Marko Šantić
Biography
Marko Šantić is a Croatian-born, Slovenian-based film director and screenwriter. His short feature film Good Luck Nedim (2006) received several international awards, which include the Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film, Tribeca FF Student Visionary Award and EFA nomination in the short film category among others. Šantić’s previous feature-length works include a TV feature Seduce Me (2013), which was internationally premiered at 29th Warsaw Film Festival, receiving Special Mention in 1-2 competition. The film was also the Slovenian submis
Marko Šantić is a Croatian-born, Slovenian-based film director and screenwriter. His short feature film Good Luck Nedim (2006) received several international awards, which include the Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film, Tribeca FF Student Visionary Award and EFA nomination in the short film category among others. Šantić’s previous feature-length works include a TV feature Seduce Me (2013), which was internationally premiered at 29th Warsaw Film Festival, receiving Special Mention in 1-2 competition. The film was also the Slovenian submission for the 87th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. With Sara Hribar, who is one of the co-writers of Wake Me, Šantić co-directed a feature film Lada Kamenski (2018), which had an international premiere at the Montreal Film Festival and has received 11 awards. Wake Me (2022) is Šantić's fourth film and his first solo cinema feature.
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Materials
Dnevnik (1951- )
Filmography (35)
Direction (24)
Writing (16)
Cast (4)
Cinematography (1)
Directing department (4)
Sound department (2)
Post production/editorial department (1)
Awards
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Zbudi me v aktualno tematiko vstopa skozi pomenljivo perspektivo izgube spomina, skozi katero odpira prostor za premislek o sovraštvu, nestrpnosti in nacionalizmu, pri čemer do obravnavanih tem zavzame jasno stališče. Vsi elementi filmskega jezika se med seboj učinkovito povezujejo in s tem ustvarijo sugestivno zaključeno celoto. Pogumen in za današji čas še kako relevanten film, ki o nasilju spregovori, ne da bi ga sam reproduciral v podobi.
Scenarij za film Zbudi me pomembno in občutljivo temo obravnava z jasne in odgovorne pozicije, a hkrati vanjo življenjsko vključuje tudi elemente duhovitosti. Pozoren je na vsak lik znotraj zgodbe, ga precizno izpelje in mu skozi nepričakovane situacije ponudi prostor za večplastnost. Avtorji brezizhodnost začaranega kroga sovraštva spretno preslikajo v domišljeno krožno strukturo, v katerem bi konec lahko spet bil začetek (filma).
hrvaško: Kinematografija bivše Jugoslavije raspala se jednim tragičnim ratom. Prvi koji su uspostavili mostove između novonastalih država bili su sineasti. Ovaj film predstavlja sintezu skoro tridesetogodišnje saradnje kinematografija u takozvanom regionu. Film “Marko” svojom humanom porukom i vrhunskom realizacijom otvara nove prostore za kinematoografsku saradnju na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije.
Ethics and human rights award
The Jury’s Special Prize for groundbreaking cultural change goes to the director of Lada Kamenski, Sara Hribar for smashing the chauvinistic cultural hegemony in Balkan films. In this festival of films from Balkan countries most of the films, include women solely as sex objects or aunty-granny types, and they are always secondary characters.
Lada Kamenski is refreshingly breaking away from the reigning man’s world,and stereotypical views of women. One looks forward to seeing the future steps, from this debuting filmmaker.
Za odločno in zrelo režijo, s katero zgradi intriganten pogled na sodobno življenje in ustvari nepozabljive filmske like.
For the cleverly formulated sort telling and the outstanding performance of the main character.
By the simplest of means and by the strength of performance this film pits humanity against bureaucracy with an all too real outcome. The jury gives a special mention to SRETAN PUT NEDIME („Good Luck Nedim“) by Marko Santic from Slovenia.
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