Jan Cvitkovič
Biography
An archaeologist by education, Jan Cvitkovič is first and foremost a director, actor, writer and a poet. He has written and directed several award-winning features and shorts. The numerous awards under his belt include the Lion of the Future (Venice IFF, 2001) and several others for Bread and Milk; more than twenty prizes for Gravehopping from different internationally-acclaimed festivals, including the Altadis-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian IFF 2005; four awards for Archeo; and the Audience Award at the Cottbus IFF 2015 for Šiška Deluxe. Selected filmography (feature, after 2010): The Basics of Killing (2017), Šiška Deluxe (2015), Archeo (2011).
Gallery (30)
Materials
Dnevnik (1951- )
Filmography (38)
Writing (21)
Direction (21)
Cast (14)
Production (1)
Mentoring and Consulting colaboration (5)
Awards
important awards
“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.
Award of the Ecumenical Jury
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 Film ex aequo
Award of Polsat Television's President for the best film presented at the CentEast Regional Film Market - Warsaw Screenings - PLN 10,000
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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