Biographical feature about the time that Maja Weiss has, during the three decades of her career, experienced and recorded on her films, which she signs as a directress, screenwriter, or camerawoman. The film is an insight into the life and work of the directress: it reveals her personal ‘rosebud’ and describes her socially critical outlook on the society since Tito’s death in 1980 to the present days of rampant terrorism, refugee crises, and unemployment.
| Producer: |
Združenje Reaktor |
| Director: |
Maja Weiss |
| Script: |
Maja Weiss |
| Camera: |
Alexander Pečnik, Maja Weiss, Peter Braatz, August Braatz , Bojan Kastelic et al
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| Editing: |
Svetlana Dramlić
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| Director of photography: |
Alexander Pečnik |
| Others: |
Music: Chris Eckman & The Frictions
Sound processing: Julij Zornik |
Maja Weiss (1965) belongs to the middle generation of Slovenian filmmakers, who worked in independent Slovenia (26 years old) and paved the way for Slovenian films to participate in international film and television festivals. She is the first Slovenian female director of a feature film for the big screen, Guardian of the Border (2002), which received several international awards, including at the Berlinale for the most innovative European film - the Manfred Salzgeber Award - and a nomination from the European Film Academy - the Fassbinder Award. The greatest international success in the documentary field was achieved by the film The Road of Brotherhood and Unity (1998), which was ranked among the three best full-length digitally recorded documentaries in the world at the IDFI in Amsterdam, and the film Fant pobratim death (1991), which received the Silver Dove in Leipzig. Films co-authored with Tom Križnar about Sudan (Nuba, pure people, 1999, Dar Fur, war for water, 2007, Eyes and Ears of God, 2012) were screened and awarded all over the world, including an Amnesty International award. She has recorded more than 40 film and TV productions of all genres. With her sister Ida Weiss, she is the co-founder of Bela film (20 years, www.belafilm.si) and director of the Maja Weiss Institute (7 years). Since 2016, she has been a lecturer at the ESNM Higher Professional School in Novi Mesto.
