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Studio Maj was founded in 1989 by producer Dunja Klemenc, who was responsible for the children's programme at Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) between 1989 and 1997. It evolved into one of the most successful and acclaimed film production houses in Slovenia. Their extensive filmography includes such international co-productions as the Academy Award-winning French-Belgian-Italian-UK-Slovene co-production No Man's Land and Cirkus Columbia. Dunja Klemenc is the first film producer who has received the prestigious Metod Badjura Award for lifetime achievement in 2015.

Background

Studio Maj debuted in 1989 with the six-hour mini-series The Betrothed, a Slovene-Italian co-production for RAI TV directed by Salvatore Nocita, followed by the film Maria Struggles with the Angels, also produced for RAI TV. In 1992 it served as line and executive producer of the short films The American Dream and Bau Bau, and from 1996 to 1997 it produced a children's television series by Mirza Idrizović titled Animal Tales. The 1998 The Truths About Wine, a nine-episode series about viticulture and wine drinking culture, marks the beginning of the studio's documentary film production.

Film production

CIRKUS COLUMBIA trailer by DEAN MEDIAS on YouTube

The studio has collaborated with Casablanca Productions on a number of occasions, such as in 1999 when it was the line and executive producer of the short film Janez Puhar's Missing Formula [Izgubljena formula Janeza Puharja] by Pavel Grzinčič. In 2000 it acted as the co-producer and executive producer of the French-Belgian-Italian-UK-Slovene co-production No Man's Land [Nikogaršnja zemlja], the Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award- and European Film Academy Award-winning film by Danis Tanović.

Studio Maj was the co-producer of the 2001 French-Greek-Slovene co-production Lily's Story [Ljiljina zgodba] by Robert Manthoulis, and it was the producer and executive producer of Danis Tanović's 2002 short film 11–09–01, produced with Galatee Films and Studio Canal. In 2002 it co-produced the docu-fiction short film It flies ... It flies ... It flies ... Woman? [Leti ... leti ... leti ... ženska?] by Polona Sepe, and in 2003 the animated series The Buffons [Bizgeci] by Grega Mastnak in collaboration with Bad Movies, Greece and RTV Slovenia.

In 2005 the studio and Casablanca Productions co-produced Well Tempered Corpses by Benjamin Filipović with Flash Productions Sarajevo, ASAP Films of Paris, Cinemark France, and Sintra film, Rome. The same year, Studio Maj produced the feature film Warchild [Izginuli] with Christian Wagner Film, Munich. The 2006 feature film Tea written and directed by Hanna Slak was co-produced with Gustav Film, Jadran film Zagreb, and SPI International, Warsaw.

In 2010 Studio Maj co-produced a Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić Just Between Us [Naj ostane med nami]. In 2010 it co-produced Some Other Stories [Neke druge zgodbe], an omnibus feature-film on the transitional social climate in the former Yugoslavia by five younger female film directors from former Yugoslav countries, Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanović, Marija Džidževa, Hanna Slak. The film was also screened at the 2011 City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.

The studio's latest project is the documentary The Daughter of Camorra (2018), which won the Vesna award for best Slovenian documentary at the Festival of Slovenian Film in 2019.

Daughter of Camorra - Official Trailer by ZUHR FILM on YouTube

External links

Studio Maj website (in Slovenian)
Studio Maj on the Slovenian Film Centre website

