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Damjan Kozole
Damjan Kozole (born 1964 in Brežice, Slovenia) is an award-winning Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the 2003 critically acclaimed Spare Parts and 2009 worldwide released Slovenian Girl, among others. Spare parts was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2005, a Kozole film retrospective took place in the United States and Canada, hosted by the American Film Institute. In 2008 Sight & Sound ranked his Spare Parts among the ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2012 he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival.
In his films, "some of the most raffish, funky and even sordid characters discover their own humanity" (Alissa Simon, Variety).
Selected feature films
His 2003 feature film Spare Parts tells a story of two human traffickers from a small town in Slovenia who transport illegal migrants from Croatia on to the Western Europe, for a hefty fee. The film was premiered in the Competition Programme at Berlinale 2003 and following that at more than fifty international film festivals, where it won many international awards. It was released theatrically in more than 20 countries. According to The Guardian, "Slovenian writer-director Damjan Kozole has given us one of the most powerful and provocative movies of the year" (Peter Bradshaw). 2008 Sight & Sound ranked Spare Parts among ten most important films of the “New Europe”.
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'Scary Mother' triumphs at Sarajevo Film Festival
Screen Daily 18 Aug 2017
Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things takes best director and best actor ... In the CineLink awards, Damjan Kozole’s Slovenian feature Half-Sister won the Eurimages Coproduction Development Award, which comes with €20,000, while Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska’s Honeyland took the top prize of the work in progress strand, the TRT Award, which comes with €30,000 ... Director. Ana Urushadze ... Riahi ... Damjan Kozole ... Damjan Kozole, Urša Menart....
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Sarajevo completes 2017 CineLink co-pro selection
Screen Daily 10 Jul 2017
Seven more titles join co-production market ... Also attending the market with projects are Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, who won best director at Karlovy Vary in 2016 with Nightlife, and Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov, whose debut feature Avé premiered at Cannes in 2011 and whose latest film Light Thereafter premiered in Rotterdam this year.Selected titles ... Damjan Kozole ... Damjan Kozole, Urša Menart....
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CIFF 2017: 'Nightlife' explores a dark mystery in Slovenia
Cleveland 05 Apr 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The shadow of Franz Kafka is long and remains cast over European drama, even generations later ... Damjan Kozole's 82-minute drama focuses on the mystery without ever solving it - because doing so isn't the point to this Slovenian film ... REVIEW ... What. Directed by Damjan Kozole (2016/Slovenia/Macedonia/Bosnia-Herzegovina) ... ....
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Icelandic films previewed at Stockfish
Screen Daily 07 Mar 2017
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival ... The seven projects presented were.. And Breathe Normally ... Mikhel ... Guests at Stockfish’s third edition included British producers Rebecca O’Brien and Mike Downey, French director Alain Guiraudie, Croatian director Rajko Grlic, Australia-born director Benedict Andrews, Swedish director Mans Mansson Slovenian director Damjan Kozole, and German composer and musician Ulrike Haage ... ....
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New Icelandic films previewed at Stockfish
Screen Daily 07 Mar 2017
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival ... The seven projects presented were.. And Breathe Normally ... Mikhel ... Guests at Stockfish’s third edition included British producers Rebecca O’Brien and Mike Downey, French director Alain Guiraudie, Croatian director Rajko Grlic, Australia-born director Benedict Andrews, Swedish director Mans Mansson Slovenian director Damjan Kozole, and German composer and musician Ulrike Haage ... ....
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Icelandic films previewed at Stockfish include next movie from 'Rams' producer
Screen Daily 07 Mar 2017
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival ... The seven projects presented were.. And Breathe Normally ... Mikhel ... Guests at Stockfish’s third edition included British producers Rebecca O’Brien and Mike Downey, French director Alain Guiraudie, Croatian director Rajko Grlic, Australia-born director Benedict Andrews, Swedish director Mans Mansson Slovenian director Damjan Kozole, and German composer and musician Ulrike Haage ... ....
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Sarajevo: Avant Premieres to showcase local films, Dalibor Matanić TV series
Screen Daily 17 Aug 2016
Sarajevo’s Avant Premieres section broadens scope and includes workshop on audience development and innovation. Launched two years ago, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Avant Premieres is a section that connects the festival’s film programme and industry section ... This year, the section will introduce the Audience Development & Innovation Lab (Aug 18-19) for regional exhibitors, organized in collaboration with Europa Cinemas ... Damjan Kozole....
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Sarajevo fest unveils competition line-up
Screen Daily 20 Jul 2016
Radu Jude’s Scarred Hearts among titles; In Focus strand also revealed. Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has unveiled its competition and in focus titles ahead of the launch of its 22nd edition next month. The eight features in competition include two world premieres. Ivan Marinović’s debut The Black Pin; and Lukas Valenta Rinner’s A Decent Woman ... More soon…Competition Programme - Feature Film 2016. WORLD PREMIERES ... Dir ... Damjan Kozole....
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Sarajevo fest reveals documentary competition titles
Screen Daily 19 Jul 2016
Four world premieres among line-up. Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has revealed the documentary films that will play in competition at its 22nd edition. The programme consists of 21 films that examine issues ranging from personal identity, national identity, emigration and social justice to family secrets, political mysteries and economical crises.COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM. WORLD PREMIERES. BORDERS ... Damjan Kozole....
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'It's Not The Time Of My Life' triumphs at Karlovy Vary
Screen Daily 10 Jul 2016
Hungarian drama won best film and best actor, while Czech features also saw success ... Ivan Terdovskiy’s surreal drama Zoology took the special jury prize, while Slovenian director Damjan Kozole took best director for his dark thriller Nightlife. Two Czech features also triumphed ... A further special mention went to Catalin Mitulescu’s Romanian-Swedish-Italian drama By The Rails ... ....
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2016: Full List of Winners
Variety 09 Jul 2016
The full list of prizes awarded at the 2016 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Grand Prix “It’s Not the Time of My Life” Szabolcs Hajdu Hungary Special jury prize “Zoology” Ivan I. Tverdovskiy Russia, France, Germany Director Damjan Kozole, “Nightlife” Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Actress Zuzana Mauréry, “The Teacher” Jan Hřebejk Slovak Republic, Czech Republic,... Read more » ... ....
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Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Nightlife’
IMDb 09 Jul 2016
Director Damjan Kozole literally and metaphorically explores Slovenia’s dark side in the allusive thriller “Nightlife.” This engrossing examination of fear essentially poses the ......
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Hungarian Indie ‘It’s Not the Time of My Life’ Wins Top Prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
IMDb 09 Jul 2016
The jury tapped Damjan Kozole for the intrigue “Nightlife,” a Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina co-production, for best director, while Zuzana Mauréry won actress honors for “The ......
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