Cross-border Film Festival Tribute to a Vision

For more than twenty-five years, the festival, organized by Kinoatelje, has transformed cinemas, public spaces, and cities on both sides of the Slovenian-Italian border into places of encounter: between filmmakers and audiences, between languages and memories, between local realities and distant cinematic landscapes.

From September 29 to October 4, 2026, the cross-border film festival Tribute to a Vision returns to the shared urban space of Nova Gorica and Gorizia. Visionary filmmakers, critical voices, and adventurous creators are invited to present cinema as a space for reflection, experimentation, and social imagination.

The festival programme unfolds through several sections: - the Darko Bratina Award, dedicated to filmmakers whose work offers a profound reflection on contemporary society, which this year will be conferred to the Romanian filmmaker Alexandra Gulea; - Excursion, a journey into selected international film landscapes, this year to Finland; - Visionaries, spotlighting bold and influential international auteurs; - Cinemaeye, exploring iconic Slovenian and Italian cinematic legacies, as well as collective filmmaking as radical social work; - First Crossings, a platform devoted to emerging short-film authors and new cinematic languages; - and the Extra Programme, featuring audiovisual installations, performances, exhibitions, and concerts developed with local artists and institutions. More informations on www.poklonviziji.com/en