The documentary film FOTOGRAF reveals the extraordinary story of amateur photographer Peter Naglič, who took more than 10,000 photographs during the first half of the 20th century. In seemingly everyday scenes, Naglič recognised compelling subjects and photographed them as visual stories, long before the emergence of modern photojournalism. On the reverse side of his photographs, he recorded locations, dates and descriptions of the subjects, thereby placing them within the context of time and place. Through his photographs, Peter Naglič captured the birth of modern Slovenian identity. With the help of artificial intelligence applications and in collaboration with the creators of the British studio Untold Garden, we also brought selected photographs by Naglič to life, creating Slovenian historical “film footage” for the documentary that, in reality, had never been filmed.
| Producer: |
Miha Čelar |
| Director: |
Miha Čelar |
| Script: |
Miha Čelar |
| Camera: |
Rožle Bregar |
| Editing: |
Saša Škulj |
| Director of photography: |
Rožle Bregar |
| Others: |
AI Animator: Max Čelar
Sound Recording and Design: Vincent Laurence
Main Protagonist: Matjaž Šporar
Featuring: Jože Suhadolnik, Barbara Čeferein, Peter Škrlep, Peter Fettich, and others.
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Scriptwriter, director and head-producer
Documentary filmography:
1. SLOVENIAN SCHOOL FOR HIMALAYAN GUIDES IN NEPAL, 2000
2. FILM JURNEY OF BOŽIDAR JAKAC– Documentary, made from restored old 8 and 9-mm short films from beginning of 19-th century, 2001
4. WHO’S AFRAID OF DR. RUGELJ 2010 – Documentary of a controversial Slovene psychiatrist, 2009.
5. HITLER’S BIBLE The documentary about Nazi’s plans to establish a neo-pagan cult temple in Bled, during the WW II, 2011.
6. Creative documentary portrait A BEAUTIFUL MIND A documentary of a Slovenian bodiless psychiatrist Dr. Jože Felc, 2014.
7. TATJANA IN MOTHERLAND – Animated documentary essay about Slovenian man who are by majority mama’s boys, 2014. – Selected for 18 Int. Documentary film festivals; DOK Seeds 2015, East Silver 2015, Noida IFFF 2015 (New Delhi) -Best Editing Award, Doc and Short INFF 2015 (Jakarta) – Golden Award, Nancy Lorain IFF 2015 – Grand Prix du Festival, El Ojo Cojo IDF 2016 –Best Documental..
8. REINVENTING THE WHEEL – Crossmeda historical documentary about 5200-years-old wheel, found in Ljubljana marsh in 2004. (Short animated film, Feature documentary, comic book and APP), 2015.
9. CODELLI – Party animated documentary portrait about Slovenian inventor who in 1911 produced the first feature film ever, filmed in Africa, 2017.- IRIS 2018 -Best SLO Doku Cinematoraphy Award, Master DOC 2019–Best History Docu, Alive DOC 2018–Best History/ Biography Docu
10. GOODNIGHT, IRENE / Scriptwriter & producer; A controversial love story of Avguštin and Irene who is being unconscious for last 22 years, 2019.
11. KAMEELEONI – The Beatles of former Yugoslavia; A musical documentary about five Slovenian teenagers which made Tito’s Yugoslavia go rock n roll, 2020
12.SONS OF BORA – A story about the return of the Karst shepherd to the ancient border between man and wolf, 2021
