MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS
WHITE WASH AT NINETY
CROATIAN PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik
COUNTRY: SI, RS, IT, HR, ME, MK
YEAR/DURATION: 2025. • 144′
drama, biographical, family
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Marko Naberšnik, based on the novel by Bronje Žakelj
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Max Sušnik
- EDITOR: Milica Jelača
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Maja Moravec
- COSTUME DESIGN: Nadja Bedjanič
- SOUND: Francesco Morosini
- SCORE: Luca Ciut
- MAKE-UP: Anita Ferčak, Jasmina Lilić
- VISUAL EFFECTS: Jovan Mijušković, Lazar Rašović
- LEAD ACTRESS: Lea Cok
- LEAD ACTOR: Jurij Zrnec
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Anica Dobra, Tjaša Železnik, Iva Kranjc Bagola, Polona Juh, Mei Rabič
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Vladimir Tintor, Saša Tabakovič, Žiga Šorli, Jaka Mehle, Blaž Dolenc
- PRODUCERS: Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Perfo Film (SI)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Nikolina Vučetić, Michele Codarin, Giorgio Milocco, Barnaba Lupo, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Adrijana Prugovečki, Miljan Vučelić, Tomi Salkovski, Kristijan Burovski
- CO-PRODUCED BY: Biberche Productions (RS), Quasar Productions (IT), Kinorama (HR), Protos Film (ME), Crna Machka (MK)
- DISTRIBUTION: Kinorama d.o.o.
Festivals and awards
Three Golden Reel Awards of the Slovenian Filmmakers’ Association
3rd place: Audience Award
Golden Mimosa for the Best Leading Actress
Cottbus Film Festival 2025
Synopsis
The life of young Bronja, growing up in the 1980s, changes dramatically when her mother dies of cancer. After a childhood marked by this loss, Bronja’s life is shaken once again by tragic events, which she overcomes with remarkable optimism.
Trailer
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About the director
Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, 1973) is a Slovenian director of feature and documentary films, as well as television shows and series. He has directed more than 500 TV programmes, documentaries and series, many of which were broadcast in prime time. His feature debut Rooster’s Breakfast (2007) became one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia and was Slovenia’s official submission for the Academy Awards. The film also received an award at the Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles. His film Shanghai Gypsy (2012) premiered in the World Competition programme of the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay, while the anti-war drama The Woods Are Still Green (2014) was screened in the main Golden Goblet competition programme of the Shanghai International Film Festival. Naberšnik is a full professor at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), University of Ljubljana.
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