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Minority Co-productions

As part of the Minority Co-productions Section of the 60th Pula Film Festival’s National Programme, running from July 20 to July 27, 2013, in the Arena and the Valli Cinema, we are presenting 10 films. The jury is composed of: screenwriter and director Petar Krelja, producer Stanislav Babić, actress Gordana Gadžić, director of photography Slobodan Trninić, and director and editor Damir Čučić.

Arena

National program | Minority Co-productions

  • sretan_do_karja

    Monday, 22. July in 23:15,

    Good To Go

    | , , | 100 min | 2012.

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    production company Pakt media
    producer Diego Zanco
    co-production companies Ars septima (Croatia), Film United (Czech Republic)
    co-producers Lidija Ivanda, Veronika Lencova, Katka Silna
    directed & written by Matevž Luzar
    cast Evgen Car, Milena Zupančić, Vladimir Vlaškalič, Ivo Ban, Janja Majzelj, Juta Kremžar

    director of photography Simon Tanšek
    editor Miloš Kalusek
    art director Katja Šoltes
    costume designer Pia Šinigoj Premzl
    composer Drago Ivanuša
    sound Julij Zornik
    make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
    special effects Art Rebel 9

    SUMMARY: Ivan is a retired music teacher. He buys himself a plot in a graveyard with an unrivalled view of the Alps and checks into a retirement home so that he can await his death in peace. However, the exact opposite happens: while attending computer classes, he discovers his joiede- vivre and finally starts living life to the fullest. Good To Go is a bittersweet portrait of a man confronting the loneliness of old age. It is a film about life and how it is never too late to start living as if there were no tomorrow. Above all, it is the story of a man who rediscovers his joie-de-vivre and his appetite for life through the company and closeness of others. Good To Go is an inspiring life story about growing old without giving up.

    DIRECTOR: Matevž Luzar (Trbovlje, Slovenia, 1981) is one of Slovenia’s most talented young directors. He graduated in Directing from the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) with the short film Wolfy (Vučko), which was nominated for the Student Academy Award. In addition, the film won the Grand Prix at Montpellier and it was presented at Locarno. Good To Go marks his full-length directorial debut. The film won the Audience Award for Best Film, as well as the Vesna Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Sound Design at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Films.

  • krugovi

    Thursday, 25. July in 23:00,

    Circles

    | , , , , | 112 min | 2013.

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    production company Filmska kuća Baš Čelik
    producer Jelena Mitrović
    co-production companies Neue Mediopolis (Germany), La Cinefacture (France), Vertigo (Slovenia), Propeler Film (Croatia)
    co-producers Alexander Ris, Emilie Georges, Danijel Hočevar, Boris T. Matić
    director Srdan Golubović
    written by Srđan Koljević, Melina Pota Koljević
    cast Aleksandar Berček, Leon Lučev, Nebojša Glogovac, Nikola Rakočević, Hristina Popović, Boris Isaković, Vuk Kostić

    director of photography Aleksandar Ilić
    editor Marko Glušac
    art director Goran Joksimović
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composer Mario Schneider
    sound Julij Zornik
    make-up Frederique Ney, Marinela Spasenović
    special effects Emmanuel Pitois

    SUMMARY: In Belgrade, Nebojša, having witnessed an incident in which his best friend lost his life in Trebinje, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, overcomes a guilty conscious confronting the murderer. In Germany, Haris, who owes his life to a hero who sacrificed himself for him, repays his debt by risking everything and helping a woman in trouble, his ex-girlfriend. In Trebinje, meeting with the father of the diseased man, the son of one of the murderers opens up the path for overcoming the tragic past. Is a heroic act a futile sacrifice or it, just like a stone dropped in the water, produces circles that spread through time and space, prompting us to do new good deeds?

