‘Slovenia’ Archives
We’ve Never Been to Venice
Nikoli nisva šla v Benetke Slovenia, 2008, colour, 62 mins The only world premiere in the 2008 Sarajevo Film Festival competition, Blaž Kutin's debut feature was sadly also its biggest disappointment, a study of bereavement that offers so little dramatic meat to chew on that it barely sustains even 62 minutes. While it's unfortunate that [...]
Tractor, Love and Rock’n’Roll
Traktor, ljubav i rock'n'roll Slovenia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2008, colour, 105 mins Boasting not just the most self-parodically ‘Eastern European’ title of anything playing in the 2008 Sarajevo Film Festival but also arguably this entire blog, director/co-writer/star Branko Đurić’s film is an extremely broad comedy set entirely in a [...]
Best Foreign Film Oscar longlist announced
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a record 63 films are on the initial longlist for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. The full list is here, and these are the Central and Eastern European submissions: Azerbaijan: Caucasia (d. Farid Gumbatov) Bosnia and Herzegovina: It's Hard to Be Nice/Teško je biti fin (d. Srđan Vuletić) - [...]