EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, NEW DELHI
&
INDO CINE APPRECIATION FOUNDATION
Cordially invite you for the
SLOVENIAN FILM FESTIVAL
14/07/08 – 17/07/08
Synopsis
GONE WITH THE TRAIN /Ekspres Ekspres Dir:Igor Sterk 1996/76min/feature 14July2008 6.15 pm
Plot : A young restless man boards a train with no destination in mind. In one of the compartments he meets with a girl. Words are not exchanged but their laundry washing are and from there we are taken on a ride with other peculiar characters and situations. Awards:7 wins & 1 nomination
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET OUT OF HERE - Dir:Saso Podgorsek 2005 / 55min /short - 14th July 2008 8.00 pm
Plot : The story is set after some unspecified global disaster, the survivors of which dwell underground in what looks like a cavernous old factory (it’s actually the old steelworks in the central Slovenian town of Trbovjle, previously best known as Laibach’s home town). The story is primarily told via movement within space, but there is a surprising amount of dialogue which is subterranean.
LJUBJANA - Director:Igor Sterk - 2002 / 71 min / feature - 15 July 2008 6.15 pm
Plot: Having left Yugoslavian socialism far behind, the Slovenes find themselves catapulted through a social upheaval, with European Union the gateway to an exciting but scary future as part of the global village/market. Many individuals inevitably struggle to adapt. A story about a group of young Slovenians living in Ljubljana, in post communist Slovenia. Sterk tracks five people in their early 20s, with medical student Mare (Grega Zorc) representing the drama’s nominal centre. Mare (Grega Zorc), a pudgy twenty something still living at home and unsatisfied with his career path as a medical student. Romantically frustrated, he finds solace in the E-fuelled nightclub scene developing in the city - but is this an answer to his problems, or merely a temporary escape? Awards:1 win & 1 nomination
LABOUR EQUALS FREEDOM/Delo osvobaja 2004/71’/short Dir:Damjan Kozole 15 July 2008 8.00 pm
Plot: Peter is in his early forties and until recently he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia’s integration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues have been made redundant. Slowly but surely, he is losing self-confidence and self-esteem. His wife Vera is actually seeing another man and their marriage soon falls apart. Almost overnight Peter remains alone, as Vera moves out and takes Sonja, their daughter, with her. In a moment of despair, Peter decides to hang himself. He takes a rope and when the rope is tightening around his neck a doorbell rings. By mere coincidence a neighbour, who just wanted to borrow some coffee, saves his life. One day, on his way home, he finds all his neighbours, scared and worried, in front of the house. He learns that gas has been leaking in the cellar. Fire fighters should have arrived already, but they got stuck in a traffic jam. Peter does not hesitate; he runs into the building and manages to shut down the main valve not knowing that this will change his life… Awards:10 wins
THE RUINS /Rusevine - Dir :Janez Burger - 2003 / colour / feature - 16 July 2008 6.15 pm
Plot : Herman (Darko Rundek), a respected middle-aged stage director preparing a previously unknown work by an old Icelandic master, to be played in an open-air theater at dawn. In the cast are the director’s old friends, close buddy Gregor (Matjaz Tribuson) and Her-man’s live-in companion Zana (Natasa Matjasec), a famous actress he’s never worked with. There is also Gregor’s sexy ex-mistress, much to the distress of his jealous wife Ema (Natasa Burger). Herman’s clever idea seems to be to explore real-life tensions between his actors. The film drops viewers into the emotional world of stage performers, who live in musty old hotels and never stop thrashing out the difference between “true emotion” and theatrical posing.
BENEATH HER WINDOW / Pod njenim oknom - Dir:Metod Pevec - 2003/91’/ feature - 16July 2008 8.00 pm
Plot : Dusha is a young dancer and dance instructor. Torn between a dominant mother, an absent father and a married lover, she is sinking into a typical crisis of the thirties, which gets worse when she starts suspecting that someone has been following her and invading her privacy. She grows increasingly lonesome and exhausted. Even more so, as she realises that her relationship with her married lover has no future. Eventually, Dusha matures and makes a decision - she leaves her negligent lover, as male emotions are too unreliable. Awards:8 wins & 1 nomination
GRAVEHOPPING / Odgrobadogroba Dir:Jan Cvitkovic 2005/colour /103’/feature 17July 2008 6.15 pm
Plot Pero is a professional funeral speaker in a small Slovenian town. His unique gift is to make every funeral that extra bit special. Pero just can’t help turning his eulogies into witty personal confessions that bring the grieving crowd to tears for all the wrong reasons. At home Pero is busy trying to intercept his father’s frequent but hopelessly inept suicide attempts. Meanwhile he also seeks to win the heart of local girl Renata, who bears secrets beneath her innocent blonde curls. In all his daily fortunes and misfortunes Pero is assisted by his devote friend and fan Shooki. Awards:7 wins & 2 nominations
FREE SPIRITED FRIENDS - Dir : Sonja Prosenc - colour /short - 17 July 8.00 pm
The protagonist has to transport a body of a young woman. On the way from the hospital to her home the corpse comes to life. The protagonist accepts this fact as a task to present the world to this newborn creature. He goes about his task by presenting her with his own little universe.