at 21:00
The Graduate
Mike Nichols, USA, 1967
Projection of a newly restored version of a timeless comedy classic in a 4K resolution in honor of the 50th anniversary of the film.
The screening of the movies is admission free. Reservation is required at blagajna@kinodvor.org. More information at Kino Dvor webpage.
