Janez Leban has been working as a cultural producer since 1991. Since 2000 he has been actively involved in cultural production within the Mink Tolmin Association, which he co-founded. Since 2002, he has been active in the development of the Sajeta Art & Music Festival, an international, interdisciplinary, manifestation taking care of contemporary artistic practices in a small local community. Since 2003, he is the president of Zveza Mink Tolmin and since then he is also coordinator of the Multimedia Center Mink Tolmin programs, which every year produces over 20 cultural events. During all these years, he has signed, as a producer, a large number of film and video productions, including international co-productions, some of them are award-winning. Since 2010 he is the head of the Sajeta Art & Music Festival.
His focus is primarily on organising cultural programs that are less present in the small local community, where he lives. Through the Sajeta International Festival he’s focused on supporting new media art projects, mainly related to music. On local, regional and national level, he’s also active in improving the NGO sector.
In 2008 he was awarded a Municipal award for his work in the cultural field.
Since 2016, he has obtained an official status from the Ministry of culture as self-employed in the field of culture – producer.
