Battle of Holmec
COMPETITION · 30 ANNIV FILMS · FEATURE · DOCUMENTARY
2021 · 102 min · colour · DOLBY SRD · DCP · 16:9
Slovenian with English subtitles. Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | BOŠTJAN SLATENŠEK, VIKTOR PERDULA |
| PRODUCTION | FILROUGE |
| CO-PRODUCTION | JEWELLABS PICTURES |
In Poljana, Slovenia, under Mount Peca, a panel discussion is organised to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the battle for the Holmec border crossing. Due to the affair that broke after allegations of war crimes had been made against the Slovenian side, war crimes and international criminal law are among the topics discussed. While Dr Miša Zgonec-Rožej talks about her work at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, ORF journalist Martina Steiner recounts her experience of the Slovenian War of Independence, specifically the battle in question.
| DIRECTED BY | BOŠTJAN SLATENŠEK |
| WRITTEN BY | BOŠTJAN SLATENŠEK |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | CHRISTIAN HAAKE, AAC |
| MUSIC | FLORIAN HIRSCHMANN, ELISABETH KAPLAN |
| EDITED BY | MAXIMILIAN KLAMM, TOMAŽ ČOPIČ, VIKTOR PERDULA |
| SOUND MIX | HORST SCHNATTLER, MATTHIAS ERMERT |
Director’s statement:
»The film tells the story of a too-little-known event from Slovenia’s War of Independence and of the people who managed to do good in evil times.«
