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
Vukovar Film Festival 2022
Tabor Film Festival 2022
International Children Care Film Festival 2022
Drim Short Film Festival 2022 – Best Regional Film Award
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: