Slow Performing Arts Festivals for Improved Wellbeing, Mental Health and Social Inclusion (Festival SPA)

The Festival SPA is a project of rest, accessibility and slow viewing. The SPA Festival aims to transform the three participating festivals (Mladi levi, Santarcangelo and Homo Novus) into festivals of conscious slowing down in contrast to the usual fast pace of festivals, into spaces of rest, deep observation and enjoyment of performances.

It aims to encourage festivals to find inclusive solutions for the different communities that coexist with festivals in one way or another (for example neuro-atypical individuals or the elderly), thus increasing the social inclusion of vulnerable groups. It also pays special attention to the mental health of festival teams, who are usually subject to increased workloads and stress during festivals. The aim is to consciously and inclusively cultivate joy, growth and inclusiveness, and above all, to test different formats and make recommendations to relieve the pressure on the sector and on festival production, based on the six editions of the festivals.

The project is based on the exchange of experiences and mutual support of the three festivals’ organising teams, the programming of performances whose timing or atypical format encourages a slower and more immersive arts experience, and the creation of festival spaces and events, such as festival centres and festival parties, tailored for vulnerable audience groups. The whole project is monitored, evaluated on an ongoing basis by four experts in the fields of care, wellbeing and mental health on the crossroads of performing arts sector and production. The team of experts is also tasked with suggesting improvements to the festivals organization and preparation of final guidelines addressing other festivals and the whole performing arts sector.

Over the next two years, various “spa treatments” from festival centres to slow performances will be implemented and tested at festivals by three participating organisations – Bunker (SI), Santarcangelo dei Teari (IT) and New Theatre Insitute of Latvia (LV).

Bunker Institute

(Leader) Ljubljana

Ljubljana

All projects of Slovenian producer

Foreign producers in the supported project

Santarcangelo dei Teatri (partner)

Italy (EU)
Latvijas Jaunā teātra institūts (partner)

Latvia (EU)

Funded projects

European Film Festival Network Young Programmers for Young Audiences! (Young4Film)

FILMDISTRIBUTION2025

European Films in Slovenia 2025-2027 Fivia d.o.o.

ACQUISITIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF EUROPEAN FILMS 2026-2027

European Films in Slovenia 2024-2026 - Fivia

2023 Film Distribution - Generation stage Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania - Reinvestment into distribution and Acquisition of non-national European titles 2024-2026

European films in Slovenia 2023/2024

EUROPEAN FILM 2023-2024

DEMIURG - distribution of European films in Slovenia, years 2024 and 2025

2022 Film Distribution - Generation stage Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania - Reinvestment into distribution and Acquisition of non-national European titles 2023-2025

2020, 2021 - GENERATION SLOVENIA - REINVESTMENT INTO DISTRIBUTION AND ACQUISITION OF NON-NATIONAL EUROPEAN TITLES 2022-2024

European Films in Slovenia 2022/2023

DEMIURG - distribution of European films in Slovenia, years 2023 and 2024

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Demiurg

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Fivia

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Blitz

Films on the Move 2025

Films on the Move 2024

Films on the Move 2023

Films on the Move 2022

Films on the Move 2021

Kino Otok Isola Cinema 2016

Distribution – Automatic support scheme 2014 - Demiurg

Distribution – Automatic support scheme 2014 - Blitz

Distribution – Automatic support scheme - Fivia/Cenex

Distribution – Automatic support scheme - Demiurg

Distribution – Automatic support scheme Blitz

12. Animateka International Animated Film Festival

United States od Love

Stories From The Chestnut Woods

The Last Ice Hunters

Vrnitev v Itako/Retour a Ithaque

Victoria

Long Way North

Toni Erdmann

The Girl King

Suburra

Starec in štorklja

Savlov sin/Saul Fia

Resonance Cinema. Cultural Hub for Curious Minds

Classroom Rascals

Phoenix

Ovna/Hrutar

Redemption (now Family Therapy)

Odprto morje/Fuocoammare

Nova prijateljica/Une Nouvelle Amie

Neznanka/La Fille Inconnue

A Bigger Splash

Mustang

Mon Roi

Moja mama/Mia Madre

Misija Arktika/Operasjon Arktis

Matura/Bacalaureat (aka Fotografii de Familie)

Marijina zgodba/Marie Heurtin

Marguerite

Mama/Ma ma

Maenas Down

Ma Loute/Mirni zaliv

Ljubezen na prvi pretep/Les combattants

The Innocents

Like Crazy

The Business of Revenge

A War

The Commune

Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

I, Daniel Blake

Golob je sedel na veji in razmišljal o življenju/En Duva Satt Pa En Gren Och Funderade Pa Tillvaron

Louder than Bombs

Francofonia

Conspiracy of Faith

The absent one

Phantom Boy

Sweet Dreams

European Framework for Film Education

Eden

Dobrodušni velikan/Fúsi

Čisto nova zaveza/Le Tout Nouveau Testament

Cena slave/La Rancon de la Gloire

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