Silvestrska noč In postproduction Q1 2026
- Short Animated Film
- 12'
- s.d.
- Slovenia
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Synopsis
The filming of a New Year's Eve show at the RTV Ljubljana studio in the 1960s hurtles toward disaster when an unusual guest appears.
Snow-covered Ljubljana during the Christmas season of the 1960s, the golden age of Slovenian pop music. A doorman at RTV Ljubljana starts his night shift as preparations are underway for a New Year’s Eve TV show. Delivering an important package to the director, he accidentally disrupts the recording and angers the show’s star, who quits, causing the crew to disperse. During a routine night inspection, the doorman discovers an uninvited guest tangled in the studio’s electrical wiring. The stranger introduces himself as Dedek Mraz (Father Frost). In return for help, he promises to grant a wish: the doorman wants to experience what it’s like to stand on a television stage as a famous singer. The studio magically fills with music and an audience. When the director returns, he discovers an exceptional talent. Dedek Mraz disappears, and the show is saved.
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The directing approach aims to create a warm, nostalgic portrayal of the festive season and an idealized vision of the 1960s, where television is the center of shared experience and RTV a factory of d
The directing approach aims to create a warm, nostalgic portrayal of the festive season and an idealized vision of the 1960s, where television is the center of shared experience and RTV a factory of dreams. The story weaves together humor, surreal situations and magic, blurring the line between imagination and reality, and employs a black-and-white visual style inspired by the analog language of the time. The film is conceived as a tribute to the golden age of public television and a shared memory of a simpler world.
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Na silvestrsko noč (Slovenian) (working title)
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Comitee: Boštjan Potokar, Milanka Fabjančič, Darko Masnec Explication
Projekt obeta vpogled v zgodovino sočnega dela slovenske televizijske in glasbene zgodovine, v zlato dobo popevk in črno-belih televizorjev; v čas, ko so bili mediji oaze v puščavi, težko dosegljiva zabava in medijski izdelki brez izjeme na vrhunskem nivoju. Režiser in nosilec likovne podobe je izkušen snovalec nostalgičnih pripovedi, v animiranem filmu uveljavljen v tujini in doma. 3D animacijo uporablja v prepoznavno stiliziranem slogu, ne išče realizma, vendar nagovarja resnična občutja, skorajda analogno taktilnost, ki jo povezujemo z lutkovno animacijo. Humorna zgodba nagovarja tako starejše kot tudi mlajšo publiko.
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