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MINISTRY OF LOVE - Ministarstvo ljubavi
DIRECTED BY PAVO MARINKOVIĆ, 2016
SYNOPSIS:
All Croatian widows of war living with new partners in domestic partnerships become a state issue. In order to hunt down the love offenders, the government sends a wrong man. Krešo, an unemployed biologist, is a man with low self-esteem and a dysfunctional marriage.
TECHNICAL INFO:
Aspect Ratio: 1 : 1,85
Duration: 103 minutes
in colour
PRODUCTION:
Telefilm (Croatia)
CO-PRODUCTIONS:
8Heads Productions (Czech republic),
Casablanca Film Production (Slovenia)
Hrvatska radiotelevizija (Croatia)
GIRLS DON'T CRY - Dekleta ne jočejo
DIRECTED BY MATEVŽ LUZAR, 2015
SYNOPSIS:
After assassination attempt, penniless mob wife takes over his husband’s dirty work and collects the dept with a help of her best friend - the hairdresser and her estranged step daughter.
TECHNICAL INFO:
DCP
Aspect Ratio: 1 : 1.85
Duration: 75 minutes
in colour
PRODUCTION:
TV Slovenia
GOOD TO GO - Srečen za umret
DIRECTED BY MATEVŽ LUZAR, 2013
SYNOPSIS:
Good To Go is a bittersweet comedy about a grumpy old man who decided to find happiness before he dies.
TECHNICAL INFO:
Codex, ARRIRAW
Aspect Ratio: 1 : 2.35
Duration: 100 minutes
in colour
PRODUCTION:
Pakt Media (Slovenia)
Ars Septima (Croatia)
Film United (Czech republic)
AWARDS:
GOING OUR WAY - Gremo mi po svoje
DIRECTED BY MIHA HOČEVAR, 2010
SYNOPSIS:
Teenager Alex and his friends go to a summer camp by the river. The camp leader is quite annoying - he takes scouting much too seriously, which causes conflict, as the boys would rather have fun, try their luck with the girls from the neighboring camp, and swim, than learn scouting skills and constantly take part in all kinds of competitions. The situation in the camp keeps deteriorating, and parents visiting day is drawing near. The camp leader makes a cunning move, organizing a camping in the wild competition, where small groups of scouts spend a night on their own in the wilderness in improvised shelters. Naturally, to escape the monotony, Alex volunteers. Jake, the camp leader's hypochondriac son, and Sleepyhead, a philosopher type, join him...
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
A hilarious, action-packed comedy, featuring state-of-the art production, that will stand the test of time and bring together old and young for generations to come. Images, emotions, and attractive familiar faces will not easily be replaced by computer fakery and nouveau kitsch. An intense story that is easy to understand, which manages to convey something more by combining adventure and humor. Something more about life, competition, love and Nature. A feature which will make everyone who participated in its making proud, and which will be a source of pleasure for children and adult viewers alike.
TECHNICAL INFO:
35 mm
Ratio: 1 : 2.35 (Cinemascope)
Duration: 93 minutes, 2654 m
in color
Sound: Dolby Digital SR-D
PRODUCTION:
Vertigo / Emotionfilm (Slovenia)
AWARDS:
9:06
DIRECTED BY IGOR ŠTERK, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
A police inspector investigates an unusual suicide case. The investigation develops into an obsession as the inspector starts living in the apartment of the deceased, digging through his life and gradually taking over his identity.
DIRECTOR'S NOTE:
In the time you watch the film at least 20 people commit suicide in Europe. And another 100 in the rest of the world. 1.2 million people in the world commit suicide every year.
Slovenia is among five countries with the highest suicide rate in the world.
The suicide rate in my country is so high that in a group photo of any high school class in Slovenia there is at least one schoolmate in picture who will commit suicide eventually.
Sadly enough, the photo of my high school class is no exception.
TECHNICAL INFO:
35 mm
Ratio: 1 : 1.85
Duration: 71 min
in color
Sound: Dolby Digital
PRODUCTION:
Gustav Film (Slovenia)
A.A.C. Productions (Slovenia)
Mogador Film (Germany)
AWARDS:
LOVE AND OTHER CRIMES - Ljubav i ostali zločini
DIRECTED BY STEFAN ARSENIJEVIĆ, 2008
SYNOPSIS:
Before you start a new life, you have to end the old one.
New Belgrade, a part of Belgrade designed to be a soc-realistic city of the future. Concrete and melancholy. And everyday life. Anica (36) works as a bookie for a local small mob boss, Milutin. Anica is tired and lonely. She thinks that her life isn't going anywhere. So, she has a plan. It is the day for monthly protection money. At the end of the day Anica will take all the collected money and with the rest from Milutin's vault, leave the country forever. Aside from her usual job, Anica spends the day in quiet goodbyes, secretly leaving her belongings to friends and taking small revenges, which leads to huge pleasures that she always longed for. Making sure that nobody notices, Anica organizes her perfect departure from her imperfect life.
But life is unpredictable. The only thing Anica didn't count on was - love. And love appears in an unexpected way. On that very day 10-years younger Stanislav, Milutin's favorite employee, confesses his love to her. As the day goes by, the two meet in different situations and their love story strongly and passionatly develops. At the end of the day, Anica will have to decide. Can you believe in love?
