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Žiga Virc

Žiga Virc

Nascimento : , Novo Mesto, Slovenia

História

Žiga Virc is a Slovenian director and screenwriter. Born in 1987 in Novo mesto, he graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television (AGRFT, University of Ljubljana) in Film and Television Directing. After the success of the internet trilogy Tine Strela, he directed the short film Trieste is ours!, while still attending university. The short film upset the Italian political leadership, with the foreign minister at the head. The short received a Student Academy Award 2010 nomination, the AGRFT and the Prešeren Student Award 2010, 4 Goldilocks awards (AGRFT awards), and the national Vesna award for actor in a lead role at the Slovenian Film Festival in 2010. In 2012 he directed 4 documentaries for national television RTV Slovenija with his production company Studio Virc. In the same year the trailer for his new project about the Yugoslav space program titled Houston, We Have a Problem! gained international recognition, with 1 million YouTube views in three days; the feature-length documentary premiered in 2016 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and has since visited many film festivals, including London BFI, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, etc. He is experienced in a cross-platform approach, with some of his previous works going viral both nationally and internationally. His works are notable for their dramatic visual style, the use of music to build tension, incorporating a detailed approach to a narrative structure, and making it appealing to a broad audience. He has directed numerous commercials, documentary films, and fiction works, for which he received many awards. Today he creates within his family film company Studio Virc in Novo mesto. In the co-production of Studio Virc and RTV Slovenia, he mainly directs documentaries and short films, as well as television commercials. Sources: IDF, OSP, IMDb

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Žiga Virc

Filmes

Writer

Home is where fear is. A young, successful woman is the first and only resident of a new development next to a park, where overnight tents with refugees appear. If nobody means no harm, why, then, do their paths cross and the situation gets tragically out of control?

Director

Home is where fear is. A young, successful woman is the first and only resident of a new development next to a park, where overnight tents with refugees appear. If nobody means no harm, why, then, do their paths cross and the situation gets tragically out of control?

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Writer

The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing are landmark events that defined an era. But they are also fodder for conspiracy theories. In Houston, We Have a Problem! filmmaker Žiga Virc adds new material to the discussion on both fronts. This intriguing docu-fiction explores the myth of the secret multi-billion-dollar deal behind America’s purchase of Yugoslavia’s clandestine space program in the early 1960s.

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Director

The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing are landmark events that defined an era. But they are also fodder for conspiracy theories. In Houston, We Have a Problem! filmmaker Žiga Virc adds new material to the discussion on both fronts. This intriguing docu-fiction explores the myth of the secret multi-billion-dollar deal behind America’s purchase of Yugoslavia’s clandestine space program in the early 1960s.

Crescent Over the Edelweiss

Crescent Over the Edelweiss

Director

During WWI were among Austo-Hungarian army also corpus of Bosnian soldiers. To keep their rituals, Bosniak Muslims build during their free time a small wooden mosque in village Log pod Mangartom. The documentary reflects in second part to migration from Bosnia in Herzegovina after WWII.

Writer

It is 1976 in Yugoslavia. Brotherhood and unity is also evident on the local radio station, where everyone is rejoicing. Namely, they received the award for the most homogeneous collective. The most homogeneous collective, however, soon begins to disintegrate, as it turns out that the award is in fact intended for the best individual.

Director

It is 1976 in Yugoslavia. Brotherhood and unity is also evident on the local radio station, where everyone is rejoicing. Namely, they received the award for the most homogeneous collective. The most homogeneous collective, however, soon begins to disintegrate, as it turns out that the award is in fact intended for the best individual.

Passenger

Marko is 40 years old and still lives with his mother. His life is settled between work and home. His colleague Ajda tries to approach him, but without success. Marko always returns to his mother, without whom he cannot manage. And when it already seems like he will never separate from his mom, she takes matters into her own hands. Will Marko finally grow up?

Trieste Is Ours!

Trieste Is Ours!

Writer

In 2009, a group of military enthusiasts led by the commander France (Gojmir Lešnjak - Gojc) decides to occupy Trieste. The group that stages battles performs it at a completely fictional location. However, this hobby is not to the liking of France's wife Marija (Silva Čušin) and his daughter Mateja (Anja Drnovšek). The daughter as a representative of the young generation has no understanding of her father's enthusiasm for partisans, battles and Tito. France is also confronted by the Slovenian police led by the commander Brane (Dario Varga) as Brane forbids France to stage any more battles ... Will the young generation accept our history and will Trieste be ours?

Trieste Is Ours!

Trieste Is Ours!

Director

In 2009, a group of military enthusiasts led by the commander France (Gojmir Lešnjak - Gojc) decides to occupy Trieste. The group that stages battles performs it at a completely fictional location. However, this hobby is not to the liking of France's wife Marija (Silva Čušin) and his daughter Mateja (Anja Drnovšek). The daughter as a representative of the young generation has no understanding of her father's enthusiasm for partisans, battles and Tito. France is also confronted by the Slovenian police led by the commander Brane (Dario Varga) as Brane forbids France to stage any more battles ... Will the young generation accept our history and will Trieste be ours?

Director

A result of an extensive search campaign, in which the inhabitants of Slovenia were invited to send home videos and thereby allow insight into their experience of independence in 1991.