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SLOVENIA

Facts &

figures

● Population: 2,065,890
● GDP per capita: 19,576
● Regulatory body:
Ministry of Culture
● Average state support for film
and AV per capita: 1,78
● Admissions pre capita: 1,14
BREAKING IN
PRODUCTION
● Films produced (including
co-productions): 21 (12
fiction, 9 documentaries) TO FOREIGN
● Co-productions (majority/ © FRANC FERJAN
minority): 7/3
● Average production budget Slovenia:
(fiction, feature): €801,631 TERRITORIES ‘Europe in a nutshell’
● Film funding from main
national film institution:
€3,667,000

THEATRICAL MARKET AFTER A SUCCESSFUL 2017, WHICH BROUGHT INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
● Total admissions: 2,354,734 FOR SLOVENIAN FILM, THE COUNTRY’S FILM INDUSTRY CONTINUES ON
● Gross BO: €11,637,025 A PROMISING PATH BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
● Average ticket price: €4.94
● National market share based
on admissions: 7.34% By Tina Poglajen, Cineuropa.org
● US: 75.87%
● European: 13.13%
● Total number of films on INCE last year, Slovenia has been more easily series are eligible, and the total budget of the scheme is
release: 482 accessible for international film-makers and approximately €1m per year, but it is subject to increase if
● Total number of first releases: investors. Introduced in October 2016, the rebate proves a success. All bidding projects need to pass
221 government adopted a measure enabling a cultural test, as required by the EU for similar film
S foreign audiovisual producers to exercise the incentive schemes in other member states.
CINEMAS EXHIBITION right to a cash rebate; the second public call for the The measure was introduced in order to promote Slovenia
INFRASTRUCTURE encouragement of audiovisual production investment has as a fascinating filming location and to encourage creativity
● Total number of commercial already been issued by the Slovenian Film Center and will in the national film and audiovisual field. As an important
cinema sites: 55 remain open until the funds are exhausted. The applicants milestone in the development of the Slovenian film
Of which multiplex sites should submit their applications at least 45 days before industry, it has allowed for a closer co-operation between
(8 screens or more): 4 they start shooting (or producing, in the case of animated audiovisual creativity and the economy, as well as focusing
● Total number of commercial films) in Slovenia. on the European financial perspectives and the new model
screens: 111 The cash rebate amounts up to 25% of the total of economy. Among the international shoots in the
Of which multiplex screens: acknowledged expenses for the realisation of the (post) territory, the Slovenian Film Center representatives list
38 production of an individual project; qualified spending a big a commercial for an Italian car producer shot by
● Total number of commercial includes all taxable production costs incurred within the Chuck Norris.
digital screens: 95 country. Feature films, animation, documentaries, and TV Apart from the financial incentive, one of the best reasons

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