Stories from the Chestnut Woods

Stories from the Chestnut Woods

COMPETITION · FEATURE · FICTION

2019 · 82 min · colour · DOLBY SRD · DCP · 1:1,85

Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.

PRODUCER Marina Gumzi
PRODUCTION Nosorogi
CO-PRODUCTION Transmedia Production, Deutsche Film- Und Fernsehakademie Berlin, RTV Slovenija

In the midst of chestnut woods lives a stingy carpenter named Mario, manically counting his pennies. On the other side of the river, Martha, the last chestnut woman, is ready to leave the desolate valleys for good in search of a better life across the ocean… A dreamy tale of a crumbling community on the border of Yugoslavia and Italy.

DIRECTED BY Gregor Božič
WRITTEN BY Gregor Božič, Marina Gumzi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ferran Paredes Rubio
MUSIC Hekla Magnúsdóttir
EDITED BY Gregor Božič, Benjamin Mirguet, Beppe Leonetti
PRODUCTION DESIGN Giovanna Cirianni
COSTUME DESIGN Katharina Jockwer, Mateja Fajt
SOUND DESIGN Jan Vysocky, Julij Zornik
MAKEUP ARTIST Barbara Morosetti
CAMERA Gregor Božič
CAST Massimo De Francovich (Mario), Ivana Roščić (Marta), Giusi Merli (Dora), Tomi Janežič (Dr. Toni), Anita Kravos (Cecilia), Nataša Keser (Ema), Janez Škof (Silvan), Ivo Barišič (Il Vento), Igor Kovač (Ivan), Janja Majzelj (King), Marko Brecelj (King), Matija Solce (King), Renzo Gariup (Germano – Voice)

 

Director’s statement

We wanted to capture on film, as a fairy tale, the spirit of Venetian Slovenia, an area on the border of Italy and Slovenia – a mysterious place carved by centuries of political tensions, poverty, and emigration, as well as a special sensitivity to nature and a vivid imagination.

19/09/2019 @ 19:00
19:00

Auditorium Portoroz

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