UCLA Film & Television Archive, the South East European Film Festival, and Slovenian Film Center present:
“Slovenia Begs to Differ”, a film retrospective of the best Slovenian films from the past 60 years from September 9 through 26 at the Billy Wilder Theatre at the Hammer Museum.
This series features a rare opportunity to see some of the most influential and fascinating Slovenian films from mid-century forward, offering lyrical, poetic and free-spirited stories of endearing misfits. Highlights include Valley of Peace, which won Best Actor at Cannes in 1957; Vesna (1953), one of Slovenia's most popular films; Dance in the Rain (1961), an elegant and enigmatic love story that often tops national critics' polls; Raft of the Medusa (1980), cinema homage to a 1920s spark of Dada in the Balkans, and a concluding double bill with an ironic comedy Gravehopping (2005), and a psychological thriller 9:06 (2009). Director of 9:06, Igor Šterk will be traveling to Los Angeles to attend the screening.
