Once Upon a Time in Soča Valley
COMPETITION • FEATURE • DOCUFICTION
2024 • 90min • Colour • digital 5.1. • DCP • 16:9
Slovenian with English subtitles.
The film tells the story of the Old Faith in the Soča Region. While the time of the religion’s origin remains unknown, the only documented fact about this is that in 1331, the bringers of a new religion (Christianity) came from Čedad, initiating a violent Christianization of the Soča region. This was a long and extremely violent process.
CAST:
IVAN PETERNELJ (DEHNAR), JANEZ ŠKOF, IVO BARIŠIČ, ANDREJ ROZMAN, MATIJA VASTL (BAJDA), BLAŽ ŠEF (ZAPRISEŽENI), KLEMEN KOVAČIČ (ZAPRISEŽENI), ZDRAVKO DUŠA (KOPOVIŠČAR), AINO AALTO (MEDEŽNICA, VRONJA , MARTNA), KRISTJAN GUČEK (MEDVEŠČEK), ROMANA ŠALEHAR
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
The biggest problem in making this film was what to shoot for 90 minutes of image if none of what this book is about exists anymore.
2024 • 90min • Colour • digital 5.1. • DCP • 16:9
Slovenian with English subtitles.
| PRODUCER | EMA KUGLER |
| PRODUCTION | ZAVOD ZANK |
| CO-PRODUCTION | RTV SLOVENIJA, NUFRAME, ZVOKARNA, NUFRAME |
The film tells the story of the Old Faith in the Soča Region. While the time of the religion’s origin remains unknown, the only documented fact about this is that in 1331, the bringers of a new religion (Christianity) came from Čedad, initiating a violent Christianization of the Soča region. This was a long and extremely violent process.
| DIRECTOR | EMA KUGLER |
| SCREENWRITER | EMA KUGLER |
| BASED ON A BOOK BY | PAVEL MEDVEŠČEK |
| DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY | LEV PREDAN KOWARSKI, DEJAN ULAGA |
| LEAD ANIMATOR | MATEJ LAVRENČIČ |
| MUSIC COMPOSER | ROBERT JIŠA |
| FILM EDITOR | EMA KUGLER |
| PRODUCTION DESIGNER | EMA KUGLER |
| COSTUME DESIGNER | EMA KUGLER |
| SOUND DESIGNER | BOŠTJAN KAČIČNIK |
| MAKE-UP ARTIST | EMA KUGLER |
CAST:
IVAN PETERNELJ (DEHNAR), JANEZ ŠKOF, IVO BARIŠIČ, ANDREJ ROZMAN, MATIJA VASTL (BAJDA), BLAŽ ŠEF (ZAPRISEŽENI), KLEMEN KOVAČIČ (ZAPRISEŽENI), ZDRAVKO DUŠA (KOPOVIŠČAR), AINO AALTO (MEDEŽNICA, VRONJA , MARTNA), KRISTJAN GUČEK (MEDVEŠČEK), ROMANA ŠALEHAR
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
The biggest problem in making this film was what to shoot for 90 minutes of image if none of what this book is about exists anymore.