    DIRECTOR: Srdan Golubović (Belgrade, Serbia, 1972) holds a degree in Directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he currently teaches. At first he shot short films and in 1995 he directed the episode Herc Minuta in the omnibus Package Holiday. He is one of the founders of the film company Baš Čelik, within which he makes music and promotional videos. In 2001 he made his full-length debut Absolute Hundred, presented at more than thirty national and international festivals (San Sebastian, Toronto, etc.), winning 29 awards. This was followed by the almost equally successful film The Trap (2006) which, just like Circles, premiered at Berlin.

     

     

Cinema Valli

National program | Minority Co-productions

  • zemlja-moja

    Saturday, 20. July in 18:45,

    My Beautiful Country

    | | 88 min | 2012.

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    production company Sperl Productions
    producer Gabriela Sperl
    co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Atalanta (Serbia)
    co-producers Damir Terešak, Piroska Tolnai Varga
    directed & written by Michaela Kezele
    cast: Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Ema Simović, Danica Ristovski

    director of photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
    editor Andre Bendocchi-Alves
    art director Goran Joksimovic Joksa
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composers Gerd Baumann, Gregor Hübner
    sound Andre Bendocchi-Alves
    make-up Marina Petrović

     

    SUMMARY: In 1999, during the Kosovo War, young widow Danica lives with her two sons on the Serbian side of the river Ibar. When Ramiz, an injured UCK soldier, seeks shelter in her home, Danica decides to help him knowing that this will put her own life and the lives of her children in danger…

    DIRECTOR: Michaela Kezele (Munich, Germany, 1975). After graduating from high school, she pursued a career as a musician and received a bachelor’s degree in Acting in Munich. In 2008, she received a degree in Directing from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München with the award-winning film Milan, which screened in more than forty countries in the world and won some thirty awards, including the Student Academy Award nominations. My Beautiful Country marks her full-length directorial debut. Filmography: Song Contest (2003, short film), Ich Liebe Dich (2004, short film), episode of the omnibus Neun (2005).

     

  • sangaj

    Sunday, 21. July in 16:00,

    Shanghai Gypsy

    | , | 124 min | 2012.

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    production company Arsmedia
    producer Franci Zajc
    co-production companies Jadran film Zagreb (Croatia)
    co-producers Franjo Senjak
    executive producer Boštjan Ikovic
    director Marko Naberšnik
    written by Marko Naberšnik prema literarnom after the book written by Feri Lainšček
    cast Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram, Senad Bašić, Marjuta Slamič, Jasna Diklić, Miodrag Miki Trifunov

    director of photography Miloš Srdič
    editor Janez Bricelj
    art director Miha Ferkov
    costume designer Nataša Rogelj
    composer Saša Lošić
    sound Jože Trtnik, Boštjan Kačičnik
    make-up Mirjam Kavčič

    SUMMARY: Lutvija Belmondo Mirga tells a story about four generations of his Roma family. Belmondo earns a living by smuggling and his power and influence are growing. He wins the support of local politicians and the police, which makes him untouchable and above the law. He becomes the gypsy king and decides to build his gypsy village and name it Shanghai. However, during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, instead of smuggling goods, people start smuggling arms…

    DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, Slovenia, 1973) attended a film directing course at the New York Film Academy in 1996. There he made his first short film The Beginning and it was with this film that he passed the entrance examination to study Film and Television Directing at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), from which he graduated in 2010. He has been working as assistant lecturer at the Academy and as director of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. His full-length directorial debut Rooster’s Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk, 2007) was seen by 183,000 spectators, which makes it one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia of all-time.

  • kad_svane

    Sunday, 21. July in 18:45,

    When Day Breaks

    | , , | 90 min | 2012.

