The film was prompted by the fact that in the capital of Slovenia, one of the republics of the former socialist state of Yugoslavia, a magazine was published that saw nine bans or confiscations – more than any other newspaper in the communist Europe. A thorn in the side of the authorities for thirty years, this student magazine brought together young intellectuals who detected possible democratic shifts in the public sphere. Never strictly political, their rebellion invariably had to do with culture and its latest practices in the more liberal countries.
| Producer: |
Luksuz produkcija |
| Director: |
Janez Burger |
| Script: |
Mitja Čander, Maja Čander |
| Camera: |
Sašo Štih |
| Editing: |
Miloš Kalusek
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| Director of photography: |
Sašo Štih |
Born in Kranj, Slovenia, Janez Burger grew up in Železniki and now lives and works in Ljubljana. In 1986 he started his studies on Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, but in 1990 quit this studies and moved to study at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). In 1996 he graduated from film and TV direction at FAMU and moved back to Ljubljana. In Slovenia he established his theatre group Burgerteater. In 1997 he shot his first feature film Idle Running. The world premiere took place at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1999 in the international competition programme. Idle Running had been presented at more than 60 festivals worldwide. In 2002, Burger shot his second film Ruins. The film had its world premiere on the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005. Together with Jan Cvitkovič he established the production company Stara Gara in 2003 and was a producer of Cvitkovič’s award-winning film Gravehopping. In 2009 he shot his third feature film Silent Sonata, a film without dialogue. The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.
