Opening Week Program

Tuesday, 26.8

19:00 Warm-up event If We Met… Janez Puhar, Kranj City Library, main hall, Gregorčičeva ulica 1

Wednesday, 27.8

10:00–16:00 Photozine workshop, closed event for pre-registered participants only

17:00 Exhibition opening of the Mentorship Program 2025 Local Communities in an Interconnected World, Street Gallery Galerija na mestu, Gregorčičeva ulica

18:30 Exhibition opening with a guided tour with Matic Zorman, Letters from Gaza, Main Square in front of Prešeren Theatre

20:00 Jazz concert: Manca Fekonja Quartet, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32

20:00–01:00 Freestyle music jam on the street, Fragmenti, Prešernova ulica 14

Thursday, 28.8

10:00–16:00 Photozine workshop, closed event for pre-registered participants only

10:00–16:30 Workshop Make Your Project a Reality, closed event for pre-registered participants only

17:00–23:59 Kranj Foto Fest 2025 Official Opening Celebration. Join us for the full program:

17:00 The celebration begins with the exhibition opening of Balázs Turós’s The Nature of Things and a guided tour + pop-up exhibitions of the workshops, Town Hall, Glavni trg 4
18:20 Next stop: Exhibition opening and a guided tour with Pasha Kritchko: Map of Memories, Janez Puhar Gallery, Škrlovec Tower, Škrlovec 1
19:30 Official Opening Celebration continues at Layer House: Join us for welcome speeches, the exhibition opening and guided tour of Raízhambre with Sara Meneses Cuapio, and end the evening on the dance floor with DJ Mima, Tomšičeva ulica 32

19:00–22:00 Leica: showcasing photographic gear and this year’s highlights, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32

Friday, 29.8

10:00–12:00 Morning coffee with curators and editors, closed event for pre-registered participants only

15:00–16:40 Guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival:

15:00–15:40 Simon Chang, A Short Biography: There is Not Enough Paper in the World for the Whole Thing, Khislstein castle’s garden, Tomšičeva ulica 44
16:00–16:40 Márcia Beltrão, When the Seeds Fall, Kranjska hiša Gallery, Glavni trg 2

17:00–20:00 Talks and presentations, Mitnica Bar, Tavčarjeva ulica 35:

17:00 What We Talk About When We Talk About Women’s Photography by Sandra Križić Roban
17:40 Curating Photography in Eastern Europe: About the Mission of the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest by Emese Mucsi
18:30 Inside LFI Magazine with Carol Körting and David Rojkowski.
19:10 Henrik, a journal of contemporary photography – presentation of the first issue titled Trials and a conversation with the authors, with Nik Erik Neubauer

21:30 Evening projections, Pungert Cafe, Trubarjev trg 6

Saturday, 30.8

10:00–15:00 The World Upside Down – Camera Obscura Experience, all around the old town of Kranj

10:00–15:00 Pop-up photobook store by Galerija Fotografija, Town Hall, Glavni trg 4

Guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival:

10:30 Alejandra Orosco, A Dream in Blue, Poštna ulica, bridge over the Kokra River
11:30 Mohamed Hassan, Our Hidden Room, Cellar of Town Hall, Glavni trg 4
16:00 Marianne & Katarzyna Wasowska, Waiting for the Snow, Kokra River canyon. Meeting point at 15:50 at Poštna ulica by the stairs leading into the canyon. In case of bad weather, the walk will be rescheduled or cancelled.
17:00 Visit to the exhibition I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears by Emilia Martin, led by the festival’s curators, Tunnels under the old town of Kranj, entrance from Tavčarjeva ulica
18:00 Ludovica Limido, The Doll Next Door, Street gallery SubArt, Kolodvorska ulica 8
18:40 Luuk van Raamsdonk / My Sweet Elora, Train Station Kranj, Kolodvorska ulica 6

21:00 Final Frame Party, we’re bringing in DJ Dr Shabu Shabu from Poland to transform the antiquarian bookshop Fragmenti into a buzzing dance floor, delivering an explosive mix, from the pulsating beats of Ethiopia to psychedelic cumbia rhythms and extravagant vibes from Lebanon and North Africa.

Sunday 31.8

10:30–11:30 just to say “see you soon”: a final coffee at Evropa coffee place, Poštna ulica 3

Organizator si pridržuje pravico, da kadarkoli prekliče festival ali nekatere njegove dejavnosti.