Wild Roses, Expanded

Every year, the Trieste Film Festival's Wild Roses section shines a spotlight on women filmmakers from a different European country. This year, the focus was dedicated to Slovenia.

At the 2026 Trieste Film Festival, the Wild Roses section was curated by Nerina T. Kocjančič, with the support of Slovenska turistična organizacija and Slovenski filmski center – javna agencija/Slovenian Film Centre. Created in partnership with TSFF, Wild Roses, Expanded extends this year's selection beyond the festival, inviting audiences to explore the work of six remarkable Slovenian filmmakers now available on DAFilms.

Together, these films reveal the breadth of contemporary Slovenian filmmaking. Petra Seliškar's The Grandmothers of Revolution and Mother Europe travel across generations and borders to examine the political histories that continue to shape everyday lives. Marija Zidar's Reconciliation confronts a tragic event in the Albanian highlands through an intimate search for justice, while Maja Doroteja Prelog's Cent'anni turns the camera towards love, illness and the fragile negotiations of a relationship tested by mortality.

The programme also highlights filmmakers who push the boundaries of cinematic form. In the Oscar-shortlisted Steakhouse by Špela Čadež and the European Film Award-winning Granny's Sexual Life by Urška Djukić and Émilie Pigeard, deeply personal and often taboo subjects are approached with wit, visual inventiveness and emotional precision. Sara Bezovšek's The Future ... Is Just Like You Imagined shifts the focus to the digital present, dissecting the aesthetics and promises of online culture with sharp humour and critical insight.

Rather than presenting a single image of Slovenian cinema, Wild Roses, Expanded embraces its diversity. The films gathered here move freely across documentary, animation, essay and experimental forms, offering a broad view of Slovenian nonfiction cinema and the filmmakers reshaping it today.