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Kino OTOK - Isola Cinema Festival
Street address: Festival Office and Centre, Izola: Manziolijev trg 5, Izola
Telephone: 386 (0) 5 641 4801 (office), 386 (0) 5 616 2140 (press centre)
Mailing address: Festival Office, Ljubljana: Otok, zavod za razvijanje filmske kulture Ljubljana, P O Box 1678, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 (0) 1 431 8008
E-mail: info@isolacinema.org
Website: http://www.isolacinema.org
Proprietor: OTOK Cultural Institute
Contact: Nina Peče Executive Director
E-mail: nina.pece@isolacinema.org
Dates and duration: Annual, late May, 5 days
 The Kine OTOK - Isola Cinema festival was launched in 2004 by OTOK Cultural Institute in the coastal town of Izola-Isola in Slovenia to introduce the cinema of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe cinema to audiences of the wider region. Its aim is to present an extremely vital, although in regular cinema distribution largely neglected segment of contemporary film production. Priority is given to the quality of film presentation and to direct contact between the public and the film makers who are guests of the festival.Films in the 'Harvest' competition section are screened at an open-air cinema in picturesque Manzioli Square. The Kino Otok Award - an audience award - assures the film's theatrical distribution in Slovenia. Other components of the festival include 'Masters' (the latest productions by acclaimed directors), 'Friends' (films freely selected by members of the international programme board), and 'Video on the Beach' (a selection of alternative video and digital filmmaking collected via an open call). The festival also organises various workshops for promising domestic filmmakers.
The festival's principal venues are the Kino Odeon Izola and Izola Cultural Centre.
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