Slovenian Film Guide 2016: Fiction & Documentary

FICTION & DOCUMENTARY

1 FICTION IN FICTION PRODUCTION 32 43 DOCUMENTARY IN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION 58 Production: Slovenian Film Centre Editor: Inge Pangos Translation: Borut Praper Visual & design: Boštjan Lisec Print: Collegium Graphicum Print run: 700 Ljubljana, January 2016

FICTION Nightlife by Damjan Kozole 4 Mother by Vlado Škafar 6 Huston, We Have A Problem by Žiga Virc 8 Perseverance by Miha Knific 10 Nika by Slobodan Maksimović 12 A Comedy of Tears by Marko Sosič 14 Case: Osterberg by Matej Nahtigal 16 Šiška Deluxe by Jan Cvitkovič 18 Idyll by Tomaž Gorkič 20 Family Film by Olmo Omerzu 22 The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić 24 Life is a Trumpet by Antonio Nuić 26 Ministry of Love by Pavo Marinković 28 Lucy in the Sky by Giuseppe Petitto 30 Our Everyday Life by Ines Tanović 2

Nightlife by Damjan Kozole Nočno življenje, 2016, DCP, 1:2.35, in colour, 93 min

Selected Filmography

Vertigo www.vertigo.si info@vertigo.si

(feature) Nightlife, 2016 Ulay: Project Cancer, 2013, documentary Long Vacation, 2012, documentary Slovenian Girl, 2009 Forever, 2008 Labour Equals Freedom, 2005 Spare Parts, 2003

Late at night, a renowned lawyer is found on the sidewalk of a busy street in Ljubljana. He is semi-conscious and his body is covered in blood from numerous dog bite wounds. Physicians at the Ljubljana Medical Centre are fighting for his life, while his wife is coping with the shock and her deepest fears. During that night she breaks all of the moral principles she has advocated all her life.

Damjan Kozole (1964) is an award-winning filmmaker whose directing credits include the critically acclaimed Spare Parts, nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53th Berlin IFF, and Slovenian Girl, which premiered in 2009 at Toronto, Pusan and Sarajevo IFF and has been distributed worldwide. In 2005, a Damjan Kozole film retrospective took place in the US and Canada, hosted by the AFI. In 2008 Sight & Sound ranked his Spare Parts among ten most important films of the New Europe. directed by Damjan Kozole written by Damjan Kozole, Ognjen Sviličić, Urša Menart dop Miladin Čolaković edited by Jurij Moškon sound design Julij Zornik, Igor Čamo production design Dušan Milavec, Neža Zinajić costume design Zora Stančič make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska cast Pia Zemljič, Jernej Šugman, Marko Mandić, Petre Arsovski, Jana Zupančič, Dejan Spasić, Peter Musevski, Matija Vastl, Mojca Partljič, Blaž Šef production Vertigo producer Danijel Hočevar coproduction Sisters and Brother Mitevski, SCCA/pro.ba co-producers Labina Mitevska, Amra Bakšić Čamo co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Macedonian Film Agency, Film Fund Sarajevo, Viba film

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Mother by Vlado Škafar Mama, 2016, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 90 min

Selected Filmography

Gustav film www.gustavfilm.si info@gustavfilm.si

(feature) Mother, 2016, fiction A Girl and a Tree, 2012, non-fiction Dad, 2010, fiction Nighttime with Mojca, 2009, non-fiction Letter to a Child, 2008, non-fiction

Every step is a secret.

Mother takes her self-destructive daughter to a deserted village in a foreign country and locks her in a house in the middle of nowhere. She takes her away from everything in order to bring her back to life. What begins as a mother’s desperate attempt to save her child turns into an increasingly miraculous spiritual adventure, restoring the deep feelings of life within her.

Filmmaker and writer Vlado Škafar (1969) is also engaged in the promotion of cinematic culture (a co-founder of the Slovenian Cinematheque and Kino Otok – Isola Cinema IFF). His debut feature Dad was the first Slovenian film ever selected for the International Critics’ Week at the Venice IFF. directed & written by Vlado Škafar dop Marko Brdar edited by Jelena Maksimovic sound design Julij Zornik cast Nataša Tič Ralijan, Vida Rucli, Gabriella Ferrari, Pierluigi Di Piazza production Gustav film producer Frenk Celarc co-production Transmedia, Arch Production, SCCA/Pro.ba co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Media Development, MIBAC, FVG Film Fund, FVG Film Commission, Eurimages, Viba film

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Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc Huston, težavo imamo!, 2016, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 90 min In March 1961, Yugoslavia sold its secret space programme to the US. Two months later Kennedy announced that the US would go to the Moon.

Many people believe that Yugoslavia’s president Tito saved the USA’s ‘reputation’ in the space race by selling them Yugoslav space flight technology.

The story of the film is based on real-life facts and inspired by real events. Žiga Virc (1987) is a film and television director, whose short film Trieste Is Ours! was nominated for the Student Academy Awards in 2010. His works are internationally notable for their dramatic visual style, use of music to build tension, incorporating a detailed approach to the narrative structure and making it appealing to a broad audience.

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directed by Žiga Virc written by Boštjan Virc, Žiga Virc dop Andrej Virc production Studio Virc producer Boštjan Virc co-production Nukleus film, Sutor Kolonko co-producers Siniša Juričić, Ingmar Trost co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, MEDIA, Eurimages, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, HBO Europe, WDR Germany, Doha Film Institute Qatar, RTV Slovenija, Viba film

Selected Filmography Houston, We Have a Problem!, 2016, docu-fiction A Crescent above the Edelweiss, 2013, documentary Mira Marko Debelak, 2013, documentary Trieste Is Ours!, 2010, short

Studio Virc www.studio-virc.com bostjan@studio-virc.si

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Perseverance by Miha Knific Vztrajanje, 2016, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 100 min Is our true self defined by the memories left unsaid?

Preservance is a mosaic of fates, depicting the experience of human life in all its depth of emotions, in all of its sensual, memorial and ideological wealth. It is a collage of moments we are unwilling or incapable to discuss, a mosaic of memories and secrets we keep to ourselves. It is a film about the cacophony of reality, where the tragic is contrasted with the banal, the sublime with the profane, cruel with beautiful, and crowded with lonely.

An homage to life at its toughest. A shameless compilation of stories about them – and us.

As a filmmaker Miha Knific (1976) mostly deals with people’s stories, explores extreme situations, and is especially interested in the freedom that these existential situations create – in the situations that change individuals, their attitudes to the world, and the world in itself. directed & written by Miha Knific dop Aljoša Korenčan edited by Sandra Mitić production design Boban Petrushevski costume design Tina Bonča make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska cast Štefka Drolc, Brane Grubar, Katarina Čas, Lu Q Huong, Aljaž Tepina, Demeter Bitenc, Ivanka Mežan, Bine Matoh, Ivica Knez production Nukleus film producer Siniša Juričić co-production This & That Productions, Helios Sustainable Films co-producers Snežana Penev, Patrick Kofler co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, BLS, Film Center Serbia, Viba film

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Selected Filmography

(feature) Perseverance, 2016 Things, I Want to Do with You, 2015 Let Me Sleep, 2007

Nukleus film www.nukleus-film.hr sinisa@nukleus-film.hr

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Nika by Slobodan Maksimović Nika, 2016, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 90 min

Selected Filmography

Nora Production Group www.nora-pg.si alan@nora-pg.si

(from 2010) Nika, 2016, feature Technology for the People, 2015, documentary Forgotten, 2015, documentary Thanks for Sunderland, 2012, feature Slovenia’s Candidature for EuroBasket 2013, 2010, short

Nika is a seventeen-year-old girl who loves racing go-karts. Her father, a professional race car driver who died in a car accident, had inspired her for this sport. Mojca’s mother is afraid that after the death of her husband she could lose her only daughter as well. However, her prohibition reaches the opposite of the desired effect.

A teen & family film about rebellion, conflicts, understanding and love. When mother and daughter really listen to each other, the story about winning begins.

Slobodan Maksimović (1975, ba), director and screenwriter. His shorts 1/2 (premiered at the 60th Cannes IFF – Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde Section) and AgapE have been shown in the competition programmes of more than 30 international film festivals and won 14 international rewards. His debut feature, Thanks for Sunderland, won the Vesna Award for Best Film at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film. directed by Slobodan Maksimović written by Matjaž Pikalo, Slobodan Maksimović dop Predrag Dubravčić edited by Jurij Moškon music Miha Guštin, Peter Dekleva sound design Julij Zornik production design Marko Juratovec costume design Tatjana Birgmajer cast Ylenia Mahnič, Marjuta Slamič, Sebastian Cavazza, Benjamin Krnetić, Gašper Tič, Nenad Tokalić, Gojmir Lešnjak, Primož Pirnat, Borut Veselko, Patrik Škvarč production Nora Production Group producer Darko Vinkl co-production RTV Slovenija co-producers Bistra Borak, Miha Hočevar, Alan Vitezič co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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A Comedy of Tears by Marko Sosič Komedija solz, 2016, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 75 min

Selected Filmography Arsmedia www.arsmedia.si info@arsmedia.si

(from 2010) A Comedy of Tears, 2016 Portrait: Nora Jankovič (opera singer), 2013, documentary

Albert is an elderly man – a cynic, choleric, and racist. He is in a wheelchair, living in a spacious flat in Trieste, immersed in his solitary obsessive memory fragments involving the unresolved relations with his family members whom he had distanced himself from a long time ago. His only contacts with reality are Ida, an educated middle-aged lady who comes from Istria to Albert’s place twice a week in order to clean up, cook for him and bathe him... And his staring through the window. One day Albert and Ida’s time together starts with Albert nagging cynically and aggressively. Ida puts up with his annoying tirades with dignity and peace, but that ignites Albert’s malicious behaviour even more.

