Nejc Gazvoda Explained

Nejc Gazvoda
Birth Date:	5 June 1985
Birth Place:	Novo Mesto, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation:	Writer, screenwriter, director
Notableworks:	Vevericam nič ne uide, Fasunga, V petek so sporočili da bo v nedeljo konec sveta

Nejc Gazvoda (born 5 June 1985) is a Slovene writer, screenwriter and director.^[1] He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories and also has written the scripts for two successful TV dramas and has recently written and directed his first feature film Izlet (A Trip) (2011).^[2]

Gazvoda was born in Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia in 1985. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. Whilst still in secondary school he published his book of short stories Vevericam nič ne uide (Nothing Escapes the Squirrels) for which he won the Fabula Award in 2006 for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years.^[3]

His 2011 film A Trip was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.^[4]

Published works

• Vevericam nič ne uide (Nothing Escapes the Squirrels), short stories, (2004)
• Camera obscura, novel, (2004)
• Sanjajo tisti, ki preveč spijo, novel, (2007)
• Fasunga, short stories, (2007)
• V petek so sporočili, da bo v nedeljo konec sveta (On Friday We Were Told the World Would End on Sunday), short stories, (2009),^[5] short stories, (2009)

Filmography

• Kot ptič, short documentary (2006) – writer and director
• Bordo rdeča, short film (2007) – writer and director
• Skrbnik, short film (2008) – writer and director
• Osebna prtljaga, feature film (2009) – co-writer
• Smehljaji, short film (2010) – writer
• Izlet (A Trip), feature film (2011) – writer and director
• Dvojina (Dual), feature film (2013) - writer and director
• Class Enemy (2013) – writer

External links

• • Gazvoda's blog
• Vevericam nič ne uide on Goga publishing house site
• Dvojina (Dual) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/dvojina.dual?fref=ts
• Izlet (A Trip) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/IzletAtrip?fref=ts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . sl . Slovene writers' portal . DSP Slovene Writers' Association . 13 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010072710/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/122/detail.html . 10 October 2011 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Gazvoda's film debut to open 14th Festival of Slovene Film. sl . Culture section of Delo 29.09.2011 . Delo . 13 November 2011.
3. Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . sl . Fabula Award . DSP Slovene Writers' Association . 13 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111115103229/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/drustvo_slovenskih_pisateljev/prireditve_nagrade/648/detail.html . 15 November 2011 . dmy-all .
4. News: Slovenski kandidat za tujejezičnega oskarja bo Izlet . 14 September 2012 . 14 September 2012 . Times.si . dead . https://archive.today/20130113183843/http://www.times.si/kultura/slovenski-kandidat-za-tujejezicnega-oskarja-bo-izlet--36933c02fb-a7fb3c3580.html . 13 January 2013 . dmy-all .
5. http://www.readcentral.org/uploads/files/gazvoda_senca.pdf Two stories in English from On Friday We Were Told the World Would End on Sunday on Read Central, Slovenian literature in translation site