Once upon a time, somewhere in a far-off land, lived an elderly husband and wife. The old woman fell sick and died, and the old man, a stingy carpenter, found himself alone. Pondering the life he had lived, he met a young woman, a chestnut seller who desperately wanted to leave home and find a better life overseas. Surrounded by nothing but the rudimentary nature these lonely souls share fond memories as well as contemplations of their futures. Should they remain haunted by a life that was, or does another path call, joining countless others on the rickety cart to a life unknown? A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy fairy tale about the disappearance of a small community that once existed on the Yugoslav-Italian border.
- Country:
- Slovenija / Slovenia, 2019
- Genre:
- Drama / Drama
- Group:
- FEST Fokus
- Duration:
- 81’
- Director:
- Gregor Božič
- Screenplay:
- Gregor Božič, Marina Gumzi
- Cast:
- Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roščič, Renzo Gariup
- Festivals:
- 2019 Toronto, Ljubljana, Sao Paulo, Međunarodni filmski festival u Indiji, Filmski festival K3, / Toronto International Film Festival, Ljubljana International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, International Film Festival of India, K3 Film Festival
- Cinematography:
- Ferran Paredes
- Editing:
- Gregor Božič, Giuseppe Leonetti, Benjamin Mirguet
- Music:
- Hekla Magnúsdóttir
- Uloge / Cast:
- Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roščič, Renzo Gariup
- Producer:
- Marina Gumzi
- Production:
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), Nosorogi, RTV Slovenija
- Filmography:
- 2019 Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov / Stories from the Chestnut Woods / Priče iz kestenove šume
Awards:- 2019 Slovenian Film Festival - Vesna for Best Feature Film and Best Director; Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Best First Feature
- 2019 Slovenian Film Festival - Vesna for Best Feature Film and Best Director; Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Best First Feature
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GREGOR BOŽIČ / GREGOR BOZIC
Gregor Bozic (1984) is a writer and director born in Nova Gorica, a Slovenian town on the border with Italy. He studied directing at Slovene national film school, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and at DFFB in Berlin. Gregor is also a passionate researcher of Mediterranean pomology. In 2012, he conducted a research on old and autochthonous fruit varieties, in which he collaborated with old farmers from the Italo Slovene borderland. It was during this time that he collected numerous memories and stories from the 20th century, which inspired him to make Stories from the Chestnut Woods (2019).
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