Jernej Kastelec
Biography
Jernej Kastelec graduated in film directing from the Ljubljana Film Academy AGRFT. His student film A Chat with Pika won the Bronze Dinosaur Award at the 2008 Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival in Kraków. After completing his studies, he began working for Slovenian public television. His documentaries, produced by TV Slovenia and the EBU, have been broadcast across Europe. His short documentary Home, Sweet Home received Diversify TV's Excellence Award at MIPCOM Cannes in 2017. Jernej teaches filmmaking at art schools in Slovenia and leads various film workshops both locally and internationally.
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Filmography (31)
Writing (24)
Direction (17)
Editing (8)
Cinematography (3)
Directing department (2)
Mentoring and Consulting colaboration (2)
Production department (1)
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Utemeljitev: Žirija posebej omenja film KORAK BLIŽE Jerneja Kastelca. Avtor prinaša temo migrantov in migracij v zgodbi spoznavanja in druženja slovenske družine in prispelih beguncev, novih sosedov, ki živijo v bližnji hiši. Družina iz Sirije si goreče želi ostati in živeti v Sloveniji, otroci pa iti v šolo. Zvedava soseda spodbudi spoznavanje s prišleki. Brez zgodovinskih in geopolitičnih dram in razlik si med seboj izmenjujejo izkušnje, običaje, kulinarične recepte, slovenske in sirijske, ter čustvene dileme in krize, ki so jih prestali v preteklih desetletjih. Najmlajša generacija komunicira brez predsodkov in svobodno. Zgrajeno prijateljstvo je iskreno. Film izžareva optimizem, zaradi česar je edinstven.
Diversify TV's Excellence Award: Representation of Race & Ethnicity, in Non Scripted programming
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