Jan Cvitkovič
Biography
Jan Cvitkovič is the screenwriter and director of several feature films: Bread and Milk (2001), Gravehopping (2005), Arheo (2011), Šiška Deluxe (2015), The Basics of Killing (2017), and Hotel Alcohol (in distribution in 2026) as well as numerous short and documentary films. His films have been screened at more than 200 internationally recognized festivals and have won over 60 awards. In October 2025, he received the prestigious FICE Award in Italy for his film oeuvre.
Gallery (31)
Materials
Dnevnik (1951- )
Filmography (40)
Direction (22)
Writing (22)
Cast (16)
Production (1)
Editing (1)
Mentoring and Consulting colaboration (6)
Awards
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“A timeless story narrated with sensitivity, enriched by a moving performance of the two actors and a surprising ending.”
"The director Jan Cvitkovic portrays the world of three lonely individuals - a woman, a man and a child. He questions the basics of human existence, nature, and is finally presents a slow approach. ARCHEO explores universal feelings with reduced images and the absence of dialogue. The courage to reduction gives the film an extraordinary expressive power."
Jan Cvitkovič v filmu Vem skonstruira malo mojstrovino, ki dekonstruira vsak konvencionalni pogled na film kot golo pripovedovanje zaključene zgodbe. Film prerašča v odprto metaforo, ki kot japonski haiku zadene na ravni čiste podobe, ki v sebi nosi vse in nič. Šus v glavo.
The International Jury of the Film Festival for the Official Selection awards the Golden Tower - for the best film.
Best Film ex aequo
Award of the Ecumenical Jury
Award of Polsat Television's President for the best film presented at the CentEast Regional Film Market - Warsaw Screenings - PLN 10,000
Za inventivno režijo, s katero Jan Cvitkovič usmerja dovršeni scenarij, s čimer uspešno spaja komedijo in tragedijo.
Lahkoten komedijski uvod filma Odgrobadogroba zvabi gledalca v bistveno zahtevnejše nadaljevanje, v katerem vsakdanjik glavnih junakov razkrije stare in razbolele plasti njihovih življenj, v katere so usodno ujeti. Film s pogumno avtorsko držo razkriva arhetipske globine njihovih odnosov, veliko pa so k prepričljivosti tega filma dodali tudi odlični igralci in sugestivna kamera.
Best New Director.
Za 25.000 gledalcev.
Nuovi Territori - LM Fiction Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis”
Nagrada v obliki dragocene ure.
Zaradi enostavnosti, nepretencioznosti in odlične karakterizacije, kjer stranski liki niso zanemarjeni in kjer forma večih mladih, smiselno sestavljenih in uravnoteženih zgodb sestavlja zaokroženo celoto. Žirija poudarja duhovite dialoge, ki funkcionirajo tudi po tem, ko so le-ti izgovorjeni.
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