Vesna Goodbye
- Short Fiction Film
- 15'
- 2020
- Slovenia, Australia
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Synopsis
10-year-old Emi tries to reconnect with her older sister Vesna following the death of their mother.
10-year-old Emi and her pregnant older sister Vesna go for a drive down the coast to try to reconnect following the recent death of their mother. Emi observes her sister and quietly tries to make sense of how Vesna is coping, while words remain unsaid. At the beach, Emi buries her sister in the sand for fun, like in the old days. But this time it only evokes sadness as Emi realises that she has lost her mum's earring. On the way back Vesna stops at a friend's party. Watching from the car, waiting, Emi realises that to protect her sister and herself, she will have to find her way back home on her own.
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In Vesna Goodbye, the director Sara Kern shows a short period in the life of a 10-year old girl who is forced to grow up far too quickly after her family is upended by a tragic event. The story can be seen as a fleeting glimpse or an open-ended drama – whatever the case, the jury finds the film, despite its short format, compelling to the point that it would have easily considered it for awards in feature-length film categories if the rules allowed it. As it is, the Award for Best Original Work should be seen as encouragement to continue building on the promising narrative landscape the filmmaker has so far been developing in her short films.
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Zbogom, Vesna (Slovenian)
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Comitee: Igor Palčič, Boris Petkovič, Radovan Mišić, Sonja Prosenc (alternate) Explication
AZRA NADINE je scenarij za kratki igrani film. Tematika scenarija je univerzalna, saj odpira boleče področje družinskih stisk. Filmska pripoved je skozi scenarij izvirna, saj odstira problematiko na specifičen način, skozi pogled najmlajšega otroka, ki je na videz najmanj prizadet. Tema porušenih družinskih odnosov je v tem scenariju relevantna, saj se ne opira na glavne značilnosti problematike, pač pa odpira nova, sveža stranska pristopanja k zadevi, ki so lahko prav tako travmatična. Takšna je tudi struktura scenarija, ki se kaže predvsem skozi dojemanje najmlajše protagonistke, ki se ji vse prikriva. V tem je tudi dramaturški potencial zgodbe, ki prek stranskih prijemov razkriva celoto. Liki so utemeljeni v osnovni strukturi zgodbe, njihovi dialogi niso gostobesedni, značaji se smiselno izgrajujejo skozi občutja, poglede in drugo zunanje dogajanje.
Pričakovana privlačnost filma za slovenski in evropski oziroma mednarodni kulturni prostor je zato precejšnja.
Ocena režiserkinega dosedanjega dela je podana na podlagi priloženih referenc, iz katerih je razvidno, da je njeno delo na AV področju srednje odmevno.
Ocena režijskega koncepta je podana na podlagi priložene eksplikacije, iz katere je razvidna vizualna podoba, priloženo je tudi slikovno gradivo.
Strokovna in finančna kredibilnost producenta, odmevnost in uspešnost njegovih AV del, ocenjena na podlagi referenc v prijavi ter primerjalno s prijavljenimi producenti na tem javnem razpisu, je visoka.
Finančni načrt in predračun za realizacijo filma sta utemeljena in primerna, višina zagotovljenega lastnega deleža je sorazmerno nizka, delež mednarodnega koproducenta je prisoten. Terminski in distribucijski načrt sta ustrezna in dobro pripravljena.
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