01-09-2017

FESTIVALS: Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož Announces Lineup

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    PORTOROŽ: Eleven feature films will be screened in the competition of the 20th Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož, which will run from 12 to 16 September 2017. The Badjura Lifetime Achievement Award will go to the producer Franci Zajc.

    A total of 98 out of 183 submitted films have been selected, more than in 2016. A total of 97 films (51 in the competition and 46 out of the competition) will be screened in the two venues (Main Hall, Amphitheatre) at Avditorij Portorož. 

    Seventeen long films will compete for the Vesna awards: eleven feature films and six long documentaries, among them Janez Burger’s Ivan (starring the Slovenian Shooting Star 2017 Maruša Majer), Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World by Marko Naberšnik and the documentary The Family by Rok Biček, who gained international success with his debut feature A Class Enemy (Triglav Film, 2013).

    Most of the competition feature films will be released in autumn 2017.

    Feature Films Competition:

    Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo (Slovenia)
    Directed by Boris Petkovič
    Produced by Gustav Film
    Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, MB Grip, Studio Ritem, Unicasting and Pecl
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Media

    Ksana / Ksana (Slovenia)
    Directed by Dejan Babosek
    Produced by Narayan Production 
    Coproduced by SnautLet Him Be a Basketball Player by Boris Petkovič

    A Dream / Privid (Slovenia)
    Directed by Boštjan Slatenšek
    Produced by FilRouge
    Coproduced by AS Film Production, DArt picture, Studio Ritem
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba

    Ana’s Commision / Anina provizija (Slovenia)
    Directed by Igor Šmid
    Produced by Studio Arkadena
    Coproduced by Studio Ritem
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba

    Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World / Slovenija, Avstralija in jutri ves svet (Slovenia, Macedonia)
    Directed by Marko Naberšnik
    Produced by Perfo Production
    Coproduced by Kino Oko, RTV Slovenija
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Macedonian Film Agency

    Ivan / Ivan (Slovenia, Croatia)
    Directed by Janez Burger
    Produced by Staragara
    Coproduced by Propeler Film, RTV Slovenija, Tramal films
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Eurimages

    The Basics of Killing / Družinica (Slovenia, Serbia)
    Directed by Jan Cvitkovič
    Produced by Perfo Production
    The Miner by Hanna SlakCoproduced by Pilon Media, RTV Slovenija
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Serbian Film Center

    The Miner / Rudar (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Hanna Slak
    Produced by Nukleus Film
    Coproduced by VOLTE
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba

    Sly Foxes / Stekle lisice (Slovenia)
    Directed by Boris Jurjaševič
    Produced by RTV Slovenija

    Perseverance / Vztrajanje (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy)
    Directed by Miha Knific
    Produced by Nukleus Film
    Coproduced by This & That Productions, Helios Sustainable Films
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Film Centre of Serbia, BLS
     
    Slovenian Minority Coproductions:

    Men Don't Cry / Muškarci Ne Plaču (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Germany)
    Directed by Alen Drljević
    Produced by Deblokada Sarajevo
    Coproduced by Iridium Film, This & That Productions, Menderley Films, Produkcija Živa and Cineplanet
    Supported by the Foundation of Cinematography Sarajevo, Slovenian Film Center, ZDF/Arte TV, MEDIA, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Kanton Sarajevo, CineLink, Eurimages and FS Viba

    Documentaries:

    Codelli / Codelli (Slovenia)
    Directed by Miha Čelar
    Produced by Astral film  
    Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, PS Mangart, Kerozin
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba

    The Family / Družina (Slovenia, Austria)
    Directed by Rok Biček
    Produced by Cvinger film
    Coproduced by RTV Slovenija
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba, Austrian Film Institute

    The Last Ice Hunters / Zadnji ledeni lovci (Slovenia)
    Directed by Jure Breceljnik, Rožle Bregar
    Produced by FilmIT
    Coproduced by RTV Slovenija, Studio Ritem, Vizualist
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, MEDIA

    Charlatan Magnifique / Charlatan Magnifique (Slovenia)
    Directed by Maja Pavlin
    Produced by RTV Slovenija

    They Were Tito's Towns / Bila so Titova mesta (Slovenia)
    Directed by Amir Muratović
    Produced by RTV Slovenija

    Every Good Story Is a Love Story / Vsaka dobra zgodba je ljubezenska zgodba (Slovenia, Croatia)
    Directed by Matjaž Ivanišin, Rajko Grlić
    Produced by Vertigo
    Coproduced by NP7, NuFrame, 100
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center