BRIGHT BLACK

featuring
PRIMOŽ PIRNAT
LUČKA POČKAJ
BRANKO ŠTURBEJ
IVO BARIŠIČ
ALJOŠA TERNOVŠE

director of photography MAKS SUŠNIK
editing JAN LOVŠE
production design NEŽA ZINAJIĆ
music and sound design SEBASTIJAN DUH
sound recording ANDREJ HRVATIN
costume design ANJA UKOVIČ, KLAVDIJA JERŠINOVEC
make up PETRA HARTMAN
producer JOŽICA BLATNIK

AGRFT, MAURIN D.O.O., 2014, Slovenia
DCP 2:35 / Color / Language: Slovene (English subtitles)

A desperate painter struggling with artistic and financial hardship pawns his beloved grandfather's armchair. This mundane action propels him on a fantastic journey which shatters his false values and transforms his view of reality.

Bright Black discusses certain cliches which society forces upon us. The cliche of dreams, the cliche of sudden fortune and, of course, the cliche of love. The aim was not simply to destroy or mock them, but to attempt to show values much greater to pursue and events much more fantastic to imagine. In other words, a modest attempt of human liberation as an individual under the burden of collective patterns.

The story inspired by a narrative element of an ancient Japanese folk tale "Miso kai bashi" (味噌買い橋) is deeply rooted in the arsenal of universal awareness of values, taking its shot at fathoming the omnipresent question of human condition, happiness and choices we make.

 

2. Beeston Film Festival, Nottingham, United Kingdom
3. Silk Road International Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
12. Bronx International Film Festival, New York, USA
3. New Wave International Student Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2. Broken Knuckle Film Festival, New York, USA
35. Anniversary VGIK International Festival, Moscow, Russia
9.International Film festivаl „Prvi kаdаr -9 lives“, Sarajevo, Bosnia
12. Naoussa International Film Festival, Naoussa, Greece
4. LET’S CEE Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
4. Tetovo International Film Festival - ODA, Tetovo, Macedonia
21. International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece
11. BUSHO Budapest international Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
13. IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
21. Annual Palm Springs International ShortFest, Palm Springs USA
5. International BROKE Student Film Festival, Detroit USA
62. Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
3. ClujShorts, Cluj Romania
5. Ca’Foscari International Short Film Festival, Venice Italy
17. Festival of Slovene Film, Portorož Slovenia

Prešeren Prize for student achievements 2014, University Of Ljubljana