Iridium Film
Groharjevo naselje 53, 4220 Škofja Loka
www.iridiumfilm.com
Phone+ 386 (0) 1 426 2520
Bojan Mastilović, CEO
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| − | + | [[Iridium Film]] is a film production and post-production company founded in [[established::2015]] by [[Bojan Mastilović]] and [[Janez Ferlan]]. It is based in the historic town of [[Municipality of Škofja Loka | Škofja Loka]], approximately 24 km northwest of Ljubljana. Its main focus is on international co-production, particularly of feature films, although it also provides post-production and film restoration services, and has acted as sole producer on several projects. It is the successor to the [[Restart Ltd | RestArt]] production company. | |
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==Production highlights== | ==Production highlights== | ||
| − | Iridium's highest-profile feature film project to date is ''Muškarci ne plaču'' (Men Don't Cry, 2017), a Bosnian film that examines the psychological aftermath of the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s. It was selected as the Bosnian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars | + | Iridium's highest-profile feature film project to date is ''Muškarci ne plaču'' (Men Don't Cry, 2017), a Bosnian film that examines the psychological aftermath of the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s. It was selected as the Bosnian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars and won the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Iridium also picked up a [[Vesna Award]] for Best Minority Co-Production at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] (FSF) in the same year. |
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| − | Other major projects include the feature films ''Žaba'' (The Frog, 2017, Bosnia-Slovenia) and ''Komedija solz'' (A Comedy of Tears, 2016, Slovenia-Italy), and the Cairo-set, Lebanese-made documentary Al Gami'ya (2018). Iridium's predecessor, RestArt, also received a Special Mention from the Los Angeles Film Review for its VFX work on ''Odmevi časa'' (Echoes of Time, 2013, Slovenia), Ema Kugler's multi-award-winning experimental film, and a Vesna for Best Minority Co-Production at FSF for the Serbian feature film ''Varvari'' (Barbarians, 2014). | + | Other major projects include the feature films ''Žaba'' (The Frog, 2017, Bosnia-Slovenia) and ''Komedija solz'' (A Comedy of Tears, 2016, Slovenia-Italy), and the Cairo-set, Lebanese-made documentary ''Al Gami'ya'' (2018). Iridium's predecessor, RestArt, also received a Special Mention from the Los Angeles Film Review for its VFX work on ''Odmevi časa'' (Echoes of Time, 2013, Slovenia), [[Ema Kugler|Ema Kugler's]] multi-award-winning experimental film, and a Vesna for Best Minority Co-Production at FSF for the Serbian feature film ''Varvari'' (Barbarians, 2014). |
| − | In 2019 Iridium received [[Slovenian Film Centre]] funding to co-produce ''Homo'' (Only Human, 2020) by North Macedonian director Igor Ivanov | + | In 2019 Iridium received [[Slovenian Film Centre]] funding to co-produce ''Homo'' (Only Human, 2020) by North Macedonian director Igor Ivanov. It also received its first [[:Category:EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)|Creative Europe development funding]] for ''FC Svoboda'' (FC Freedom), a feature film to be directed by [[Boris Petkovič]]. |
==Restoration== | ==Restoration== | ||
| − | The company has become more interested in film restoration in recent years, working on a number of Slovenian and Yugoslav classics, including ''Remington'' (1988, restored in 2017) | + | The company has become more interested in film restoration in recent years, working on a number of Slovenian and Yugoslav classics, including ''Remington'' (1988, restored in 2017); ''To so gadi'' (Real Pests, 1977/2017); ''Dolina miru'' (Valley of Peace, 1956/2016); and ''Na svoji zemlji'' (On Our Own Land, 1948/2017). |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Slovenian Film Centre]] | * [[Slovenian Film Centre]] | ||
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* [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] | * [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] | ||
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* [https://www.film-center.si/en/news/7752/the-slovenian-film-centre-supports-eight-minority-co-production-projects/ Slovenian Film Centre funding announcement, May 2019] | * [https://www.film-center.si/en/news/7752/the-slovenian-film-centre-supports-eight-minority-co-production-projects/ Slovenian Film Centre funding announcement, May 2019] | ||
* [https://ced-slovenia.eu/iridium-film-prvic-uspesen-na-media-razpisu-za-razvoj-filmskih-projektov/?fbclid=IwAR3KXKcLAMOGkt3p9IrN0k07oxN7ifrl-6F3i_LICa3DmOjBo_wLsb9H-iw Creative Europe Slovenia funding announcement, November 2019] in Slovenian | * [https://ced-slovenia.eu/iridium-film-prvic-uspesen-na-media-razpisu-za-razvoj-filmskih-projektov/?fbclid=IwAR3KXKcLAMOGkt3p9IrN0k07oxN7ifrl-6F3i_LICa3DmOjBo_wLsb9H-iw Creative Europe Slovenia funding announcement, November 2019] in Slovenian | ||
| − | * [https://eefb.org/retrospectives/france-stiglics-valley-of-peace-dolina-miru-1956/?pdf=2882 Essay on '' | + | * [https://eefb.org/retrospectives/france-stiglics-valley-of-peace-dolina-miru-1956/?pdf=2882 Essay on ''Dolina miru'' with a note on restoration, ''East European Film Bulletin'', 2016] |
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Contact
Past Events
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23 Nov 2018
25 Nov 2018
New Slovenian Cinema, featuring screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara); The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film); Men Don't Cry, co-produced by Iridium Film; The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio); the short film The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith by Slobodan Maksimović, co-produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia); Assunta, directed by Ester Ivakić and produced by Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT); Chasm, directed by Ana Trebše and co-produced by Mangart Production Group Ltd; Dance of Love, directed by Leo Černic and produced by Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT); A Very Short Film, directed by Asja Trost; and documentaries Spreading the Seed by Ana Cerar, produced by Luksuz Production and Growing Up by Siniša Gačič and Dominik Mencej, produced by Zuhr Film, organised by Periskop