A Comedy of Tears tries, with its bitter sense of humour, to reflect one of the many pictures of the contemporary everyday society, its spirit and its evident disorientation.

Marko Sosič (1958), writer and director. For many years he has worked as the art coordinator of the Slovenian Theatre in Trieste and at the Slovenian National Theatre in Nova Gorica. He has directed plays in Trieste, Ljubljana and Rome, and worked for TV as well.

He has written four novels and two collections of short stories. His works have received several awards. directed & written by Marko Sosič dop Radovan Čok edited by Janez Bricelj music Stefano Schiraldi production design Dušan Milavec costume design Zvonka Makuc make-up Mirjam Kavčič cast Marjuta Slamič, Ivo Barišič, Mojca Lavič, Katerina Antler, Tina Gunzek, Matija Rupel, Luna Jurančič Šribar, Ivo Selj production Arsmedia producer Boštjan Ikovic co-production Rai Friuli Venezia Giulia – SLO, MB Grip, Iridium co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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Case: Osterberg by Matej Nahtigal Psi brezčasja, 2015, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 90 min After being away for four years, Rok Osterberg returns to his home town to investigate the murder of his younger brother Maks. As Maks was involved in illegal business, nobody seems to care about his death. The only person willing to help is a family friend, Inspector Kramer.

Back home, Osterberg must face people from his past.

Matej Nahtigal graduated in Graphic and Media Technology from the University of Ljubljana in 2011, and finished Year 1 of his MA Photography postgraduate course at the University in Sarajevo in 2012. directed by Matej Nahtigal written by Zoran Benčič, Matej Nahtigal dop Vladan Janković edited by Matej Nahtigal, Zoran Benčič music Primož Benko, Boštjan Senegačnik sound design Boštjan Kačičnik production design Urška Mazej costume design Sanja Grcić make-up Eva Uršič cast Primož Vrhovec, Vida Breže, Predrag Mitrović, Emil Cerar, Radko Polič, Ivo Barišič, Andrijana Boškoška Batič, Akira Hasegawa, Blaž Setnikar, Niko Goršič, Marko Ujc, Valentina Plaskan production Lignit film producer Tomi Matič co-production MC Velenje, RTV Slovenija co-funding Viba film

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Filmography

Lignit film

Case: Osterberg, 2015

tomi@asenca.si

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Šiška Deluxe by Jan Cvitkovič Šiška Deluxe, 2015, DCP, 16:9, digital, in colour, 108 min Three male childhood friends are not quite so young anymore but cannot seem to grow up completely. When the aunt of one of them dies, she leaves him a small commercial property and the three friends immediately decide to open a pizzeria. In the beginning it seems as if this is another project doomed to fail. However, just in the nick of time, a mysterious woman comes along and offers to help. Another curious character seems to be the friends’ arch enemy but is ultimately transformed into their closest and most trusted friend.

All the while, an intense family drama underlies the story and finally shakes it to its core.

The impetus for the sudden plot twist is a 5-year-old girl, who one day decides to simply leave her parents… In the end, the missing and scattered pieces of the puzzle start to form an almost idyllic picture of their world.

An archaeologist by education, Jan Cvitkovič (1961) is first and foremost a director, actor, writer and a poet. He has written and directed several award-winning features and shorts. He is also the cowriter of Idle Running, a Slovenian hit feature where he appeared in the lead role. The numerous awards under his belt include more than twenty domestic and international awards altogether for Idle Running, more than ten prizes for Gravehopping from different internationally acclaimed festivals, the Lion of the Future and several others for Bread and Milk… and most recently – the Audience Award at Cottbus FF 2015 for Šiška Deluxe. Jan is currently working on his fifth film Our Family, which starts shooting in summer 2016.

Selected Filmography

Perfo www.perfo.si ales.pavlin@perfo.si

(from 2010) Šiška Deluxe, 2015, feature Hundred Dogs, 2012, short Archeo, 2011, feature Total Gambit, 2010, documentary

directed & written by Jan Cvitkovič dop Jure Černec edited by Dafne Jemeršić music Aleksander Pešut – Schatzi sound design Igor Iskra production design Vasja Kokelj, Ivan Bartling costume design Emil Cerar, Žaklina Krstevska make-up Anja Godina, Goran Ignjatovski cast Žiga Födransberg, Marko Miladinović, David Furlan, Jana Prepeluh, Marjuta Slamič, Aleksander Rusić, Marijana Brecelj, Petre Arsovski production Perfo producers Andrej Štritof, Aleš Pavlin co-production Evolution Films, Kino Oko co-producers Ondrej Zima, Pavel Bercik, Robert Naskov co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Czech Film Fund, Macedonian Film Agency, Viba film

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Idyll by Tomaž Gorkič Idila, 2015, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 84 min Nothing could seem further from the frivolous world of trendy young city people on a fashion shoot than the basement of two demented hillbillies. But in fact, something even darker than this basement brings them together.

Director, screenwriter and editor Tomaž Gorkič works in the horror film genre. Some of his short films have travelled all over the world and received awards at various festivals.

Idyll is his debut feature. directed & written by Tomaž Gorkič dop Nejc Saje edited by Tomaž Gorkič music Davor Herceg sound design Sašo Kalan sound recording Miha Rudolf production design Gregor Nartnik costume design Sanja Grcić make-up Sendy Kumalakanta, Lana Rakanović cast Nina Ivanišin, Lotos Šparovec, Nika Rozman, Jurij Drevenšek, Manca Ogorevc, Damjana Černe, Matic Bobnar production Blade Production producer Zoran Dževerdanović co-production Strup produkcija, Nu Frame co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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(from 2010) Idyll, 2015, feature M Is for Music, 2013, short Between Me, You and God, 2012, short Chain of Flesh, 2010, short

Blade Production www.bladeproduction.com info@bladeproduction.com

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Family Film by Olmo Omerzu Družinski film, orig. Rodinný film, 2015, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 95 min A husband and wife go sailing across the ocean, leaving their two children at home. The children’s seemingly careless life is disturbed by a sense of fear when they lose touch with their parents – their boat capsized and their dog went missing. The parents return home only to find out that their son needs a kidney transplant and, as it turns out, the husband is not the boy’s biological father. At the height of the crisis, we take our leave of the family and see a deserted island where the dog fights for survival. One day a ship appears on the horizon and the dog returns home. But where is home, actually?

During his studies at the Famu (cz), Olmo Omerzu (1984) directed several short films and a 40-minute fiction The Second Act. It has been shown and received awards at several European festivals, and distributed in the Czech, Slovak and Slovenian cinemas. His fulllength debut A Night Too Young, a Czech-Slovenian coproduction, had a North American premiere in the Competition Section of the 2012 LA IFF and was also among Film Comment’s top ten from Berlinale 2012. The film has been invited to numerous international festivals and received awards at some of them. In February 2013, Omerzu won the RWE – Discovery of the Year Award for Best Newcomer in the Czech Republic at the Czech Film Critics’ Awards. Family Film premiered at the San Sebastian IFF 2015 and won the Best Artistic Contribution Award (section tbc, Tokio IFF 2015) and Fipresci Award (Liffe, Ljubljana IFF 2015), among others. directed by Olmo Omerzu written by Olmo Omerzu, Nebojša Pop Tasić dop Lukáš Milota edited by Janka Vlčková sound recording Johannes Doberenz sound design Florian Marquardt production design Iva Němcová costume design Marjetka Kürner Kalous make-up Kristýna Jurečková, Anke Saboundjian cast Karel Roden, Vanda Hybnerová, Daniel Kadlec, Jenovéfa Boková, Eliška Křenková, Martin Pechlát production Endorfilm (cz) producer Jiří Konečný co-production Arsmedia, 42Film, Česká Televize, Rouge International, Punkchart Films co-producers Boštjan Ikovic, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Nadia Turincev, Julie Gayet, Ivan Ostrochovský co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republik, Mdm – Mitteldeutsche Medien, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Media Programme, Eurimages world sales Cercamon World Sales

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Selected Filmography

(feature) Family Film, 2015 A Night Too Young, 2012 The Second Act, 2008

Arsmedia www.arsmedia.si info@arsmedia.si

The High Sun by Dalibor Matanić Zenit, orig. Zvizdan, 2015, DCP, 1:2.35, in colour, 123 min Three different decades, two neighbouring villages burdened with historical heritage, and three love stories intertwine to tell a classic story about forbidden love.

The High Sun qualified as a finalist for the 2015 Lux Prize and won Jury Prize (program Un Certain Regard Nomination, Cannes IFF 2015), among others.

Dalibor Matanić (1975, hr) is a director and writer, best known for The High Sun (2015), Fine Dead Girls (2002) and The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside (2000).

Selected Filmography Gustav film www.gustavfilm.si info@gustavfilm.si

(feature, from 2010) The High Sun, 2015 Handymen, 2013 Daddy, 2011 Mother of Asphalt, 2010

directed & written by Dalibor Matanić dop Marko Brdar edited by Tomislav Pavlic music Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz sound design Julij Zornik production design Mladen Ožbolt costume design Ana Savić Gecan make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska, Talija Ivančič cast Tihana Lazović, Goran Marković, Trpimir Jurkić, Nives Ivanković, Mira Banjac, Dado Ćosić, Stipe Radoja production Kinorama (hr) producer Ankica Jurić Tilić co-production Gustav film, SEE Film Pro co-producers Petra Vidmar, Frenk Celarc, Nenad Dukić, Miroslav Mogorović co-funding Media Programme, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, Eurimages, Film Fund Serbia, Viba film world sales Cercamon World Sales

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Life Is a Trumpet by Antonio Nuić Življenje je trobenta, orig. Život je truba, 2015, DCP, in colour, 90 min Family gatherings are a constant source of information, especially if there is a wedding in sight. It is a great opportunity to observe the subtle clashes between different personalities, and to finally treat the skeletons from the closet as guests at the table while the cameras are rolling.

