Sonja Prosenc Explained

Birth Date:	1977
Birth Place:	Slovenj Gradec
Nationality:	Slovene
Occupation:	filmmaker
Alma Mater:	Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana

Sonja Prosenc (born 1977 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovene filmmaker, known as one of Slovenia's most prominent contemporary film directors.^[1]

Biography

Prosenc graduated in journalism and culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana.^[2] After attending several foreign film workshops, she co-founded the production company Monoo with producer Rok Sečen. Her partner Mitja Ličen often collaborates on her films as cinematographer.^{[3] [4]} All three of her feature films were selected as submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, though none of them has received a nomination.^{[5] [6] [7]} Aside from festival awards, Prosenc received the award for exceptional direction by the Directors' Guild of Slovenia in 2019.^[3]

Filmography

As director^[2]

• PoEtika 2004: Smrt (short feature, 2004);
• Nič novega, nič pretiranega (short feature, 2005);
• Jutro (short feature, 2012); also producer and screenwriter
• Mož s krokarjem (documentary, 2012); also screenwriter
• The Tree (Drevo, 2013); also producer and screenwriter
• Impromptu (short feature, 2015); also producer and screenwriter
• History of Love (Zgodovina ljubezni, 2018); also producer and screenwriter
• Raj (short feature, 2019); also producer
• Trigrad (TV-series, 2022); also screenwriter
• Family Therapy (Odrešitev za začetnike, 2024); also producer and screenwriter

External links

• Sonja Prosenc - entry in the Slovenian Film Database

Notes and References

1. News: Sonja Prosenc: Kdo so ti ljudje, ki pogledajo stran od gorečega avtomobila? #Spotkast . siol.net . 2024-08-19 . sl . 2024-09-12.
2. Web site: Sonja Prosenc . Baza slovenskih filmov . Slovenski filmski center . sl . 2024-09-12.
3. News: Izbrali adut za oskarja . 2019-09-10 . . 2020-01-07.
4. Sonja Prosenc, filmska režiserka . Pirc . Vanja . 41 . 2014-10-10 . . 2020-01-07.
5. Web site: "The Tree" Slovenian Candidate for Foreign Language Oscar Nomination . . 2015-09-10 . 2015-09-19.
6. Web site: History of Love Slovenia's candidate for Oscar nominee . . 2019-09-09 . 2024-09-12.
7. News: Family Therapy Slovenia's candidate for Oscar nomination . 2024-09-11 . 2024-09-12 . The Slovenia Times.