FNE at the Slovenian Film Festival Portorož 2022: One for the River: The Sava Story
PORTOROŽ: documentary film by Rožlet Bregar One for the River: The Sava Story is running in the competition on the 25th Portorož Slovenian Film Festivalwhich will be shown on October 25-30, 2022. It is Bregar’s second longer documentary film.
The Sava, which flows from the heart of the Julian Alps all the way to Belgrade, crossing four countries and many provinces before reaching the Danube, is the home river for most of the crew behind and in front of the camera of this film. But despite living next to her, many people never take the opportunity to really get to know her. Join four kayakers on an exciting 11-day trip across the entire Slovenian part of the river.
“During the months of work in the studio, we tried our best to portray the river exactly as we experienced it: wild, mysterious, but also fragile and vulnerable. This is an ode to a dear friend who is threatened by 12 new dams,” director Rožle Bregar wrote in a statement.
One for the river: The Sava story produced by Rok Rozman through Leeway Collective in co-production with Visualist (Slovenia) and Legitfilms (Slovenia).
“The budget of this project, where friends invested their time and passion, was 21,000 euros,” Rozman told FNE, adding that the film was created under the auspices of the movement to preserve the last wild European rivers. Balkan River Defense.
The film will be released in Slovenian cinemas at the end of October 2022. “We hope to broadcast it on national television in the summer of 2023,” the producer added.
Rožle Bregar is the director of photography and a director who participated in The Last Ice Hunters (2017), Boro’s sons (2021) and Codelli (2016).
Production information:
Manufacturer:
Leeway Collective (Slovakia)
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Co-producers:
Visualist (Slovenia)
Legitfilms (Slovenia)
Credits:
Director: Rožle Bregar
Screenwriter: Rok Rozman
DoP: Rožle Bregar, Mitja Legat
Music: Janez Dovč
Editor: Denis Artač
Sound designer: Grega Švabič
Cast: Carmen Kuntz, Bor Mihelič, Branko Djokovic, Rok Rozman, Sabina Kogovšek, Lotos Vincenc Šparovec