Life Is a Trumpet has a loose jazz musician as the groom, a butcher as his father, and two families of different backgrounds whose members are not as different as one might expect.

Antonio Nuić (1977, ba), director and screenwriter, film acting lecturer at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, artistic advisor of the Zagreb FF, and President of the Croatian Film Directors Guild. directed & written by Antonio Nuić dop Radislav Jovanov Gonzo edited by Marin Juranić sound design Hrvoje Štefotić cast Bojan Navojec, Iva Babić, Zlatko Vitez, Mirela Brekalo, Goran Navojec, Filip Križan, Ksenija Marinković, Filip Šovagović production Propeler Film (hr) producer Boris T. Matić co-production Staragara, Baš Čelik, Croatian Radiotelevision, Artikulacija, Film and Music Entertainment co-producers Miha Černec, Jelena Mitrović, Goran Radman, Ivan Ðurović, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Montenegro, Media Programme

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Selected Filmography (feature) Life Is a Trumpet, 2015 Donkey, 2009 All for Free, 2006

Staragara www.staragara.com miha@staragara.com

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Ministry of Love by Pavo Marinković Ministrstvo ljubezni, orig. Ministarstvo ljubavi, 2015, arri alexa, 1:1.85, in colour, 105 min Because of the 1991-1995 war, Croatia is a country with the largest number of widows in the European Union. This is why it adopted new family legislation during the recession, according to which the women living with new partners lose the right to the pension of their dead husbands – fallen soldiers. A secret department, tasked with tracking down all of the widows in breach of this new law, was established. Krešo, an unemployed biologist who married into a wealthy family, gets a job of an inspector at this department. He finds the work humiliating at first, but then he accepts it and soon gets many widows to trust him...

Pavo Marinković (1967, hr) was an internationally-acknowledged and award-winning dramatist/dramaturge in the 1990s. At the turn of the century he dedicated himself to film. He wrote the scripts for the TV film Go, Yellow! (2001, directed by Dražen Žarković), TV comedy Tressette - a Story of an Island (2006, co-direction with Žarković) and Czech fiction Gentle Barbarians (with Jan Budař, in pre-production). Marinković’s direction debut – the comedy Love Life of a Gentle Coward, won the Special Jury Award at the Worldfest Houston festival of independent film. directed and written by Pavo Marinković dop Simon Tanšek edited by Dubravko Slunjski music Hrvoje Crnić production design Gorana Stepan costume design Vedrana Rapić make-up Ana Bulajić Črćek cast Stjepan Perić, Dražen Kuhn, Milan Štrljić, Ecija Ojdanić, Olga Pakalović, Ksenija Marinković, Alma Prica, Goran Navojec, Bojan Navojec, Robert Kurbaša, Bruna Bebić, Dijana Vidušin, Matija Prskalo, Milivoj Beader, Stipe Radoja, Maja Posavec production Telefilm (hr) producer Stanko Babič co-production Casablanca, 8 Heads Production co-producers Igor Pediček, Julietta Sichel co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages

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Selected Filmography (from 2010) Ministry of Love, 2015 Occupation, the 27th Picture, 2013, documentary

Casablanca www.casablanca.si igor.pedicek@siol.net

Lucy in the Sky by Giuseppe Petitto Lucy na nebu, DCP, in colour, 90 min

Selected Filmography

Gustav film www.gustavfilm.si info@gustavfilm.si

(from 2010) Lucy in the Sky, 2015, feature Ciao Federico: I funerali di Fellini, 2013, short Primaries, Italian Style, 2013, documentary L’ultimo socialista, 2012, documentary Leopoldo Trieste, 2011, short documentary Milano 2015 Exposed, 2010, documentary

Nicole controls her life very carefully, even the most insignificant details. Lucy, Nicole’s eight-year-old daughter, is a solitary and problematic child. Nicole wants to shape Lucy in her own image, but apparently unsuccessfully. Roman, Nicole’s husband, is a fascinating man, but he has previously stained their marriage by committing adultery. And now he seems to be falling again for the same woman.

When facing family hardships that endanger its peace, Nicole acts resolutely, but sometimes insensitively. However, when Lucy is threatened by a mysterious unknown force, Nicole’s confidence begins to waver.

Odd poltergeists suddenly show up in their isolated mountain house. The phenomena cannot be explained reasonably. Lucy is in danger and Nicole has to find the strength in order to save her.

Slovenian distribution: Continental film Italian director, producer and editor Giuseppe Petitto has made several short and feature-length films, both documentary and fiction, some of which have gained international critical acclaim. Among other international awards he received the Nestor Almendros Award at the 2001 Human Rights Watch IFF and the Golden Spike Award at the 2011 Social WFF. directed & written by Giuseppe Petitto dop Davide Manca sound design Borut Berden production design Giuliano Pannuti costume design Daniela Ciancio make-up Alenka Nahtigal cast Antonia Liskova, Michael Neuenschwander, Linda Mastrocola, Mia Škrbinec production Martha Production (it) producer Martha Capello co-production Gustav film, Ventura Film co-producers Petra Vidmar, Frenk Celarc, Andres Pfaeffli co-funding MIBAC, RAI Cinema, BLS Film Fund, Trento Film Commission, RSI, Gustav film, Continental film, Eurimages

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Our Everyday Life by Ines Tanović Naš vsakdanjik, orig. Naša svakodnevna priča, DCP, in colour, 89 min An entire generation of people in BiH who are now in their forties, lost their youth in war, yet the 2000s have offered neither freedom, successful jobs, nor the progress; as if the life has been placed ‘on hold’…

The young war veteran Sasha tries to cope with the unsolved political situation and economic hardships of the postwar Bosnia, while his father Muhamed cannot give up his social beliefs in an increasingly corrupt society. Torn by the problems of the two men, the mother Maria falls ill – and her illness causes the family to bond again. When the problems started piling up, both Muhamed and Sasha realise that the only thing that matters is the family – the last oasis of a man.

Director and screenwriter Ines Tanović (ba) was awarded the Big Stamp for Best Film in the Regional Competition Program at 2012 Zagreb-Dox International Documentary FF. Her project Decision was selected for the 2011 Berlin Today Award. The omnibus Some Other Stories (Bosnian and Herzegovian-Serbian-Macedonian-Slovenian-Croatian-Irish coproduction, supported by Eurimages) has been invited to more than 35 international film festivals and received five international awards.

Our Everyday Life, her debut feature, has received many international and national awards and was the Bosnian candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015. directed & written by Ines Tanović dop Erol Zubčević, Ashib edited by Redžinald Šimek music Halka sound design Igor Čamo production design Mario Ivezić costume design Sanja Džeba make-up Tina Šubic Dodočić cast Uliks Fehmiu, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Jasna Ornela Bery, Vedrana Seksan, Maja Izetbegović, Nina Violić, Marko Mandić, Boro Stjepanović, Goran Bogdan production Dokument Sarajevo (ba) producer Alem Babić co-production Studio Maj, Spiritus Movens co-producers Dunja Klemenc, Zdenka Gold co-funding Sarajevo Cinematographic Foundation, Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages

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Selected Filmography Our Everyday Life, 2015, feature Geto 59, 2013, short doc.

Coal Mine, 2012, short doc.

Living Monument, 2012, short doc.

A Day on the Drina, 2011, short doc.

Studio Maj www.studiomaj.si dunja.klemenc@siol.net

Ivan by Janez Burger 34 The Miner by Hanna A. W. Slak 35 A Dream by Boštjan Slatenšek 36 Come along by Igor Šterk 37 The Croatian Constitution by Rajko Grlić 38 Ana by Igor Šmid 39 Stories from the Chestnut Woods by Gregor Božič 40 Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World by Marko Naberšnik 41 Benjamin in Moscow by Karpo Godina 41 Erased by Miha Mazzini 33

FICTION IN PRODUCTION

Ivan by Janez Burger Ivan, expected delivery: autumn 2016, DCP, 1:2.39, in colour, 100 min A story about awakening the true identity of a woman in a world tailor-made for men.

Mara gives birth to the illegitimate boy Ivan, whose father Rok is a businessman she loves obsessively. When Rok is accused of white-collar crime, his friends abandon him. Mara feels the consequences as well. She gets beaten up by Rok’s cronies and ends up in a safe house. Rok takes her and Ivan away, and she is convinced her dreams have come true. However, Rok uses them only to get to the money he keeps in a safe. On the run from the police, he forces Mara to make the worst sacrifice imaginable – leave her baby...

Janez Burger (1965), director and screenwriter, graduated in film and TV directing from the Famu (cz). His films are always welcome at prominent film festivals all over the world, where they often receive awards. He lives and works in Ljubljana. directed by Janez Burger written by Aleš Čar, Janez Burger, Srdjan Koljević, Melina Pota Koljević dop Marko Brdar edited by Miloš Kalusek sound design Rob Flanagan production design Vasja Kokelj costume design Ana Savič Gecan make-up Alenka Nahtigal cast Maruša Majer, Matjaž Tribušon, Polona Juh, Branko Šturbej, Leon Lučev, Dubrica Guljević, Mojca Funkl, Mateja Pucko production Staragara producer Miha Černec co-production Propeler Film co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Eurimages, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, RTV Slovenija, Viba film

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(from 2010) Scream, 2014, short Driving School, 2014, feature The Elderly Parasite or Who is Marko Brecelj?, 2013, documentary Silent Sonata, 2010, feature

Staragara www.staragara.com miha@staragara.com

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The Miner by Hanna A. W. Slak Rudar, expected delivery: autumn 2016, DCP, in colour, cca 100 min A miner from the Zasavje coal region, instructed to open a sealed mining shaft, finds much more behind the wall than merely an abandoned mine. Through the eyes of an immigrant the film unveils the dark side of Slovenian history and seeks a solution for the complex conflicts between the people in the miner’s simplicity and warm humanity.

