Kranj Foto Fest

05/05/2026

𝐒𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐢 𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨č𝐢: 𝐅𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐬𝐤𝐢 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐳𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐞 ✨ Prijazno vabimo starejše iz Kranja, da se udeležijo brezplačne fotografske delavnice.

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐳𝐚č𝐞𝐭𝐤𝐚: 𝟏𝟖. 𝐦𝐚𝐣 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Udeleženci se bodo naučili osnov fotografije z uporabo preprostih kamer, pregledovali bodo družinske albume in ustvarjali majhne kolaže z uporabo tekstila, papirja in fotografij. Predhodne izkušnje niso potrebne. Dela, ustvarjena tekom delavnice, bodo predstavljena na razstavi v okviru Kranj Foto Festa v avgustu, ko se bomo ponovno zbrali ter predstavili vaše ustvarjene projekte.

𝐔𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞ž𝐛𝐚: brezplačna (vsi materiali so vključeni)
Š𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐨 𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞ž𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐯: najmanj 5, največ 8
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞: 6 srečanj, začetek 18. maj
𝐋𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐚: Medgeneracijski center Kranj, Cesta talcev 7
𝐎𝐤𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐢 𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐤: ob ponedeljkih, 9:00–10:30 (po dogovoru z udeleženci), s premorom za kavo in piškote

📍Za več informacij oz. prijavo, prosim pokličite na tel.: 040 634 444 ali pišite na [email protected] do 15. maja. Registracija se zapre ob polni skupini.

🤗Lepo vabljeni, da se nam pridružite.

21/04/2026

Exhibition mobility is at the heart of Kranj Foto Fest. Through collaborations with other cultural institutions in Slovenia and abroad, we extend the reach of artists selected through our open calls, ensuring that works presented at the festival continue their journey.

This time, 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍 by , selected through our Open Call 2025 and first shown at Kranj Foto Fest 2025 at the Gallery, travels to in Maribor, eastern Slovenia. ✨The opening is tomorrow, 22.4, at 7pm, and everyone is invited!

We are grateful to .maribor and for this partnership, and to the Embassy of Brazil in Ljubljana and Instituto Guimarães Rosa for their support.

This exhibition is only possible also to the support of Kranj Foto Fest’s 2025 partners .obcina.kranj

Curated by and

02/04/2026

The day has finally arrived! ✨ The winners of Kranj Foto Fest Open Call 2026 are here! ✨ From 𝟭,𝟲𝟬𝟴 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 by 𝟭,𝟮𝟯𝟵 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 worldwide, our jury selected 𝟭𝟯 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀.

🏆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 – awarded a solo exhibition, €1,000 cash prize, and travel expenses up to €400
🏆 𝟭𝟮 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 – featured in group exhibitions

▻ All exhibiting artists will work closely with our curatorial team, with exhibition production costs covered and accommodation provided during Opening Week in August.

Get ready to meet the artists selected for Kranj Foto Fest 2026! ✨

𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲:
🏅Marisol Mendez (b. Bolivia), with the project “Padre”

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, by alphabetical order:
▪Ian Cheibub, Alumbre na Macaia
▪Debmalya Ray Choudhuri, The Weight of the Earth
▪Chiara Ernandes, Still Birth .ernandes
▪Federico Estol, Shine Heroes
▪Peter Fettich, Crushed Berries
▪Byron Mohammad Hamzah, Bunga dan Tembok / The Flower and The Wall
▪Minami Ivory, Weapon of Choice
▪Joel Jimenez Jara, Glimmers, Feathers and Staring Skies .jj
▪Utu-Tuuli Jussila, Härmä / Hoar
▪Robert Marin and Matjaž Rušt, The Most Beautiful City in the World
▪Hana Selena Sokolović, Dear Orchid
▪Maria Sturm, You Don’t Look Native to Me

Thank you to everyone who applied, and to our jury for their dedication. Congratulations to the selected photographers 🎉
If you weren’t selected this time, we hope to see your work again in 2027.

▻ More at the link in bio.

09/01/2026

With this post, we conclude our look back at our previous Open Calls, and we hope it has inspired you to submit your work for the 6th edition of Kranj Foto Fest in 2026🤗.

In the last year’s Open Call, from a record-breaking 1523 submissions, the jury exceptionally selected two winners, awarded one Special Mention, and shortlisted twelve finalists – with all selected artists receiving a solo exhibition within the festival programme.

The two Grand Winners in 2025 were with “Map of Memories” and with The “Nature of Things”. The Special Mention was awarded to for “I Saw a Tree Bearing Stones in the Place of Apples and Pears”.

The 2025 finalists were: , , , , , , , , .last.red.summer , , and duo .wola &

✨In 2026 we will celebrate our 6th edition and we invite you to join us! For one month, at the height of the European summer, the old town of Kranj, Slovenia, will once again transform into an exciting hub of photography.

🔝Apply to our Open Call for Exhibitions 2026! The jury will select one winner, who will receive a solo exhibition, €1,000, travel expenses to Kranj, and accommodation. Up to 12 finalists will be selected for group exhibitions and accommodation for three nights during the festival’s opening week.

