
List of science fiction visual artists
Artists, specializing in SF themed art and illustration.
Chesley Bonestell
The father of modern space art.
Speculative Vision: Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Gallery / New Art Gallery
The old and the new gallery of classic and digitally manipulated art.
Slawek's ultimate guide to SF, fantasy, space and surreal art
An enormous collection of fantasy illustration and book cover galleries.
Science fiction film
On the genre's history and its defining elements.
Best/Worst "Sci-Fi" Titles
Science fiction films with the highest and lowest ratings on IMDb.
Best/Worst "Fantasy" Titles
Fantasy films with the highest and lowest ratings on IMDb.
Future Shorts
"The film organisation of the next generation": many of the several hundred quality short films are SF&F themed.
Animateka
The international animated film festival, every December in Ljubljana (Kinodvor and Kinoteka) and then in Maribor.
European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
Grossman Fantastic Film & Wine Festival
Ljutomer, Slovenia; July
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
The Netherlands, April
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Belgium, April
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
Switzerland, July
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
Finland, August
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
France, September
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival
Sweden, September – October
International Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
Spain, October
International Science Fiction Festival, Trieste
Italy, November
Leeds International Film Festival
United Kingdom, November
Riga International Fantasy Film Festival
Latvia, February – March
FANCINE: The Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Málaga
Spain, November
Utopiales – the Nantes International Science-Fiction Festival
France, November
Fantasia International Film Festival
Canada, July
PiFan: Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
South Korea, July
Fantastic Fest, Austin
USA, September
FILM4 FrightFest – the UK's Leading fantasy & horror film festival, London
United Kingdom, August
Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, San Sebastian
Spain, October – November
Blade Runner
The cult Ridley Scott film inspired by the Philip K. Dick novel.
The Matrix Trilogy
The trilogy that needs no introduction. The films have expanded into a universe of Matrix themed comics, animation, games etc.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Official Movie Website
HHGG on film. Fans are not so much shaking with excitement as with indignation (to be fair, one has to be extremely brave to tackle this project).
Serenity
Based on the one season of the brilliant Firefly the film Serenity was made, unfortunately losing some of the original atmosphere and sarcastic humour in its adaptation to the taste of the masses. Here you can join the e-army of »Brown Coats«.
Star Wars: Home Page
The official website of the six Lucas' films.
Science fiction on television
A brief summary of the development of televised SF.
Masters of Science Fiction
A six-episode series based on the prose of the SF greats.
Udruga ljubitelja Zvjezdanih staza U.S.S. Croatia
The society of Star Trek fans, U.S.S. Croatia, provides a fanzine, forums, a Star Trek database as well as general science and SF news. (HR)
startrek.com
The official website of all Star Trek series.
The Klingon Language Institute
On spelling, pronounciatoin, phrases, neologisms... Even classics like Shakespeare have been translated into Klingon!
A Vulcan Academy Linguistics Department
Features a dictionary, a lexicon, phonemic inventory, a universal translator etc.
FireflyFans.net
The online home to fans of Firefly series, which only lasted one season on Fox, unjustly so, according to its many fans.
Can't Take the Sky
Another fansite which features quality clips of every episode.
Battlestar Galactica (Reimagined)
The reimagined BSG from 2003.
Blake's 7
The immensly successful British SF series from 1970, whose author, Terry Nation, also created the popular daleks from Doctor Who. Blake's 7 was revived 30 years later.
Red Dwarf
Another cult British SF series with a great plot, created in 1988 on the basis of a series of radio sketches.
Space1999.org
Dedicated to Space 1999, a series, which only lasted two seasons (1975–1977). Fans are fighting for its revival.
The Official Dr. Who Web Site
The neatly organised offical website of the cult series offers detailed descriptions of episodes and their particularities.
Max Headroom
Twenty Minutes Into The Future
You may remember the cyberpunk series from over 20 years ago.
Max Headroom Chronicles – freshly updated and with forums.
