- Debut film
Izgubljena leta In postproduction expected delivery: Q3 2026
- Fiction Feature Film
- 90'
- s.d.
- Slovenia, Serbia
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Synopsis
Borš, a grocery store clerk from a small Serbian town in the late 90’s, meets Tana, a young woman from Hungary, and joins her on a quest to find her lost backpack. On their journey through the Serbian countryside, an unexpected friendship blossoms, changing the direction of both their lives.
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“Lost Years” is a story that has been on my mind for the past ten years. I began writing it as a creative exercise within the road-movie genre, but it soon became clear that something far more persona
“Lost Years” is a story that has been on my mind for the past ten years. I began writing it as a creative exercise within the road-movie genre, but it soon became clear that something far more personal was taking shape. The script is based on fragments of childhood memories: carefree summers spent at my grandmother’s house in Vojvodina, and the sense of safety my family gave me even then, during the uncertain period that marked the Balkans in the 1990s. At first, these memories felt ordinary—perhaps even insignificant—but over time I came to realize that this period profoundly shaped me. “Lost Years” will be a collage of memories, a kind of time capsule built from small, seemingly unnoticed moments that are, in fact, essential to the experience of coming of age.
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srbsko: Dugometražni igrani film o odrastanju dečaka, pripadnika nacionalne manjine, tokom jednog leta u Vojovodini. Komisija je već na prethodnoj sesiji istakla kvalitet screnarija kao i veliki ko-produkcioni potencijal snimanja u Vojvodini i sugerisala ponovno prijavljivanje jer zbog velikog broja kvalitetnih projekata nismo bili u mogućnosti da ga tada podržimo. Sa velikim zadovoljstvom pružamo podršku ovom projektu sada a uvereni u njegov umetnički i festivalski potencijal.
Comitee: Janez Lapajne, Aleš Pavlin, Miran Zupanič, Katja Colja (alternate) Explication
Izgubljena leta obetajo poetično filmsko popotovanje, ki mu ne manjka subtilnosti in temeljne človečnosti. Film suvereno stavi na univerzalno krhkost medčloveških odnosov ter odpira večno relevantne sanje o prelomni spremembi v življenju in hkratni povezanosti s koreninami ustaljeno varne, a ponavljajoče domačnosti. Njegova izvirnost se skriva v nalezljivi nežnosti, ki lahko, skupaj z občuteno prostorsko umestitvijo dogajanja, začara gledalca odprtega srca in duha. Čeprav film ni umeščen na prekmursko ravnico, konkretna panonskost filma ponuja priložnost, da naša madžarsko govoreča manjšina končno dobi svoj film. Pri gledalcu, ki pa ne razume madžarščine, bo slednja ustrezno podprla vtis nadrealnosti nekaterih situacij. Film je privlačen predvsem za tistega slovenskega gledalca, ki išče zatočišče znotraj Art kino mreže. Enako velja za potencialno distribucijo v širšem evropskem prostoru. Ob prepričljivi realizaciji ter nadstandardno domišljeni promociji ima ta prvenec lahko velik festivalski potencial.
EN: This ambitious development slate will further help Temporama grow and establish ourselves as an important European production company and trusted coproduction partner, developing new and rising talents, and introducing exciting new features to European and international audiences.
SL: Znesek se deli med več odobrenih projektov prijavitelja.
EN: Amount distributed among miltiple projects by the applicant.
Comitee: Vilma Štritof, Bojan Labović, Čedomir Kolar Explication
Tema filma je univerzalna, saj je preprosta eksistenca, ki ji scenarij daje dovolj časa in prostora, sublimirana v pomensko močan atmosferski film. V njem je prostor za spoznanja mladega, na odmaknjeno okolje omejenega fanta, ki doživi preobrazbo in odide v svet. Film prek vztrajanja akumulira vse, tudi najbolj neznatne izkušnje, in omogoča globlje dojetje bivanja. Pojem svobode generacija, ki jo osrednji lik predstavlja, šele spoznava in ji nato sledi. Meditativnost omogoča empatijo; odmaknjenemu, pozabljenemu, izpraznjenemu vojvodinskemu kraju s statusom nekakšne vmesnosti, pa podeli pomembno identiteto.
Dramaturška struktura filma je preprosta, jasna, vendar do potankosti premišljena. Situacije in liki so avtentični, natančno in živo izrisani. Dialogi so skopi, jezikovna raven vsakdanja, vendar skupaj z vizualnim izrazom asketske, a odprte pokrajine tvori prepričljiv, stvaren, hkrati pa izjemno poetičen izraz.
Strokovno programska komisija meni, da lahko film privlači in prepriča velik del slovenskega, evropskega in mednarodnega filmskega avditorija.
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