short | fiction | drama | 2021 | 15’ based on a novel DARK MOTHER EARTH by Kristian Novak
logline: Two best friends spend an afternoon on a football field, dreaming of making it onto the local team. But dreams come with a price; when a group of older boys interrupt their game, one of them sees it as an opportunity to prove himself, while the other one senses something more sinister is at play.
director: Rok Biček writers: Rok Biček, Kristian Novak production: Antitalent (HR), Cvinger Film (SLO), Zwinger Film (AUT) producers: Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek, Rok Biček executive producer: Tea Matanović director of photography: Fabio Stoll editors: Ana Štulina, Rok Biček costume designer: Ana Savić Gecan production designer: Ivan Veljača sound designer: Julij Zornik cast: Gabrijel Dolenec, David Ivanović, Karlo Žganec, David Šafarić, Simon Herperger, Jakov Feher, Radovan Kočila
supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, City of Zagreb, Viba film festivals and awards:
Locarno Film Festival 2021
Sarajevo Film Festival 2021
Ljubljana Short Film Festival FeKK 2021
CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2021
Festival of Slovenian Film 2021 – Vesna Award for Special Achievement
Ljubljana International Film Festival LIFFE 2021
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021
Les Arcs Film Festival 2021
Trieste Film Festival 2022 – Short Film Competition
Oktavijan Award for Best Short and Middle-length Fiction Film 2022
International short & independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka 2022
SEEfest South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022 – Best Short Fiction
Crossing Europe – Film Festival Linz 2022
Štigličev pogled Award from The Directors Guild of Slovenia for Exceptional Directing 2022
KAZNENI UDARAC (orig. title)
short | fiction | drama | 2021 | 15’
based on a novel DARK MOTHER EARTH by Kristian Novak
logline: Two best friends spend an afternoon on a football field, dreaming of making it onto the local team. But dreams come with a price; when a group of older boys interrupt their game, one of them sees it as an opportunity to prove himself, while the other one senses something more sinister is at play.
director: Rok Biček
writers: Rok Biček, Kristian Novak
production: Antitalent (HR), Cvinger Film (SLO), Zwinger Film (AUT)
producers: Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek, Rok Biček
executive producer: Tea Matanović
director of photography: Fabio Stoll
editors: Ana Štulina, Rok Biček
costume designer: Ana Savić Gecan
production designer: Ivan Veljača
sound designer: Julij Zornik
cast: Gabrijel Dolenec, David Ivanović, Karlo Žganec, David Šafarić, Simon Herperger, Jakov Feher, Radovan Kočila
supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, City of Zagreb, Viba film
festivals and awards: