>>> ARCHEO (Slovenia)
A Man, a Woman and a Boy. Three people in a timeless landscape. They don’t know each other, their cultural background is undefined. They try to survive, each on his/her own. Slowly they start to get in some contact which is utterly mistrusting and occasionally hostile, but through various different situations it gradually starts to develop into relationships. We watch each of them in different basic states; the state of fear, happiness, indifference, fury, helplessness, hatred, feeling of being lost and love, in the end.
In this way we get to know them and our knowledge about them becomes deeper.
The situations in which they appear and meet derive almost exclusively from my subconsciousness, therefore they are probably archetypal in a sense.
But the film is actually about the process of formation of the basic human social and intimate cell.
Ur-man, ur-woman and ur-boy slowly get rid of the fear, hostility, insecurity and join in an ur-community we call family.
An ur-film about and ur-family
Jan Cvitkovic
Jan Cvitkovic , archaeologist, actor, writer and director -almost out of curiosity-, is one of the most promising filmmakers in Slovenia.
Born in 1966. Lived in Tolmin, finished secondary school in Idrija. Started to study physics, but dropped out after the first year. Then
went on a short trip with no fixed destination (Israel, Egypt, East Africa) which was followed by archaeology studies. He graduated in 1999
His work as a writer and director include:
"Bread and Milk" (2001) for which he received Lion of the Future – Best First Feature Film Award at the Venice Film Festival, awards at
the Slovene Film Festival in Portorož,– Special Jury Award, the Don Quijote Award at International Film Festival in Cottbus and more.
"Gravehopping" (2005), feature film, awarded in San Sebastian, Warsaw, Cottbus, Torino Ljubljana Sofia Torun and Los Angeles. At
the moment Jan is completing short feature film "Masterpiece".
| Where have you heard about Scripteast? |
I think I got a notice from slovenian Media office. I am not sure. |
| What made you interested in this program? |
The Castle |
| What do you expect from this year edition of scripteast? |
To be able to continue my work in good atmosphere and to meet at least one interesting person. |
| Do you have previous experience as tutor and advisor at similar workshops? |
No. |
| What is your personal defintion of a good scrtipt and what - the most- makes it succesful? |
I don't have any definition of a good script. If the script is honest, it can be followed by succesfull film. |