Hanna A. W. Slak (1975), producer, director, editor, scriptwriter. She gained international acclaim with her short student films and was later affirmed as one of the emerging talents of her generation with her intense and dark debut Blind Spot, shown at more than 70 IFFs and winner of several awards. Her second feature Teah has also received many international awards and is the first film in the Slovenian langue to ever receive Eurimages funding. Her interests in filmmaking range from the classical writer/director auteur cinema to short experimental and formal research films. She lives and works between Ljubljana and Berlin.

Nukleus film www.nukleus-film.hr knific.miha@gmail.com

Selected Filmography (feature) Teah, 2007 Blind Spot, 2002

directed & written by Hanna A. W. Slak dop Matthias Pilz production design Marco Juratovec costume design Tina Bonča make-up Tina Lasič cast Leon Lučev, Marina Redžepović, Zala Đurić Ribič, Tin Marn, Boris Cavazza, Nikolaj Burger, Jure Henigman, Boris Petkovič production Nukleus film producers Miha Knific, Siniša Juričić co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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A Dream by Boštjan Slatenšek Privid, expected delivery: autumn 2016, DCP, 1: 2.39, in colour, cca 100 min Prishtina, Kosovo. Mark works as ‘an international employee’. One night he meets three local girls in a bar: Besa, her girlfriend Hana, and Shpresa. Mark is attracted to Shpresa’s extreme passion, but the romance is soon shattered. Her mood swings from passionate love to hate and death threats in a matter of seconds. For Mark this is hard to handle. He believes Shpresa might suffer from borderline personality disorder. As he wants to confront her, she starts pushing him away.

Hana and Besa’s relationship is also in danger, but for a completely different reason: Hana is afraid of the social stigma that love between two girls carries in the deeply conservative and patriarchal Kosovo.

Boštjan Slatenšek is a Slovenian filmmaker with journalistic background. He is the author of a series of documentary films, while A Dream is his second feature film. As a filmmaker he mostly focuses on people’s stories that come from real and extreme situations and thus create strong emotions. He was a freelance reporter in Kosovo during the war and has regularly been published internationally. He has deep interest and insight into the region as well as stories coming from this culture. directed by Boštjan Slatenšek written by Boštjan Slatenšek, Aude Le Pape dop Ibrahim Deari sound design Muha Veseli costume design & make-up Leonora Mehmeti cast Aude Le Pape, Aleksandar Rajaković, May-Linda Kosumovic, Alketa Sylay, Luan Jaha production Filrouge producer Uroš Goričan co-production AS Film Production co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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(from 2010) Bridging the Bridge, 2015, documentary Tone, Copy That!, 2014, documentary Vicious Circle, 2012, documentary Generation 71, 2011, feature

Filrouge www-filrouge.si info@filrouge.si

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Come along by Igor Šterk Pojdi z mano, expected delivery: autumn 2016, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 83 min

Selected Filmography

A. A. C. Productions petra.vidmar@siol.net

In search of the best photo for the school competition, four thirteen-year-old pupils head to remote hills. The competition for awards turns into a struggle for survival.

A story about growing up, love, friendship and heroism. The warm but suspenseful and occasionally spine-chilling film focuses on what happens in the today’s world when technology stops working and the ‘primal’ human instincts come to light.

Igor Šterk (1968), director, screenwriter and producer. His first feature Express, Express has won 15 international awards, including two Grand Prix and three audience awards. 9:06, so far his last released feature, was the absolute winner of the 2009 Festival of Slovenian Film.

(feature) 9:06, 2009 Tuning, 2005 Ljubljana, 2002

directed by Igor Šterk written by Dušan Čater, Igor Šterk dop Miloš Srdić edited by Petar Marković sound design Julij Zornik cast Ivan Vastl, Mak Tepšić, Ronja Matijevec Jerman, Matija David Brodnik, Dare Valič, Ivanka Mežan, Lotos Šparovec production A. A. C. Productions producer Petra Vidmar co-production Gustav film, MB Grip, 100 co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba

Express Express, 1997

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The Croatian Constitution by Rajko Grlić Ustava R Hrvaške, org. Ustav Republike Hrvatske, expected delivery: spring 2016, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 98 min Vjeko is a high-school teacher who has devoted his entire life to the study of the Croatian history and language. He lives in a messy, neglected apartment in the centre of Zagreb with his father, who was an Ustashe during the Second World War – an officer in the Croatian fascist army.

Lacking any will to live, the only thing Vjeko enjoys are late-night walks, his wandering through the empty city wearing makeup and women’s clothes. One night a group of young men beat him up.

In the hospital, Maja, a nurse and Vjeko neighbour, recognizes him and takes care of him.

In return, Vjeko agrees to help Maja’s husband Ante, a police officer from Serbia, study for the exam in the Croatian Constitution.

Thus begins a story about three very different people who live in the same building and who are unexpectedly and against their will brought together and made dependent on each other.

Rajko Grlić (1947, hr), director and writer. Nine out of his eleven fiction films have premiered in the competition sections of A-category international film festivals, from Cannes on. These films have also been shown in cinemas across all five continents and have received numerous international awards. www.rajkogrlic.com directed by Rajko Grlić written by Rajko Grlić, Ante Tomić dop Branko Linta/h.f.s. edited by Andrija Zafranović music Duke Bojadziev production design Željka Burić costume design Leo Kulaš make-up Ana Bulajić Črček cast Nebojša Glogovac, Dejan Aćimović, Ksenija Marinković production Inter Film (hr) producer Ivan Maloča co-production Sever & Sever, In Film co-funding Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages, Slovenian Film Centre

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Selected Filmography (feature, from 2005) Just Between Us, 2010 Border Post, 2006

Sever & Sever www.seversever.com nina.jeglic@gmail.com

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Ana by Igor Šmid Ana, shooting date: February 2016, DCP The topical (Slovenian) phenomenon of ‘tycoons’ and countless related affairs represent the framework for the personal and intimate drama of photographer Ana Mlejnik, caused by the ‘tycoon’ endeavours of her husband Saša. The greed, blurring the line between good and evil, concealment of white-collar crimes and infidelity result in a course of events that the husband is no longer able to control: he vanishes without a trace. Ana and her daughter become helpless victims of an invisible criminal association, while the society refuses to believe that Ana had no part in it or that she was unaware of her husband’s crimes...

Igor Šmid (1961), director and screenwriter. After the productive 1990s his main focus has been TV production for children and youth.

Studio Arkadena www.arkadena.si katja@arkadena.si

directed by Igor Šmid written by Marcel Buh dop Valentin Perko music Slavko Avsenik jr. production design Jani Kovič costume design Meta Sever make-up Petra Hartman cast Vesna Milek, Robert Prebil, Lado Bizovičar, Valentina Plaskan, Dejan Spasić, Jana Morelj, Janez Škof, Žiga Saksida production Studio Arkadena producers Janez Kovič, Katja Getov executive producer Marcel Buh co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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Stories from the Chestnut Woods by Gregor Božič Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov, shooting date: March 2016, 35 mm, in colour In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart in search of a new life across the ocean. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy parable on loss, regrets and the power of imagination.

Interested in photography since his boyhood, Gregor Božič (1984) studied directing at the AGRFT and at the CSC in Rome. Currently he is finishing his postgraduate studies at the DFFB in Berlin and works as a director of photography on documentary films.

Gregor is also a passionate researcher of Mediterranean pomology. In 2012, he conducted a vast research on the old and autochthonous fruit varieties, in which he collaborated with old farmers from the Italian-Slovenian borderland. It was during this time that he collected numerous memories and stories from the 20th century, which inspired him to embark upon making his debut feature Stories from the Chestnut Woods. directed by Gregor Božič written by Marina Gumzi, Gregor Božič dop Ferran Paredes Rubio production design Giovanna Cirianni costume design Katharina Jockwer cast Massimo De Francovich, Giusi Merli, Ivana Roščić, Janez Škof, Anita Kravos, Tomi Janežič, Nejc Cijan Garlatti, Nataša Keser, Dora Ciccone production Nosorogi, Transmedia producers Marina Gumzi, Igor Prinčič co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe – Media Development, FVG Audiovisual Fond, FVG Film Commission, Eurimages, Viba film

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Nosorogi www.nosorogi.com marina@nosorogi.com

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Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World by Marko Naberšnik Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet, shooting date: May 2016, DCP, in colour A social drama, complemented by comical and witty scenes. The main character, a middle-aged common labourer, is struggling to make ends meet. Cosmica, a consulting and investment company, sparks a new hope in him.

Boris, his wife Vesna and their two children live in the Railway settlement in Maribor.

Boris works for a manufacturing company, and Vesna is unemployed. The family’s financial problems are undermining the stability of the family itself. Their neighbour Igor is a sales agent, and after his presentation of the sales articles Boris becomes interested, but Vesna does not. This results in numerous quarrels between married couple, distancing them from each other. Soon, Boris works two jobs at the same time...

Marko Naberšnik (1973), director, screenwriter and Associate Professor at the UL AGRFT. His debut feature Rooster’s Breakfast has become the biggest box-office hit of the year in his native Slovenia, won the CBS Critics Award at the Southeast European FF in Los Angeles, and was also the official Slovenian entry for the Academy Awards. For his second feature Shanghai Gypsy he received the Best Screenplay Award at the 2012 Montreal WFF. His third feature, an international co-production The Woods Are Still Green, was selected for The Golden Goblet Award at 17th Shanghai IFF.

