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− | Established in [[established::2011]], | + | Established in [[established::2011]], [[Sever & Sever Production]] has since then produced quite a number of short films, documentaries, feature-length films and other video works. It is led by the director, screenwriter, and producer [[Jani Sever]], who in 2006 co-founded and headed the web "television" venture [[Vest.si]], the first and up until now still the only online daily in Slovenian that featured video-based news, interviews, and reports. By way of necessity, that project was later transformed into a film production house and in the end given a new name and company. |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | As a complement to their journalistic work, Jani Sever and the crew of Vest.si | + | As a complement to their journalistic work, Jani Sever and the crew of Vest.si in 2010 produced the 30-episode-long series ''Prepisani'' [The Overwritten]. Written by [[Jonas Žnidaršič]], it consisted of short, 8-minute episodes that were in their entirety filmed in front of the green screen. Later, in 2011, two documentaries followed – ''Elena'', a documentary about a disability activist running for president, and ''Veš, poet, svoj dolg?'' [Poet, do you know thy debt?], which explored the history and cultural impact of the Slovene rap scene (and has been screened extensively across Slovenia). |
− | + | With part of the crew that was working on these projects later migrating to Sever & Sever Production, the new company's focus has for the better part stayed true to the two themes outlined above: either dissecting the Slovene cultural landscape and its genealogy or reflecting on the topics of marginalised social groups. | |
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− | == | + | ==Documentaries== |
− | In the films presenting the peripheral parts of the society, Sever & Sever has produced works on mental problems (''Sanjal sem, da sem srečen''), on young outcasts (''Dom'', ''Izključeni'') and has filmed three pieces that deal with blindness, titled ''Adagio'', ''Richard pride jutri'' | + | In the films presenting the peripheral parts of the society, Sever & Sever has produced works on mental problems (''Sanjal sem, da sem srečen''), on young outcasts (''Dom'', ''Izključeni'') and has filmed three pieces that deal with blindness, titled ''Adagio'', ''Richard pride jutri'' and ''Hoja po vodi''. The latter is the story of a successful Slovene fashion model gone blind and who became not only a businessman but a professional sportsman as well. |
− | + | Sport is also one of the subjects that Sever & Sever has handled when filming documentaries about | |
− | + | popular culture. Other themes touch on the Slovene movie history (''Kaj pa Mojca?''), industrial heritage (''Ne bo vam uspelo, to je Jelovica!''), and the cultural sensibilities of the 1980s (''Nekoč je bila dežala pridnih''). | |
− | Sport is also one of the | ||
− | popular culture. | ||
==Fiction films and other works== | ==Fiction films and other works== | ||
− | + | Sever & Sever has also filmed a few puppet theatre and contemporary dance shows (collaborating, for example, with the [[Ljubljana Puppet Theatre]] and the dance group [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)|EnKnapGroup]]), produced a couple of short films and, in 2014, released their first feature-length film ''Pot v raj'' [Sailing to Paradise]. | |
{{vimeo|118608213}} | {{vimeo|118608213}} | ||
− | ==Festivals | + | ==Festivals== |
− | + | Their various movies have been screened at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] (where they have also won some awards), the [[Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival]], [[Kamfest]], the Trieste Film Festival, the ZagrebDox festival, the Cannes Short Film Corner, Athens International Short Film Festival, International Short & Animation Film Festival Open Cinema St. Petersburg, LET’S CEE Film Festival Vienna, Oulu International Film festival, etc. | |
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+ | The movie ''Ustava Republike Hrvaške'', a co-production headed by Interfilm from Croatia and featuring Sever & Sever, was awarded at the SEEfest 2017 in Los Angeles (US); the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival 2016; and the Jury Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Festival of Slovenian Film]] | ||
+ | *[[Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival]] | ||
*[[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]] | *[[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]] | ||
+ | *[[Ljubljana Puppet Theatre]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.seversever.com Sever & Sever Production website] | *[http://www.seversever.com Sever & Sever Production website] | ||
*[https://vimeo.com/seversever Sever & Sever Production on Vimeo] | *[https://vimeo.com/seversever Sever & Sever Production on Vimeo] | ||
+ | *[http://www.film-center.si/en/film-in-slovenia/films/person/6312/seversever/ Sever & Sever Production on Slovenian Film Centre website] | ||
+ | *[http://www.arinnainc.net/en/emerging-slovene-cinema/ An interview with Darko Herič, a cinematographer working on some Sever & Sever projects] | ||
+ | {{Gallery}} | ||
[[Category:Film studios]] | [[Category:Film studios]] | ||
[[Category:Film]] | [[Category:Film]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Updated 2017]] |
Latest revision as of 18:58, 31 October 2018
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25 Nov 2024