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    producer Goran Paskaljević
    co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Arsam International Sarl (France)
    co-producers Damir Terešak, Ilann Girard
    director Goran Paskaljević
    written by Filip David, Goran Paskaljević
    cast Mustafa Nadarević, Nebojša Glogovac, Predrag Ejdus, Zafir Hadžimanov, Meto Jovanovski, Olga Odanović-Petrović

    director of photography Milan Spasić
    editor Kristina Poženel
    art director Milenko Jeremić
    costume designer Marina Vukasović Medenica
    composer Vlatko Stefanovski
    sound Dragutin Cirković, Goran Ćorković, Darko Glišić, Davor Omerza
    make-up Lidija Skoručak
    special effects Jamal M’Barek, Muhamed M’Barek

     

    SUMMARY: Misha Brankov is a retired music professor. One morning he receives a letter requesting him to contact the Jewish Museum in Belgrade. At the museum, he learns that workers have found a box with documents during excavations of the site where there was the infamous World War II concentration camp for Jews and Roma. The box was buried by camp inmate Isaac Weiss as far back as in 1941 and it will change his life forever…

    DIRECTOR: Goran Paskaljević (Belgrade, Serbia, 1947) holds a degree in Film Directing from the FAMU in Prague. He has made more than 30 documentaries and six short and16 feature-length films, shown at the most prestigious international film festivals – Cannes (Special Treatment, 1980), Berlin (The Dog Who Loved Trains, 1977; Beach Guard in Wintertime, 1976), Venice (Tango Argentino, 1992; Cabaret Balkan, 1998; How Harry Became a Tree, 2001), etc. The film Cabaret Balkan (1998) earned him the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize for Best European Film at the European Film Awards. He lives between Belgrade and Paris and has both French and Serbian citizenship.

  • nahrani_me

    Monday, 22. July in 16:00,

    Feed Me with Your Words

    | , , | 88 min | 2012.

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    production company Bela Film
    producer Ida Weiss
    co-production companies RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Studio Dim (Croatia), FVG Film Commission (Italy), RAI – Regionale FVG (Italy)
    directed & written by Martin Turk
    cast Boris Cavazza, Sebastian Cavazza, Jure Henigman, Maša Derganc, Miranda Caharija, Iza Veselko

    director of photography Radislav Jovanov – Gonzo
    editor Tomislav Pavlic
    art director Maja Moravec
    costume designer Emil Cerar
    composer Chris Eckman
    sound Miha Jaramaz
    make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska

    SUMMARY: Robert is a graphologist and he is convinced that based on Jesus’s description he can reconstruct his handwriting. In order to complete his research, he travels to Italy, where he meets an unusual homeless man. Enchanted and confused by the encounter with a mysterious man, he follows him and disappears without a trace. Robert’s disappearance forces his father Janez to call his elder son Matej after many years of estrangement. Despite their unsettled conflicts from the past, Matej decides to help his father. Matej’s wife Ana and their daughter Veronika temporarily move in with Matej’s demented mother…

    DIRECTOR: Martin Turk (Trieste, Italy, 1978) holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His short films were presented and awarded at more than sixty festivals around the world, including the Cannes (Quinzaine des realisateurs). Feed Me With Your Words marks his full-length directorial debut, developed as part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residence Programme in 2009. Filmography (selection): short films Excursion (2002), Slice of Life (2006), Every Day is not the Same (2008), Stealing the Corn (2009), The Things We’ve Never Done Together (2011), and the TV film Room 408 (2009).

  • Goltzius

    Monday, 22. July in 18:00,

    Goltzius and the Pelican Company

    | , , | 129 min | 2012.

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    production company Kasander Film
    producer Kees Kasander
    co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
    co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
    directed & written by Peter Greenaway
    cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolić

    director of photography Reiner van Brummelen
    editor Elmer Leupen
    art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
    costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
    composer Marco Robino
    sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
    make-up Sara Meerman
    special effects Branko Repalust

    SUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…

    DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.

  • falsifikator

    Tuesday, 23. July in 16:00,

    The Forger

    | , , | 100 min | 2012.

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    production company Drina Film
    produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
    co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
    directed & written by Goran Marković
    cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojec

    director of photography Dušan Joksimović
    editor Snežana Ivanović
    art director Veljko Despotović
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composer Zoran Simjanović
    sound Roland Vajs
    make-up Dubravka Busatlija

     

    SUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…

    DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).

