The Space Among Us
COMPETITION · FEATURE · FICTION
2021 · 100 min · colour · DIGITAL · DCP · 1:1,85
Slovenian with English subtitles. Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | BOŠTJAN IKOVIC |
| PRODUCTION | ARSMEDIA |
| CO-PRODUCTION | RTV SLOVENIJA, MIR MEDIA GROUP, MB GRIP, NUFRAME, ZVOKARNA, FILMSKI STUDIO VIBA FILM |
The Space Among Us is a coming-of-age drama set in the rural town of Kostanjevica na Krki. Tobi is a 14-year-old boy from Canada, who comes to Slovenia with his mother Kristina to spend the summer with his grandma Gizela. Tobi is not excited to spend his holiday away from his father and his friends. The situation gets even worse when local kids start to bully him because of his skin colour. The only positive thing around is a free-spirited girl named Tjaša.
| DIRECTED BY | RAHELA JAGRIČ PIRC |
| WRITTEN BY | RAHELA JAGRIČ PIRC, DARJA MEDIĆ |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | DARKO HERIČ |
| MUSIC | JANEZ DOVČ |
| EDITED BY | MATEJA RACKOV |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | MIHA FERKOV |
| COSTUME DESIGN | NADJA BEDJANIČ |
| SOUND DESIGN | BOŠTJAN KAČIČNIK |
| MAKEUP ARTIST | ANITA FERČAK |
| SOUND RECORDING | PRIMOŽ DEBELJAK, JAKA BATIČ |
| CAST | KOLJA CHILIMA BUDIŠIN (TOBI), IVO BARIŠIČ (HERMAN), MANCA DORRER (KRISTINA), IRENA MIHELIČ (GIZELA), ALENKA KRAIGHER (JANA), ALJAŽ JOVANOVIĆ (ANDREJ), ALIASH TEPINA (PATRIK), ROMULO FILIPE DE FIGUEIREDO DE ALMEIDA (JOEL), MATIC JAMAR (JAKOB), NEJA ČUŠIN (TJAŠA), JAKOB CILENŠEK (ŽAN), LIAM CIMPERMAN (ADAM) |
Director’s statement:
»The Space Among Us is a coming-of-age film that takes us to the mysterious world of space exploration, where the protagonist realises that certain laws of the universe can also apply to our everyday lives and interpersonal relations. This realisation helps him to win over a girl, reunite his parents, and defeat a gang of village brats«
