• Debut film

Inventura

Inventory

  • Fiction Film
  • 106'
comedy, drama
  • 2021
  • Slovenia

Boris Robič is – as it is customary to say – an ordinary man. One day after supper, however, somebody fires a shot at him through the window while he is reading in his room. The police arrive and an investigation begins. It turns out that Boris does not have enemies or any disputes with anyone. There are no suspects – Boris appears to be a person completely unlikely to be assassinated. It seems th

Boris Robič is – as it is customary to say – an ordinary man. One day after supper, however, somebody fires a shot at him through the window while he is reading in his room. The police arrive and an investigation begins. It turns out that Boris does not have enemies or any disputes with anyone. There are no suspects – Boris appears to be a person completely unlikely to be assassinated. It seems that the event must have been a coincidence of some sort, so the police stop investigating after a while. Boris cannot come to terms with this so he starts investigating on his own. While he looks for potential perpetrators, Boris discovers that he is hated by more people than he could ever have imagined, and that his own perceptions of his own life are merely illusions. The film Inventory is a drama with elements of a thriller and black comedy, set in contemporary middle-class surroundings in Slovenia.

Director Darko Sinko
Cast Radoš Bolčina, Mirel Knez, Dejan Spasić
Awards 7 awards and 1 nomination
Director's statement

The most important thing I would like to say about the film is that apart from everything else, one of the goals was to make it entertaining. Loneliness, the search for love, fear, paranoia, doubt, a

The most important thing I would like to say about the film is that apart from everything else, one of the goals was to make it entertaining. Loneliness, the search for love, fear, paranoia, doubt, and the relativisation of our conceptions about life – all these issues comprise the thematic core of the film. However, I wish to approach these ‘heavy’ topics in an entertaining and ironic tone.

Credits order
Alphabetical order

Writing

screenwriter

Direction

director

Production

producer
producer

Cinematography

director of photography

Editing

film editor

Production design

production designer

Costume design

costume designer

Make-up

key make-up artist

Sound design

sound designer
first assistant director
script supervisor/continuity
second assistant director
line producer
production manager
sound recordist
boom operator
foley artist
foley editor
steadicam operator
focus puller
assistant camera
gaffer
key grip
assistant costume
postproduction supervisor
postproduction producer
colorist
assistant colorist

production

production
co-production
in collaboration with
co-funding
co-funding
sales
(international)
technical support
Štigličev Pogled Award (Asociation Award)
best directing
2022
Vesna Award (Jury Award)
best directing
2021

Film je na prvi pogled videti nevsiljiv in zadržan, a je vsaka njegova minuta domišljeno zrežirana. Režiser z natančnostjo kreira ritem in tok pripovedi. V svoji slogovni enovitosti in zadržanosti Inventura odseva negotovost, frustracije in strah, ki ga občutimo, medtem ko nam življenje polzi v obstranskost.

Award (Jury Award)
best film (First Feature)
2021
Vesna Award (Jury Award)
best leading role (Male)
2021

Radoš Bolčina se v vlogi Borisa suvereno, z vso svojo igralsko širino in izkušnjami giblje po tanki črti med coenovskim absurdom nevidnega človeka, realizmom in inteligentnim humorjem.

Vesna Award (Jury Award)
best supporting role (Male)
2021

Lik policijskega inšpektorja je bil na filmu viden že tolikokrat, da ga je težko odigrati na izviren način. Dejanu Spasiću je v filmu Inventura uspelo prav to. Inšpektor Andrej je zadolžen za primer, ki se ne bo nikoli razrešil, a je obenem razumen in topel človek, ki je tu prav zato, da razreši primer.

Vesna Award (Jury Award)
best music/score
2021

Za pogumno rabo močnih glasbenih poudarkov in odmik od glasbe, ki se staplja z oblikovanjem zvoka. Glasba tu, namesto tega, prevzame vlogo še enega filmskega lika.

Arthouse Cinema Network Special Mention (Tradercraft Award)
------- (Feature Length)
2021

Posebno omembo žirija namenja prav tako izvrstnemu prvencu Inventura, ki v središče dogajanja postavi najbolj navadnega človeka, ki se znajde v precepu med lastno predstavo o sebi in tem, kar v resnici je.

Nominations
Iris Award (Asociation Award)
best cinematography (Feature Length, Fiction)
2022

In a feature film.

Panorama
Festival Screening
2023
Kinodvor
Distribution
2022
New Directors
Premiere
2021
WIP Europa - Films at the post-production stage
Showcase
2020
Premiere
20.09.2021 / San Sebastián Film Festival, New Directors, San Sebastián, Spain
Alternative title
Inventory (English)
First feature
Yes
Genres
comedy, drama
Production countries
Slovenia
Languages
Slovenian
Technical data
Aspect ratio
2,39:1/2,35:1
Duration and length
106'
Colour
Colour
Screening formats
digital DCP
Lenses
Cooke Anamorphic
Cameras
Arri Alexa
Budget

All financial information is obtained from official sources. I.e. producers or organizations which provided the financial support.

Grants
Ustvarjalna Evropa MEDIA - Podpora za posamezne projekte 2018, EACEA 22/2017
2018
source: Zavod Motovila (Center Ustvarjalna Evropa v Sloveniji, december 2020)
30,000.00 EUR
RTV Slovenija javni razpis za izdelavo filmov neodvisnih producentov za javno kinematografsko predvajanje v letu 2017
2017
source: RTV Slovenija
329,400.00 EUR
Redni letni javni razpis za sofinanciranje realizacije projektov slovenskih celovečernih prvencev za leto 2017
2017
source: Slovenski filmski center
Redni letni javni razpis za sofinanciranje razvoja scenarija na področju slovenskega celovečernega igranega, dokumentarnega in animiranega filma
2016
source: Slovenski filmski center

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