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Sonja Prosenc
Sonja Prosenc (born 1977 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenes, Slovene filmmaker, known as one of Slovenia's most prominent contemporary film directors. Biography Prosenc graduated in journalism and culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. 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. All three of her feature films were selected as List of Slovenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, though none of them has received a nomination. Aside from festival awards, Prosenc received the award for exceptional direction by the Directors' Guild of Slovenia in 2019. Filmography ;As director * ''PoEtika 2004: Smrt (short feature, 2004);'' * ''Nič novega, nič pretiranega (short feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenj Gradec
Slovenj Gradec (; german: Windischgrätz'', ''after about 1900 ''Windischgraz'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historical Styria region, and since 2005 it has belonged to the NUTS-3 Carinthia Statistical Region. It is located in the Mislinja Valley at the eastern end of the Karawanks mountain range, about west of Maribor and northeast of Ljubljana. History ''Gradec'', Slovene for 'little castle', was first mentioned in a 1091 deed, then part of the Imperial March of Styria. The prefix ''Windisch'' (the traditional German name for Slavs in general and Slovenes in particular) was added to distinguish it from the city Graz (whose name has the same etymology). The modern Slovene name, Slovenj Gradec (literally: the Slovene Graz), derives from this German denomination. From 1180 until 1918, Slovenj Gradec belonged to the Duchy of Styria, since 1804 a crown land of the Austrian Empire. It was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Film Directors
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Slavic peoples, an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group * Ilmen Slavs The Novgorod Slavs, Ilmen Slavs (russian: Ильменские слове́не, ''Il'menskiye slovene''), or Slovenes (not to be confused with the Slovenian Slovenes) were the northernmost tribe of the Early Slavs, and inhabited the shores of L ..., the northernmost tribe of the Early East Slavs {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Love
''History of Love'' ( sl, Zgodovina ljubezni) is a 2018 Slovenian drama film directed by Sonja Prosenc. It was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot A 17-year-old girl mourning her mother's death is drawn into an altered reality to make sense of her emotions. Cast * Kristoffer Joner as The conductor * Doroteja Nadrah as Iva * Zita Fusco as Mother See also * List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film * List of Slovenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Slovenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1993, but has not yet won an award. Slovenia's 2008 submission, '' Rooster's Breakfast'', became the highest-grossing Slovenian film of all time. Before 1 ... References External links * 2018 films 2018 drama films Slovene-language films Slovenian drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tree (2014 Film)
''The Tree'' ( sl, Drevo) is a 2014 Slovenian drama film written and directed by Sonja Prosenc. It film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Cast * Katarina Stegnar * Jernej Kogovsek * Lukas Matija Rosas Ursic See also * List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Slovenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 2014 films 2014 drama films Slovene-language films Slovenian drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Press Agency
Slovenian Press Agency ( sl, Slovenska tiskovna agencija) (STA), established in 1991, is a national press agency covering domestic and international events. It was established and is owned by the Republic of Slovenia. STA news services (the General News Service in Slovene, the daily English Service, the Picture Service, and a specialized Radio Service) are targeted towards state institutions, corporations, embassies and other users. The STA is the only provider of daily news in English for the expatriate community in Slovenia and English-speaking readers abroad. With over 100 full-time employees and part-time contributors based in Ljubljana, as well as a network of correspondents in major cities across Slovenia and Brussels, New York, Zagreb, Rome, Klagenfurt, Trieste and Gorizia. Through this network, the STA provides local and international coverage. The agency exchanges news wires with press agencies from around the world and taps into other foreign sources of news. STA mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Slovenian Submissions For The Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
Slovenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1993, but has not yet won an award. Slovenia's 2008 submission, '' Rooster's Breakfast'', became the highest-grossing Slovenian film of all time. Before 1993, Slovenia was a republic within Yugoslavia. In 1961, a film shot in Serbo-Croatian and representing Yugoslavia ('' The Ninth Circle'') became the first and only film directed by a Slovenian to be nominated for an Oscar. Submissions 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 since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Slovenia for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Social Sciences, Ljubljana
Faculty of Social Sciences (Slovene: Fakulteta za družbene vede; FDV) is one of the faculties, comprising the University of Ljubljana. It is located at Kardeljeva ploščad ( Bežigrad District, Ljubljana). The faculty is "the central Slovenian interdisciplinary, educational, scientific and research institution in the area of social sciences, and ranks among the biggest institutions of its kind in Europe." At the same time, is "one of the largest academic units of the University of Ljubljana with 27 graduate and postgraduate programmes in political science, communication, journalism, and cultural studies. Currently, it is also the largest public teaching and research institution in Slovenia, devoted to interdisciplinary studies. Faculty was established in 1961 as the "College of Political Sciences" (''Visoka šola za politične vede'', VŠPV), which was in 1968 renamed into the "College of Sociology, Political Sciences and Journalism" (''Visoka šola za sociologijo, političn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladina
''Mladina'' (English: Youth) is a Slovenian weekly left-wing political and current affairs magazine. Since the 1920s, when it was first published, it has become a voice of protest against those in power. Today, ''Mladina'''s weekly issues are distributed throughout the country. ''Mladina'' is considered one of the most influential political magazines in Slovenia. ''Mladina'' has served as a hub for investigative journalism in Slovenia since the 1980s, when its pioneering "muckraking" reporting and critical (and then highly controversial) sociopolitical coverage helped spark the dissolution of Yugoslavia. ''Mladina'' is also digitally published online, and its website maintains an expansive article archive. History and profile ''Mladina'' has cycled through many iterations through its history spanning nearly a century, at times alternately operating under party or state control, or functioning as an independent-minded watchdog publication. 1920–1945: Origins ''Mladina'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