Update: 23 December 2010
SF&F is a very ambiguous category which appears in many different media. In Slovenia, the literary field is the liveliest, but other SF&F themed works periodically pop up; paintings, sculptures, art installations, photographs, comics, music and other sound recordings, radio plays, films, animation, television production and, in public spaces, their manifestations in the form of exhibitions and other art events, concerts, theatre plays, puppet theatre, graffiti... Some works are authorial; many follow a literary precursor.
This list will encompass all works with notable genre motifs, themes or at least texts; eventually cult works by the most skilful authors will be emphasized.
Missing information and corrections are welcome; write to vodnik.zf (at) gmail.com.
FILM AND TELEVISION
- Anžlovar, Vinci Vogue: Vampir z Gorjancev (roman: Mate Dolenc, scenarij: Vinci Vogue Anžlovar. Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 2008) www ocena [F]
- Hren, Slavko: Supervitalin (novel: Damir Feigel, screenplay: Boris Grabnar. Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 1984)
- Kavčič, Jane: Maja in vesoljček / Maya and the Starboy (screenplay: Emil Filipčič and Jane Kavčič, 1988) imdb [adventure, comedy, SF]
- Lasič, Zoran: Waitapu (1987) imdb
- Mlakar, Andrej: Mokuš (screenplay: Feri Lainšček and Andrej Mlakar, 2000) imdb
- Milčinski, Mitja: Udarna brigada: otroška TV nadaljevanka (novel: Anton Ingolič. Episodes: Izgnanci, Pobeg, Začetek tvegane poti, Onstran meje, Na poti v svobodo, Veselo svidenje. Ljubljana: Viba film: TV Ljubljana, 1976) [YA F]
- Milčinski, Matija: Zvezdica zaspanka (scenarij: Frane Milčinski, ilustrator: Branko Stojaković, skladatelj: Jože Privšek. Available on VHS: Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija, Založba kaset in plošč, 1986; 1989; 2000. Available on DVD: Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija, Založba kaset in plošč, 2006) [YA F]
- Milčinski, Matija: Coprnica Zofka / Sophie the Witch (knjižna predloga in scenarij: Svetlana Makarovič, 1989) imdb [YA F]
- Pengov, Jože: Zvezdica zaspanka: prvi domači, celovečerni, barvni lutkovni film (scenarij: Frane Milčinski. Ljubljana: Vesna film, 1965) [YA F]
- Ranfl, Rajko: Mrtva ladja (screenplay: Andrej Hieng and Rajko Ranfl, 1971) imdb [romance, horror, mystery]
- Tomašič, Anton: Čisto pravi gusar / A Real Pirate (screenplay: Marcel Buh, 1987) imdb [adventure, family film, F]
- Urh, Tomaž: Zvezdica zaspanka (Gledališka skupina ZIK Črnomelj. Available on VHS: Črnomelj: samozaložba, 2003) [YA F]
- Verbič, Aleš: Morana (novel and screenplay: Samo Kuščer, 1994) imdb
MUSIC
- Golob, Jani: Coprnica Zofka: filmska glasba (Ljubljana, Viba film, Lutkovno gledališče, 1989)
- Lebič, Lojze: Ajdna: glasba o času za zbore, kljunaste flavte, tolkala in sintetizator (lyrics: Gregor Strniša, performed by: Mešani zbor RTV Slovenija. Available on CD: Celje: Mohorjeva družba, 1996)
- Robežnik, Jure: Orion (lyrics: Gregor Strniša, performed by: Marjana Deržaj, in the 60s)
- Sepe, Mojmir: Zemlja pleše (lyrics: Gregor Strniša, performed by: Marjana Deržaj, Majda Sepe, Plesni orkester Radio Ljubljana ...)
