- Student project
Grčke marelice
- Short Fiction Film
- 19' 58''
- 2024
- Croatia, Slovenia
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Synopsis
Mak, a young man working his night shift at a gas station, encounters Nada, a female truck driver. They bond over their shared Macedonian roots and find comfort in each other as they attempt to escape their loneliness.
Director
Director's statement
Greek Apricots explores the notion of home beyond borders through an intimate encounter between two strangers at a gas station – a space of transience, languages, and cultures. The film is inspired by my own experience of growing up in Slovenia with parents from North Macedonia and Croatia.
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Cast
Credits order
Crew
Writing
Direction
Production
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Music
Editing
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Make-up
Sound design
Directing department
Sound department
Visual effects
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Costume department
Post production/editorial department
Mentoring and Consulting colaboration
Other
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production
Music
Awards
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In a place we all know and have passed through countless times, a curtain suddenly opens onto the backstage of unexpected human interactions. Simple yet consistent in its storytelling and cinematic language, and supported by unpretentious direction that allows familiar stereotypes to shift, the short film kept surprising us through the evolving correlations between its characters. Thanks to good co-acting delivered with remarkable naturalness, the short creates a rich experience for the viewer. We found ourselves moved by this small story, which left us with the friendly feeling of being close to humans we did not know just a few minutes earlier.
Just another night at a petrol station becomes an allegory of a microcosm that reflects all solitude, boredom, everyday life, and hopelessness of the territory of former Yugoslavia.
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Grške marelice (Slovenian)
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