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Jan Cvitkovič
Jan Cvitkovič (born 1966) is a Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Jan Cvitkovič was born in Ljubljana. He attended primary school in Tolmin and finished his high school studies in Idrija. He graduated in Archaeology from thFaculty of Arts in Ljubljana In the late '90s, he entered the world of filmmaking as a screenwriter, soon after that as an actor and finally as a film director. His films have been screened at more than 200 festivals around the world and have received more than 60 awards. The most notable awards he received were the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival and the Best New Director Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His films have been broadcast in several European countries on well-known television stations such as TV1000, RAI, HBO, ARTE, SBS Australia. Cvitkovič received the Prešeren Fund Award at the University of Ljubljana for his significant artistic works in the field of film and television. He is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States, Southeast after Atlanta metropolitan area, Atlanta, and the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, ninth-largest in the United States. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Miami is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida, after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. Miami has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 70 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces Of Love Film Festival
Faces of Love International Film Festival (Russian: Международный кинофестиваль «Лики Любви») is a festival first based in Moscow, then in 2005 moved to Sochi, Russia. It is a sister festival of the biggest film festival in Russia, Kinotavr. Faces of Love is a special interest film festival highlighting films about love. The president of Faces of Love, as well as of Kinotavr, is Russia's famous actor and producer Mark Rudinstein. Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve is an honorary president of the festival. The first Faces of Love festival was held in Moscow in 1995. It was an annual film festival welcoming filmmakers from all over the world. The festival is in hiatus at the moment due to financial difficulties. Every year, around 50 films from all over the world are being shown at the festival both in competition, screening and retrospective programs. Festival is recognized by FIAPF. Jury The jury of the main competition consists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist"
Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist", also known as the Molodist International Film Festival (), is an international film festival which takes place every October in Kyiv, Ukraine. It began in 1970 as a two-day festival of films, shot by students of Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts, presenting 33 movies that year. In 2010, there were 439 films presented, making it the biggest film festival in Ukraine, with an audience of 127,000. The president of the festival is Andrii Khalpakhchi (Андрій Халпахчі). It is the only film festival in Ukraine accredited by FIAPF (since 1991). It belongs to the list of 26 specialized international competition festivals. Currently recognized European producers have debuted at the Molodist festival: Fred Keleman, Tom Tykwer, Danny Boyle, Francois Ozon, Andras Monori, Ildikó Enyedi, Hera Popelaars, Jacques Audiard, Sergiy Masloboychykova, Oleksiy Balabanov, Denys Evstigneev, Stephen Doldri. The Molodist participants were la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot
''Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot'' () is a 2013 Italian- Slovenian comedy film directed by Matteo Oleotto. It was screened in the Critics’ Week section at the 70th Venice Film Festival. Plot The divorced scoundrel Paolo lives close to the border to Slovenia in a little town in the Italian Province of Gorizia. He is so short of money that his former wife and her new husband invite him over each Sunday for a free meal. Due to the demise of an aunt from the other side of the border Paolo learns he has a nephew named Zoran. Paolo is not the paternal type but Zoran is a natural when it comes to darts. He senses there might be a fortune in reach if he adopts Zoran and registers him for an open tournament in Scotland. Cast *Giuseppe Battiston: Paolo Bressan * Rok Prasnikar: Zoran *Roberto Citran Roberto Citran (born 26 January 1955) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Padua, Citran graduated in psychology and founded the university film club CinemaUno. After some sporadic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idle Running
Idle Running () is a 1999 Slovene comedy film directed by Janez Burger Janez Burger (born 21 March 1965) is a Slovene film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Kranj, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Burger grew up in Železniki and now lives and works in Ljubljana . In 1986 he started his .... References External links * 1999 comedy films 1999 films Slovenian comedy films Slovene-language films {{Slovenia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravehopping
''Gravehopping'' ( Slovene: ''Odgrobadogroba'') is a 2005 Slovenian film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. See also *List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links * 2005 comedy-drama films 2005 films Slovenian comedy-drama films Slovene-language films Funerary art Films about death {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread And Milk
''Bread and Milk'' ( Slovene: ''Kruh in mleko'') is a 2001 Slovene film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. See also *List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presen ... References External links * 2001 films 2001 drama films Slovenian black-and-white films Slovene-language films Slovenian drama films Films set in Slovenia {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of founder and first president Benjamin Franklin, who had advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. The university has four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, School of Nursing. Among its graduate schools are its University of Pennsylvania Law School, law school, whose first professor, James Wilson (Founding Father), James Wilson, helped write the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Херцег Нови, ) is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants. The town was founded as a fortress in 1382 by the King of Bosnia, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Tvrtko I Kotromanić, and named after Saint Stephen but the name did not stick, instead it became known as Novi (), also Castelnuovo in Italian (). Between 1482 and 1687 it was part of the Ottoman Empire and then from 1687 to 1797 the Albania Veneta of the Republic of Venice. It was a Catholic bishopric and remains a Latin titular see as Novi. Herceg Novi has had a turbulent past, despite being one of the youngest settlements on the Adriatic. A History of Montenegro, history of varied occupations has created a blend of diverse and picturesque architectural styles in the city. Names and etymolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skopje
Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultural center of the country. As of the 2021 North Macedonia census, 2021 census, the city had a population of 526,502. Skopje covers 571.46 km² and includes both urban and rural areas, bordered by several Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipalities and close to the borders of Kosovo and Serbia. The area of Skopje has been continuously inhabited since at least the Chalcolithic period. The city — known as ''Scupi'' at the time — was founded in the late 1st century during the rule of Domitian, and abandoned in 518 after an earthquake destroyed the city. It was rebuilt under Justinian I. It became a significant settlement under the First Bulgarian Empire, the Serbian Empire (when it served briefly as a capital), and later under the Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
