Julka
- Short Animated Film
- 11' 35''
- 2025
- Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria
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Imagine a world in which it is forbidden to express oneself in one’s own language, a world in which a teacher can use any kind of violence to enforce this prohibition. This is the world of an 8-year-old Julka in Italy in 1920s.
Julka is a Slovenian-speaking eight-year-old girl who has two friends, Danilo and Marko, with whom she is inseparable. Their lives change drastically when the fascist regime bans the use of local and minority languages and begins a period of persecution and oppression. One day, a teacher hears Julka speaking Slovene in class, so he punishes her and uses violence to enforce his excessive nationalism. The story for the screenplay is based on a short story by the writer Boris Pahor, The Butterfly on the Hook.
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“I had started to know the world as a Slovenian, and now I couldn’t stand the imposition of transforming into an Italian.” – Boris Pahor Language, as a part of identity, and its negation as a form of
“I had started to know the world as a Slovenian, and now I couldn’t stand the imposition of transforming into an Italian.” – Boris Pahor Language, as a part of identity, and its negation as a form of traumatic violence: by focusing on the aspect of linguistic imposition as a tool of dominance, this short film transcends its specific context and takes on a universal significance.
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hrvaško: Scenarij animiranog projekta "Julka" nudi duboku i snažnu priču o hrabrosti djevojčice koja je suočena s represijom fašizma i talijanizacije. Likovi su detaljno razrađeni, posebno glavna junakinja Julka, čiji unutarnji rast i borba protiv nepravde dodatno obogaćuju priču. Vizualna izvedba je impresivna, s kombinacijom različitih tehnika koje stvaraju kohezivnu i estetski privlačnu cjelinu. Redateljska koncepcija vješto prenosi povijesni kontekst 20-ih godina, istovremeno oživljavajući atmosferu tog vremena. I ovaj film posjeduje veliki festivalski potencijal.
Comitee: Matija Šturm, Jure Bušić, Zarja Menart Explication
Zgodba animiranega filma je povzeta po zgodbi priznanega zamejskega slovenskega pisatelja Borisa Pahorja, ki naslavlja vedno aktualno in relevantno temo zatiranja manjšin. Ustrezni prijavni materiali prikazujejo izvirno in kvalitetno likovno predlogo.
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