- STARAGARA PRODUCTION COLLECTS AWARDS
- GRAVEHOPPING IS COLLECTING AWARDS
- THREE AWARDS FOR GRAVEHOPPING AT FILM FESTIVAL IN PECS HUNGARY
- GRAVEHOPPING SLOVENIAN CANDIDATE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR AWARD
- GRAVEHOPPING BEST FILM IN PALIĆ
- TWO AWARDS FOR GRAVEHOPPING AT PORTUGAL
- PROJECT CIRCUS FABNTASTICUS IN CINELINK
- SHORT FILM ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF ALPS IN PRE-PRODUCTION
- JOŽKO RUTAR IS SLOVENIAN PRODUCER ON THE MOVE
- NEW AWARD FOR FILM GRAVEHOPPING
- Two awards for Graveopping in Khanty Mansysk
- GRAVEHOPPING on European Film Market iin Berlin
- GRAVEHOPPING in year 2005
- Warm welcome for GRAVEHOPPING in Rotterdam
- GRAVEHOPPING in Rotterdam
- GRAVEHOPPING is best slovene film
- At Ljubljana film festival new award for film GRAVEHOPPING
- GRAVEHOPPING best film in Torino
- GRAVEHOPPING starts slovenian cinema distribution
- GRAVEHOPPING winner of Cottbus
- GRAVEHOPPING opens 16 th Ljubljana international film festival
- Graveshopping opens 3rd Zagreb film festival
- Graveshopping in competition of Warshaw film festival
- Brad Pitt wants to do remake of Gravehopping
- Gravehopping (Odgrobadogroba) - By DEBORAH YOUNG FROM VARIETY
- Altadis – New Directors Award for Jan Cvitkovič...
- Film, full of life force
- Graveshopping - the first Slovenian film in San Sebastian
STARAGARA PRODUCTION COLLECTS AWARDS
On recently finished script development workshop of Balkan Fund in the frame of International film festival in Thessaloniki , CIRCUS FANTASTICUSby writer and director Janez Burger, recived Special Jury Mention award. Members of Jury were german producer Roman Paul, fraench producer Čedomir Kolar, director of british New Cinema Fund Lenny Crooks, editor in chef at broadcaster Channel 4 Peter Carlton ter CEO of Balkan Fund Chirstina Callas. 12 projects from Slovenia, BiH, Srbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey was presented. Jury was satisfied with presentation of the project by writer and director Janez Burger and producer Jožko Rutar. They wrote that this is magical, highly ambitious project that passed the phase of script development and it is prepared for realization.
Collecting of the awards proceeddes also feature film by Jan Cvitkovic GRAVEHOPPING. On the festival Noordelijk film recives best film award by Students Jury. This is 23 award for the film.
GRAVEHOPPING IS COLLECTING AWARDS
Film Gravehopping by director Jan Cvitkovič again recives new awards. On the international film festival TOFFI in polish town Torun film recived 2 new awards.
Festival Jury awarded film Gravehopping with Special Jury Award. Beside this, film recived also Zygmund Kalužynski Award.
The award goes to a director whose film is chosen by the Jurors and will honour a selected, extraordinary - from the point of view of film art element of a made out film: a capture, a scene or a musical or visual motive. The last, funeral scene with car in: "Odgrobadogroba" dir. Jan Cvitkovic
Mentioned awards are already 20th .and 21st for Gravehopping.
More about festival: http://www.toffi.filmforum.pl/
THREE AWARDS FOR GRAVEHOPPING AT FILM FESTIVAL IN PECS HUNGARY
Film GRAVEHOPPING directed by Jan Cvitkovič recived on film festival in hungarian city Pecs 3 awards.
Festival Jury awarded Gregor Bakovic with Best Main Actor Award and Simon Tašek wit Award for best photography. Film was also recived Public Choice Award for best film. Gravehopping will also start theatre distribution In Hungary soon.