  • adria_blues

    Wednesday, 24. July in 17:00,

    Adria Blues

    | , , | 91 min | 2013.

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    production companies Gustav Film, Filmostovje, Senca Studio
    producer Frenk Celarc, Miroslav Mandić, Ida Weiss
    co-production companies Propeler Film (Croatia), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Comrad (Slovenia), TV Slovenija (Slovenia)
    co-producers Boris T. Matić, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Mitja Senčur
    directed & written by Miroslav Mandić
    cast Senad Bašić, Mojca Funki, Peter Musevski, Grega Zec, Iva Babić, Franjo Dijak

    director of photography Jure Černec
    editor Stanko Kostanjevec
    art director Matjaž Pavlovec
    costume designer Emil Cerar
    composer Aldo Kumar
    sound Samir Fočo
    make-up Alenka Nahtigal

     

    SUMMARY: Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980’s, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive ever since, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni’s annoyance and fits of jealousy, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is Max, the owner of a hotel called Adria and an avid fan of the 80’s New Wave. He offers Sonia to organize a come-back concert for the former star, without his knowing it. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. Sonia begs him to play, believing a concert is the only way out of his depression.

    DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1955) holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Sarajevo and a master’s degree in Dramaturgy and Film Directing from the New York Columbia University. After the award-winning short film Workers’ Marriage (1985), he shot his full-length debut A Worker’s Life (1987). He directed The Surrealists’ Top Chart (1989-90), the most popular TV show in the former Yugoslavia. From 1995 till 2002, he directed a number of documentaries for the Czech television. He is the author of fulllength documentaries Borderline Lovers (2005) and Searching for Johnny (2009). Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Ljubljana.

     

  • dvojina

    Thursday, 25. July in 16:45,

    Dual

    , | , , | 102 min | 2013.

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    production company Perfo Production
    producers Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
    co-production companies Studio Dim (Hrvatska / Croatia), Beofilm (Danska / Denmark)
    co-producers Morten Kjems Juhl, Peter Hyldahl, Marina Andree Škop, Darija Kulenović Gudan
    director Nejc Gazvoda
    written by Nejc Gazvoda, Janez Lapajne
    cast Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Jure Henigman, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Matjaž Tribušon

    director of photography Darko Herič
    editors Nejc Gazvoda, Marina Andree Škop, Janez Lapajne
    art director Niko Novak
    costume designer Nadja Bedjanič
    composer Monkey Cup Dress
    sound Matjaž Zdešar Moraus, Roar Skau Olsen
    make-up Anja Godina, Snježana Gorup

     
    SUMMARY: Due to bad weather, an airplane from Denmark is forced to land at the Slovene airport. Amongst the passengers being taken to a hotel in Ljubljana, is a quiet, beautiful young Danish girl Iben (25). This is how she meets Tina (25), who drives a shuttle as a summer job. Iben asks Tina to take her for a midnight drive around town and Tina agrees even though the request seems a bit odd. The unexpected love blooms between the two girls. However, they aren’t able to realise their love because of a dark secret that one of them carries and the other one’s attempt to find her place in the world.

    DIRECTOR: Nejc Gazvoda (Novo Mesto, Slovenia, 1985) won the Golden Bird and Fabula Awards for his short stories Nothing Escapes the Squirrels when he was in high school. He received the Kresnik, Presern and Grossman Awards for his plays, novels and screenplays. He holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His debutant feature film A Trip (2011) was presented at more than thirty festivals around the world, winning five national film awards at the Slovene Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the festival in Nashville.

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  • zemlja-moja

    Sunday, 21. July in 10:00,

    My Beautiful Country

    | | 88 min | 2012.

