- Debut film
Vesolje med nami
- Fiction Film
- 99' 32''
- 2021
- Slovenia
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An abandoned star observatory unites a blind astronomer and a teenager Toby.
The Space Among Us is a coming-of-age drama set in the rural town of Kostanjevica na Krki. Tobi is a 14-year-old boy from Canada, who comes to Slovenia with his mother Kristina to spend the summer with his grandma Gizela. Tobi is not excited to spend his holiday away from his father and his friends. The situation gets even worse when local kids start to bully him because of his skin colour. The only positive thing around is a free-spirited girl named Tjaša.
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The Space Among Us is a coming-of-age film that introduces us to the mysterious world of space exploration, in which the protagonist realises that certain laws of the universe can also apply to our ev
The Space Among Us is a coming-of-age film that introduces us to the mysterious world of space exploration, in which the protagonist realises that certain laws of the universe can also apply to our everyday lives and interpersonal relations. This realisation helps him to win over a girl, reunite his parents, and defeat a gang of village brats. I see the universe as a universal subject that has driven people towards exploration ever since the dawn of humanity, which is why I hope that everyone will be able to discover a piece of themselves in the film.
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Alenka Kraigher kot Jana nam gre v vlogi afektirane malomeščanske vsiljivke na začetku filma strašno na živce. Postopoma spoznamo, da pod to masko živi občutljiva ženska z vsemi slabostmi slehernika.
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Vesolje ne pozna zahoda ali vzhoda (Slovenian) (working title)
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Comitee: Rado Likon, Matevž Luzar, Mateja Valentinčič, Igor Prassel (alternate) Explication
Mladinski film in drama o odraščanju prinaša kar nekaj novosti v slovensko kinematografijo. Zgodba je postavljena v fotogenično, na filmu še neizkoriščeno okolje Kostanjevice na Krki, eden od glavnih motivov pripovedi je vesolje, na kar namiguje tudi metaforični naslov filma, ki se nanaša na glavnega junaka, temnopoltega najstnika Tobyja, ki z mamo umetnico pride iz Kanade na počitnice v mamin rojstni kraj ter izkusi na lastni koži in zaradi nje, da obstaja vesolje razlik, a tudi povezav med ljudmi. Scenarij je dramaturško skrbno izdelan in zaokrožen, zgodba je življenjska, brez ekscesov ali pretiravanja, karakterizacija likov in njihovih razmerij realistično izriše tipično vzdušje ruralnega slovenskega mesteca, v katerem se »svetovljanski« Toby na začetku počuti odtujeno, a na koncu po različnih peripetijah s sovrstniki, slepim astronomom in starši na robu ločitve odide domov močnejši in zrelejši. Film, katerega prednost in globina sta v prikazovanju malih dram vsakdanjega življenja.
Tema je univerzalna in relevantna: odraščanje, prepletanje prve ljubezni ter prijateljstva. Težave usklajevanja kariere in družine, ki se kažejo skozi medsebojne odnose, scenarij preplete s strahovi, iskanjem lastne identitete, rasnim vprašanjem ter ekonomsko migracijo in njenimi posledicami, čutiti pa je tudi medgeneracijsko sodelovanje med Tobyem in Hermanom. Izvirno prikazana nestrpnost do drugačnosti, v tem primeru ne samo do tujca, temveč tudi do barve kože, je podprta z odlično
karakterizacijo likov, organskimi dialogi, pristnimi odnosi in verjetnimi zapleti, kar ustvari realno sliko skoraj najstniškega sveta, ki se spogleduje s prvo ljubeznijo. Mlada režiserka se ponaša z raznolikimi izkušnjami na avdiovizualnem področju, predvsem pa se v scenariju čuti njena ljubezen do mladinskega filma ter vesolja, ki je njena skrita strast.
Kanadska koprodukcija deluje organsko zaradi ekonomske migracije, kot tudi zaradi režiserkinega poznavanja te države. Anamorphic format in desaturirana slika obljubljata mladinski film, ki bo klasičen, a svež; glasba sodobnih pop rock bandov kot so Domen Don Holc, Severa, Jakob Kobal, Koala Voice ter Jardier, pa film tipično pripnejo na slovenski prostor in mu dajejo dodano vrednost.
Comitee: Žanina Mirčevska, Ida Weiss, Jaroslav Skrušny, Slobodan Maksimović (alternate)
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