More about festival: http://www.filmunnep.hu/eindex.html
GRAVEHOPPING SLOVENIAN CANDIDATE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR AWARD
Yesterday Association of Slovenian Filmmakers announced that Slovenian candidate for foreign language Oscar Award is feature film Gravehopping by writter and director Jan Cvitkovič.
Jury wrote that film brings to the public all the diversity and colourity of human characters, what is not ofter in slovenian films.
GRAVEHOPPING BEST FILM IN PALIĆ
Jan Cvitkovič recives on 13. european film festival in Palić Srbia Award Golden Tower for best film in competition.section of festival. In competition were 12 films. Members of main festival Jury were serbian actres Neda Arnerić, hungarian director Benedek Fligauf, german director Dietrich Bruggemann, austrian actress Franziska Weisz ans serbian director Srđan Koljević.
Jury wrote:
GOLDEN TOWER for the best film of the European Film Festival Palic 2006., is awarded to the film GRAVEHOPPING directed by Jan Cvitkovic, (Slovenia, Croatia), for the original combination of human and philosophic aspects in telling the stories of our unordinary ordinary lives.
More on festival: www.palicfilmfestival.com
TWO AWARDS FOR GRAVEHOPPING AT PORTUGAL
Jan Cvitkovič recived on 22nd film festival FESTROIA in portugese city Setúbal two awards. Fim Gravehopping recived silver dolphin - Special Jury Award and Award CICAE Jury. CICAE is international confederation od art cinemas. In competition were 14 films, members of main festival jury were serbian actor Slavko Štimac, greek film professional Voula Georgakakou , indian director Sandip Ray, director of Ljubljana film festival Jelka Strgel , portugese film directors Fernando Vendrell and Luis Felipe Costa and portugese actress Io Appolloni.
After award ceremony director Jan Cvitkovič stated that he is happy for each award, specially for award of CICAE, which ables film to be presented in the wide range of art cinemas network.
More about awards:
www.festroiablog.com/jornal/edicao10.pdf
More about festival:
www.festroia.pt
PROJECT CIRCUS FABNTASTICUS IN CINELINK
Feature film project CIRCUS FANTASTICUS by writer and director Janez Burger was selected in most prominent programme for development in South Easter Europe CINELINK.
Cinelink is organised in the frame of Sarajevo International Film Festival and has two workshops and final presentation during the festival in august. This year 11 film projects from 9 'Balcan' countries were selected.
More on: http://www.sff.ba/eng/
SHORT FILM ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF ALPS IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Production house STARAGARA is preparing shooting of short film On the sunny side of Alps by writer and director Janez Burger.
Film will be shot in the first part of September and is co-financed by Slovenian Film Fund.
JOŽKO RUTAR IS SLOVENIAN PRODUCER ON THE MOVE
Producer Jožko Rutar was selected as slovenian representative in iniciative of European Film Promotion PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE.
All 22 selected producers will be presented in large promotion campaign during Cannes film festival.
More on: http://www.efp-online.com/cms/potm/index_e.html
NEW AWARD FOR FILM GRAVEHOPPING
Jan Cvitkovič recived on 10th international film festival in Sofia, Bulgaria award No Man's Land for best balkan film acoording to Jury of Bulgarian film critiques. Award was given by reputated bulgarian wine cellar No Man's land and beside diploma also consist a cartoon of wine. Film was presented in Balkan Film Showcase Section.
Two awards for Graveopping in Khanty Mansysk
Jan Cvitkovič recived on 4th film festival Spirit of fire in syberian town Khanty Mansysk two awards. Award Silver Tayga for second best film of festival competition and Special Jury Award for most impressive film scene. President of Jury was japanese actress Komaki Kurihara. Film was warmly welcomed by local audience.
GRAVEHOPPING on European Film Market iin Berlin
Award winning film of director Jan Cvitkovic will be presented on European Film Market in Berlin, that takes place together with Berlinale film festival.
