The worst April 1st joke ever

Yesterday I heard a very shocking news from Slovenia: "They closed Kinodvor!"
I was surprised and ran to the computer to find out more about the news.

During the night the lock is changed and the server with the site is disconnected. Nobody of people working there is notified about the event. So next day, they stand in front of a locked door with no message explaining the situation.
The visitors are also left without any explanation, while the program for April was published on flyers, newspapers and even hanging in the little lit window at the front of Kinodvor building.

The newspapers brighten up the thing: It's not a joke, it's just that Kinodvor temporarly closed. And that all the equipment is gone.

I am totally shocked. Not that Kinodvor closed, with the current management it couldn't go very long, but the way it all happened is just disgusting! Not to tell people who are working there, letting them to make a program, having a meeting about working in the next month. And even then, not having the guts to call people and tell them they don't have to come to work.
I don't know what more to say.

And who did all this? Staš Ravter, the director of Kinoteka. After the first director died, he got to that position because of the intervention of his important friends and not because of his film experiences. The crew of Kinoteka disagreed with that choice and half of them left when he became a director. The other half he pushed so far that they also resigned, because they couldn't stand the situation anymore. He replaced everybody, also the team of Kinodvor, where the building is owned by the city, but managed by Kinoteka. The new team tried to do their best, but under such conditions nobody can succeed, so less and less people came to Kinodvor, the expenses rose and when Staš didn't get more money for it from the city and from the ministry of culture, he just goes and shuts the place down in the most disgusting way.

I can't believe this is all true, I can't believe that he actually sent people ant that they took away the projector, the sound system, the screen ... I was there when those speakers were put on the walls, before the screen was there, how everything was made precisely and with care, it was taking weeks before everything was ready.
And then one person has the power to just take it all down in one night?!

This is awful! I can't wait till elections. I will travel from Holland to give my vote. They just screwed everything up! And if I see Staš Ravter, he will be sorry he ever got involved with film!





April 1st is my birthday ...