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 […]

Our Little Library: Literary exchanges will bring together 7 EU publishers during a 30-month period. The purpose of the project is to create a mutual publishing market on the basis of literary exchanges. 48 co-editions will be published during the project and 22 authors/illustrators will visit and promote their work in seven different book markets […]

Testing Ground aims to develop ‘reparative methods’, transdisciplinary modalities of creative explorations of potentials for social repair. Drawing from culture’s creative capacities, reparative methods overcome predetermined and already existing frameworks of reaction while avoiding a regressive return to “normality” and using the opportunity for reinventing a more inclusive and just socio-cultural ecosystem. Objectives are 1) […]

Europe is now facing one of its most profound financial, social and ecological crises. Covid-19 and Russian Invasion on Ukraine have exacerbated the already existing challenges that have threatened the unity and well-being of our community. Like all cultural sectors, the music sector needs to adapt to these existential changes in order to survive. It […]

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 […]