Perfo www.perfo.si ales.pavlin@perfo.si

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directed & written by Marko Naberšnik dop Miloš Srdić production Perfo producers Andrej Štritof, Aleš Pavlin co-production Kino Oko co-producer Robert Naskov co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Macedonian Film Agency, Viba film

Benjamin in Moscow by Karpo Godina Benjamin v Moskvi, shooting date: July 2016, DCP, cca 90 min 1924, Island of Capri. A German-Jewish writer Walter Benjamin meets Asja Lacis, a Bolshevik Latvian who works in the theatre. After their summer romance, Benjamin travels to Moscow to conquer her heart and get his political bearings. However, his Moscow adventure fails in both aspects. Asja is recovering from a nervous breakdown and rarely gives herself to Benjamin, who, in turn, has difficulties understanding the political situation in the USSR. Benjamin tearfully returns to Berlin but soon needs to emigrate to Paris in order to escape from Hitler. Meanwhile, Asja is arrested in Moscow and sentenced to ten years of labour in the Gulag...

The film Benjamin in Moscow is based on the book Strange Adventures of Mr Benjamin in the Land of Bolsheviks by Branko Vučićević (Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2009). Vučićević also wrote screenplays for Karpo Godina’s films The Medusa Raft and Artificial Paradise.

Karpo Godina (1943, mk), a Slovenian cinematographer and film director, is one of the most important representatives of the ‘Black Wave’, a Yugoslav cinematic movement which produced numerous socio-critical films between 1964 and 1973. As DOP he shot many features with former Yugoslav directors such as Dušan Makavejev, Živojin Pavlović, Ivica Matić, Bata Čengić and Lordan Zafranović. In 1968 he collaborated – as a DOP and editor – with the director Želimir Žilnik on a feature Early Work, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin IFF. As a director, DOP and editor he shot his first feature The Raft of Medusa (1980, the best Slovenian movie of all times according to Slovenian film critics). His other two internationally best-known films are Red Boogie (1982) and Artificial Paradise (1990).

All three films have been screened within the international art network and have entered the official selections of almost all film festivals worldwide.

Karpo has received many Slovenian and international awards for his work.

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directed by & dop Karpo Godina written by Branko Vučićević production Nora Production Group executive producer Darko Vinkl creative producer Miha Hočevar co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

Nora Production Group www.nora-pg.si alan@nora-pg.si

Erased by Miha Mazzini Izbrisana, shooting date: December 2016 On 26 February 1992 the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia erased 18,305 people. Most of them still have no legal status.

Zala (26) is single and pregnant. After she gives birth, a bureaucratic problem arises – Zala is not in the computer files. After a few days, Zala is entangled in a web of Kafkanesque proportions: ‘not in the computer’ means no social security, no permanent residence. Zala is suddenly a foreigner, even though she has spent all of her life in Slovenia. Legally she does not exist. Her child is therefore an orphan. And orphans can be put up for adoption...

Miha Mazzini (1961), writer, computer expert, director and screenwriter. He has an MA in Creative Writing for Film and Television from the University of Sheffield and a PhD in Anthropology of Everyday Life from the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis. Mazzini is a voting member of the European Film Academy.

He has directed five short films (winner of the Best Director Award of the Highgate Film Festival, London) and written scripts for two feature films (European CIRCOM Award for Best TV Film of the year, Golden Palm for Best Film of the XXII Mostra de Valencia, and other awards). www.mihamazzini.com

Gustav film www.gustavfilm.si info@gustavfilm.si

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directed & written by Miha Mazzini dop Dušan Joksimović production Gustav film producer Frenk Celarc co-production Kinorama co-producer Ankica Jurić Tilić co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Viba film

DOCUMENTARY The Family by Rok Biček 46 Čap: Moments of Decisions by Urban Arsenjuk 48 Home by Metod Pevec 50 Status Zero by Jani Sever 52 Partisan Priest by Bojan Labovič 54 Beyond Boundaries by Peter Zach 56 Blue Velvet Revisited by Peter Braatz 44

The Family by Rok Biček Družina, 2016, HD, 16:9, in colour, 100 min The Family follows Matej (14-24 years old) over the course of ten years. At the age of fourteen, already having to take care of his mentally challenged parents and older brother, Matej spent an isolated youth among his peers. As he became father himself at the age of twenty, it seemed as if he was able to transcend life patterns and create a family on his own.

However, his behavioural and personality patterns connected to living in a dysfunctional family disturb the young family’s peace. Two months after the birth of his daughter, his girlfriend leaves him and they get into a fight for custody which comes to a point where Matej decides for a radical move...

Rok Biček (1985) has won awards at various festivals for his distinctive auteur approach to his student films as well as to his feature debut Class Enemy, which premiered at the 28th Venice International Film Critics’ Week and qualified as a finalist for the 2014 Lux Prize.

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directed & written by & dop Rok Biček featuring Matej Rajk, Barbara Krese, Nia Krese, Mitja Rajk, Alenka Rajk, Boris Rajk production Cvinger film producer Rok Biček co-production RTV Slovenija, Zwinger Film co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Austrian Film Institute, Viba film

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(from 2010) The Family, 2016, documentary Class Enemy, 2013, feature Duck Hunting, 2010, short

Cvinger film cvinger-film.si info@cvinger-film.si

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Čap: Moments Of Decisions by Urban Arsenjuk Čap: trenutki odločitev, 2016, DCP, 16:9, in colour, 52 & 75 min During his 31-year-long career František Čap, a Czech filmmaker working in Slovenia, made 32 films, became the youngest successful director in the world, received an award at the Venice festival, and won the Grand Prix at the first Cannes festival.

Nevertheless he had to struggle against the ideologies that kept suffocating him: first against Nazism, then communism. When it already looked like he finally found his peace, he was forced to stand against envy, sanctimoniousness and concealed xenophobia. He ended up as a miserable filmmaker, exiled from the film world.

Conceived around the time that Aldo Moro was kidnapped, born a month and three days before the treaty of friendship between the USSR and Afghanistan was signed. Today, after studying at the department of documentary film of the Famu (cz), Urban Arsenjuk is an independent director.

Selected Filmography Vertigo www.vertigo.si info@vertigo.si

(slovenian production) Čap: Moments of Decisions, 2015, documentary Crisis Tourism Office, 2006, short

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Home by Metod Pevec Dom, 2015, DCP, 1:1.85, in colour, 82 min

Selected Filmography

Vertigo www.dom-home.si www.vertigo.si/en/filmi/dom info@vertigo.si

(from 2010) Home, 2015, documentary Tango Abrazos/Practicing Embrace, 2012, feature Alexandrinas, 2011, documentary Good Night, Missy, 2011, feature

As a result of the privatization process, a five-storey building with three entrances, originally built as a temporary workers home mainly for guest construction workers from Bosnia, is now shared by nineteen owners.

The men who live here, came to Slovenia as young lads and spent 30 years working on various construction sites throughout Slovenia. When the construction companies they worked for went bankrupt, they lost everything, and their bankrupt employers owed them lot of money.

The first floor is occupied by adolescents who come from disturbed families and prefer the welfare youth home. A few tenants have found refuge here in this cheapest accommodation facility because they had been evicted from their former apartments.

The house is large, but for most of its residents the accommodation here means that they have just a bed and not much else. Nobody calls it a home; they all thought it would be just a temporary solution, but sometimes this temporariness drags on endlessly.

Besides social marginalization they have something else in common: stories.

Director and screenwriter Metod Pevec (1958) starred in many Slovenian and Yugoslav feature films and TV series. Among them, several collaborations with the Serbian director Živojin Pavlović were the most significant. Pevec has also written several novels and a collection of short stories. directed & written by Metod Pevec dramaturgic advisor Ivo Trajkov dop Metod Pevec edited by Janez Bricelj, Jurij Moškon music Aldo Kumar colorist Teo Rižnar sound design Julij Zornik featuring Kaja Skol, Lana Murzina, Antonija Jambrošić, Sabina Bohar, Špela Pintar, Ruth Bračevac, Damjan Habe, Katja Bilban, Majda Zorin, Renata Štoviček, Hasib Muharemović production Vertigo producer Danijel Hočevar co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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Status Zero by Jani Sever Status zero, 2015, HD, 1:1.85, in colour, 75 min The problems of the youngest unemployed in Slovenia. People from the edge, who fail to graduate from any schools and seem destined to remain unemployed for the rest of their lives.

Boys, from 18 to 22 years old, and a sixteen-year-old girl represent the various profiles and at the same time characteristic types of the youngest unemployed. One of these unemployed has already been to prison due to violence; another one only managed to finish the primary school before he started partying incessantly; and the third one comes from a well-situated but dysfunctional family. All three are registered at the Employment Service, and they are enrolled in the Project Learning for Young Adults programme.

Simultaneously with their fates, the stories of the people they live and socialise with are revealed as well. The film focuses especially on their intimate crises and hopes. We also get to know how difficult it is for young adults to get jobs once they are unemployed, what the reasons for their problems are, and to what degree these problems are social and societal.

