Hotel Alcohol
COMPETITION • FEATURE • FICTION
2026 • 105min • Colour • 5.1 Dolby SRD • DCP • 1,85:1
Slovenian with English subtitles.
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
Bako, an alcoholic, decides to seek treatment at a psychiatric hospital. There, he meets Medea, a drug addict, and Drago, a good-humoured chess enthusiast. The hospital’s domineering chief psychiatrist organizes a competition: the protagonists form a team called Hotel Alcohol, but after failing, they leave the hospital and set off toward the sea.
CAST:
GREGOR BAKOVIĆ (BAKO), MEDEA NOVAK (MEDEA), DRAGO MILINOVIĆ (DRAGO), IVO BARIŠIČ (CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST), IRENA KOVAČEVIĆ (DR RUPNIK), MOJCA FATUR (PHARMACIST MARJANA), TIMON ŠTURBEJ (BAKO'S SON), LUDVIK BAGARI (PATIENT LUDVIK), PRIMOŽ PIRNAT (DRIVER), NATAŠA BURGER (LADY), IVO BAN (MEDEA'S FATHER)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
My life has always been closely intertwined with people with special needs, alcoholics, people with mental illness, and addicts. I want to break down taboos, demystify their world and bring it closer to the viewer—even through humour.
2026 • 105min • Colour • 5.1 Dolby SRD • DCP • 1,85:1
Slovenian with English subtitles.
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | SLAĐANA VIDE |
| CO-PRODUCERS | TORSTEN NEUMANN, LANA MATIĆ, BORIS T. MATIĆ |
| PRODUCTION | STARAGARA |
| CO-PRODUCTION | INDEPENDENT PARTNERS FILMVERLAG, PROPELER FILM, ZAVOD SOLSTICIJ |
Bako, an alcoholic, decides to seek treatment at a psychiatric hospital. There, he meets Medea, a drug addict, and Drago, a good-humoured chess enthusiast. The hospital’s domineering chief psychiatrist organizes a competition: the protagonists form a team called Hotel Alcohol, but after failing, they leave the hospital and set off toward the sea.
| DIRECTOR | JAN CVITKOVIČ |
| SCREENWRITER | JAN CVITKOVIČ |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | JURE ČERNEC |
| MUSIC COMPOSERS | EDIN DŽAMBIĆ, NIKO NOVAK |
| FILM EDITORS | MILOŠ KALUSEK, JAN CVITKOVIČ |
| PRODUCTION DESIGNER | VASJA KOKELJ |
| COSTUME DESIGNERS | POLONCA VALENTINČIČ, ELIZABETA NJARI |
| SOUND DESIGNER | ANDREAS HELLMANZIK |
| MAKE-UP ARTIST | TINKA PRPAR |
CAST:
GREGOR BAKOVIĆ (BAKO), MEDEA NOVAK (MEDEA), DRAGO MILINOVIĆ (DRAGO), IVO BARIŠIČ (CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST), IRENA KOVAČEVIĆ (DR RUPNIK), MOJCA FATUR (PHARMACIST MARJANA), TIMON ŠTURBEJ (BAKO'S SON), LUDVIK BAGARI (PATIENT LUDVIK), PRIMOŽ PIRNAT (DRIVER), NATAŠA BURGER (LADY), IVO BAN (MEDEA'S FATHER)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
My life has always been closely intertwined with people with special needs, alcoholics, people with mental illness, and addicts. I want to break down taboos, demystify their world and bring it closer to the viewer—even through humour.
