The Slovenian Film Centre splits €2.5 million among ten projects
- The new feature films by Slobodan Maksimović, Igor Šterk, Žiga Virc and Ivan Gergolet have received the bulk of the funding in the most recent competition
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The Slovenian Film Centre has announced the winners of its most recent competition for the production of feature-length fiction, documentary and debut fiction films.
Slobodan Maksimović, known for the local hit Thanks for Sunderland [+see also:
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Igor Šterk (Come Along [+see also:
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Žiga Virc, whose feature debut, Houston, We Have a Problem [+see also:
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Ivan Gergolet, whose Dancing with Maria [+see also:
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Two debut-feature projects by women filmmakers have also received funding: €349,981 are going to Rahela Jagrič Pirc's The Space Within Us (Arsmedia) and €96,000 to Maja Prelog's Cent’anni (Cvinger Film).
Finally, two feature-length documentaries have been awarded grants: Igor Vrtačnik is getting €61,400 for the Film Horizont production Skozi moje oči (lit. “Through My Eyes”), and €50,000 go to Jurij Gruden's Senca Studio production Iza bitne zavese (lit. “Behind the Byte Curtain”).
The full amount of allocated grants is €2,485,881.
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