Nejc Gazvoda, whose previous films include “A Trip” and “Dual,” has started shooting “Father Figure” in his home town, Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The film will be shot in 25 days and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023, online news service Film New Europe reports.
“Father Figure” is an absurdist tale, written by Gazvoda, which follows a mother and her son who move from Ljubljana to a small town after the mother’s divorce. Jan is in his final year of elementary school, and Maja is a psychologist at the same school. The film begins with the reopening of schools after the end of the pandemic, but things do not seem to be the way they were before.
“ ‘Father Figure’ is a film about a particular period (the middle of 2021), set in an elementary school, and all the issues it deals with are concrete: peer violence, loneliness, dignity. At the same time,...
“Father Figure” is an absurdist tale, written by Gazvoda, which follows a mother and her son who move from Ljubljana to a small town after the mother’s divorce. Jan is in his final year of elementary school, and Maja is a psychologist at the same school. The film begins with the reopening of schools after the end of the pandemic, but things do not seem to be the way they were before.
“ ‘Father Figure’ is a film about a particular period (the middle of 2021), set in an elementary school, and all the issues it deals with are concrete: peer violence, loneliness, dignity. At the same time,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Damijan Vinter
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Ada Condeescu who has in just a trio of films (award-winning If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, the Cannes selected Loverboy and the much anticipated Wolf) and Arta Dobroshi’s whose stunning career resume began with the Dardenne’s Lorna’s Silence, Daniel Mulloy’s brilliant short Baby, and Catherine Corsini’s Cannes-selected Three Worlds are two of the ten names/faces who’ve been added to the list of 10 European actors selected as the 2013 Shooting Stars (annually presented at the Berlin Film Festival). Here is the complete list of ten names/faces to watch out for in European cinema:
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: Nominated by Danish Film Institute
Laura Birn: Nominated by Finnish Film Foundation
Christa Theret: Nominated by uniFrance
Saskia Rosendahl: Nominated by German Films
Luca Marinelli: Nominated by Istituto Luce Cinecitta
Arta Dobroshi: Nominated by Kosova Cinematography Center
Ada Condeescu...
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: Nominated by Danish Film Institute
Laura Birn: Nominated by Finnish Film Foundation
Christa Theret: Nominated by uniFrance
Saskia Rosendahl: Nominated by German Films
Luca Marinelli: Nominated by Istituto Luce Cinecitta
Arta Dobroshi: Nominated by Kosova Cinematography Center
Ada Condeescu...
- 12/13/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Cologne, Germany – The leads in Oscar contenders A Royal Affair and Lore – Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Saskia Rosendahl – made the cut for the 2013 Shooting Stars – the showcase of the top 10 best young actors from Europe. Gallery: 28 of Berlin Film Festival's Most Outrageous Movie Posters The new Shooting Stars selection – announced Wednesday – includes French actress Christia Theret (La Brindille),Slovenia's Jure Henigman (A Trip) and Sweden's Nermina Lukac, who made her acting debut this year with Gabriela Pichler's drama Eat Sleep Die. Completing the list are Arta Dobroshi of Kosovo, who appeared
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- 12/12/2012
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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