Title: Hotel Alkohol Genre: fiction Director and scriptwriter: Jan Cvitković Story: Bako’s decision to confront his alcoholism by seeking treatment in a psychiatric hospital leads to unexpected connections with Medea, a headstrong drug addict, and Drago, a gentle chess enthusiast, as they form a bond amidst the chaos of their struggles. Through a series of […]

Vertigo’s slate of projects consists of two fiction films, feature documentary film and TV series. All projects are intended as international co-productions. Two out of four projects are written and will be directed by debut female directors. First one is Chestnuts by Katarina Morano, a young and perceptive director whose previous short film Ljubljana – […]

Title: Deček Genre: animation Director: Špela Čatež Scriptwriter: Grega Zorc, Špela Čatež Co-producers: Staragara in Finta Film (Slovenia), MIYU Production (France), Adriatic Animation (Croatia) Story: A 10-year-old boy skips brass band practice. He is pleasantly surprised to arrive from school to an empty home, which he is left to revel in alone for the whole […]

Title: Variola – Dark Spring TV series Director: Matevž Luzar Co-producers: Vertigo (SI), This&That (SR), Kinorama (HR) Countries of co-production: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia Story: An unexpected epidemic of a lethal virus breaks out in socialist Yugoslavia, leaving a few courageous medical workers fighting against the disease and the government. Limited TV series (8 x 50 […]

Title: Sema Genre: Drama Director: Lorenzo Puntoni Scriptwriters: Lorenzo Puntoni, Andrea Paolo Massara Co-producers: Lumen Films (IT) , Mediterraneo Cinematographica (IT), Vertigo Ljubljana (SI) Countries of co-production: Italy, Slovenia Story: The story of “Sema” takes place in 1947 Italy. While the story focuses on Italian colonisation of Ethiopia, it also touches the subject of Italian […]

Title: Paradiso Genre: fiction film Director: Giulio Mastromauro Scriptwriters: Giulio Mastromauro, Andrea Brusa in Herbert Simone Paragnani Co-producers: Disparte (IT), Indaco Film (IT), Vertigo (SI) Countries of co-production: Slovenija, Italija / Slovenia, Italy Story: It is the story of Uriela, laundress in a steel factory who is ready to do whatever it takes to povide […]

Title: Pusti vrata odprta Genre: komedija-drama Director: Judita Gamulin Scriptwriters: Judita Gamulin Co-producers: Eclectica (HR), Frau Film (DK), KJELLSON & WIK AB (SE), Vertigo Ljubljana (VER) Countries of co-production: Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden and Denmark Story: Leave The Door Open is comedy-drama tracing four different families that converge at an Ikea store in Zagreb over the […]

“The Long Way Down” is an elevated horror fiction film directed by Italian director Giacomo Talamini. It tells a story of four asthmatic teenagers who, escorted by a strict therapist, descend into the abandoned mine of Cave del Predil for a speleotherapy session, where a series of earthquakes block their way back out. The kids […]

Title: Spring Cleaning Genre: drama Director: Marija Apčevska Scriptwriter: Marija Apčevska Producer: Kino Oko (MK) Co-producers: Servia Film (RS), Arsmedia (SI) Countries of co-production: Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia In the midst of the hottest summer, a prodigal daughter comes back to her home town, for the first time in years. Varava is a prison inmate […]

The Animation Festival Network is a network connecting five leading animation festivals from Central and Eastern Europe (the CEE region), all dedicated exclusively to auteur animated films for both young and adult audiences. With the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (Croatia) as the network coordinator, the network also includes Anifilm International Festival […]