Jani Sever (1963), director, writer, producer. Between 1996 and 2006 he was the editor-in-chief of the leading Slovenian political weekly Mladina. In 2006 he founded the first Slovenian independent internet multimedia project Vest. He took the first steps in the field of film as a screenwriter and producer (Elena, 2009; Walking on Water, 2011; There Once Was a Land of Hard-Working People, 2011/12). In 2012 he founded the Sever & Sever production company. directed & written by Jani Sever dop Lev Predan Kowarski edited by Nina Bucuk music Alenja Pivko Knezevic sound design Simon PenĹĄek colour correction Janez Feran/Zavod Iridium production Sever & Sever producers Jani Sever, Nina Jeglic co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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(from 2010) Status Zero, 2015 Bum, bum, bis, 2014, short Adagio, 2013, short documentary

Sever & Sever www.seversever.com nina.jeglic@gmail.com

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Partisan Priest by Bojan Labovič Križ in kladivo, 2015, bluray, 16:9, 67:48 min

Selected Filmography

Studio Legen www.studio-legen.si info@studio-legen.si

(documentary, from 2010) Partisan Priest, 2015 A Portrait of Vlado Sruk (Gospoda gre čez progo), 2014 A Portrait of Bruno Hartman (Na poti pride vse naproti), 2012

A documentary drama based on the dramatic life story of the Slovenian priest and partisan Jože Lampret. All his life, this uncompromising fighter for justice and equality strived to reconcile the irreconcilable: Christian practices and international socialism. In the end, he was betrayed by both – not by the ideas, but by those who saw him as the enemy or merely as the means to get what they wanted. Partisan Priest is a story which indirectly reflects the present day.

Bojan Labovič (1961) coincidentally found a chance to study film and TV creativity after working at a TV channel after his graduation from high school. He enrolled in the Famu (cz) to study Documentary Film and Screenwriting, and graduated in 1990. He is the author of a series of documentary and live-action documentary films, TV series, TV programmes, and various stage productions. directed & written by Bojan Labovič literary source by Ljuba Dornik Šubelj dop Jure Černec edited by Uja Irgolič music Branko Rožman sound design Matej Avsenak audio mastering Ivo Smogavec sound recording Matej Muhvič voice Jure Ivanušič, Milada Kalezić, Vlado Novak, Ivo Ban, Peter Ternovšek, Davor Herga, Vladimir Vlaškalić, Miloš Battelino, Bojan Maroševič, Petja Labović production Studio Legen producer Djordje Legen co-production RTV Slovenija co-funding Slovenian Film Centre

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Beyond Boundaries by Peter Zach Brezmejno, 2016, DCP, colour & bw, 95 min An essayistic road movie that tours the borders of Central Europe, taking in the people there. A philosophical meditation on something we are not far from losing: Europe.

Aleš Šteger, the well-known Slovenian poet, wrote a lyrical text to accompany the film.

Independent writer, director and cameraman Peter Zach lives and works in Berlin. directed & written by Peter Zach lyrics Aleš Šteger dop Thomas Plenert/BVK edited by Hanna A. W. Slak, Peter Zach music Jelena Ždrale, Nino De Gleria sound design Boris Romih starring Brina and Boris Pahor production Jana Cisar Filmproduktion (de) producer Jana Cisar co-production Petra Pan Film Production co-producer Petra Seliškar co-founding Slovenian Film Centre, FVG Film Fund, Viba film

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(documentary, from 2010) Beyond Boundaries, 2016 Bohemian is all Greek to Me, 2013 Noir – Film, 2012

Petra Pan Film Production www.petrapan.com petra@petrapan.com

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Blue Velvet Revisited by Peter Braatz Ponovni pogled na modri Ĺžamet, 2016, DCP, in colour & bw, 85 min A documentary film based on hours of the documentary footage filmed and photographed in 1985 in the US at the set of Blue Velvet by David Lynch. In 1985 Peter Braatz got the exclusive rights to document the entire production of this world-famous thriller, and most of these documents have not been presented to the public until today.

In Blue Velvet Revisited the film images, the numerous sound recordings, the photography, paintings, objects and relics he had collected are selected and composed into a new film, based on a story told by the author. In this story the author reveals memories and secrets, anecdotes and thoughts, and combines them with original interviews and statements.

Peter Braatz aka Harry Rag is a freelance filmmaker and musician, living in his birth city Solingen and Ljubljana.

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Selected Filmography

(documentary, from 2010) Blue Velvet Revisited, 2016 Forever Young, 2011 Tracking The Walkabouts, 2009

Bela film www.belafilm.si info@belafilm.si

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DOCUMENTARY IN PRODUCTION

Baron Codelli and the Legend of Tarzan by Miha Čelar Baron Codelli in legenda o Tarzanu, expected delivery: autumn 2016, HD, DCP, 16:9, cca 80 min An exploratory live-action/documentary story about a little-known ‘film project’ by a renowned Slovenian inventor, Baron Anton Codelli.

In the period between 1910 and 1915, Codelli erected telegraph transmitters in Togo in Africa, attempting to establish wireless communication between the German colonial Africa and Berlin as soon as in 1914. Codelli documented the African project with more than 800 documentary and staged photographs, while also supporting Hans Schomburg technically and financially, so that he could come to Togo and shoot a documentary. Apart from the documentary Codelli and Schomburg also made a silent live-action film The White Goddess of Wangora, written by the Baron’s mother, Rozalija Codelli.

The film materials were allegedly confiscated during World War I. However, Schomburg never told Codelli that he changed the title of their film, added a few scenes in Germany, and released it under another name.

Thus The White Goddess of the Wangora – the first live-action film written by a Slovenian screenwriter and produced by a Slovenian producer (and at the same time the first live-action film in the world shot in Africa) – was hidden within a silent film story Eine weisse unter Kannibalen (A White Woman Among Cannibals, 1921, Übersee-Film-GmbH). A copy is kept by Das Bundesarchiv, while Codelli’s unedited African materials are probably kept in the National Archives.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the director, screenwriter and producer Miha Čelar (1970) has worked on TV and partly on film, notably documentaries. directed & written by Miha Čelar dop Rožle Bregar music Silence sound design Gašper Loborec, Julij Zornik choreography Maša Kagao Knez starring Primož Bezjak, Janja Majzelj, Mojca Fatur, Grega Zorc production Astral producer Miha Čelar co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija

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(documentary, from 2010) Tatjana in Motherland, 2014 A Beautiful Mind, 2012 Hitler’s Bible, 2010

Astral Film miha.celar@gmail.com

The City of Light by Marko Kumer Murč Mesto svetlobe, expeced delivery: autumn 2016, HD, in colour, 70 min

EnaBanda/Smehomat www.enabanda.si murch@enabanda.si

Selected Filmography (documentary, from 2010) Utopia in Green, 2013 Heart in Stone, 2012

In the beginning there was a city. Then the city was illuminated by light, feeding on the greyish ore, hidden deep in the bowels of the earth. Years of coal extraction resulted in a large lake, which slowly devoured the surrounding homesteads and finally started encroaching on the city itself. However, this did not stop those who planned for the future.

They envisioned a new section of the power plant complex, the infamous BLOK6. This project soon became what the lake had been before it: an uncontrollable behemoth, beset by the shadows of economic injustice, ecological catastrophe and unfinished business.

This very strange world of the sweet-sour scent of sulphur, coughed up by the power plant chimneys, became the setting for the stories of chosen heroes. They proudly enter the world of drowning dreams and illusions wrapped in white smoke, and ingenuously allow us to reveal their stories, which could, after all, remain unheard because of the dark shadows of the last fossil fuel power plant in Europe. When their lives, yearnings, fears and sobbing become visible, perhaps this city will finally become the City of Light.

Director, screenwriter and producer Marko Kumer Murč (1980) is the author of several documentary and experimental films as well as writer of television, theatre and film works. He belongs among the representatives of the new wave of filmmakers, who have made use of new and accessible technologies to tell stories. Murč’s work focuses primarily on the current social developments, which always allow for the exploration of subtle personal stories and new visual expressions. directed by Marko Kumer Murč written by Nina Cijan dop Urban Zorko Smehomat co-funding Slovenian Film Centre, Viba film

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Nara Petrovič = Human by Boris Petkovič Nara Petrovič = človek, expected delivery: autumn 2016, HD, in colour, 62 min Nara Petrovič is an independent researcher of healthy and harmful habits, freelance writer, translator, lecturer, fecologist, casual cook, surfer and eccentric. By focusing on his life and work, the film explores the criticism of the modern consumer society as well as the various forms of alternative resistance against it.

Boris Petkovič (1971) graduated from the Faculty for Navy Navigation in Koper. In 2005 he graduated from the EICAR film school in Paris, where he then worked as a teacher for three years. In 2008 he returned to Ljubljana, where he works as a freelance film director. directed by Boris Petkovič written by Boris Petkovič, Gordan Golubović dop Jure Černec edited by Boris Petkovič, Jurij Moškon music Tomaž Grom production DZMP Krško producer Tom Gomizelj co-production Katapult co-funding Slovenian Film Centre

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Selected Filmography (from 2010) The Beat of Love, 2015, fiction In the Year of Hip Hop, 2010, documentary

DZMP Krško www.luksuz.si luksuz.produkcija@ gmail.com

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WHO IS WHO

INSTITUTIONS SFC – Slovenski filmski center Slovenian Film Centre Jožko Rutar Miklošičeva 38 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 234 32 00 info@film-center.si www.film-center.si

Slovenska kinoteka Slovenian Cinematheque Ivan Nedoh Metelkova 2a SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 434 25 10 tajnistvo@kinoteka.si www.kinoteka.si

Slovenski filmski arhiv Slovenian Film Archive Alojzij Teršan Zvezdarska 1 SI-1127 Ljubljana +386 1 241 42 00 ars@gov.si www.arhiv.gov.si

Slovenska filmska komisija Slovenia Film Commission Miklošičeva 38 SI – 1000 Ljubljana +386 1 23 43 200 ales.gorisek@film-center.si www.filmcommission.si

UL AGRFT Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo Univerze v Ljubljana Academy Of Theatre, Radio, Film And Television, University of Ljubljana Tomaž Gubenšek Nazorjeva 3 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 251 04 12 dekanat@agrft.uni-lj.si www.agrft.uni-lj.si

Visoka šola za umetnost Univerze v Novi Gorici School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica Boštjan Potokar Vipavska 13 SI-5000 Nova Gorica +386 51 33 67 70 bostjan.potokar@ung.si www.vsu.ung.si

