Jan Cvitkovič


Jan Cvitkovič is a Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

Jan Cvitkovič was born in Ljubljana. He attended primary school in Tolmin and finished his high school studies in Idrija. He graduated in Archaeology from the .
In the late '90s, he entered the world of filmmaking as a screenwriter, soon after that as an actor and finally as a film director.
His films have been screened at more than 200 festivals around the world and have received more than 60 awards. The most notable awards he received were the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival and the Best New Director Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
His films have been broadcast in several European countries on well-known television stations such as TV1000, RAI, HBO, ARTE, SBS Australia.
Cvitkovič received the Prešeren Fund Award at the University of Ljubljana for his significant artistic works in the field of film and television.
He is a member of the European Film Academy and has also been a jury member at several international film festivals in Locarno, Sarajevo, Miami, Gijon, Palm Springs, Warsaw, Skopje, Herceg Novi, and Belgrade.
He was a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, where his feature films were screened.
Cvitkovič is also the co-founder of the film production company and the initiator and honorary president of the International Film Festival Kino Otok.

Filmography (feature films)

Director

Screenwriter

Actor

Filmography (short films)

Director

  • The Heart Is a Piece of Meat ... Srce je kos mesa
  • I Know ... Vem
  • This is Earth, My Brother
  • Hundred Dogs ... Sto psov
  • I Was a Child ... Bil sem otrok
  • Love on the Roof of the World ... Ljubezen na strehi sveta
  • Fishing ... Ribolov
  • Versopolis
  • Do You See Me? ... A ti mene vidiš?

Screenwriter

  • Robbery of the Century ... Rop stoletja
  • The Heart Is a Piece of Meat ... Srce je kos mesa
  • I Know ... Vem
  • This is Earth, My Brother
  • Hundred Dogs ... Sto psov
  • I Was a Child ... Bil sem otrok
  • Love on the Roof of the World ... Ljubezen na strehi sveta
  • Fishing ... Ribolov
  • Versopolis
  • Smehljanje nasih pesnikov
  • Do You See Me? ... A ti mene vidiš?

Actor

  • I Was a Child ... Bil sem otrok
  • Reconciliation ... Sprava
  • Versopolis

TV Series

  • Odklop – co-writer
  • Daleč je smrt – director and co-writer
  • Lenin's Park – actor

Documentaries

  • Total Gambit – director and co-writer

Awards

Robbery of the Century (Rop stoletja)

  • Grossman Award for Best Screenplay
  • Krakow Film Festival
  • * Awarded film
  • Klagenfurt Film Festival
  • * Awarded film

Idle Running (V leru)

Bread and Milk (Kruh in mleko)

The Heart Is a Piece of Meat (Srce je kos mesa)

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Gravehopping (Odgrobadogroba)

I Know (Vem)

Total Gambit (Totalni gambit)

Documentary of the Month on Slovenian National Television

Archeo

  • Festival of Slovenian Film
  • * Vesna Award for Best Feature Film
  • * Vesna Award for Best Director – Jan Cvitkovič
  • * Vesna Award for Best Cinematography – Jure Černec
  • International Film Festival Innsbruck
  • * Best Film Award

Hundred Dogs (Sto psov)

  • Festival of Slovenian Film
  • * Vesna Award for Best Original Music

I Was a Child (Bil sem otrok)

Love on the Roof of the World (Ljubezen na strehi sveta)

  • Festival of Slovenian Film
  • * Vesna Award for Best Short Fiction Film
  • * Vesna Award for Best Director – Jan Cvitkovič
  • * Vesna Award for Best Original Music – Niko Novak
  • * Vesna Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Ivo Barišič

Šiška Deluxe

The Basics of Killing (Družinica)

Do You See Me? (A ti mene vidiš?)