Screenings will be on:
- Friday 10th of February at 20.00 in CinemaxX 2 and
- Tuesday 14th of February at 17.30 in CinemaxX 2.
GRAVEHOPPING in year 2005
Film GRAVEHOPPING was in year 2005 premiered and presented on 12 festivals and recived following awards:
San Sebastian (Spain) – Altadis – best first and second film award
Warshaw (Poland)– award CentEast
Cottbus (Germany) – award for best film of the festival and award of ecumenical
jury
Torino (Italy) – award for best film of the festival and award for best script
Ljubljana (Slovenia) – special jury mention
Portorož (Slovenia) - vesna – award for best feature film, vesna – award for
best side actress (Sonja Savić), vesna – award for best side actor (Drago Milinovič)
Beside above mentioned festivals film was presented also on festivals in Pusan (South Korea), London (Great Britain), Zagreb (Croatia), Sevilla (Spain), Thessaloniki (Greece) and Bratislava (Slovak Republic).
Cinematografic premiere in Slovenia was on 17.11.2005 and till the end of the year film obtained more than 13 thousand admissions.
Film was also in the selection of 46 films, who compete for nominations for European film awards.
Warm welcome for GRAVEHOPPING in Rotterdam
Film GRAVEHOPPING was on 35th international film festival in Rotterdam warmly accepted by audience. With average 4,34 was placed on 10th place among 164 evaluated feature films. Highest score was recived by germn film Eden.
More on: www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
26.01.2006
GRAVEHOPPING in Rotterdam
Film GRAVEHOPPING will be on 35th international film festival in Rotterdam presented in section Time and Tide.Projecions of film will be on 2nd , 3rd and in 4th of February.
Beside this film GRAVEHOPPING was in January presented at festival Mittelmeer Filmtage in Munich (Germany) and in competition of festival in Tromso on Norvay. In February will be film presented on European Film Market in Berlin, which is organised parallel with Berlin Film Festival.
25.11.2005
GRAVEHOPPING is best slovene film
At 8th Slovene film festival in Portorož recived film Gravehopping Award Vesna for best feature film. Beside main award Official Festival Jury (Zoran Hochstätter, Sergij Grmek Germani and Franco Juri) awarded with vesna also Sonja Savić as best side actress and Drago Milinovič as best side actor.
25.11.2005
At Ljubljana film festival new award for film GRAVEHOPPING
At 16th Ljubljana International Film Festival recived film Gravehopping Special Jury Mention Award. This is the only award beside Kingfisher Award given by Official Festival Jury. Members of Jury were Metod Pevec, Slavko Štimac and Fernanda Silva.
In the explication Jury wrote that comic introductory sequences of Gravehopping entice the viewer into considerably more exacting continuation, where the quotidian lives of the protagonists unveil the old and painful aspects of their preordained existence. With valiant auctorial stance the archetypal depths of the characters’ relationships are disclosed, while the engrossing aspect of the film has been complemented by the magnificent performance and suggestive camera.
On Thursday 1st of December Gravehopping will be presented in competition of Slovene film Festival in Portorož.
GRAVEHOPPING best film in Torino
Gravehopping on the winning tour. This weekend it recives Main Jury Award for the Best Film in international competition at Torino film festival. Beside this it recives also Award for Best Script given by Holden school Master degree students jury.
GRAVEHOPPING starts slovenian cinema distribution
From 17th of November Gravehopping will start cinema distribution in Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje.
GRAVEHOPPING winner of Cottbus
On the 15 th festival of EasternEuropean Cinema in Cottbus Jan Cvitkovič recived Main Prize for Best Film. Beside this GRAVEHOPPING recived also award for best film from Ecumencial Jury.