IAM Institute and Academy of Multimedia Leskoškova 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 524 00 44 info@iam.si www.iam.si

Kinodvor

Nina Peče Grilc Kolodvorska 13 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 239 22 10 nina.pece@kinodvor.org www.kinodvor.org

Center Ustvarjalna Evropa v Sloveniji podprogram MEDIA CED Slovenia - Media

Sabina Briški Metelkova 2 Upravna hiša SEM SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 300 87 87 sabina.briski@ced-slovenia.eu www.media.ced-slovenia.eu

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AIPA Zavod za uveljavljanje pravic avtorjev, izvajalcev in producentov AV del Slovenije Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Film Producers of Audiovisual Works of Slovenia Šmartinska 152 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 755 62 19 info@aipa.si www.aipa.si

Art kino mreža Slovenije Slovene Art Cinema Association Marjana Štalekar Francetova 5 SI-2380 Slovenj Gradec +386 41 69 07 56 artkinomrezaslovenije @gmail.com www.artkinomreza.si

DPPU Društvo postprodukcijskih ustvarjalcev Association of Postproduction Artists Julij Zornik Livarska 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana info@dppu.org http://dppu.org

DSFU Društvo slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev Association of Slovenian Filmmakers Novi trg 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana dsfu.dsfu@gmail.com

DSR Društvo slovenskih režiserjev Directors Guild of Slovenia Klemen Dvornik Miklošičeva 26 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 438 16 40 info@dsr.si www.dsr.si

DSAF Društvo slovenskega animiranega filma Slovene Animated Film Association Matija Šturm Ribniška 27 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 63 21 62 matija@dsaf.si www.dsaf.si

FPS Filmski producenti Slovenije Association of Slovenian Film Producers Danijel Hočevar Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 439 70 80 danijel@vertigo.si

KRAKEN Društvo za uveljavljanje kratkega filma Short Film Promotion Society Peter Cerovšek Cesta na Brdo 67 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 51 30 61 18 info@kraken.si www.kraken.si

SKOM Združenje slovenskih filmskih scenografov, kostumografov in oblikovalcev maske Slovenian Association of Production & Costume Designers & Makeup Artists Alenka Nahtigal Završje 27 SI- 1261 Ljubljana Dobrunje +386 41 53 08 58 info@skom.si www.skom.si

SNAVP Slovenski neodvisni avdio in vizualni producenti Slovenian Independent Audiovisual Producers Matjaž Žbontar Prečna 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 438 22 00 info@snavp.si www.snavp.si

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ZDUS Združenje dramskih umetnikov Slovenije Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists Branko Šturbej Cankarjeva 11 SI-1000 Ljubljana info@zdus.si http://zdus.si

ZFS Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije Slovenian Association of Cinematographers Jure Černec Fornače 27 SI-6330 Piran +386 41 54 61 23 info@zfs.si www.zfs.si

FILM FESTIVALS FSF Festival slovenskega filma Festival of Slovenian Film Miklošičeva 38 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 234 32 00 info@film-center.si www.fsf.si

LIFFE Ljubljanski mednarodni filmski festival Ljubljana International Film Festival Simon Popek Prešernova 10 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 241 71 47 liffe@cd-cc.si simon.popek@cd-cc.si www.liffe.si

Kino Otok Isola Cinema

Lorena Pavlič Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 431 80 08 lorena.pavlic@isolacinema.org www.isolacinema.org

Animateka Mednarodni festival animiranega filma International Animated FF Igor Prassel Tugomerjeva 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 85 89 78 igor.prassel@animateka.si www.animateka.si

Festival dokumentarnega filma (FDF) Documentary Film Festival Cankarjev dom Simon Popek Prešernova 10 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 241 71 50 fdf@cd-cc.si simon.popek@cd-cc.si www.fdf.si

FGLF Festival gejevskega in lezbičnega filma Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 432 73 68 siqr@mail.ljudmila.org www.ljudmila.org/siqrd/fgl

FeKK Festival kratkega filma v Ljubljani Ljubljana Short Film Festival Cesta na Brdo 67 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 5130 61 18 info@kraken.si www.kraken.si

Film na oko/Eye on Film Mednarodni Filmski festival za mlade International Youth Film Festival Rok Govednik Gallusovo nabr. 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana + 386 31 353 855 rok.govednik@vizo.si www.filmnaoko.si

Grossmann Fantastični festival filma in vina Fantastic Film and Wine Festival

Peter Beznec Prešernova 17 SI-9240 Ljutomer +386 41 38 05 17 peter.beznec@grossmann.si www.grossmann.si

Kurja polt Festival žanrskega filma Genre Film Festival Trubarjeva 22 SI-1000 Ljubljana + 386 41 28 43 27 masa.pece@kurjapolt.org www.kurjapolt.org

Luksuz festival poceni filma Luksuz Cheap Film Festival

Tom Gomizelj Cesta 4. julija 58 SI-8270 Krško luksuz.produkcija@gmail.com www.luksuz.si

PRODUCTION COMPANIES A. A. C. Production

Igor Šterk Valvasorjeva 10 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 425 06 49 igor.sterk@gmail.com

A Atalanta Korytkova 34 SI-1000 Ljubljana + 386 41 67 95 00 info@aatalanta.si www.aatalanta.si

Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art Neubergerjeva 25 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 5 905 43 60 aksioma4@aksioma.org www.aksioma.org

Arsmedia Stegne 5 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 513 25 08 info@arsmedia.si www.arsmedia.si

Astral Film

Miha Čelar Ob cesti 16 SI-1358 Log pri Brezovici +386 41 71 95 91 miha.celar@gmail.com

AVI Film

Jurij Gruden Kogojeva 1 SI-1000 Ljubljana

Bela film

Ida Weiss Beljaška 32 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 5 994 93 42 ida@belafilm.si www.belafilm.si

Blade Production

Zoran Dževerdanović Mesarska 34 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 81 00 01 info@bladeproduction.com www.bladeproduction.com

Bugbrain Institute of Animation Dušan Kastelic Polje 18 SI-1410 Zagorje ob Savi +386 3 566 87 80 dusan.kastelic@siol.net www.bugbrain.com

Casablanca

Igor Pediček Vodovodna 17 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 430 95 92 igor.pedicek@casablanca.si www.casablanca.si

Cebram

Rado Likon Študentovska 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 230 23 53 rado@cebram.com www.cebram.com

Cvinger film

Filmsko društvo Film Factory Film Association Film Factory Mojca Pernat Ruška 55 SI-2000 Maribor +386 31 82 80 43 info@filmfactory.si www.filmfactory.si

Rok Biček Meniška vas 73 SI-8350 Dolenjske Toplice +386 51 35 83 39 info@cvinger-film.si www.cvinger-film.si

Filrouge

December

Forum Ljubljana

Vlado Bulajić, Lija Pogačnik Erjavčeva 25 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 454 681 +386 70 940 920 vlado@decemberfilm.si lija@decemberfilm.si

EnaBanda/Smehoma

Študentovska 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 65 52 03 info@filrouge.si www.filrouge.si

Eva Rohrman Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 32 02 17 eva.rohrman@mail.ljudmila.org www.predmestje.org www.pokrajina-st2.org www.filminferno.si

Dolenjska 40 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 47 70 90 murch@enabanda.si www.enabanda.si

Friendly Production

Fabula

Gustav film

Mivka 32 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 283 93 03 fabula@fabula.si www.fabula.si

Stegne 7 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 5 903 19 95 info@gustavfilm.si www.gustavfilm.si

Fatamorgana

Invida

Prečna 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 438 22 00 info@fatamorgana.si www.fatamorgana.si

Film it Kneza Koclja 13 SI-1000 Ljubljana

Filmservis Devinska 9 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 53 20 37 info@filmservis.si www.filmservis.si

Matjaž Mrak Ulica 1. maja 7 SI-5280 Idrija friendly@friendly.si

Jure Vizjak Demšarjeva 10 SI-4220 Škofja Loka +386 31 34 69 39 info@invida.tv www.invida.tv

Iridium Film

Bojan Mastilović Groharjevo naselje 54 SI-4220 Škofja Loka + 386 41 40 29 09 b@iridiumfilm.com www.iridiumfilm.com

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Kinoatelje Šmihelj 55 SI-5261 Šempas +386 40 60 80 35 zavodkinoatelje@kinoatelje.it www.kinoatelje.it

Lignit film

Tomi Matič Koželjskega 3 SI-3320 Velenje +386 41 76 23 49 tomi@asenca.si

LI Produkcija

Primož Ledinek Slatina 19 SI-2201 Zgornja Kungota +386 40 25 15 67 info@li-film.si www.li-film.si

Luksuz produkcija Cesta 4. julija SI-8270 Krško +386 7 490 34 40 luksuz.produkcija@gmail.com www.luksuz.si

Mangart Knezov štradon 94 SI-1001 Ljubljana +386 1 420 43 00 info@mangart.net www.mangart.net

Miiijav animirani filmi Miiijav Animation Films

Tomaž Kumer Linhartova 66 SI-1000 Ljubljana tomaz.kumer@gmail.com

Mono o

Rok Sečen Kvedrova 36 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 86 57 51 rok@monoo.si www.monoo.si

No History

Špela Čadež Ziherlova 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 55 19 85 info@spelacadez.com www.spelacadez.com

Nord Cross Production Igor Zupe Križevniška 4 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 426 30 09 zupe@nordcross.com www.nordcross.com

Nosorogi

Marina Gumzi Rimska 23 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 48 26 37 marina@nosorogi.com

Nukleus film

Siniša Juričić Lepodvorska 25 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 66 37 09 sinisa@nukleus-film.hr

Ozor

Petra Pan Film Production Petra Seliškar Dunajska 195 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 77 07 15 petra@petrapan.com www.petrapan.com