THEATRE
- Lukan, Blaž: Drejček in trije Marsovčki: drama (novel: Vid Pečjak. Ljubljana: Zveza kulturnih organizacij Slovenije, 1984) [YA SF]
- Milčinski, Frane: Zvezdica zaspanka: pravljična igra za marionete (Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1959. Nova Gorica: PDG, 1994) [YA]
- Preuss, Hanna: SCI FI... (premiere on 13th October 2010) about [SF]
- Šmid, Jonatan: Filio ni doma: priredba za koreodramsko ugledališčenje romana (novel: Berta Bojetu. Maribor: Slovensko narodno gledališče, 2000) [F]
VISUAL ART, COMICS
- Lavrič, Tomaž: Slepo sonce (Ljubljana: Forum: Mladina, 2004) [comic] review
- Muster, Miki: Pot v vesolje (1954. Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost, 1988) [comic]
- Muster, Miki: Čudežni otok (1956. Zbirka naš strip; Ljubljana: Klub devete umetnosti, 1982. Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost, Klub devete umetnosti, 1987. In Pustolovščine Zvitorepca, Trdonje in lakotnika, knj. 7, Zbrana dela Mikija Mustra; Ljubljana: Klub devete umetnosti, 1990. In Zelena dolina / Čudežni otok / Skok v prihodnost, Jubilejna izdaja legendarnih stripov Miki Muster; Delo, 2005) [comic]
- Muster, Miki: Na Luno (1959. Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost: Klub devete umetnosti, 1987. In Pustolovščine Zvitorepca, Trdonje in lakotnika, knj. 7, Zbrana dela Mikija Mustra; Ljubljana: Klub devete umetnosti, 1990. In Turki! Turki! / Na Luno, Jubilejna izdaja legendarnih stripov Miki Muster; Ljubljana, Delo, 2006) [comic]
- Muster, Miki: Obisk iz vesolja / V vesolje (1971. Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost: Klub devete umetnosti, 1985. In Dogodivščine Zvitorepca, Trdonje in lakotnika, knj. 2, Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost, 1987. In Trubadurji / Obisk iz vesolja, Jubilejna izdaja legendarnih stripov Miki Muster; Ljubljana, Delo, 2005) [comic]
- Muster, Miki: Skok v prihodnost (1971. Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost: Klub devete umetnosti, 1984. In Dogodivščine Zvitorepca, Trdonje in lakotnika, knj. 2, Zbirka za otroke in mladino; Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost, 1987. In Zelena dolina / Čudežni otok / Skok v prihodnost, Jubilejna izdaja legendarnih stripov Miki Muster; Delo, 2005) [comic]
RADIO, SPEECH
- Dekleva, Milan in Tugo Štiglic: Naprej v preteklost: radijska igra za otroke (knjižna predloga: Milan Dekleva. Ljubljana: Radio Slovenija, Uredništvo igranega programa, 1996) [YA]
- Koležnik, Mateja: Coprnica Zofka: zvočni posnetek (novel and screenplay: Svetlana Makarovič. Available on cassette: Zbirka Svetlanovčki, Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1996; 2001) [YA F]
- Makarovič, Svetlana: Kosovirja na leteči žlici: radijska igra (Počitniško popotovanje od strani do strani; Ljubljana: Radio-televizija, Uredništvo mladinskih oddaj, 1974) [YA F]
- Milčinski, Frane: Zvezdica Zaspanka (skladatelj: Bojan Adamič, izvajalec: Nace Simončič. Available on VHS: Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija, Založba kaset in plošč, 197?; 1986; 1992?. Available on CD: Najlepše pravljice: Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija, Založba kaset in plošč, 1995; 2006) [YA]
- Milčinski, Frane: Zvezdica Zaspanka (Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija, Uredništvo igranega programa, 1994) [YA]
- Pečjak, Vid: Pobegli robot: glasbena pravljica: radijska igra (Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, Mladinsko glasbeno uredništvo, 1972. Nenavadni pogovori; Ljubljana: Radiotelevizija, 1981) [YA ZF]
- Stres, Špela: Zvezdica Zaspanka: radijska igra za otroke (avtor: Frane Milčinski. Ljubljana: Radio Slovenija, 2.1.2005) [YA]
- Štampe Žmavc, Bina: Ure Kralja Mina: radijska igra za otroke (Ljubljana: Radio Slovenija, Uredništvo igranega programa, 1996; 1997) [YA F]