FROM MY FILMOGRAPHY:

POHORSKA GODBA - POHORJE BRASS BAND, 27 minutes, 1981

Documentary portrait of peasant brass band from Pohorje mountain range, established 200 years ago in "Šmartno na Pohorju". Music integrated Slovenes during turbulent history. The knowledge of playing on trumpets, clarinets, horns was spreaded from grandfathers to grandsons. A story about village ansamble in the isolated forrested areas and developing modern ski touristic sport centres.

Camera:Viki Pogačar, Janez Kališnik, editor Marko Berlan, producer TVSLO

POLETNI ČAS - ZIMSKI ČAS, SOMMERZEIT - WINTERZEIT, SUMMERTIME - WINTERTIME, 27 minutes, 1982

Portrait of Jela Žegarac 92 years old lady museum usher. She was taking care for precious collection of antiquities of famous Slovenian collector Dr.Sadnikar in Kamnik, in her late years. But she spent her childhood as a strictly educated daughter of noble family at Krumperk castle near Dob.

script: Alenka Auersperger, camera: Viki Pogačar, Janez Kališnik, editor: Ana Zupančič, producer TVSLO

1555 IGORJEVIH DNI - 1555 IGOR'S DAY , 30 minutes, 1983 I entered the Institution for mentally disordered children, victims of broken families accidentally in role of assistant director looking for extras. Few years later I made a documentary film with classical music soundtrack. First Symphony in A minor of composer Gustav Mahler and romantic nature around Planina when flooded in spring, were reason that many people find portrait of boy with name Igor not easy to understand. Unfortunately we live in real world where many children are harassed and live under inhuman conditions.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, camera Viki Pogačar, Janez Kališnik, editor Pika Lukežič, producer TVSLO

HUDA LUKNJA - DARK GORGE , 52 minutes, 1985

A documentary reconstruction of talks spreaded by drivers who met a lady in black hitchiking them on the road from city of Velenje to the City of Slovenj Gradec. The road passes a long narrow river gorge where the events took place in late seventies of twentieth century.

script: Helena Koder, camera: Viki Pogačar,Vlado Draškovič, editor: Sonja Peklenk, producer TVSLO

SLOVENIJA, 51 minutes, 1984

Dr. Denis Poniž off text was the basis for my discoveries connected with the term Slovenija. Its people, culture and geographic curiosities and european political influences shaped nation with selfconfidence to establish an indenpendent state.

script:Dr.Denis Poniž, camera: Viki Pogačar, Janez Kališnik, editor: Sonja Peklenk, producer TVSLO

SPREMINJANJA - CHANGINGS, 52 minutes, 1987

Renowed sculptor and conceptual artist Marko Pogačnik at beginning of seventies moved with family to a virgin nature and started farming. His workshop represents him and his points of view towards the everlasting questions about the fragile balance between man and environment. Pogačnik with his wife Marika and daughters Ajra, Nike and Ana practise a harmonious answer with giving a good example of sustainable future society.

script: Helena Koder, camera: Mojmir Konič, editor: Sonja Peklenk, producer TVSLO

RAZLIČNE HITROSTI ČASA - DIFFERENT VELOCITY OF TIME, 27 minutes, 1987

I made a story about old artist in dialogue with reminiscences of his young alter ego with collaboration of set designer Tomaž Marolt. I took Einstein's connotation of physic phenomenon as metaphore in biography documentary of 92 years old sculptor Vladimir Štoviček. He studied in Prague fine art school, lived for a decade in Paris, and later designed the most famous medals in low relief among his contemporaries. He told his life story to my good friend and scriptwriter Elke Gaga Stojan. We won slovenian golden film award in 1987 named after the founder of slovenian film Metod Badjura.

script: Elke Gaga Stojan, camera: Janez Kališnik, editor: Sonja Peklenk, producer Viba film

ZRCALO NOČI - THE MIRROR OF NIGHT , 30 MINUTES, 1987

Jože Ciuha is not only an excellent painter but seldom writer, designer of puppets or art director. We made portrait of his artistic world in Ljubljana, Paris and southadriatic island Šipan where he works. I selected his own thoughts from travel books he wrote as a young man experiencing Asia. Creativity strength of real artist arises from easiness to paint every new empty canvas with personal touch. Ciuha is author of many original paintings made on translucent plexi glass. The mastery to do paintings that way is opposite to classic way. To cover glass with colors you must begin with the tiniest detail to finish with background.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, kamera Ubald Trnkoczy, editor Neva Fajon, producer TVSLO

MATERADA , 51 minutes, 1987

Italian writer Fulvio Tomizza wrote a novel about his birthplace Materada in Istria. He evoked his teenage years and screenwriter Helena Koder used this material for story about Tomizza. Writer lived in Trieste but was searching for peace and serenity in old house made of stone in his native village. Here he describes another level of selfconsciousness in Materada. Istrians were experiencing through all twentieth century changings in political systems and borderlines of theirs multiethnic peninsula situated in Northern Adriatic sea.

script Helena Koder, kamera Bojan Kastelic, montaža Sonja Peklenk, producer TVSLO

IZGUBLJENI POD TRIGLAVOM - LOST BENEATH TRIGLAV , 50 minutes, 1988

Triglav is a national symbol of Slovenia. Triglav the highest mountain in country is shaped like conjuncted three peaks and visible on a clear day even from slovenian capital Ljubljana. People who are really lost under Triglav are indeed homeless alcoholics. Story from the dark side of the streets in Ljubljana at the end of eighties. Poet Andrej Žigon did a great job helping with interviewing in the preparation time of research. Štef Biberžnik and his story of bum.

script Metod Pevec, Andrej Žigon, camera Janez Kališnik, editor Andreja Zupančič, producer TVSLO

