Open-Air Cinema Under the Solkan Bridge: Beauty under the Mountains (dir. Matija Jerman)

On Tuesday, 26 August 2025, at 20:30, under the Solkan Bridge, there will be a screening of the film Beauty under the Mountains directed by Matija Jerman.

There are few countries in the world that have such a picturesque railway line as ours between Jesenice and Sežana. It descends from the Alpine world towards the sea. Even Lonely Planet, a guide for young people, had to describe how beautiful it is. It was basically a second connection to Trieste. It came to us from neighboring Austria, pierced the Karavanke Mountains with the Karavanke Tunnel, approached Jesenice and from there ran over the Sava Dolinka and Radovna rivers. It runs in the hinterland of Bled and heads towards the Sava Bohinjka. It crosses the Bohinj Mountains with a tunnel over 6336 meters long, the longest in Slovenia. It then runs through the Baška grapa, crosses the Idrijca and then the Soča River. Before Solkan it crosses the Soča once more, with the longest arched stone bridge in the world. It runs along the state border with Italy. Through the lowlands of the Vipava Valley, it approaches the Karst, climbs up to it and runs through it. Before the Second World War, it then descended to Trieste, but today it only runs as far as Sežana. The route runs through the most beautiful parts of our country. The mystery of the tunnels, the wildness of the rivers and the beauty of the surroundings are shown in the documentary film Beauty under the Mountains. A museum train also ran along the route until 2017. One of its last runs is also filmed in the film.

The author of the film, Matija Jerman, was a railway designer for 20 years, as well as a lover of photography and documentary film. After retiring on disability, his love of work was replaced by making documentary films. The best of them is the film Beauty under the Mountains (with Italian subtitles). The film screening will take place on 26 August 26 at 20:30 at the foot of the Solkan Bridge over the Soča River—which is the largest stone arch bridge in the world. In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed to the next day.

The travelling Kino Soča - Isonzo Cinema, which runs from 2024, is setting up annual cinemas in picturesque locations along the border, in cooperation with key partners from the region. The event is part of the Go Green Cinema project, which addresses the wider cross-border public, local residents and random foreign visitors.

Access:

• Parking lot on Soška cesta 50—walk along the walking path past Ošterija Žogica, past the sports fields, all the way to the venue.
• Parking lot at the railway station in Solkan (parking lot on the left before the bridge leading to Brda)—cross the main road at the parking lot and walk along Soška cesta, through the underpass, past the Solkan cemetery and arrive at the venue.

The project is financed by the European Union through the GO! 2025 Small Project Fund of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 Programme, managed by the EGTC GO.

The event is part of the GO! 2025 official programme.