Trailer for the Slon Family Program at the 21st Animateka Festival
Every year, the mentors of the Slon Association for Film Education, as part of the mentor training program, create a film trailer for the Slon Family Program at the Animateka festival. Each year, we work with a different mentor and in a different technique, applying the knowledge we gain to animation workshops with children.
The trailer for the Slon Family Program at the 21st edition of the Animateka festival was created by the mentors of the Slon Association for Film Education as part of a training with Urszula Domanska.
The film was created by: Lene Lekše, Janja Kosi, Andreja Goetz, Brina Lekše, and Jelena Dragutinović
Training mentor: Urszula Domanska
Music and sound: Sever and kroj
Production: Slon Association for Film Education, 2024 2 reels
The project is financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
The trailer for the Slon Family Program at the 20th edition of the Animateka festival was created by the mentors of the Slon Association for Film Education as part of a training with Zarja Menart.
The film was created by: Gašper Markun, Lene Lekše, Janja Kosi, Andreja Goetz, and Jelena Dragutinović
Training mentor: Zarja Menart
Music and sound: Sever and kroj
Production: Slon Association for Film Education, 2023
The project is financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
The film was created by the mentors of the Slon Association for Film Education: Lene Lekše, Jelena Dragutinović, Brina Fekonja, Andreja Goetz, Anja Cimerman, Tina Zadnik, Mateja Lukežič
Since 2019, I’ve been a mentor with the Slon Association for Film Education.
The association is dedicated mainly to animated film. Together with children, we create short animated films – most often using stop motion. Our films travel the world, finding their place at children’s film festivals near and far.
The film was inspired by the book Cof pa hop, written by Sanja Janša and illustrated by Tanja Komadina, used with permission from Mladinska knjiga.
Created by: Enej, Karina, Mark, Maša, Insan, Leo, Meliha, and Gülnihal
Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović and Janja Kosi
Production: Slon Association for Film Education Co-production: MG+ MSUM
The project was co-financed by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
The film was created as part of the project Filmpolis – Film Education for Secondary School Students. It was made by students of SVŠ GUGL. Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental.
Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović Janja Kosi Gašper Markun
Production: Slon Association for Film Education, 2024
The project was financially supported by the European Union and the Erasmus+ programme.
The film was created during a production workshop at Dragomelj Primary School.
Mentors: Janja Kosi Jelena Dragutinović Saša Žust (Dragomelj Primary School)
Production: Slon Association for Film Education, April 2024
The project was financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
Film je nastal na delavnici animiranega filma v OŠ Dragomelj.
Mentorici: Jelena Dragutinović Janja Kosi
Strokovna pomoč: Saša Žust, OŠ Dragomelj
Produkcija Društvo Slon
Koprodukcija OŠ Dragomelj
Projekt je finančno podprl Slovenski filmski center, javna agnecija Republike Slovenije
The film was created during a workshop at Dragomelj Primary School. Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović and Janja Kosi (Slon Association for Film Education) Saša Žust (Dragomelj Primary School)
The project was financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
Production: Slon Association for Film Education Ljubljana, June 2022
The film was created during a production workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova. It was made by children aged 9 to 12.
Mentors: Janja Kosi Jelena Dragutinović Lene Lekše
Production: Slon Association for Film Education
The film was financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
Ljubljana, February 2024
Mentors from the Slon Association for Film Education: Janja Kosi Jelena Dragutinović
Mentor from MGLC: Jakob Puh
The project was co-financed by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
Ljubljana, September 2023
The film was created during a workshop in conjunction with the Victor Vasarely – In Resonance exhibition at MGLC. The entire film was printed at the Graphic Studio of MGLC.
Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović, Janja Kosi Professional Assistance: Lili Šturm, Katarina Marov
Production: Slon Association for Film Education Co-production: MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts
The project was co-financed by the Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
The film was created during a workshop at the National University Dubrava in Zagreb.
Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović Janja Kosi
Production: Slon Association for Film Education National University Dubrava
The project was financially supported by: City Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb.
The film was created during a summer animation workshop at Vodnikova domačija as part of the project Bringing Children’s Stories to Life. The animation was based on the story by Fran Jakob Funkl Gruden.
Mentors: Janja Kosi Jelena Dragutinović
Music: Andrej Fon
Production: Slon Association for Film Education Co-production: Divja misel and Vodnikova domačija
The project was financially supported by the City of Ljubljana, Department of Culture.
In collaboration with the Divja misel Institute, which programmatically manages Vodnikova domačija, we carried out the project Bringing Children’s Stories to Life, which is connected to their existing project Fairy Tale Studio. Fairy Tale Studio is a laboratory project at Vodnikova domačija in Šiška, designed to foster storytelling skills in children. In this project, children develop their skills in telling and inventing their own stories. One of these stories, The Mouse and the Rainbow, was transformed into an animation.
Mentors: Jelena Dragutinović Janja Kosi
Editing: Janja Kosi
Music: Freesounds.org
Production: Slon Association for Film Education Co-production: Divja misel and Vodnikova domačija
The project was financially supported by the City of Ljubljana, Department of Culture.
Wherever we look, we see a circle. In the sun and the pupil of an eye, in a flower and a steering wheel, a ring and a cup — even the letter O is a circle. With a spinning record player and round-shaped instruments, musician Tea Vidmar and illustrator Janja Kosi draw circles through drawing, song, and animation.
Author of the play: Špela Frlic, Teja Vidmar, Janja Kosi
Sloth Vojko is dealing with the daily task of washing his fur. But since when have sloths been doing laundry? Can they even do it? It turns out that this chore isn’t one of Vojko’s strengths. Something goes wrong and the fur shrinks. What now? Does that mean that from now on, Vojko has to run through the world naked?
This short animation illustrates a scene from the traditional Slovene tale Martin Krpan, written by Fran Levstik. The story follows Martin Krpan, a strong, hardworking, but somewhat simple-minded man who embodies the spirit of a typical Slovene of that era. He used to smuggle salt on his scruffy but resilient horse, and one winter day, he happened to block the emperor’s carriage on a narrow path. To let the emperor pass, Krpan simply lifted his horse out of the way—an act that left the emperor astonished.
Years later, the emperor summoned Krpan to Vienna to fight Brdavs, a brutal warrior who had already defeated all of the empire’s finest knights. In Vienna, Krpan and his skinny horse became the subject of ridicule among the nobles and palace guards. But Krpan confidently claimed that none of the royal horses were as strong as his—and that he could toss any of them out of the barn. This particular moment in the story inspired the animation.
The animation was presented in a traditional format using a mutoscope.