Produkcija Studio

Dražen Štader Tržaška 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana + 386 31 30 33 73 info@produkcijastudio.com www.produkcijastudio.com

RestArt

Zavod Zank

Pot na Gorjance 29 SI-8000 Novo mesto +386 5 993 47 25 info@vrtinec.si www.studio-vrtinec.si

Česnikova 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 505 79 22 zavod.zank@guest.arnes.si www.zavod-zank.si

Temporama

ZTMD Zveza tolminskih mladinskih društev Tolmin Union of Youth Associations

Bresterniška 51 SI-2351 Bresternica +386 2 623 16 47 studio.alp@amis.si www.studio-alp.si

Andraž Jerič Nazorjeva 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 88 84 21 andraz@temporama.si http://temporama.si

Studio Arkadena

Tramal Films

Gregorčičeva 2 SI-5220 Tolmin +386 5 901 64 45

ZVVIKS Institute for Film and AV Production

Studio Kramberger Uran

Triglav Film

Drama Department

Pohorska 15e SI-2000 Maribor +386 2 426 10 55 kramberger.uran@amis.net www.kramberger-uran.com

Bernikova 3 SI–1230 Domžale – Rodica +386 41 79 98 00 triglavfilm@siol.com

Barbara Daljavec barbara.daljavec@rtvslo.si

Studio Legen

Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 439 70 80 info@vertigo.si www.vertigo.si

Blitzfilm & Video Distribution

Zavod EN-KNAP

Cankarjev dom

RTV Slovenija Television Slovenia Kolodvorska 2 SI-1550 Ljubljana

Pakt Media

Sever & Sever

Trg mladinskih delovnih brigad 4 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 232 14 68 info@perfo.si www.perfo.si

Studio Alp

Studio Vrtinec

Miha Černec Celovška 264/219 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 83 87 61 tramalfilms@gmail.com

Rimska 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 426 25 20 info@restart.si www.restart.si

Senca studio

Perfo

Nejc Saje, Viva Videnović Trubarjeva 81 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 62 25 95 info@strup.si www.strup.si

Brodišče 23 SI-1236 Trzin +386 1 562 16 27 hello@arkadena.si www.arkadena.si

Grega Mastnak Magajnova 4 SI-1231 Ljubljana +386 40 72 16 94 grega.mastnak@guest.arnes.si www.ki-ki-do.si

Tina Fras Mašera-Spasićeva 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 300 84 90 tina@paktmedia.com www.paktmedia.com

Strup produkcija

Knezova 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 5 994 93 42 info@senca-studio.si www.senca-studio.si

Violeta Legen Pobreška 20 SI-2000 Maribor +386 2 614 54 44 info@studio-legen.si www.studio-legen.si

Studio Maj

Trubarjeva 21a SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 51 44 99 33 nina.jeglic@gmail.com www.seversever.com

Dunja Klemenc Mestni trg 17 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 62 98 26 dunja.klemenc@siol.net www.studiomaj.si

Staragara

Studio Virc

Miha Černec Tržaška 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 320 08 02 miha@staragara.com www.staragara.com

Ilke Vaštetove 15 SI-8000 Novo mesto +386 7 337 81 70 info@studio-virc.si www.studio-virc.si

Vertigo

Metelkova 6 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 620 87 84 office@en-knap.com www.en-knap.com

Zavod Kineki

Boris Petkovič Pod Srobotnikom 12 SI-8351 Straža zavod.kineki@gmail.com

Zavod Maja Weiss

Maja Weiss Beljaška 32 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 23 84 76 maja.film@gmail.com

Celovška 43 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 40 43 76 96 info@zvviks.net www.zvviks.net

DISTRIBUTIONS COMPANIES Dolenjska 258 SI-1291 Škofljica +386 1 360 11 60 bliz@siol.net

Simon Popek Prešernova 10 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 241 71 50 simon.popek@cd-cc.si www.cd-cc.si

Cinemania group

Sreten Živojinović Rojčeva 1 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 524 45 63 info@cinemania-group.si www.cinemania-group.si

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Continental film

Manja Verbič Cvetkova 1 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 500 52 20 manja.verbic@continentalfilm.si www.continentalfilm.si

Demiurg

Cvetka Flakus Lome 3 SI-5274 Črni Vrh +386 5 377 86 90 info@demiurg.si www.demiurg.si

Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta Association for Reanimation of Storytelling 2 Reels Igor Prassel Tugomerjeva 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 83 64 31 igor.prassel@animateka.si www.animateka.si

Fivia / CENEX

Branka Čretnik Preložnikova 1 SI-3212 Vojnik +386 3 780 04 70 cenex@siol.net www.cenex.si

Karantanija Cinemas

Slobodan Čiča Rožna dolina, c. III/18 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 426 62 35 info@kcs.si

Slovenska kinoteka Slovenian Cinematheque Ivan Nedoh Metelkova 2a SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 434 25 10 tajnistvo@kinoteka.si www.kinoteka.si

Videoart

Bojan Gjura Vojkova 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 300 08 80 info@videoart.si

2i Film

Ivor Šiber Primorska 28 HR- 10000 Zagreb +385 1 889 46 99 siber@2ifilm.hr www.2ifilm.hr

PRODUCTION FACILITIES FS Viba film

Vojo Stopar Stegne 5 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 513 24 00 info@vibafilm.si www.vibafilm.si

Studio Arkadena

Katja Getov Brodišče 23 SI-1236 Trzin +386 1 562 16 27 katja@arkadena.si www.arkadena.si

VPK

Mitja Kregar Kranjčeva 22 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 236 28 30 vpk@vpk.si www.vpk.si

POSTPRODUCTION FACILITIES Ax Recording

Aleksander Kogoj Kolarjeva 42 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 428 62 30 info@axrecording.com www.axrecording.com

Invida Demšarjeva 10 SI-4220 Škofja Loka +386 31 34 69 39 info@invida.tv www.invida.tv

NuFrame Devinska 9 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 41 20 61 28 info@nuframe www.nuframe.si

RestArt Rimska 8 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 426 25 20 info@restart.si www.restart.si

Studio Ritem

Borut Berden Vojkova 58 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 436 49 20 borut.ritem@siol.net www.studioritem.com

Teleking

Martina Lajtner Livarska 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 236 16 80 martina@artrebel9.com www.teleking.si

100

Julij Zornik Livarska 12 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 439 70 10 julij@100.doo.si www.100doo.si

TELEVISION STATIONS & NETWORKS RTV SLO Radio Television Slovenia Ljerka Bizilj Kolodvorska 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 475 21 11 www.rtvslo.si

Planet TV Antenna TV SL

Marjan Jurenec Stegne 19 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 473 00 00 www.siol.net/planet

Pop TV Pro Plus

Pavle Vrabec Kranjčeva 26 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 1 589 32 02 www.pro-plus.si www.pop-tv.si

TV3 Medias PINK SI Šmartinska 152 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 8 387 44 04 info@tv3-medias.si www.tv3m.si

FILM EDUCATION PROGRAMMES Art kino mreža Slovenije Slovene Art Cinema Association Film Education Programme Marija Štalekar artkinomrezaslovenije @gmail.com artkinomreza.si/filmska-vzgoja

CID Ptuj Ptuj Centre for Cultural Activities Film Up Close – Film Workshop Nina Milošič cid@cid.si www.cid.si

Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta Association for reanimation of storytelling 2 reels The Elephant – Educational Animated Film Programme Andreja Goetz andreja.goetz@animateka.si www.slon.animateka.si

Društvo zaveznikov mehkega pristanka Society of Allies for Soft Landing Luksuz Film School/Workshops Tom Gomizelj luksuz.proukcija@gmail.com www.luksuz.si

Festival Velenje

Ana Godec ana.godec@festival-velenje.si www.festival-velenje.si

Film Factory Film Association Film Factory Youth Film Workshops Mojca Pernat info@filmfactory.si www.blog.filmfactory.si

JSKD Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities Annual Film and Video Seminar - Laboratory Peter Milovanovič Jarh peter.jarh@jskd.si www.jskd.si/film-in-video

Kinodvor Kinodvor Public Institution Kinobalon – Film Education Programme for Children and Youth Petra Slatinšek petra.slatinsek@kinodvor.org www.kinodvor.org/en/ kinobalon

Slovenska kinoteka Slovenian Cinematheque Kino-katedra – Film Education Programme for Secondary School And Teachers Maja Krajnc maja.krajnc@kinoteka.si Andrej Šprah andrej.sprah@kinoteka.si www.kinoteka.si/si/471/ kino_katedra.aspx

VIZO Zavod za uveljavljanje vizualne kulture Institute for Advancement of Visual Culture Rok Govednik Gallusovo nabrežje 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana +386 31 353 855 info@vizo.si www.vizo.si

ZIK Črnomelj Institute for Education and Culture Črnomelj Kolpa Film Camp Marija Miketič info@zik-crnomelj.si www.zik-crnomelj.eu/kultura/ filmski-tabor-kolpa.html

ZVVIKS Institute for film and AVl production Animated Film – Workshops and Seminars Matija Šturm matija@zvviks.net www.zvviks.net

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Photos: Aleš Frelih, Robert Kruh, Jure Batagelj, Matej Vranič. In partnership with Picture Slovenia.

Slovenia Film Commission

Y OU R T ENTR Y POIN G IN F OR FIL M !

IN SL OV ENIA

• film industry contacts • location scouting • local authorities and filming permits • general info about Slovenia

www.sloveniafilmcommission.si

• funding

ales.gorisek@film-center.si t: +386 1 234 32 00 m: +386 41 59 97 67

www.sfc.si www.film-center.si info@film-center.si info@sfc.si t: +386 1 234 32 00 f: +386 1 234 32 19