KAZNENI UDARAC (orig. title)

 

PENALTY SHOT

short fiction drama
2021, 15’
based on a novel DARK MOTHER EARTH  by Kristian Novak

logline: Two best friends spend an afternoon on a football field, dreaming of making it onto the local team. But dreams come with a price; when a group of older boys interrupt their game, one of them sees it as an opportunity to prove himself, while the other one senses something more sinister is at play.

director: Rok Biček
writers: Rok Biček, Kristian Novak
production: Antitalent (HR), Cvinger Film (SLO), Zwinger Film (AUT)

producers: Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek, Rok Biček
executive producer: Tea Matanović
director of photography: Fabio Stoll
editors: Ana Štulina, Rok Biček
costume designer: Ana Savić Gecan
production designer: Ivan Veljača
sound designer: Julij Zornik
cast: Gabrijel Dolenec, David Ivanović, Karlo Žganec, David Šafarić, Simon Herperger, Jakov Feher, Radovan Kočila

supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, City of Zagreb, Viba film

festivals and awards:

• Locarno Film Festival 2021
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2021
• Ljubljana Short Film Festival FeKK 2021
• CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2021 
• Festival of Slovenian Film 2021 – Vesna Award for Special Achievement
• Ljubljana International Film Festival LIFFE 2021
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021 
• Les Arcs Film Festival 2021
• Trieste Film Festival 2022 – Short Film Competition 
• Oktavijan Award for Best Short and Middle-length Fiction Film 2022
• International short & independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka 2022 
• SEEfest South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022 – Best Short Fiction
• Crossing Europe – Film Festival Linz 2022 
• Štigličev pogled Award from The Directors Guild of Slovenia for Exceptional Directing 2022
• Vukovar Film Festival 2022
• Tabor Film Festival 2022
• International Children Care Film Festival 2022
• Drim Short Film Festival 2022 – Best Regional Film Award