Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song
COMPETITION • FEATURE • FICTION
2026 • 109min • Colour • 5.1 • DCP • 1,85:1
Slovenian, Bosnian with Slovenian and English subtitles.
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
Ten-year-old Ida believes that the mysterious angelic singing resounding across the village graveyard is the only thing keeping her beloved Grandma alive. So she decides to join the school choir—even though she is absolutely tone deaf.
CAST:
LANA MARIĆ (IDA), LIZA MURŠIČ (TEREZKA), MILENA STROPNIK (GRANDMA), JUDITA FRANKOVIĆ BRDAR (IVANA), MATEJ PUC (STANKO), MIRANDA TRNJANIN (DARJA), MILA PERŠIN (ANITA), PETJA LABOVIĆ (FAILURE), LARA MARIA VOUK (FORM TEACHER), EVA STRAŽAR (MUSIC TEACHER), DARIO NOŽIĆ SERINI (MILAN), MARIO DRAGOJEVIĆ (HEADMASTER), PETER KARBA (HOTSHOT), SANJA NEŠKOVIĆ PERŠIN (POZVAČIN), MARIJA ZALIG (JOŽICA), LEON VOVK (TONI), MARJANA ROUS (MARA), MANJA ŠERNEK (WAITRESS ZDENKA), JANEZ ZALIG (PIŠTI), ANTON STROPNIK (POSTMAN), NUŠA BRLIČ (KITKA), JAKOB KLEMENČIČ (STOJAN), JAN HORVAT (GORAZD), MARTIN VUKAN (RAFKO), TIANA FELSO (MARJANA), GAJA ŠKRABAN (CLASSMATE 1), NOAH ŠADL (CLASSMATE 2), ŽIGA GRUT (CLASSMATE 3)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Through the world of childhood loneliness, I wanted to explore the space between the jauntiness of everyday life and the quiet foreboding of impending loss, along with the escape from the inevitability of the latter into imagination, play, solitude, and friendship—places where we seek safety.
2026 • 109min • Colour • 5.1 • DCP • 1,85:1
Slovenian, Bosnian with Slovenian and English subtitles.
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCERS | ANDRAŽ JERIČ, JERCA JERIČ |
| CO-PRODUCERS | PETRA VIDMAR, MOJCA PERNAT |
| PRODUCTION | TEMPORAMA |
| CO-PRODUCTION | RTV SLOVENIJA, GUSTAV FILM, FILMSKO DRUŠTVO FILM FACTORY, DINARIDI FILM |
Ten-year-old Ida believes that the mysterious angelic singing resounding across the village graveyard is the only thing keeping her beloved Grandma alive. So she decides to join the school choir—even though she is absolutely tone deaf.
| DIRECTOR | ESTER IVAKIČ |
| SCREENWRITERS | NIKA JURMAN, ESTER IVAKIČ |
| BASED ON A BOOK BY | SUZANA TRATNIK |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | ROK KAJZER NAGODE |
| MUSIC COMPOSERS | ALENJA PIVKO KNEŽEVIČ, SIMON PENŠEK |
| FILM EDITOR | ANDREJ NAGODE |
| PRODUCTION DESIGNER | EVA FERLAN |
| COSTUME DESIGNER | INA FERLAN |
| SOUND DESIGNER | SAMO JURCA |
| MAKE-UP ARTIST | LEA BRATUŠEK |
| SOUND RECORDIST | IGOR ISKRA |
CAST:
LANA MARIĆ (IDA), LIZA MURŠIČ (TEREZKA), MILENA STROPNIK (GRANDMA), JUDITA FRANKOVIĆ BRDAR (IVANA), MATEJ PUC (STANKO), MIRANDA TRNJANIN (DARJA), MILA PERŠIN (ANITA), PETJA LABOVIĆ (FAILURE), LARA MARIA VOUK (FORM TEACHER), EVA STRAŽAR (MUSIC TEACHER), DARIO NOŽIĆ SERINI (MILAN), MARIO DRAGOJEVIĆ (HEADMASTER), PETER KARBA (HOTSHOT), SANJA NEŠKOVIĆ PERŠIN (POZVAČIN), MARIJA ZALIG (JOŽICA), LEON VOVK (TONI), MARJANA ROUS (MARA), MANJA ŠERNEK (WAITRESS ZDENKA), JANEZ ZALIG (PIŠTI), ANTON STROPNIK (POSTMAN), NUŠA BRLIČ (KITKA), JAKOB KLEMENČIČ (STOJAN), JAN HORVAT (GORAZD), MARTIN VUKAN (RAFKO), TIANA FELSO (MARJANA), GAJA ŠKRABAN (CLASSMATE 1), NOAH ŠADL (CLASSMATE 2), ŽIGA GRUT (CLASSMATE 3)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Through the world of childhood loneliness, I wanted to explore the space between the jauntiness of everyday life and the quiet foreboding of impending loss, along with the escape from the inevitability of the latter into imagination, play, solitude, and friendship—places where we seek safety.
