Festival in Hrastnik celebrates the working class

Kamerat is unique in at least two ways. It is among only a handful of film festivals in the world that specifically celebrate working-class film, and even fewer can boast of screening films in an abandoned mine shaft, forty metres below ground. This year it is happening for the third time and it features 22 films.

The festival was inspired by the 1934 workers' strike in Hrastnik, an old mining town where workers from all industries jointly demanded and achieved better working conditions.

It therefore takes place on the anniversary of the strike, with the local community...

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