28 Nov 2024
The international premiere of "Ciao Bella" directed by Jani Sever, Sever & Sever Production, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
at the Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
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21 Jan 2021
30 Jan 2021
A long-feature Father by Srdan Golubović, coproduced by Vertigo, a short film Bits by Áron Horváth Botka, produced by A Atalanta, a documentary Antigone – How Dare We! by Jani Sever (Sever & Sever Production), Reconciliation by Marija Zidar (Vertigo) presented in a documentary fine cut section Last Stop Trieste, Orchestra by Matevž Luzar, produced by Gustav Film at the First Cut Lab', a producer Matjaž Jerič (Temporama Film Society) participating in the section Cold Open, and participation in coproduction meetings When East Meets West, supported by Slovenian Film Centre,
at the Trieste Film Festival
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23 Jul 2019
27 Jul 2019
Screenings of My Last Year as a Loser, directed by Urša Menart, produced by Vertigo and co-produced by NuFrame, Sinhro Studio 100, and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), Stitches, co-produced by Nora Production Group, and God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, co-produced by Vertigo, in the Main programme; the documentaries Pero Lovšin - You Can, directed by Jani Sever and produced by Sever & Sever Production, and Sing Me a Song, directed by Miran Zupanič and produced by Arsmedia, in the Special Screenings programme; and The Bull, directed by Bojan Labović, produced by Makus Film, and co-produced by Staragara, Studio Legen, and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), in the Shorts programme;
at the Motovun Film Festival
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28 Apr 2019
30 Apr 2019
The documentary How Much Do You Love Yourself?, directed by Nina Blažin and produced by Sever & Sever Production,
at the Hot Docs Film Festival
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24 Feb 2019
3 Mar 2019
The screenings of documentaries How Much Do You Love Yourself?, directed by Nina Blažin and produced by Sever & Sever Production, Fundaments by Peter Cerovšek (Enabanda), and iISLAND, a transmedia documentary project by Miha Čelar (Astral Ltd)
at the ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival
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3 May 2018
23 May 2018
Screenings of Sailing to Paradise, directed by Blaž Završnik (Sever & Sever Production), and Come Along, directed by Igor Šterk (A.A.C. Productions), supported by the Consulate of the Republic of Slovenia Trinidad and Tobago,
at the European Film Festival Trinidad and Tobago
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1 Feb 2017
6 Feb 2017
Screenings of Sailing to Paradise directed by Blaž Završnik (Sever & Sever Production), supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Ankara
at the European Film Festival Ankara
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6 Dec 2016
7 Dec 2016
Neues Slowenisches Kino: screenings of Good Luck, Orlo!, directed by Sara Kern (Cvinger Film), Bon Appétit, La Vie!, directed by Urša Djukić (Sever & Sever Production), Little Fish, directed by Kaja Križnik (Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)), Nighthawk by Špela Čadež (Finta), A New Home, directed by Žiga Virc, Idyll, directed by Tomaž Gorkič (Blade Production), Family Film, directed by Olmo Omerzu (Arsmedia), and Houston, We Have a Problem!, directed by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc), , organised by Periskop and supported by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin),
at the Periskop Film Festival
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15 Jun 2016
Sailing to Paradise directed by Blaž Završnik, produced by Sever & Sever Production, supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia New Delhi
at the European Union Film Festival New Delhi
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23 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015
Screenings of Banditenkinder: Children Stolen from Slovenia, directed by Maja Weiss (Zavod Maja Weiss), Feed Me With Your Words, directed by Martin Turk (Bela Film Ltd), Home, directed by Metod Pevec (Vertigo), Case: Osterberg, directed by Matej Nahtigal (Lignit film), What about Mojca?, directed by Urša Menart (Sever & Sever Production), Love on the Roof of the World, directed by Jan Cvitkovič (Staragara, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), Panic, directed by Pia Zemljič (Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), Champagne Twist, produced by Bela Film Ltd, Karpotrotter, directed by Matjaž Ivanišin (Studio Legen), Artificial Paradise, directed by Karpo Godina, the exhibition Bantidkinter by Maja Weiss and Janez Žmavc, and two round table discussions featuring a number of directors and film artists,
at the Days of Slovenian Film in Belgrade
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25 Sep 2015
4 Oct 2015
Screenings of Our Everyday Life, co-produced by Studio Maj, The Reaper, co-produced by Forum Ljubljana, We Will Be the World Champions, co-produced by Perfo Production, and Sailing to Paradise, directed by Blaž Završnik, produced by Sever & Sever Production and co-produced by Restart Ltd, at the 23rd Raindance Film Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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14 May 2015
23 May 2015
