30-11-2009

PRODUCTION: Goran Vojnović's debut begins filming

By Matevz Rudolf

    Young Slovenian film and TV director Goran Vojnović begins filming film Piran - Pirano which received the largest support (920,507 Euros) from the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) grants in 2009.

    {mosimage} Vojnović shot two successful short films which received domestic and international film awards. In the past year he achieved national recognition with his novel Outlanders raus! (Čefurji raus!) which has been at the top of the best seller list in recent months. Although Vojnović plans to make an adaptation of his novel, he decided to shoot a different story for his debut film.

    {mosimage} In Piran - Pirano an old Italian man visits house in the Slovenian seaside city Piran where he was born. There he meets a Bosnian man and Slovenian woman who went through similarly tragically events 50 years ago at the end of Second World War. Thre three different and unusual life stories begin to cross in an emotional historical-love story.

    The production budget is estimate at 1.6 million Euros. The film is produced by Franci Zajc (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) of Arsmedia (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), whose last feature film Rooster's Breakfast (www.petelinjizajtrk.com) (also a debut film) was a Slovenian box office national hit in 2008. Vojnović told FNE he plans 35 shooting days: 15 days in December in Viba Film studio in Ljubljana (www.vibafilm.si) and 20 days in April in Piran. The premiere is planned for September 2010.

    {mosimage} Production Credits:

    Piran - Pirano

    Production Company: Arsmedia d.o.o. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

    Co-production Company: Jadran film Zagreb, Croatia (www.jadran-film.com), RTV Slovenia (www.rtvslo.si)

    Co-funding: Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si)

    Technical support: Film studio Viba Film (www.vibafilm.si)

    Distribution: Ljubljanski kinematografi (www.kolosej.si)

    Promotion: Agency Giedon (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

    Director: Goran Vojnović

    Screenwriter: Goran Vojnović

    Producer: Franci Zajc

    Production Manager: Frenk Celarc

    Director of Photography: Radovan Čok

    Film Editor: Janez Bricelj

    Set Designer: Urša Loboda

    Costume Designer: Zvonka Makuc

    Musik: Tamara Obrovac

    Sound Re-recording Mixer: Boštjan Kačičnik

    Sound Recordist: Jože Trtnik

    Makeup Artist: Mirjam Kavčič

    Cast: Mustafa Nadarević, Boris Cavazza, Nina Ivanišin, Moamer Kasumović, Francesco Borchi, Peter Musevski, Nataša Tič Raljan