Members of festival Jury were german director Andreas Dresen, hungarian actress Dorka Gryllus, polish scriptwritter Maciej Karpinski, croatian and french producer Čedomir Kolar and Nadia Turincev from Russia. Festival jury unanimosly decided to give award to Gravehopping. In explantaion they wrote: " From the beginning to the end, from birth to death, from laugher to crying, from love to murder, this film takes us on a risky jurney, demanding courage from both the filmmaker and the viewer. It forces us to look back at the experiences of our life and ask: are we actors in a comedy or a drama? It asks uneasy questions, makes us lough in apparently serious moments – and in all that doesn't loose its balance, skillfully avoiding all traps of such an adventure. It owes it to the outstanding actors, witty dialogues full of absurd and laconic humour. As one of its characters would put it, this film does not say 'eventually', it goes its own way until a bitter end, full of dramatic power and hope. The Jury unanimously awarded the main Prize for the Best Film to Gravehopping, Slovenia."
GRAVEHOPPING opens 16 th Ljubljana international film festival
Second feature film of director Jan Cvitkovic will open on Thursday 10 th of November at 19.15 h officially open 16 th Ljubljana international film festival. At official opening will be present also majority of film team including director Jan Cvitkovič.
Film GRAVEHOPPING will start slovene cinema distribution in Ljubljana at Thursday 17 th of November.
On 9 th of November will be GRAVEHOPPING screened in official competition of 15 th Festival of East European Cinema in Cottbus, Germany. On 14 th of November will be screened in competition of 23 rd Torino film festival.
Graveshopping opens 3rd Zagreb film festival
Second feature film of award winning director Jan Cvitkovič will on Monday 17 th of October at 20h open 3th Zagreb film festival, where it will be shown in official cometition program. Feature film GRAVEHOPPING is a coproduction between Slovenia and Croatia. Actors and director Jan Cvitkovič will attend opening and official coratian premiere.
In official programme will be beside GRAVEHOPPING presented also films GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK directed by George Clooney and ME AND YOU AND EVERYBODY WE KNOW directed by Mirande July. V main programme competiting for Golden Pram Award will be presented 10 feature films. President of Official Jury is chinese director and actor Li Yang, members are dutch producer Denis Vaslin in serbian actor Slavko Štimac.
more: www.zagrebfilmfestival.com
Graveshopping in competition of Warshaw film festival
Jan Cvitkovic's film GRAVEHOPPING will be presented in competitional programme of 21 st Warshaw International Film Festival, which take place from 7 th to 16 th of October. Gravehopping is included among 15 films into competition section New Films, New Directors. President of this year jury is polish direcctor Pawel Pawlikovski, members are Turkish director Yessim Ustaoglu, polish jurnalist in director of music videos Anna Maliszewska, romanian director Cristi Puiu in bosnian director Pjer Žalica.
more: www.wff.pl
Brad Pitt wants to do remake of Gravehopping
Production house PLAN B, owned by Brad Pitt, contacted STARAGARA Production about remake rights for feature film Gravehopping, directed by Jan Cvitkovič. Film Gravehopping was premiered at this year's San Sebastian film festival, where it recives prestigious ALTADIS- NEW DIRECTORS AWARD, for best first or secend film.
Plan B, owned by Brad Pitt, has produced this summer hit CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, directed by Tim Burton. Main actor is Johnny Depp. Film was produced for Warner Bross. studios.
Wed., Sep. 28, 2005, 1:36pm PT
Gravehopping (Odgrobadogroba) - By DEBORAH YOUNG FROM VARIETY
"Gravehopping" takes Slovenian helmer Jan Cvitkovic beyond the grim down-and-outers of his notable debut "Bread and Milk" into a much airier, poetic realm in the best tradition of East European black humor. Beginning as a simple, well-wrought local smiler that descends from Jiri Menzel's "My Sweet Little Village," story turns unexpectedly dark in the final reels, when comedy is jettisoned for a shocker finale. Critical support could convince auds to discover this promising new talent who, along with his producer, Janez Burger (director of "Idle Running"), is putting Slovenian cinema on the map.
