05-09-2016

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož: Houston, We Have a Problem!

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    Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc Houston, We Have a Problem! by Žiga Virc

    PORTOROZ: Žiga Virc’s first feature, the docu-fiction Houston, We Have a Problem! / Houston, imamo problem!, will be screened in the competition of the 19th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož (13-18 September 2016). This Slovenian/Croatian/German coproduction explores the myth of space conquest as it unfolds in Yugoslavia of the 60s.

    In March 1961, Yugoslavia sold its secret space programme to the US. Two months later, Kennedy announced that the USA would go to the Moon. This is an urban myth that millions of people want to believe in. This myth is explored through the character of Ivan, a senior engineer in the alleged Yugoslav space programme, using some first shown documentary materials.

    The film was produced by Boštjan Virc through Studio Virc in coproduction with Siniša Juričić through Croatia’s Nukleus Film and Ingmar Trost through Germany’s Sutor Kolonko. The project was supported by the Slovenian Film Center with 170,000 EUR, RTV Slovenia, FS Viba, MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, Croatian Audiovisual Center, HBO Europe, WDR Germany and Doha Film Institute.

    The film was shot in 47 days between April and October 2014 in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Morocco and the US, producer Boštjan Virc told FNE. Since its release in Slovenian cinemas in spring 2016 (distributed by 2i Film) the film has been unexpectedly successful with 18,000 admissions.

    Žiga Virc’s graduation short film Trieste is Ours was one of the Student Academy Awards finalists in 2010.


    Production Information:

    Studio Virc, d.o.o.
    Ilke Vaštetove 15
    8000 Novo mesto, Slovenija
    Phone: +386 7 3378 170
    Fax: +386 7 3378 171
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    http://www.studio-virc.si

    Nukleus film d.o.o.
    Medulićeva 6
    10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    Phone/Fax: +385 1 4846 556
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    www.nukleus-film.hr

    Credits:
    Director: Žiga Virc
    Screenwriters: Boštjan Virc, Žiga Virc
    DoP: Andrej Virc
    Editor: Vladimir Gojun
    Production Designer: Miha Ferkov
    Costume Designer: Zorana Meić
    Make up: Petra Hartman, Ivana Pralija
    Sound Designers: Matjaž Moraus Zdešar, Julij Zornik
    Cast: Slavoj Žižek, Josip Broz Tito, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Božidar Smiljanić