Franci Slak (1 February 1953 – 27 October 2007) was a Slovenian

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, producer,

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and

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. His 1987 film ''

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'' (''The Felons'') was entered into the

38th Berlin International Film Festival The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988. The festival opened with musical film ''Linie 1'' by Reinhard Hauff. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film '' Red Sorghum'' directed by Zhang Y ...

Early life

Slak, alongside his family, moved to the coastal town of

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at an early age. He finished his primary and secondary schooling there. He first enrolled at the AGRFT in

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to study

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, but later moved to

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, where he finished his studies as a Master of Filmmaking in 1978. He became a regular lecturer at his Ljubljana alma mater in 1980 and stayed employed there until his death. He received the Badjur prize three times (in 1981, 1985 and 1987) and also added the Prešeren Fund Award to his name in 1988. He was the president of the Board of programming of Active Slovenia. As a candidate of the party, he bid unsuccessfully for the position of the

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. He died after a severe illness in 2007. Right before his death, he filmed a low-budget autobiographical film called "Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji" (''On Earth as it is in Heaven''), which aired publicly on

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in December of that year.

Filmography

; Directed * Eva (1983) * Butnskala (1985) * Pesnikov portret z dvojnikom (2002) ; Produced * Outsider (1997) * Slepa pega (2002) *

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(2004) ; Directed and wrote the script of: *

(1987) * Krizno obdobje (1981) * Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji (2007) ; Directed, produced and wrote the script of: * Ko zaprem oči (1993)

References

External links

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Aktivna Slovenija - Franci Slak bio (in Slovene)

Candidacy page (in Slovene)

eKumba AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)

AGRFT - Franci Slak (in Slovene)
1953 births 2007 deaths Slovenian film directors Slovenian film producers Slovenian screenwriters Slovenian male screenwriters People from Krško University of Ljubljana alumni Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana Politicians from Koper 20th-century screenwriters {{Slovenia-film-director-stub