Jan Cvitkovič Explained

Jan Cvitkovič
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality:Slovenian
Occupation:Director, screenwriter, actor
Years Active:Late 1990s–present
Awards:Lion of the Future (Venice Film Festival), Best New Director (San Sebastian Film Festival)

Jan Cvitkovič (born 1966) is a Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

Jan Cvitkovič was born in Ljubljana. He attended primary school in Tolmin and finished his high school studies in Idrija. He graduated in Archaeology from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana.[1]

In the late '90s, he entered the world of filmmaking as a screenwriter, soon after that as an actor and finally as a film director.

His films have been screened at more than 200 festivals around the world and have received more than 60 awards. The most notable awards he received were the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival[2] and the Best New Director Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

His films have been broadcast in several European countries on well-known television stations such as TV1000, RAI, HBO, ARTE, SBS Australia.

Cvitkovič received the Prešeren Fund Award at the University of Ljubljana for his significant artistic works in the field of film and television.

He is a member of the European Film Academy and has also been a jury member at several international film festivals in Locarno, Sarajevo, Miami, Gijon, Palm Springs, Warsaw, Skopje, Herceg Novi, and Belgrade.

He was a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where his feature films were screened.[3]

Cvitkovič is also the co-founder of the film production company STARAGARA and the initiator and honorary president of the International Film Festival Kino Otok (Isola Cinema).[4]

Filmography (Feature films)

Director

Screenwriter

Actor

Filmography (Short films)

Director

Screenwriter

Actor

TV Series

Documentaries

Awards

Robbery of the Century (Rop stoletja)

Idle Running (V leru)

Bread and Milk (Kruh in mleko)

The Heart Is a Piece of Meat (Srce je kos mesa)

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Gravehopping (Odgrobadogroba)

I Know (Vem)

Total Gambit (Totalni gambit)

Documentary of the Month on Slovenian National Television (2010)

Archeo

Hundred Dogs (Sto psov)

I Was a Child (Bil sem otrok)

Love on the Roof of the World (Ljubezen na strehi sveta)

Šiška Deluxe

The Basics of Killing (Družinica)

Do You See Me? (A ti mene vidiš?)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Cvitkovič :: Vertigo . 2023-05-08 . www.vertigo.si.
  2. Web site: STA: Zlati lev prihodnosti za Jana Cvitkoviča! EMBARGO 8.9. DO 20H . 2023-05-08 . www.sta.si.
  3. Web site: Jan Cvitkovič at the Philadelphia University in the USA - Slovenian Film Centre . 2023-05-08 . www.film-center.si.
  4. Web site: Bot Verification . 2023-05-08 . kinootok.org.
  5. Web site: Jan Cvitkovic . 2023-05-08 . MUBI . en.
  6. Web site: Jan Cvitkovič – kratki! – sreda, 25. januarja, 18:00 . 2023-05-08 . kinoteka.si . sl-SI.
  7. Web site: POSEBNA OMEMBA: SRCE JE KOS MESA . 2023-05-08 . rtvslo.si . sl.

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