The Open Call is open to all, with no thematic, age, or regional restrictions. Applications are submitted via Picter (link in bio) by 23 February 2026, and each participant may submit up to two projects.

We look forward to seeing you in Kranj!

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07/01/2026

In our recent posts, we’ve been highlighting photographers selected through our past open calls, celebrating the projects showcased in previous editions of the festival.

In 2024, during the 4th edition of Kranj Foto Fest, the Open Call for Exhibitions embraced an open theme, encouraging photographers of all levels and backgrounds to submit their projects without any thematic constraints. This approach proved liberating, and the diversity of projects received was an extraordinary response. The call received an impressive 1,014 submissions. After weeks of careful review, the jury awarded 20 projects, including one winner and 19 finalists.

The Grand Winner of the 2024 edition was the duo & Jakob Ganslmeier with the project “Fault Line”, presented as a solo exhibition at Stolp Škrlovec at in Kranj.

The 19 finalists were: , .bogdanska , , , , , , , , , , Matthieu Paley, , duo , , , duo .van.der.velden & , and

✨We are now accepting submissions for the 2026 edition and look forward to discovering your projects. We invite you to take a look at the link in our bio and evaluate if this sounds a nice opportunity for you and your work. 😉

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04/01/2026

In our recent posts, we are sharing a retrospective of our previous Open Calls for Exhibitions, offering inspiration for those considering submitting your work.😉

In the third edition of our festival, in 2023, we focused on the relationship between humanity and the environment, and our Open Call for Exhibitions was dedicated to the theme HUMAN – NATURE, seeking stories that revealed the interplay, impact and consequences of human actions on nature.

That year, we received 656 submissions, and the jury selected 20 projects: one winner, one special mention, and 18 finalists. The project “White Gold” by .kadous was awarded the Kranj Foto Fest Open Call 2023 Winner ✨, while the Special Mention went to the duo .blank – Işık Kaya & Thomas Georg Blank — for their project “Second Nature”.

The finalists of the 2023 edition were:
, , , , .kovacs , .maentz , , , , , , .oliveira___ , , , .bilgesatkin , .simikic , , .

All 20 selected projects were exhibited in Kranj during Kranj Foto Fest 2023, across galleries, museums, and outdoor locations in the old town and in nature.

📣 Now it is your turn to join us. If you wish to exhibit at Kranj Foto Fest 2026, submit your project.
We look forward to discovering your work. Submission is done via link in bio.

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29/12/2025

In our second edition in 2022, we challenged photographers to reflect on the concept of “home”. Under the theme “Home: A State of Transition”, our Open Call for Exhibitions 2022 asked what are the triggers behind migration, and what are the personal narratives beyond statistics? Is home always a synonym for land, or can one feel at home anywhere, regardless of the physical territory?

Selected from 305 applications, 21 projects were awarded through our Open Call and presented across the old town of Kranj. was selected as the Grand Winner with “Before It’s Gone”, presented for the first time as a solo exhibition at Kranj Foto Fest, while received a Special Mention for “The Rooted Heart Began to Change” with an exhibition at . Alongside them, 19 finalists were selected and transformed the city into an open-air gallery: , , , / .whispers , , / , .efeoglou , , , .goppel , , , , .lim , , , .occhipinti , Paulino and .simikic

Through photography, the festival addressed displacement caused by natural disasters, armed conflicts, and unjust social policies, while sharing intimate stories of migration and belonging (or not belonging) to a place.

Now we are searching for projects to be exhibited at the 6th edition of Kranj Foto Fest. If you wish to exhibit in our festival, we invite you to submit your project.

Submissions are open until 23 February via the Picter platform. Link in bio.

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23/12/2025

Over the coming days, we’ll be sharing glimpses from exhibitions by artists selected through our Open Calls for Exhibitions over the past five editions. We begin with 2021, Kranj Foto Fest’s very first edition. Under the theme ISOLATION | FREEDOM, we invited photographers to rethink this concept at a time when boundaries, mobility, and freedom were being profoundly redefined by the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Shaped by this context, the festival transformed the old town of Kranj into an open-air gallery, where empty shop windows that had been forced to close because of the lockdowns became exhibition frames, bringing new meanings and colour to streets marked by months of restriction. Windows from a butcher, a travel agency, a bookshop, a tattoo studio… along with the garden’s castle, the street gallery “Na Mestu”, the tunnels under the old town — all were transformed into exhibition spaces.

The winner of our first Open Call edition was , who received a solo exhibition at Stolp Škrlovec at with the project “Ode to My Family”. The finalists .uivel Rina Vukobratović and also presented their works in exhibitions installed throughout the old town of Kranj. All these projects were selected through our Open Call for Exhibitions 2021, shaping the editions that followed.

