Where Is the Iron Curtain? 1961
Life and friendly neighbor relations on the Yugoslav-Italian border. Undisturbed growth of trading between the two countries.
Life and friendly neighbor relations on the Yugoslav-Italian border. Undisturbed growth of trading between the two countries.
A narrow minded cleaner, filled with prejudice, loses her keys. She is forced to make an extraordinary deal with a black boy to get them back.
In December 2013, the fourth memorial service, entitled Found Portraits, was held at the former border crossing between Nova Gorica and Gorizia. Citizens of both Goricas were invited to select photographs of unknown fellow citizens and talk about their memories of them.
"The biggest Slovenian film enthusiast" has to film a reportage for Velvet music festival at an idyllic Croatian island. In a passionate attempt to get something a bit more "velvety", he entangles himself and his film with an elusive lady, dragging his crew into the depths of a mystery-thriller neo-noir mockumentary. "Sink or swim brother, sink or swim."
The mischievous children of a small village go in search of Slipper Keeper Kitty, who has taken their untidily strewn slippers the night before.
The Front Lines of Kurdistan is a TV documentary about the modern history of the Kurds, an oppressed and besieged people attempting to create an independent state on the ruins of Middle East. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group without one; Kurdish-inhabited areas reach into Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. The documentary takes us to the battle lines between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State in Kirkuk and the Sinjar Mountains (Iraq), and Kobani (Syria). In December 2014 and January 2015, Erik Valenčič made it to the front lines of the fierce offensives and interviewed key figures in the struggle for an independent Kurdistan.
The video starts as a criminal story of one man chasing another, whereby the emphasis is not laid on the final outcome, but on colour surfaces that sneak into the black and white world of industrial plant. Then the colour instantly covers the entire video surface, a naked man's body appears and the camera starts revealing its details. The end of the video presents seemingly frozen bodies that, within the medium of motion pictures, endeavor once again to find the illusion of stillness offered by fine art.
A saleswoman hears her colleague scream as a masked robber threatens her with a knife. She calls the police and seeks help from passersby. A little later, 13-year-old Edi and his four friends watch social media videos of the robbery, while neighborhood dealer Anel arrives with weed. Teenagers are on edge; they know that Anel's mother works at the robbed store. At first, Anel is utterly unaware of what’s happening, but it doesn’t take long for his mother to call him, blaming him for the possibility that it was his friends that might have committed the robbery. Feeling unjustly treated despite his innocence, Anel is very upset and turns to drinking, which escalates into a fiery clash with Edi. In a moment of chaos, Anel stumbles and crashes to the floor. The others help him to bed. Edi remains by his side, grappling with the weight of his foolish action.
A symbolical baroque'n'roll film "Child in Time" is a story about two kids, brother and sister, caught in the times of socialism, religion and rock. It is a film about war and love in a family that all universe is based upon.
Max, the lead character, has no life, just his best friend John. Then Max meets a girl and the film gets a twist.
Relations between two families from different social backgrounds, where neither fathers nor mothers communicate. Despite all, their only son and only daughter befriend and eventually fall in love.
In a distopian future few shoemakers are working under an all seeing eye of the factory owner.
The film deals with the fate of children who, together with their parents, were imprisoned in the Teharje camp near Celje. In June 1945, they were separated from their parents and taken to the Petricek children's camp, and their parents killed and buried in unknown places without trial. Inside the camp, the guards try to rip out the old children's identity with various overhauling measures and to enforce them a new identity. Children lost their parents and childhood, and got wounded so deeply, they have not healed even until today.
A documentary movie about Tomos, Slovenian motorcycle factory.
Tilen is an introverted teenager who gets his first job in a warehouse.
It is a story about a group of elderly users from the nursing home of Danica Vogrinec from Maribor, who, despite their age and disease limitations, are eager to show their greatness and for some, the first performance in their lives. They named themselves VIP Danica. With an old-timer, they go to a very unique festival in Kragujevac. The journey is long and they are not of strong health. However, they are determined to perform their performance for the last time...
Short avant-garde super 8mm film.
Tanja is waiting in line. In a crowded room, her mind wanders away. After 10 minutes of a mixture of memories and fantasies, she returns to reality and purchases a ticket to the next movie.
The nature has caressed us into being, has even taught us how to pet her back as we grew up. We then started hitting her hard, using her goods in order to progress at her expense. She stares at us reluctantly yet tolerates us as a mom would. But occasionally she freaks out, warns us with an earthquake, a pandemic, or a tsunami. shall we ever learn not to take advantage of our mom, but humbly share her goods with respect and appreciation?