TECHNICAL INFO:
35 mm
Ratio: 1 : 1.85
Duration: 106 min
in color
Sound: Dolby SRD
PRODUCTION:
Art & Popcorn (Serbia)
Coin Film (Germany)
Amour Fou (Austria)
Studio Arkadena (Slovenia)
AWARDS:
THE NIGHT - Lat mig sova
DIRECTED BY MIHA KNIFIC, 2006
SYNOPSIS:
Film "Let me sleep" is a drama of three-four memories on one night. About the night that three-four people (the fourth is physically absent but with that not less present) spent together, even though they end their relationships the previous evening. Now, they don't have any commitments, free of all relationships. The story in the film starts on the morning and ends on the evening of the previous day. All happening in-between is turning around the act that happened before that, before the end of the film, even before we entered the story, so we can replace the fourth one after he's gone. It is a story of remembering, about three different looks on one night, which all try to collide their memories into one version of the night. Film turns memory to dream, and reflects surrealism of our own memories and reality.
TECHNICAL INFO:
S 16/35
Ratio: 1 : 1.66
Duration: 78 min
in color
PRODUCTION:
Studio Arkadena (Slovenia)
Start film (Sweden)
GRAVEHOPPING - Odgrobadogroba
DIRECTED BY JAN CVITKOVIČ, 2005
SYNOPSIS:
Pero (Gregor Baković), the protagonist of the film, is an intelligent man in his mid-thirties. He uses his considerable talent as a writer for writing funeral speeches. These are not mere eulogies for the deceased, since Pero consciously or unconsciously entwines his own perception of the course of events and his life philosophy into them. He lives in a family house with his sisters Vilma (Nataša Matjašec) and Ida (Sonja Savić), his father (Brane Grubar), and his nephew Džoni (Domen Remškar). Pero's neighbour Suki (Drago Milinović), Džoni's father Dzeger (Zoran Dževerdanovič) and Renata (Mojca Fatur),Pero's great love, also frequently cross his path.
From Grave to Grave is a film about people from a small town in the Slovenian Karst region and their destinies. It focuses on the basic force in the human existence - fear. Out of fear from death stems the craving for eternity, while out of fear from life stems the desire for security, warmth and love. Love is the only drug powerful enough to overcome death.Therefore From Grave to Grave is a film about the ups and downs of our protagonists' destinies and about their search for warmth and love in the absurd chaos that is life.The story of the film and its essence establishes itself through the prism of their interpersonal relationships.
TECHNICAL INFO:
35 mm
Ratio: 1 : 2.35 (Cinemascope)
Duration: 103 min, 2905 m
in color
Sound: Dolby Digital
PRODUCTION:
Stara gara (Slovenia)
Propelerfilm (Croatia)
AWARDS:
THE RUINS - Ruševine
DIRECTED BY JANEZ BURGER, 2004
SYNOPSIS:
The carismatic theatre director and author Herman is creating a new performance, which is supposed to be better than all of his successful projects until then. He invites all of his friends and the people he has worked with until then to participate, including his girlfriend, the actress Zana and his friends for many years, the actor Gregor and the scenographer Miloš.
A spectacular performance, which is supposed to open a prestigious theatre festival, is to be performed in the open, and the manager of the theatre Lukman presents it to the audience of the festival, to the theatre critics and to guests from abroad with a magnificent reception. As soon as at the reception and especially later at the rehearsals many secrets and manipulations start to get exposed, with which Herman wishes to bring to light and to make fun of the relationships between the performers in his performance.
In addition to this it turns out that the drama text that Herman uncovered as a sensational discovery from medieval Iceland theatre is only one of the many Herman's manipulations. What is going to happen to the protagonists of this story after all this? How will the numerous relationships and manipulations end?
TECHNICAL INFO:
35 mm
Ratio: 1 : 2.35 (Cinemascope)
Duration: 100 min, 2800 m
in color
Sound: Dolby Digital SR-D
PRODUCTION:
E-motion film (Slovenia)
AWARDS:
FRAGILE DESIRES - Krehke touhy
DIRECTED BY KARIN BABINSKA, 1998
SYNOPSIS:
A strange woman suddenly appears in the peaceful family household. Who will be the winner?
TECHNICAL INFO:
Digi Beta
Ratio 1 : 1.85
Duration 30 min
in colour
PRODUCTION:
FAMU (Czech republic)
TUŠ, CHEF
DIRECTED BY JURE MATJAŽIČ, 2014
PRODUCTION:
Perfo (Slovenia)
PEKARNA GROSUPLJE
DIRECTED BY JURE MATJAŽIČ, 2013
PRODUCTION:
Super 16 (Slovenia)
MLEKARNA CELEIA
DIRECTED BY JURE MATJAŽIČ, 2013
PRODUCTION:
Super 16 (Slovenia)
STAROPRAMEN, COOL
DIRECTED BY KAREL JANAK, 2013
PRODUCTION:
Val production (Croatia)
SIOL, FIRSTS
DIRECTED BY SAŠO PODGORŠEK, 2011
PRODUCTION:
Propeler
MOBITEL, PEACE
DIRECTED BY GREGOR VESEL, 2001
PRODUCTION:
Gustav film (Slovenia)
MOBITEL, WORDS
DIRECTED BY GREGOR VESEL, 2002
PRODUCTION:
Gustav film (Slovenia)
CLIO
DIRECTED BY TOMO BREJC, 2006
PRODUCTION:
Nora Pruduction Group
ZALA
DIRECTED BY LUKA LORENCI, 2007
PRODUCTION:
Testube
SIDHARTA, RING
DIRECTED BY LUKA LORENCI, 2004
PRODUCTION:
Menart
GUŠTI IN POLONA, MY DREAMS
DIRECTED BY LUKA LORENCI, 2006
PRODUCTION:
Testube
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