Slovenia Celebrates 100th Anniversary of First Film

Ljubljana, 7 October - Slovenes had the opportunity to see the first film in the country as soon as on 16 November 1896, only a year after the first World Fair in Paris. The first film was shown at the Pri Maliču Hotel in Ljubljana. Film has since become a means, a symbol of the freedom of creation. It has formed the historical, sociological and cultural image of Slovene political momentum. Since 1948, when the first Slovene film Na svoji zemlji (On Our Own Soil) was produced, we developed also a 'filmic' way of thinking, said Slovene President Milan Kučan in his speech at the special ceremony dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first film.