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| name                = Bindweed Soundvision
| localname           = Bindweed Soundvision d.o.o.
| street              = Kersnikova 5
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
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| fax                 = 386 (0)1 4333 348
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[[Bindweed Soundvision]] Ltd is an independent film company established by filmmaker [[Franci Slak]] (1953&ndash;2007) in [[established::1992]]. In 1993, the company produced feature films such as  ''When I Close My Eyes'' (Ko zaprem oči), directed by Slak. In 1996, it was an executive producer of ''Outsider'' directed by [[Andrej Košak]]. In 2002, the first long-feature ''Blind Spot'' (Slepa pega) by [[Hanna A. W. Slak]] was produced.
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== Short films and documentaries ==
The short films produced in the 1990s included the short fiction films ''Lojze woke up as usual'' (Lojze se je zbudil, kot ponavadi) by [[Brane Bitenc]] (1995); ''Adrian'' (1998), directed by [[Maja Weiss]]; ''Stringdancer'' (Vrvohodec) by [[Hanna A. W. Slak]] (1999); and animated film ''Crossroads'' [Križišče], directed by [[Franci Slak]] and [[Miloš Radosavljević]] in 2000. 

Bindweed Soundvision also produced the documentaries ''Birth of a Nation'' (Rojstvo naroda, 1992), ''Spirit Of The Great Lakes'' (Duh velikih jezer, 1996), all directed by [[Franci Slak]]; ''The Flute'' (Piščalka,2001), directed by [[Naško Križnar]]; and ''Tito'' (2001), directed by [[Janja Glogovac]].



== International festivals ==
Bindweed Soundvision films were presented at numerous film festivals worldwide and won awards at Valencia and Cairo (''Outsider''), Cologne (''When I Close My Eyes''), and Chicago, Creteil and Sarajevo (''Adrian''). 

The films ''When I Close My Eyes'' and ''Outsider'' were the Slovene candidates for the foreign film Oscar in 1994 and 1997. ''Blind Spot'', the first feature-film by [[Hanna A. W. Slak]], was premiered at the 13th [[Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)]] and presented at festivals in Cottbus, Thessaloniki, Moscow, Sofia, Edinburgh and Bordeaux, it also won the Best Actress Award at Thessaloniki Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the International Film Festival in Sofia.

== See also ==
* [[Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)]]
* [[Slovenian Film Centre]] 

== External links ==
*[http://www.film-center.si/index.php?module=fdb&op=people&peopleID=4948 Bindweed Soundvision on the Slovenian Film Centre website]
* [https://bsf.si/en/organization/bindweed-soundvision/ Bindweed Soundvision on the Slovenian Film Database]

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