Mop-headed Pero (Gregor Bakovic) specializes in giving funeral orations in a small Slovenian town. He takes his work seriously and adds personal touches to his eulogies that bring the mourners to tears. He and his best friend Shooki (Drago Milinovic), a mechanic, may not be the brightest guys on the block, but their hearts are in the right place. Their off-beat love interests are, respectively, the innocent-looking, fun-loving young Renata (Mojca Fatur), whom Pero is too bumbling and shy to bed, and Ida (Sonja Savic), a crazy, funny-faced deaf mute who adores Shooki. What could go wrong in this idyllic setting? For the better part of the film, very little, and some tedium creeps in midway as minicrises involving Pero's suicidal grandfather (Brane Grubar) and his battered-wife sister Vilma (Natasa Matjasec) arise and are quickly solved. This part of the film is enjoyable as a showcase for Bakovic's great comic timing and absurdist humor, as in a simple but effective gag with a ladder or his irresistible attempt to learn English from a language tape. To be sure, editor Milos Kalusek contributes his own low-key style to the pic's comic moments and subtly motivated scene changes. But as the title suggests, there is a grave side to this tale, and it kicks in during //the final half hour with a rape scene almost too gruesome to watch. This explosion of repressed violence is a familiar staple of Balkan cinema, but here Cvitkovic truly catches the viewer off guard. One by one, Pero's friends and the town itself reveal the dark side of their characters. Whereas loneliness and eccentricity seemed like the villagers' most pressing problems, death and murder are now seen lurking just beneath the surface. Cvitkovic's script closes in a beautifully wrought ending that blends comedy, horror, surprise and even a touch of wonder at the mystery of life. Besides the fine Bakovic, the cast does a splendid job fleshing out unconventional roles. Savic in particular brings an otherworldly light to the playful Ida, halfway between loon and angel. Her speechless role could have come out of a Chaplin film. Milinovic has a memorable moment when he watches "Maciste, the World's Greatest Hero" on TV and promptly adds killer chariot spikes to his car wheels. Though never exploited narratively, this surreal touch subtly prefigures the scenes of violence to come.
Simon Tansek's lensing recalls Fritz Lang's phrase that Cinemascope was designed for snakes and funerals. Here it conveys a range of sentiments, from intimate comedy to the extremely powerful image of the rape and on to the eternal beauty of sky, meadows and nature and, yes, funerals. Aldo Ivancic's ironic score is playful but focused.
With: Natasa Matjasec, Domen Remskar, Brane Grubar, Zoran Dzeverdanovic, Vlado Novak.
Camera (color, Cinemascope), Simon Tansek; editor, Milos Kalusek; music, Aldo Ivancic; production designers, Vasja Kokelj, Andraz Trkman; costume designers, Polonca Valentincic, Beti Njari; sound (Dolby Digital), Bostjan Kacicnik. Reviewed at San Sebastian Film Festival (competing), Sept. 21, 2005. Running time: 103 MIN.
Altadis – New Directors Award for Jan Cvitkovič film Gravehopping at 53. film festival in San Sebastian
Beside the award for best first or second film of the directors at festival, film crew will also recive financial award in total of 90.000 Euros. Gravehopping is second film of the director and it was world premiered at the festival. Members of the jury were italian chritic Vincenzo Bugno, spanish producer Marian Fernandez Pascal, spanish film worker Francisco Hoyos, columbian film critic Orlando Moro, in France born producer Jerome Paillard, british film worker Melanie Tebb in belgian director, writer and producer Jan Vandierendock.
Altadis is already second important award that Cvitkovic recived. For his first film Bread and Milk he recived at 58. Venice film festival award Lion of the Future for the best first film.
Film, full of life force
In their explanation jury says that they give this award for the intelligent combination of comedy and drama through characters that constantly surprise us in a film full of vitality.
Graveshopping - the first Slovenian film in San Sebastian
Gravehopping, the second feature film by Jan Cvitkovič, is going to have its world premiere in the competition program of the film festival in the Spanish city of San Sebastian; thus it is to go down in history of our film as the first Slovenian film that managed to qualify for this prestigious festival.
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