Orchestra
COMPETITION · FEATURE · FICTION
2021 · 111 min · b&w · DOLBY SRD · DCP · 1:1,85
Slovenian, English and German with Slovenian and English subtitles. Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | PETRA VIDMAR |
| PRODUCTION | GUSTAV FILM |
| CO-PRODUCTION | RTV SLOVENIJA, NAPRAVI FILM (HR), PIHALNI ORKESTER SVEA ZAGORJE, 001, READY ON SET, UNICASTING, NOELLA, SINDIKAT |
Rollicking members of a brass band are on their way to a small Austrian town to perform there. Through the problems of select protagonists, the film follows them as they sing and frolic through their tour, while observing their wives back home and their feelings about their husbands’ carefree ways. The entire tour experience in five stories, along with its implications for all those involved.
| DIRECTED BY | MATEVŽ LUZAR |
| WRITTEN BY | MATEVŽ LUZAR |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | SIMON TANŠEK, ZFS |
| EDITED BY | JELENA MAKSIMOVIĆ |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | KATJA ŠOLTES |
| COSTUME DESIGN | NADJA BEDJANIČ |
| SOUND DESIGN | JULIJ ZORNIK |
| MAKEUP ARTIST | EVA URŠIČ |
| CAST | GREGOR ZORC (STOJAN), GREGOR ČUŠIN (RAJKO), JERNEJ KOGOVŠEK (EMIR), ALEXANDER MITTERER (ALOIS), MARIA HOFSTÄTTER (MARIE), LOVRO LEZIČ (PAJO), GABER TRSEGLAV (IVE), VESNA PERNARČIČ (KATI), ANA FACCHINI (MAGI), MATEJA PUCKO (ALENKA), MOJCA FUNKL (BLANKA), MARINKA ŠERN (ZDENKA), PIHALNI ORKESTER SVEA ZAGORJE (ORCHESTRA) |
Director’s statement:
»Orchestra is a film about the experience of switching off when going on the road, on a tour, or a teambuilding trip. With this film, I wanted to explore this group dynamics and to discuss the Slovenian character, particularly its Zasavje-region variant.«