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    production company Sperl Productions
    producer Gabriela Sperl
    co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Atalanta (Serbia)
    co-producers Damir Terešak, Piroska Tolnai Varga
    directed & written by Michaela Kezele
    cast: Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Ema Simović, Danica Ristovski

    director of photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
    editor Andre Bendocchi-Alves
    art director Goran Joksimovic Joksa
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composers Gerd Baumann, Gregor Hübner
    sound Andre Bendocchi-Alves
    make-up Marina Petrović

     

    SUMMARY: In 1999, during the Kosovo War, young widow Danica lives with her two sons on the Serbian side of the river Ibar. When Ramiz, an injured UCK soldier, seeks shelter in her home, Danica decides to help him knowing that this will put her own life and the lives of her children in danger…

    DIRECTOR: Michaela Kezele (Munich, Germany, 1975). After graduating from high school, she pursued a career as a musician and received a bachelor’s degree in Acting in Munich. In 2008, she received a degree in Directing from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München with the award-winning film Milan, which screened in more than forty countries in the world and won some thirty awards, including the Student Academy Award nominations. My Beautiful Country marks her full-length directorial debut. Filmography: Song Contest (2003, short film), Ich Liebe Dich (2004, short film), episode of the omnibus Neun (2005).

     

  • kad_svane

    Monday, 22. July in 10:00,

    When Day Breaks

    | , , | 90 min | 2012.

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    producer Goran Paskaljević
    co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Arsam International Sarl (France)
    co-producers Damir Terešak, Ilann Girard
    director Goran Paskaljević
    written by Filip David, Goran Paskaljević
    cast Mustafa Nadarević, Nebojša Glogovac, Predrag Ejdus, Zafir Hadžimanov, Meto Jovanovski, Olga Odanović-Petrović

    director of photography Milan Spasić
    editor Kristina Poženel
    art director Milenko Jeremić
    costume designer Marina Vukasović Medenica
    composer Vlatko Stefanovski
    sound Dragutin Cirković, Goran Ćorković, Darko Glišić, Davor Omerza
    make-up Lidija Skoručak
    special effects Jamal M’Barek, Muhamed M’Barek

     

    SUMMARY: Misha Brankov is a retired music professor. One morning he receives a letter requesting him to contact the Jewish Museum in Belgrade. At the museum, he learns that workers have found a box with documents during excavations of the site where there was the infamous World War II concentration camp for Jews and Roma. The box was buried by camp inmate Isaac Weiss as far back as in 1941 and it will change his life forever…

    DIRECTOR: Goran Paskaljević (Belgrade, Serbia, 1947) holds a degree in Film Directing from the FAMU in Prague. He has made more than 30 documentaries and six short and16 feature-length films, shown at the most prestigious international film festivals – Cannes (Special Treatment, 1980), Berlin (The Dog Who Loved Trains, 1977; Beach Guard in Wintertime, 1976), Venice (Tango Argentino, 1992; Cabaret Balkan, 1998; How Harry Became a Tree, 2001), etc. The film Cabaret Balkan (1998) earned him the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize for Best European Film at the European Film Awards. He lives between Belgrade and Paris and has both French and Serbian citizenship.

  • sangaj

    Monday, 22. July in 12:00,

    Shanghai Gypsy

    | , | 124 min | 2012.

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    production company Arsmedia
    producer Franci Zajc
    co-production companies Jadran film Zagreb (Croatia)
    co-producers Franjo Senjak
    executive producer Boštjan Ikovic
    director Marko Naberšnik
    written by Marko Naberšnik prema literarnom after the book written by Feri Lainšček
    cast Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram, Senad Bašić, Marjuta Slamič, Jasna Diklić, Miodrag Miki Trifunov

    director of photography Miloš Srdič
    editor Janez Bricelj
    art director Miha Ferkov
    costume designer Nataša Rogelj
    composer Saša Lošić
    sound Jože Trtnik, Boštjan Kačičnik
    make-up Mirjam Kavčič