🔝Now it is your turn: submissions are open for the Open Call for Exhibitions 2026. Selected projects will be exhibited in Kranj during the 6th edition of Kranj Foto Fest. Don’t miss the chance to be part of our festival! Apply via Picter. Link in bio.

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19/12/2025

Do you want to have an exhibition at one of Europe’s leading photography festivals? Kranj Foto Fest announces its Open Call for projects to be exhibited during the 6th edition of the festival in August 2026, with all production costs covered by the festival. You can submit up to two projects on any theme of your choice. Photographers from all backgrounds are invited!

The jury will select one winner who will receive:
▪ A solo exhibition at Kranj Foto Fest 2026
▪ 1000 € cash prize
▪ Travel expenses of up to 400 €
▪ Accommodation for 3 nights during the opening week

In addition to the winner, the jury will select up to 12 projects for:
▪ Participation in group exhibitions at Kranj Foto Fest 2026. In some cases, the curatorial team may choose to upgrade some of these selected projects to solo exhibitions, assigning them to special locations and venues in the old town of Kranj.
▪ Accommodation for 3 nights during the opening week.

If selected, you’ll work closely with the curatorial team to plan your exhibition and showcase your work to a qualified audience, including curators, photo editors, gallery owners, and publishers from Slovenia and abroad. Beyond Kranj, the festival supports the continued circulation of your work to venues in Slovenia and abroad, increasing its exposure.

Applications are done via the Picter platform by 23rd February 2026: https://site.picter.com/kranj-foto-fest-open-call-2026

Jury 2026:
▪ Francesca Hummler Community Manager and Program Curator at
▪ Jelena Janković Programme Director of the
▪ Emmanuelle Halkin Independent Curator and Editor .fetart
▪ Tereza Kozinc Photographer and Co-curator at Kranj Foto Fest
▪ Fernanda Prado Verčič Founding Director at Kranj Foto Fest

Any questions? Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. We can’t wait to see your projects! 😉

Design Zoran Pungerčar

Kranj Foto Fest, one of Europe's leading photography festivals, will celebrate its 6th edition in 2026. It provides a key platform to showcase your work and connect with curators and editors. The Exhibition Program for 2026 is now open, and we invite you to apply for a chance to have your work featu...

19/12/2025

Bi si želeli razstavljati na enem od vodilnih evropskih fotografskih festivalov? Kranj Foto Fest razpisuje javni razpis za projekte, ki bodo avgusta 2026 razstavljeni v okviru 6. edicije festivala, pri čemer bo vse produkcijske stroške kril festival. Prijavite se lahko z do dvema projektoma na poljubno temo. K prijavi vabimo vse fotografe, ne glede na njihovo ozadje.

Žirija bo izbrala enega zmagovalca, ki bo prejel:
▪ samostojno razstavo na Kranj Foto Festu 2026
▪ denarno nagrado v višini 1000 €
▪ potne stroške v višini do 400 €
▪ 3 nočitve v času otvoritvenega tedna festivala.

Poleg zmagovalca bo žirija izbrala še do 12 projektov, ki bodo prejeli:
▪ sodelovanje na skupinskih razstavah na Kranj Foto Festu 2026. Kuratorska ekipa se lahko v določenih primerih odloči, da bo nekatere od teh izbranih projektov nadgradila v samostojne razstave in jim dodelila posebne lokacije in prizorišča v starem mestnem jedru Kranja.
▪ 3 nočitve v času otvoritvenega tedna festivala.

Če boste izbrani, boste lahko v tesnem sodelovanju s kuratorsko ekipo načrtovali svojo razstavo in svoje delo predstavili kompetentnemu občinstvu, ki ga sestavljajo kustosi, fotografski uredniki, galeristi in založniki iz Slovenije in tujine. Festival podpira kroženje in predstavitve nagrajenih projektov v razstaviščih po Sloveniji in tujini tudi po samem festivalskem dogajanju, s čimer bo vaše delo doseglo še širšo publiko.

Prijavite se lahko do 23. februarja 2026 preko platforme Picter https://site.picter.com/kranj-foto-fest-open-call-2026

Več: https://kranjfotofest.org/javni-razpis-2026/

Žirija javnega razpisa 2026
▪ Francesca Hummler skrbnica skupnosti in kuratorka programa pri
▪ Jelena Janković programska vodja festivala
▪ Emmanuelle Halkin neodvisna kuratorka in urednica .fetart
▪ Tereza Kozinc fotografinja in sokuratorka Kranj Foto Festa
▪ Fernanda Prado Verčič ustanoviteljica in direktorica Kranj Foto Festa

Vas zanima še kaj? Oglasite se nam lahko preko elektronskega naslova [email protected].
Se že veselimo vseh vaših projektov! 😉

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Javni razpis za razstave Kranj Foto Festa 2026 Razstavi svoj projekt!Kranj Foto Fest, ki spada med vodilne evropske fotografske festivale, bo v letu 2026 izveden že šestič zapovrstjo. Festival se je uveljavil kot ključna platforma, na kateri lahko predstaviš svoje delo in se povežeš s kurator...