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9 Nov 2018
11 Nov 2018
The screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara); The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film, with director attending); Men Don't Cry, co-produced by Iridium Film; Schoolmates, directed by Darko Sinko and produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia); The Frog, co-produced by Iridium Film; and Love on the Roof of the World, directed by Jan Cvitkovič, produced by Staragara and co-produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) (in the frame of the EUNIC Day of Languages project), supported by the the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia The Hague,
at the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival
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14 Jul 2018
22 Jul 2018
Screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara), The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film), Men Don't Cry, co-produced by Iridium Film, Perseverance, directed by Miha Knific (Nukleus Film), in the Minority Co-Production section; Codelli, directed by Miha Čelar (Astral Film), in the Documentary section; Quiet, directed by Barbara Zemljič (Blade Production) in the Short Film section; Nighthawk, directed by Špela Čadež (Finta, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Bonobostudio), Come Along, directed by Igor Šterk (A.A.C. Productions), Koyaa - Naughty Toy Car and Koyaa - Flying Workbook, directed by Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production), in the Films for Children section; Back to Me(mories) and What Remains by Neli Maraž and Lucky for Us! by Jure Dostal, all produced by Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), in the Student section; supported by the Slovenian Film Centre,
at the Pula Film Festival
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4 Jun 2018
9 Jun 2018
The screenings of The Box, directed by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio), in the Grand Competition Short Film section; Prince Ki-Ki-Do: Winter Story, directed by Grega Mastnak (Ozor), King Matheus, directed by Katarina Nikolov (Iridium Film), and Koyaa - Wild Sunbed, directed by Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production), in the Films for Children Competition section; Martin Krpan, directed by Nejc Saje (Strup Productions), Mury the Cat - Going for a Walk, directed by Jernej Žmitek (Invida), in the Family Program section; Nighthawk, directed by Špela Čadež (Finta, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Bonobostudio), in the Ribnjak section; and the presentation of good practice in regional cooperation by Kolja Saksida, supported by the Slovenian Film Institute,
at the Animafest Zagreb
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17 May 2018
20 May 2018
Days of Slovenian Film in Pula, featuring the screenings of the restored version of the Slovenian classic Real Pests, directed by Jože Bevc (restored by Iridium Film), Slovenia, Australia and Tomorrow the World, directed by Marko Naberšnik (Perfo Production), Come Along, directed by Igor Šterk (A.A.C. Productions), and Let Him Be a Basketball Player, directed by Boris Petkovič (Gustav Film), organised by the Slovenian Film Centre in cooperation with the Slovenian Cultural Association Istra and the Pula Film Festival,
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15 Feb 2018
25 Feb 2018
Screenings of I Act, I Am, produced by Filmostovje and co-produced by Slovenian Film Centre and Viba Film Studio; Kolja Saksida's series of short animated films Koyaa, produced by ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production; and What Comes Around, co-produced by Iridium Film; with screenwriter and director Maja Prettner at the Berlinale Talent Campus,
at the Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival
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13 Nov 2017
15 Nov 2017
Screenings of Men Don't Cry, co-produced by Iridium Film, Into the blue directed by Antonete Alamat Kusijanović and co-produced by Blade Production, and Trahere directed by Juš Jeraj and Atile Urbančič (Trahere), announced by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Rome,
at the MedFilm Festival
Production highlights
Iridium's highest-profile feature film project to date is Muškarci ne plaču (Men Don't Cry, 2017), a Bosnian film that examines the psychological aftermath of the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s. It was selected as the Bosnian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars and won the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Iridium also picked up a Vesna Award for Best Minority Co-Production at the Festival of Slovenian Film (FSF) in the same year.
Other major projects include the feature films Žaba (The Frog, 2017, Bosnia-Slovenia) and Komedija solz (A Comedy of Tears, 2016, Slovenia-Italy), and the Cairo-set, Lebanese-made documentary Al Gami'ya (2018). Iridium's predecessor, RestArt, also received a Special Mention from the Los Angeles Film Review for its VFX work on Odmevi časa (Echoes of Time, 2013, Slovenia), Ema Kugler's multi-award-winning experimental film, and a Vesna for Best Minority Co-Production at FSF for the Serbian feature film Varvari (Barbarians, 2014).
In 2019 Iridium received Slovenian Film Centre funding to co-produce Homo (Only Human, 2020) by North Macedonian director Igor Ivanov. It also received its first Creative Europe development funding for FC Svoboda (FC Freedom), a feature film to be directed by Boris Petkovič.
Restoration
The company has become more interested in film restoration in recent years, working on a number of Slovenian and Yugoslav classics, including Remington (1988, restored in 2017); To so gadi (Real Pests, 1977/2017); Dolina miru (Valley of Peace, 1956/2016); and Na svoji zemlji (On Our Own Land, 1948/2017).
See also
External links
- Creative Europe Stories: Iridium Film
- Iridium page, Slovenian film database
- Iridium page, Cineuropa
- RestArt page, Slovenian film database
Production and restoration
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