PROGRAM 2022
Opening Week
Wednesday, 24th August 2022
11:00 Opening of the exhibition I Don’t Want to Be Gay in This Ukraine by Ilvy Njiokiktjien (NL), Galerija Fotografija, Levstikov trg 7, Ljubljana
19:00 opening event of the Kranj Foto Fest 2022 and music DJ Borka, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj. In case of rain at Galerija Janez Puhar, stolp Škrlovec, Škrlovec 1
Thursday, 25th August 2022
9:00–17:00 VII Academy Workshop Contemporary Documentary Practice, ZVKDS, OE Kranj, Tomšičeva ulica 7, Kranj
10:30–11:30 talk with Allan Salas (CR), Mathias Benguigui and Agathe Kalfas (FR), Layer House, Mahlerca, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
12:00–12:45 talk with Ludwig Nikulski (DE), Street Gallery Mergentalerjeva, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
15:00–15:45 talk with Mitar Simikić (BiH), Castle’s Garden, Tomšičeva ulica 44, Kranj
16:00–16:45 talk with Nataša Košmerl (SI) and Valentin Goppel (DE), Glavni trg in front of Prešeren Theatre, Kranj
17:00–18:30 lecture How to prepare and construct a visual story by Arne Hodalič (SI), editor at National Geographic Slovenia, Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
19:30–20:00 lecture on Finding your visual voice in long-term storytelling projects by Ilvy Njiokiktjien (NL), Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
20:00–20:30 lecture on telling stories with case studies Quest for Identity and Dispatches in Exile by Ziyah Gafić (BiH), Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
20:30–21:30 round table with Ilvy Njiokiktjien (NL) and Ziyah Gafić (BiH), moderator Erik Valenčič (SI), Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
Friday, 26th August 2022
9:00–13:30 portfolio reviews, lobby of the Municipality of Kranj, Slovenski trg 1, Kranj
11:00–11:45 talk with Gleeson Paulino (BR), TAM-TAM Street gallery Na mestu, Gregorčičeva ulica 1, Kranj
15:30–18:30 VII Academy Workshop Contemporary Documentary Practice, ZVKDS, OE Kranj, Tomšičeva ulica 7, Kranj
16:30–17:30 walk to the Kokra canyon with Gabriele Chiapparini, Camilla Marrese (IT) and Katerina Kouzmitcheva (BY), departure from Layer House at 16:15, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
17:00–18:00 performance What if Puhar, Pajer and Prešeren met? by Petra Puhar, Glavni trg, in case of rain at KD BB teater, Kranj
18:30–20:00 talk with Slovenian photographers from the group exhibition Home: A State of Transition – 18 Slovene Photographers, 18 Stories, moderators Hana Čeferin and Barbara Čeferin, Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
20:30–20:50 announcement of the portfolio review winner & launch of Triglav Young Photography Hopes & Kranj Foto Fest open call, Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
21:00–23:00 night projections: community of Kranj on “What is home?” and a loop projection of photographers from the 2022 open call Home: A State of Transition, open market, Tavčarjeva ulica 24, Kranj
Saturday, 27th August 2022
9:00–13:00 VII Academy Workshop Contemporary Documentary Practice, ZVKDS, OE Kranj, Tomšičeva ulica 7, Kranj
10:00–12:00 gathering with photo books, Layer House, 1st floor, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
12:00–13:00 guided tour of the exhibition Before It’s Gone with M’hammed Kilito (MA), winner of the 2022 open call Home: A State of Transition, Janez Puhar Gallery, Škrlovec tower, Škrlovec 1, Kranj
15:00–16:00 lecture Photography in 2022: The advantages of mirrorless creativity by Andrej Korenč (SI), Nikon, Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
16:00–17:30 Nikon photowalk with Arne Hodalič (SI), apply at https://gotoevent.si/nikon-kranjfotofest-2022/#fotosprehod[2] registration is mandatory, meeting point at 15:15, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
16:00–17:00 guided tour of the exhibition Die and Become Something with Lin Gerkman (SI), winner of the Portfolio review 2021, Layer House, Medprostor Gallery, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
17:30–19:00 round table Visions of Home: A public discussion with selected photographers from the open call, moderator Miha Colner (SI), Layer house, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
19:30–20:30 lecture Transition from art and street photography to war photojournalism by Kateryna Radchenko (UA), director of Odesa Photo Days, Layer House, Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
21:00–22:00 night projections Odesa Photo Days (UA), Dispatches in Exile (BiH), Foto Féminas (VE) & PhMmuseum (IT), Khislstein castle, Vovk garden, Tomšičeva ulica 44, Kranj / in case of rain at Škrlovec Hall, Tomšičeva ulica 32
22:00 jazz concert Patricija Škof quartet, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
Sunday, 28th August 2022
10:30–13:00 just to say “see you soon”: a relaxing stroll in the canyon of Kokra, meeting point at 10:30, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
And more!
26.–28.8 workshop with Klavdij Sluban (closed event), old city centre of Kranj
29.8 ob 20:00 presentation Lives of Sahrawi in Western Sahara by Arne Hodalič (SI), Rendez Vous kavarna in slaščičarna, Oprešnikova 28, Kranj. In case of rain, the presentation will be postponed.
Kranj Foto Fest reserves the right to cancel the festival in part or in full at any time due to COVID-19 or any other reason..