Opening Week Programme
26–30.8.2026
Wednesday, 26th August
17.00 Exhibition opening Through Their Eyes, result of the educational programme for seniors, LON Atrium, Žanova ulica 3
Thursday, 27th August
10.00–15.00 Workshop The Gaze with Marisol Mendez, a closed event for pre-registered participants
Opening Celebration Events
Join us for the full programme:
16.00 Opening of Rain and Fog. And Sometimes Sun. by Jošt Franko, Plečnik’s Arcade, Cankarjeva ulica 14
17.00 Opening of The Two Walls by Alejandro Cegarra, Town Hall, Glavni trg 4
18.00 Talk with Jošt Franko and Alejandro Cegarra, led by Laura Ettel (Leica Gallery Vienna), Town Hall terrace, Glavni trg 4
19.30 Opening Celebration: Welcome speeches and gathering, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32
21.00 Opening of Padre by Marisol Mendez, winner of the Open Call for Exhibitions 2026, Layer House 1st floor
19.00–22.00 Leica gear showcase, Layer House
Friday, 28th August
10.00–12.00 Morning coffee with curators and editors, a closed event for pre-registered participants only, Bar Mitnica, Tavčarjeva ulica 35
14.00–18.00 Leica Marketing Workshop with Bernhard Hörtnagl, a closed event for pre-registered participants
14.30–17.00 Guided tours with exhibiting photographers:
14.30 Robert Marin and Matjaž Rušt, The Most Beautiful City in the World, Maistrov trg
15.00 Federico Estol, Shine Heroes, Prešernova street
15.30 Curator Dino Rekanović (Rotlicht) on Elsa Okazaki’s RE.A.LI, Town Hall, Glavni trg 4
16.10 Maria Sturm, You Don’t Look Native to Me, and Hana Selena Sokolović, Dear Orchid, Galerija Ceneta Avguština, Tomšičeva ulica 7
17.30–20.00 NEGOTIATE ✲ INHABIT: Conversations on Photography, Mitnica Bar, Tavčarjeva ulica 35
17.30 Rewriting Reality: The Politics of Narrative: Amin Yousefi in conversation with Marisol Mendez, Joel Jimenez and Federico Estol.
18.45 From Space to Place: Inhabiting Photography: Ilija Tomanić Trivundža in conversation with Hana Selena Sokolović, Utu-Tuuli Jussila, Robert Marin and Matjaž Rušt
21.00 Študio, Next Stop: Bar Zdravljica, Društvo upokojencev Kranj, Tomšičeva ulica 4
Saturday, 29th August
9.00–14.00 Photowalk + analogue workshop with Rotlicht, closed event for pre-registered participants only
10.00–15.00 The World Upside Down – Camera Obscura Experience, all around the old town of Kranj
10.00–13.00 Photobooks Under the Cherry Tree, Tomšičeva ulica 32
14.30–17.00 Guided tours with exhibiting photographers:
14.30 Chiara Ernandes, Still Birth, stolp Škrlovec, Škrlovec 1
15.00 Utu-Tuuli Jussila, Härmä / Hoar, Mergentaler Street Gallery, Tomšičeva ulica
15.30 Peter Fettich, Crushed Berries, Kranjska hiša Gallery, Glavni trg 2
16.10 Joel Jimenez, Glimmers, Feathers and Staring Skies, Kokra River canyon. Meeting point: 16.00, Poštna ulica, by the stairs to the canyon. In case of bad weather, the tour will be postponed or cancelled.
18.00–23.59 Screening Programme + DJ, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32
18.00 The Photographer: documentary film screening, Škrlovec Hall
20.30 Projections, Cherry Garden
22.00 DJ Recycleman, Terrace
Sunday, 30th August
9.30–11.30 just to say “see you soon”: a final coffee at Evropa coffee place, Poštna ulica 3
Festival’s Neighbours
Discover initiatives by local institutions, taking place across the city alongside Kranj Foto Fest.
Exhibition Also Oslo by Janez Pelko
25. 8 19.00 Exhibition opening, Galerija ZKD Kranj, Glavni trg 23
Fragmenti Photo Weekend
26. 8 19.00 If They Met – street event + photo quiz
27. 8. 17.00 Photo walk with Petra Puhar, Prešeren’s grove
19.00 Puhar to Marenčič Lecture with Damir Globočnik, PhD
29. 8. 10.00–13.00 Cyanotype workshop + Family archive photo exhibition
19.00 Jam + Slam
30. 8 10.00 Second-hand photo equipment and photobook fair
11.00 Wet Plate Collodion demonstration
Cabinet of the Inventor Puhar
28. 8 17.00–21.00, Tomšičeva 13
Exhibition My City, The Janez Puhar Photo Society Kranj
29. 8 12.00 Guided tour, Mestna knjižnica Kranj, Gregorčičeva ulica 1
Any last-minute updates will be announced on our Instagram account. The organiser reserves the right to change or cancel the programme or parts of it.