The die is cast: Isola Cinema 2008 is cancelled.

We regret to inform you that the 5th Isola Cinema will not take place this year.

In the aftermath of the decision by the Slovenian Film Fund to cut all funding for the Isola Cinema festival, we investigated the possibilities of (exceptionally) moving the 5th --possibly “limited”— edition of the festival to September.

Unfortunately, up until today, we still haven't received the official confirmation from the Film Fund as to whether or not they will co-finance Isola Cinema, and if so, to what extend. Since we cannot afford to repeat the situation of last year where some of the basic funding was not secured before the end of October, we have decided to cancel this year’s festival.

We would like to underline that throughout this crisis the Izola municipality has kept on re-confirming their support of the festival. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your letters of support!

Despite the unfortunate outcome we hope that Isola Cinema will be able to celebrate its 5th edition in May 2009.

Sincerely,
Isola Cinema Team