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Sonja Prosenc
View on WikipediaSonja Prosenc is a Slovene filmmaker, known as one of Slovenia's most prominent contemporary film directors.[1]
Key Information
Biography
[edit]Prosenc graduated in journalism and culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana.[2] After attending several foreign film workshops, she co-founded the production company Monoo with producer Rok Sečen. Her partner Mitja Ličen often collaborates on her films as cinematographer.[3][4]
All three of her feature films (The Tree, History of Love, Family Thrapy) were selected as submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[5][6][7] Aside from festival awards, Prosenc received the award for exceptional direction by the Directors' Guild of Slovenia in 2019.[3] In addition to festival awards, History of Love also received the Štiglič’s View Award, granted by the Association of Slovenian Directors for outstanding directing.[2] Among numerous international awards from festivals such as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slamdance in the United States, her films had, by 2024, also received 13 Slovenian Film Awards (Vesnas) in various categories, including Best Film, Best Short Film, Screenplay, Cinematography, Music, Acting, and others, as well as the Award of the Slovenian Film Critics’ Association, the Živko Nikolić Honorary Award for Contribution to Film Art, and the Grand Prix at the LIFFe Directing Festival, among others.
Filmography
[edit]- As director[2]
- PoEtika 2004: Smrt (short feature, 2004);
- Nič novega, nič pretiranega (short feature, 2005);
- Jutro (short feature, 2012); also producer and screenwriter
- Mož s krokarjem (documentary, 2012); also screenwriter
- The Tree (Drevo, 2013); also producer and screenwriter
- Impromptu (short feature, 2015); also producer and screenwriter
- History of Love (Zgodovina ljubezni, 2018); also producer and screenwriter
- Raj (short feature, 2019); also producer
- Trigrad (TV-series, 2022); also screenwriter
- Family Therapy (Odrešitev za začetnike, 2024); also producer and screenwriter
References
[edit]- ^ "Sonja Prosenc: Kdo so ti ljudje, ki pogledajo stran od gorečega avtomobila? #Spotkast". siol.net (in Slovenian). 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ a b "Sonja Prosenc". Baza slovenskih filmov (in Slovenian). Slovenski filmski center. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ a b "Izbrali adut za oskarja". Dnevnik. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Pirc, Vanja (2014-10-10). "Sonja Prosenc, filmska režiserka". Mladina. No. 41. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ ""The Tree" Slovenian Candidate for Foreign Language Oscar Nomination". Slovenian Press Agency. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- ^ "History of Love Slovenia's candidate for Oscar nominee". Slovenian Press Agency. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Family Therapy Slovenia's candidate for Oscar nomination". The Slovenia Times. 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
External links
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- Sonja Prosenc - entry in the Slovenian Film Database
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