Inhale, directed by Blaž Završnik (Sever & Sever Production), Impromptu, directed by Sonja Prosenc (Mono O), and Sonny and the Last Room, directed by Hanna Szentpeteri, at the Short Film Corner
at the Cannes International Film Festival
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5 Feb 2015
14 Feb 2015
A screening of (A)torsion, produced by Studio Arkadena, Sailing to Paradise, directed by Blaž Završnik, produced by Sever & Sever Production and co-produced by Restart Ltd, The Tree, directed by Sonja Prosenc and produced by Mono O, The Reaper, co-produced by Forum Ljubljana, and Honey Night, produced by A Atalanta, the Slovenian Film Centre at the European Film Market, and screenwriter and producer Rolanda Rebrek at the Berlinale Talent Campus
at the Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival
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16 Jan 2015
22 Jan 2015
Screenings of The Tree, directed by Sonja Prosenc and produced by Mono O, The Reaper, co-produced by Forum Ljubljana, Barbarians, co-produced by Restart Ltd, What about Mojca?, directed by Urša Menart and produced by Sever & Sever Production, Living Stone, directed by Jurij Gruden and produced by Arsmedia, and The Woods Are Still Green, directed by Marko Naberšnik and co-produced by Perfo Production, and Pavane for Antigone, a performance by Hanna Preuss, at the Triste Film Festival
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3 Oct 2014
11 Oct 2014
Adagio directed by Blaž Završnik (Sever & Sever Production), Wanted, directed by Jure Dolenc (Forum Ljubljana), The Tree, directed by Sonja Prosenc (Mono O), and Ulay/Project Cancer, directed by Damjan Kozole (Vertigo), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Viennale
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14 May 2014
25 May 2014
The Slovenian Film Centre presenting Slovene films Inferno by Vinko Möderndorfer (Forum Ljubljana) and Tree by Sonja Prosenc (Mono O) at the South-East Pavilion, in addition to Koyaa - Flower by Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production), Adagio by Blaž Završnik, Boom Boom Bis by Jani Sever (Sever & Sever Production), and Kresnik: The Lore of Fire by David Sipoš (Haritude Ventures) at the Short Film Corner, and Houston, We Have a Problem by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc Ltd) at the Pavilion Next,
at the Cannes International Film Festival
Background
As a complement to their journalistic work, Jani Sever and the crew of Vest.si in 2010 produced the 30-episode-long series Prepisani [The Overwritten]. Written by Jonas Žnidaršič, it consisted of short, 8-minute episodes that were in their entirety filmed in front of the green screen. Later, in 2011, two documentaries followed – Elena, a documentary about a disability activist running for president, and Veš, poet, svoj dolg? [Poet, do you know thy debt?], which explored the history and cultural impact of the Slovene rap scene (and has been screened extensively across Slovenia).
With part of the crew that was working on these projects later migrating to Sever & Sever Production, the new company's focus has for the better part stayed true to the two themes outlined above: either dissecting the Slovene cultural landscape and its genealogy or reflecting on the topics of marginalised social groups.
Documentaries
In the films presenting the peripheral parts of the society, Sever & Sever has produced works on mental problems (Sanjal sem, da sem srečen), on young outcasts (Dom, Izključeni) and has filmed three pieces that deal with blindness, titled Adagio, Richard pride jutri and Hoja po vodi. The latter is the story of a successful Slovene fashion model gone blind and who became not only a businessman but a professional sportsman as well.
Sport is also one of the subjects that Sever & Sever has handled when filming documentaries about popular culture. Other themes touch on the Slovene movie history (Kaj pa Mojca?), industrial heritage (Ne bo vam uspelo, to je Jelovica!), and the cultural sensibilities of the 1980s (Nekoč je bila dežala pridnih).
Fiction films and other works
Sever & Sever has also filmed a few puppet theatre and contemporary dance shows (collaborating, for example, with the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and the dance group EnKnapGroup), produced a couple of short films and, in 2014, released their first feature-length film Pot v raj [Sailing to Paradise].
Festivals
Their various movies have been screened at the Festival of Slovenian Film (where they have also won some awards), the Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival, Kamfest, the Trieste Film Festival, the ZagrebDox festival, the Cannes Short Film Corner, Athens International Short Film Festival, International Short & Animation Film Festival Open Cinema St. Petersburg, LET’S CEE Film Festival Vienna, Oulu International Film festival, etc.
The movie Ustava Republike Hrvaške, a co-production headed by Interfilm from Croatia and featuring Sever & Sever, was awarded at the SEEfest 2017 in Los Angeles (US); the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival 2016; and the Jury Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017.
See also
- Festival of Slovenian Film
- Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival
- EnKnapGroup (EKG)
- Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
External links
- Sever & Sever Production website
- Sever & Sever Production on Vimeo
- Sever & Sever Production on Slovenian Film Centre website
- An interview with Darko Herič, a cinematographer working on some Sever & Sever projects