The 3rd Film Festival FF600'' was held on 18 May 2007. The Jurors producer Petra Bašin, editor Miloš Kalusek and director Marko Cafnik awarded 3 Jury Prizes for each of the three sections. Because of their exceptional quality further three works received Jury’s Special Mention.
Atmosphere in the full hall of Stara elektrarna in Ljubljana was pleasant. Of 68 received submissions from 8 countries 19 were screened within the competitive programme that was divided into three sections.
Jury Prizes:
Animation, experimental film and music video: Plac (by Ana Hušman)
Documentary film: Egon (by Irena Kovačević)
Feature film: Day by day (by Igor Matijevič)
Jury’s Special Mention:
Animation, experimental film and music video: Wind water stone (by Kevin Evensen)
Documentary film: Nekaj je na tem (by Ruggero de Virgiliis, Mara Guerrini, Gabriel Martin, Alessandro Mendizza, Laura Merkač, Maja Žiberna)
Feature film: Sendvič (by Tomaž Gorkič)
the jury:
Milos Kalusek, film editor
Born in Chrudim, Czech Republic. In 1990 starts to study at FAMU, Prague, film and TV editing.
Filmography:
- Short films (some of them):
Voices on the phone (dir. Martin Ježek), experimental feature film, 2000
Miloš (dir. Nataša Burger), experimental feature, 2004
Ni č novega, ni č pretiranega (dir. Sonja Porsenc), feature, 2005
Pes, ki je umrl ob pravem č asu (dir. Alenka Kraigher), student feature, 2005
A mia madre (dir. Gregor Boži č ), student feature, 2005
Na son č ni stra ni Alp (dir. Janez Burger), fe a ture film, 2007
Bordo rdeča (dir. N. Gazvoda), student feature, 2007
- Long feature films:
Akate bele (dir. Bohdan Slama), absolvent feature, 1997
Idle Running (dir. Janez Burger), feature 1999
Nemir (dir. Andrej Žumbergar), experimental, 2002
Ruins (dir. Janez Burger), feature, 2004
Gravehopping (dir. Jan Cvitkovi č ), 2005
Teah (dir. Hanna A. W. Slak), 2006
Živa in mrtva (dir. Janez Burger), experimental TV incenation , 2007
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Petra Bašin , MgA. in Production
Assistant to the Director of expert and technical tasks management, Film-studio Viba film
She was born in 1970 in Ljubljana. Since 1994 she takes part in production of Slovenian feature-length, short, documentary and TV films. Because of the so called »film crisis« in Slovenia and due to her thirst for knowledge in the field of film production in 1998 she decides to take up film and television production studies at the FAMU in Prague. She completes her studies in 2003 and graduates in 2004.
During her studies she took part as production manager in production of TV-ads and as organizer, production manager, executive producer, script, assistant director etc. in production of films (»Účastnícizájezdu«, »Heidi«, »Ljubljana je ljubljena«, »Od groba do groba«, »Ruševine«, »V leru«, »Stereotip«, »Carmen« etc.) and was organizer and co-organizer of festivals (»FAMU festival«, »MFF Karlovy Vary – Student film section «, »FAMU se vam predstavlja / FAMU se vám představuje«, »Slovenski film v Pragi / Slovinský film v Praze«).
Since 2006 she is employed at the Film-studio Viba film in Ljubljana.
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Marko Cafnik, film director
He was born in 1977, in Maribor, Slovenia. In high school years he joined the artistic theatre group Begunci (Refuggees), where he directed several theatre plays. Before entering the Academy of theatre, radio, film and television in Ljubljana, he studied philosophy and theology at the same University.
Filmography:
2002 Sleepwalkers sleep tonight (16 mm, doc.)
2003 Blue room (16 mm, short fict.)
2004 Revival of old wells and fountains (beta, doc.)
2005 Russian resurrection (beta, doc.)
2005 Does it hurt? (16 mm, short fict.)
2007 Bojan Štih - 20 years later ( HD, doc.)
2007 St. Nicholaus`s boat (IMX, doc.)
Festival 2007
The 3'rd FilmFestival 6oo'' will take place on 18 May 2007 in Stara Elektrarna, Ljubljana.
This year the length of works that are allowed to participate is limited to 20 minutes.
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FF600''ABROAD
FRANCE
On 24 November 2006 the Festival FF600'' visited the Town of Brest in F rance,where the awarded films and videos from the previous two festivals as well as the selection of films and videos2005/06 were screened.
POLAND
At the invitation of Slovenian embassy in Warshaw the films and videos from FF600'' were also screened at the Film Festival ''Festival Mlodego Kina SKOFFKA4''. As the organizers of FF600'' and the organizer of polish festival strive for greater internatinal participation, we might expect that exchange of films and videos continues in the future.l
We gladly present films and videos from the FF600'' in other cities and countries but due to the orgnizational problem we must set certain conditions:
- Films and videos are screened once
- Amember of Cultural and Artistic Society Dharmafilm is present at the screening
- After the screening works are returned to Dharmafilm
- The screening shall be arranged at least15 days in advance
- Expenses shall be covered ( amounting to 83,52 EUR )