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-[[Studio Maj]] Ltd was established in [[established::1989]] by producer [[Dunja Klemenc]], who was responsible for children's programmes at [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)]] between 1989 and 1997. The Studio Maj filmography began in 1989 with the six-hour mini-series ''The Betrothed'', a Slovene-Italian co-production for RAI TV directed by Salvatore Nocita, and the film ''Maria Struggles with the Angels'', also produced for RAI TV. In 1992 Studio Maj acted as line and executive producer of the short films ''The American Dream'' and ''Bau Bau'', and in 1996&ndash;97 it produced ''Animal Tales'' by Mirza Idrizović, a TV series for children. Production of documentary series started in 1998 with ''The Truths About Wine'', a nine-episode series about viniculture and the culture of wine consumption.
+[[Studio Maj]] was founded in [[established::1989]] by producer [[Dunja Klemenc]], who was responsible for the children's programme at [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)]] between 1989 and 1997. It evolved into one of the most successful and acclaimed film production houses in Slovenia. Their extensive filmography includes such international co-productions as the Academy Award-winning French-Belgian-Italian-UK-Slovene co-production ''No Man's Land'' and ''Cirkus Columbia''. [[Dunja Klemenc]] is the first film producer who has received the prestigious [[Metod Badjura Award]] for lifetime achievement in 2015.
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+==Background==
+Studio Maj debuted in 1989 with the six-hour mini-series ''The Betrothed'', a Slovene-Italian co-production for RAI TV directed by Salvatore Nocita, followed by the film ''Maria Struggles with the Angels'', also produced for RAI TV. In 1992 it served as line and executive producer of the short films ''The American Dream'' and ''Bau Bau'', and from 1996 to 1997 it produced a children's television series by Mirza Idrizović titled ''Animal Tales''. The 1998 ''The Truths About Wine'', a nine-episode series about viticulture and wine drinking culture, marks the beginning of the studio's documentary film production.
 ==Film production==
-Studio Maj has collaborated with [[Casablanca Productions]] on numerous occasions, e.g. in 1999 when it was line and executive producer of the short film ''The Janez Puhar's Missing Formula'' [Izgubljena formula Janeza Puharja] by [[Pavel Grzinčič]]. In 2000 Studio Maj acted as co-producer and executive producer of the French-Belgian-Italian-UK-Slovene co-production ''No Man's Land'' [Nikogaršnja zemlja], the Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award- and European Film Academy Award-winning film by Danis Tanović.
-In 2000 it co-produced ''Don't Tell Anyone'' [Naj ostane med nami] by [[Brane Bitenc]]. In 2001 it was co-producer of French-Greek-Slovene co-production ''Lily's Story'' [Ljiljina zgodba] by Robert Manthoulis, and in 2002 producer and executive producer of Danis Tanović's short film ''11-09-01'', produced by Galatee Films and Studio Canal. In 2002 Studio Maj produced [[Polona Sepe|Polona Sepe's]] docu-fiction short film ''It flies... It flies... It flies...Woman?'' [Leti... leti... leti... ženska!] and in 2003 it produced the animation series ''The Buffons'' [Bizgeci]  by [[Grega Mastnak]] in co-production with Bad Movies, Greece and [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)|RTV Slovenia]].
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-In 2005 Benjamin Filipović's ''Well Tempered Corpses'' (2005) was co-produced by Studio Maj and [[Casablanca Productions]] together with Flash Productions Sarajevo, ASAP Films of Paris, Cinemark France and Sintra film, Rome. In the same year, Studio Maj produced the feature film ''Warchild'' [Izginuli] (2005) together with Christian Wagner Film, Munich.
+The studio has collaborated with [[Casablanca Productions]] on a number of occasions, such as in 1999 when it was the line and executive producer of the short film ''Janez Puhar's Missing Formula'' [Izgubljena formula Janeza Puharja] by [[Pavel Grzinčič]]. In 2000 it acted as the co-producer and executive producer of the French-Belgian-Italian-UK-Slovene co-production ''No Man's Land'' [Nikogaršnja zemlja], the Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award- and European Film Academy Award-winning film by Danis Tanović.
-Studio Maj's most recent feature film, ''Tea'' (Teah, 2006), was co-produced together with [[Gustav Film]], Jadran film Zagreb and SPI International, Warsaw. In 2010 it co-produced ''Some Other Stories'' [Neke druge zgodbe], an omnibus feature-film on transitional social climate by five authors (Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanović, Marija Džidževa, [[Hanna Slak]]) from five ex-Yugoslavian countries; the film was also shown as a part of the 2011 edition of the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]]. ''Cirkus Columbia'' (2010), another co-production feature film with Danis Tanović, is a drama (starring Miki Manojlović and Mira Furlan) dealing with the family situation after the splitting of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
+Studio Maj was the co-producer of the 2001 French-Greek-Slovene co-production ''Lily's Story'' [Ljiljina zgodba] by Robert Manthoulis, and it was the producer and executive producer of Danis Tanović's 2002 short film ''11&ndash;09&ndash;01'', produced with Galatee Films and Studio Canal. In 2002 it co-produced  the docu-fiction short film ''It flies ... It flies ... It flies ... Woman?'' [Leti ... leti ... leti ... ženska?] by [[Polona Sepe]], and in 2003 the animated series ''The Buffons'' [Bizgeci]  by [[Grega Mastnak]] in collaboration with Bad Movies, Greece and [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)|RTV Slovenia]].
-{{embed|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZmR72-CCE}}
+In 2005 the studio and [[Casablanca Productions]] co-produced ''Well Tempered Corpses'' by Benjamin Filipović with Flash Productions Sarajevo, ASAP Films of Paris, Cinemark France, and Sintra film, Rome. The same year, Studio Maj produced the feature film ''Warchild'' [Izginuli] with Christian Wagner Film, Munich. The 2006 feature film ''Tea'' written and directed by [[Hanna Slak]] was co-produced with [[Gustav Film]], Jadran film Zagreb, and SPI International, Warsaw.
+In 2010 Studio Maj co-produced a Croatian drama film directed by [[Rajko Grlić]] ''Just Between Us'' [Naj ostane med nami]. In 2010 it co-produced ''Some Other Stories'' [Neke druge zgodbe], an omnibus feature-film on the transitional social climate in the former Yugoslavia by five younger female film directors from former Yugoslav countries, Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanović, Marija Džidževa, [[Hanna Slak]]. The film was also screened at the 2011 [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]].
+The studio's latest project is the documentary ''The Daughter of Camorra'' (2018), which won the [[Vesna award]] for best Slovenian documentary at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] in 2019.
+{{YouTube|2Gx-OCvF-FU}}
 ==See also==
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 == External links ==
 *[http://www.studiomaj.si Studio Maj website] (in Slovenian)
+*[http://www.film-center.si/index.php?module=fdb&op=people&peopleID=4488 Studio Maj on the Slovenian Film Centre website]
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Difference between revisions of "Studio Maj"

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Background

Film production

See also

External links

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