    SUMMARY: Lutvija Belmondo Mirga tells a story about four generations of his Roma family. Belmondo earns a living by smuggling and his power and influence are growing. He wins the support of local politicians and the police, which makes him untouchable and above the law. He becomes the gypsy king and decides to build his gypsy village and name it Shanghai. However, during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, instead of smuggling goods, people start smuggling arms…

    DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, Slovenia, 1973) attended a film directing course at the New York Film Academy in 1996. There he made his first short film The Beginning and it was with this film that he passed the entrance examination to study Film and Television Directing at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), from which he graduated in 2010. He has been working as assistant lecturer at the Academy and as director of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. His full-length directorial debut Rooster’s Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk, 2007) was seen by 183,000 spectators, which makes it one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia of all-time.

  • Goltzius

    Tuesday, 23. July in 10:00,

    Goltzius and the Pelican Company

    | , , | 129 min | 2012.

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    production company Kasander Film
    producer Kees Kasander
    co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
    co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
    directed & written by Peter Greenaway
    cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolić

    director of photography Reiner van Brummelen
    editor Elmer Leupen
    art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
    costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
    composer Marco Robino
    sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
    make-up Sara Meerman
    special effects Branko Repalust

    SUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…

    DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.

  • nahrani_me

    Tuesday, 23. July in 12:30,

    Feed Me with Your Words

    | , , | 88 min | 2012.

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    production company Bela Film
    producer Ida Weiss
    co-production companies RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Studio Dim (Croatia), FVG Film Commission (Italy), RAI – Regionale FVG (Italy)
    directed & written by Martin Turk
    cast Boris Cavazza, Sebastian Cavazza, Jure Henigman, Maša Derganc, Miranda Caharija, Iza Veselko

    director of photography Radislav Jovanov – Gonzo
    editor Tomislav Pavlic
    art director Maja Moravec
    costume designer Emil Cerar
    composer Chris Eckman
    sound Miha Jaramaz
    make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska

    SUMMARY: Robert is a graphologist and he is convinced that based on Jesus’s description he can reconstruct his handwriting. In order to complete his research, he travels to Italy, where he meets an unusual homeless man. Enchanted and confused by the encounter with a mysterious man, he follows him and disappears without a trace. Robert’s disappearance forces his father Janez to call his elder son Matej after many years of estrangement. Despite their unsettled conflicts from the past, Matej decides to help his father. Matej’s wife Ana and their daughter Veronika temporarily move in with Matej’s demented mother…

    DIRECTOR: Martin Turk (Trieste, Italy, 1978) holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His short films were presented and awarded at more than sixty festivals around the world, including the Cannes (Quinzaine des realisateurs). Feed Me With Your Words marks his full-length directorial debut, developed as part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residence Programme in 2009. Filmography (selection): short films Excursion (2002), Slice of Life (2006), Every Day is not the Same (2008), Stealing the Corn (2009), The Things We’ve Never Done Together (2011), and the TV film Room 408 (2009).

  • falsifikator

    Wednesday, 24. July in 12:00,

    The Forger

    | , , | 100 min | 2012.

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    production company Drina Film
    produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
    co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
    directed & written by Goran Marković
    cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojec

    director of photography Dušan Joksimović
    editor Snežana Ivanović
    art director Veljko Despotović
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composer Zoran Simjanović
    sound Roland Vajs
    make-up Dubravka Busatlija

     

    SUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…

    DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).

  • adria_blues

    Thursday, 25. July in 12:00,

    Adria Blues

    | , , | 91 min | 2013.

