Cankarjev dom organises varied and high-quality film programmes that take place in its multipurpose halls, primarily the Linhart Hall (616 seats) and the smaller Kosovel Hall (220 seats). It has hosted the annual International Documentary Film Festival (March) since 1998 and the annual Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) (November) since 1989, thereby offering a wide programme of quality original works.

Cankarjev dom also buys the rights for a number of films (mostly European) screened in its venues, making it a significant distributor of art film production in the country. Cankarjev dom is a cinema member and a partner distributor of European films through the Europa Cinemas network.

Cankarjev dom assisted the Slovenian Cinematheque in setting up the Art Kino Mreža (Art Cinema Network), a project initiated in 2003 which distributes selected high-quality films around Slovenia for screening at member cinemas - Art kino Metropol Celje, Kino Odeon Izola, Kino Udarnik Maribor, Janez Trdina Cultural Centre, Novo mesto, Sora Cinema, Škofja Loka, Slovenj Gradec Culture House, Kosovel Culture House, Sežana, and Delavski dom Zagorje Cultural Centre.

Cankarjev dom's film education programme offers a Film Subscription Series for the Young in which selected outstanding films are presented with an accompanying lecture by a Slovene director, set-designer, editor or cameraman. Cankarjev dom has been a member of the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (Fédération internationale des associations de producteurs de films, FIAPF) since 1992 and of the Co-ordination Européen des festivals de cinema (CEFC) since 1998.

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