Sonja Prosenc (born 1977 in

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) is a Slovene

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, known as one of Slovenia's most prominent contemporary

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Biography

Prosenc graduated in journalism and culturology from the 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

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. All three of her feature films were selected as

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for the

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, 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 feature, 2005);'' * ''Jutro'' (short feature, 2012); also producer and screenwriter * ''Mož s krokarjem'' (documentary, 2012); also screenwriter * '' The Tree'' (''Drevo'', 2013); also producer and screenwriter * ''Impromptu'' (short feature, 2015); also producer and screenwriter * '' History of Love'' (''Zgodovina ljubezni'', 2018); also producer and screenwriter * ''Raj'' (short feature, 2019); also producer * ''Trigrad'' (TV-series, 2022); also screenwriter * ''Family Therapy'' (''Odrešitev za začetnike'', 2024); also producer and screenwriter

References

External links

Sonja Prosenc
- entry in the Slovenian Film Database 1977 births Living people Slovenian film directors Slovenian film producers Slovenian screenwriters {{Slovenia-film-director-stub