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    production companies Gustav Film, Filmostovje, Senca Studio
    producer Frenk Celarc, Miroslav Mandić, Ida Weiss
    co-production companies Propeler Film (Croatia), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Comrad (Slovenia), TV Slovenija (Slovenia)
    co-producers Boris T. Matić, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Mitja Senčur
    directed & written by Miroslav Mandić
    cast Senad Bašić, Mojca Funki, Peter Musevski, Grega Zec, Iva Babić, Franjo Dijak

    director of photography Jure Černec
    editor Stanko Kostanjevec
    art director Matjaž Pavlovec
    costume designer Emil Cerar
    composer Aldo Kumar
    sound Samir Fočo
    make-up Alenka Nahtigal

     

    SUMMARY: Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980’s, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive ever since, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni’s annoyance and fits of jealousy, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is Max, the owner of a hotel called Adria and an avid fan of the 80’s New Wave. He offers Sonia to organize a come-back concert for the former star, without his knowing it. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. Sonia begs him to play, believing a concert is the only way out of his depression.

    DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1955) holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Sarajevo and a master’s degree in Dramaturgy and Film Directing from the New York Columbia University. After the award-winning short film Workers’ Marriage (1985), he shot his full-length debut A Worker’s Life (1987). He directed The Surrealists’ Top Chart (1989-90), the most popular TV show in the former Yugoslavia. From 1995 till 2002, he directed a number of documentaries for the Czech television. He is the author of fulllength documentaries Borderline Lovers (2005) and Searching for Johnny (2009). Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Ljubljana.

     

  • dvojina

    Friday, 26. July in 12:00,

    Dual

    , | , , | 102 min | 2013.

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    production company Perfo Production
    producers Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
    co-production companies Studio Dim (Hrvatska / Croatia), Beofilm (Danska / Denmark)
    co-producers Morten Kjems Juhl, Peter Hyldahl, Marina Andree Škop, Darija Kulenović Gudan
    director Nejc Gazvoda
    written by Nejc Gazvoda, Janez Lapajne
    cast Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Jure Henigman, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Matjaž Tribušon

    director of photography Darko Herič
    editors Nejc Gazvoda, Marina Andree Škop, Janez Lapajne
    art director Niko Novak
    costume designer Nadja Bedjanič
    composer Monkey Cup Dress
    sound Matjaž Zdešar Moraus, Roar Skau Olsen
    make-up Anja Godina, Snježana Gorup

     
    SUMMARY: Due to bad weather, an airplane from Denmark is forced to land at the Slovene airport. Amongst the passengers being taken to a hotel in Ljubljana, is a quiet, beautiful young Danish girl Iben (25). This is how she meets Tina (25), who drives a shuttle as a summer job. Iben asks Tina to take her for a midnight drive around town and Tina agrees even though the request seems a bit odd. The unexpected love blooms between the two girls. However, they aren’t able to realise their love because of a dark secret that one of them carries and the other one’s attempt to find her place in the world.

    DIRECTOR: Nejc Gazvoda (Novo Mesto, Slovenia, 1985) won the Golden Bird and Fabula Awards for his short stories Nothing Escapes the Squirrels when he was in high school. He received the Kresnik, Presern and Grossman Awards for his plays, novels and screenplays. He holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His debutant feature film A Trip (2011) was presented at more than thirty festivals around the world, winning five national film awards at the Slovene Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the festival in Nashville.

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  • falsifikator

    Friday, 19. July in 21:30,

    The Forger

    | , , | 100 min | 2012.

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    production company Drina Film
    produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
    co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
    directed & written by Goran Marković
    cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojec

    director of photography Dušan Joksimović
    editor Snežana Ivanović
    art director Veljko Despotović
    costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
    composer Zoran Simjanović
    sound Roland Vajs
    make-up Dubravka Busatlija

     

    SUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…

    DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).

  • Goltzius

    Friday, 19. July in 23:15,

    Goltzius and the Pelican Company

    | , , | 129 min | 2012.

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    production company Kasander Film
    producer Kees Kasander
    co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
    co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
    directed & written by Peter Greenaway
    cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolić

    director of photography Reiner van Brummelen
    editor Elmer Leupen
    art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
    costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
    composer Marco Robino
    sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
    make-up Sara Meerman
    special effects Branko Repalust

    SUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…

    DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.

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