Druga Godba @Kinodvor

This year’s Druga Godba will start a couple of days before the concert programme with a fascinating event at Kinodvor, Ljubljana’s arthouse cinema. The first part of the evening will feature a documentary insight into the musical heritage(s) of West Africa in the form of the film Kora Tales. This will be followed by a discussion with Lucy Durán, the film’s co-writer and one of the world’s leading experts on West African music. After this we will take a tour of the new exhibition at the Kinodvor gallery, which will feature a visual archive showing how Druga Godba’s aesthetic and programming concerns have developed over the years.

25. maj

Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales

Kinodvor

20:30

Artist talk: Lucy Durán

Kinodvor

21:30

Festival-themed poster and photo exhibition opening

Kinodvor Gallery

21:45

A Malian virtuoso, Ballaké Sissoko, takes us on a musical journey through Mali, Senegal, and The Gambia, unfolding the story of the kora, a unique West African harp said by legend to have been gifted to humankind by djinns, the spirits of the African savannah.

Directed by Lucy Durán and Laurent Benhamou; screenplay by Lucy Durán and Laurent Benhamou; cinematography by Laurent Benhamou; sound by Marie-Clotilde Chéry; editing by Rémi Crépeau; produced by Corinne Serres and Samuel Thiebaut.

Tickets (screening and talk): €4
Purchase: online & Kinodvor box office
Free admission for holders of the Druga godba 2026 festival wristband. Wristbands and tickets can be collected from 19:30 at the Kinodvor Café.

After the screening, there will be a discussion with co-director Lucy Durán, Professor at the Department of Music, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her work focuses primarily on the music of Mali and Cuba. From 2000 to 2013, she presented the weekly programme World Routes on BBC Radio 3. Her research into Mandé music of West Africa dates back to the late 1970s.

Co-produced by Druga Godba and Kinodvor.