PREPOVEDANE IGRE - FORBIDDEN GAMES, 54 minutes, 1989

In eighties Slovenia faced the flourishing non government civil society movement. Peacekeeping association of students, movement for civil rights, ecology and democratization echoed in everyday media of that time. Documentary represent the main figures who dare to expose themselves publicly.

script: Helena Koder, camera: Mojmir Konič, editor: Besi Kolarac, producer:TVSLO

BOLNICA NA ROBU DEŽELE - HOSPITAL IN OUTSKIRTS, 50 minutes, 1988

Although small, regional hospital Slovenj Gradec was famous for decades by its distinctive therapies and personnel. This documentary shows how a medical institution works. Doctors and medics opened their doors from emergency to hospital kitchen.

script: Bogdan Pogačnik, camera: Janez Kališnik, editor: Andreja Bolka, producer TVSLO

ZANIGRAD, 51 minutes, 1995

Migration to industrial cities in Slovenia started soon after 1950. Many villages were slowly depopulated some of them abandoned. People found jobs and opportunities in flourishing sixties far away from country. Zanigrad is a ghost village. Every year once the villagers gather at holiday of Saint Stephen and attend a mess together. Memories of Slavica Cepak and her mother Angela who were starring at the beggining of sixties in a documentary of renowed slovenian filmmaker Jože Pogačnik with the same title. At that time Zanigrad was still inhabited. I asked Jože Pogačnik and he gave permission to use fragments from his previous black and white Zanigrad for my parallel film thirty years after.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, camera Janez Kališnik, editor Tonček Šturm, producer TVSLO

EMONA , 28 minutes, 1995

Emona is the ancient name of Slovenian capital Ljubljana. The majestic walls of Colonia Iulia Emona were completed in the beginning of the 1 st century a.d. Roman town existed for more than five centuries. The city centre of modern Ljubljana is built above the centre of ancient Emona. Educational history documentary. I wrote the script with the kind help of renowed archeologist Dr.Ljudmila Plesničar - Gec.

camera Janez Hrovat, Bernard Perme, editor: Tonček Šturm, producer TVSLO

BOG SE JE RODIL V MENI - GOD WAS BORN IN ME , 35 minutes, 1996

Stojan Zafred was paralysed when he was eighteen years old. Over night his life changed. From sportsman basketball who attracted girls he transformed into helpless invalid sitting in wheelchair . But few months after fatal accident he discovered art. From now on he could move only his head. A nurse in Valdoltra Hospital near Koper advised him painting. After more than thirty years he achieved a master degree in painting and graphic. All his work was done with paintbrush guided by mouth.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, camera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

PTUJ , 28 minutes, 1997

Another documentary connected with history of the oldest town in Slovenia. Ptuj was established also by Romans and was an important city on the route toward Hungarian plains. The medieval city castle dominates the old Ptuj beside river Drava. It is a beautiful museum in the castle. Story about transformations in the flow of time. Script was done in collaboration with custodian of the City museum Ptuj Marjeta Ciglenečki.

camera: Željko Ivančič, editor: Tonček Šturm, producer TVSLO

HOJA ZA LUČJO - WALKING AFTER LIGHT , 30 MINUTES, 1998

Educational centre for blind young people in town of Škofja Loka is an important national institution dedicated to improve social integrity of young people with difficulties with sight. Gaga wrote a script where she gave a good psychological characterisation of youngsters who participated. Documentary representation of rarely seen school.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, camera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

PIRAN , 28 minutes, 1998

The coastal town of Piran reflects till today the influences of Venetian republic who governed the city for more than five centuries. Piran with the rich architectural and fine art heritage was mentioned in revenue papers of Venice and Aquilea a millenium ago. The city flourished by exporting salt produced at great salt pans on Adriatic coast. The great composer and violine virtuoso Giuseppe Tartini was born in Piran. Even painters like Tiepolo worked for Piran city council.

camera: Ubald Trnkoczy, editor: Mateja Pevec, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF ANGELA BRLEC ,20 minutes, 1998

It looks that average houswife life in slovenian country farm can be dull and grey. But it is just a false general opinion, because there is no ordinary dull and boring role whatever lifestyle we practise. Angela Brlec worked hard but always with a smile. When she retired from demanding role of housekeeping family farm in the hills above Kamnik, she discovered her sense for drawing and painting. She changed the farm in gallery of her pictures.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, kamera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

IZOLA , 52 minutes, 2001

Sonia Trost had a personal view on Izola, another Slovenian coastal town. She is the presenter and guide through tin row alleys of this industrial fishermen's city. They are renovating the old harbour part of Izola, but inhabitans are gathering seldom entertained with Izola jazz ansamble. The city park has been proclaimed in the country as a place for open air concerts.

script: Sonia Trost, camera: Andrej Hefferle, Boris Poropat, editor: Zlatjan Čučkov, producer TVSLO

EKOKULTURA - ECOCULTURE , 30 minutes, 2000

Many young Slovenes are leaving metropolitan centres to seek for enbetterment of lifestyle in the country. They are earning their daily bread with growing herbs, opening clean farms, but many stayed employed migrants working in nearby coastal towns. Hilly Istra in background off coast is still an oasis where measures for protection of virgin habitats were taken.

script: Sonia Trost, camera: Vlado Draškovič, editor: Jani Batič, producer TVSLO

VALVASOR , 28 minutes, 2000

He was born in 1643. He published more than 20 books, many of them illustrated with copperprints lithography engravings of 17 th century Central Slovenia. He lived and worked at castle Bogensperk where the print mill operated for twenty years. He became the Fellow of Royal Society in 1683. His encyclopedic book The Honour of Dutchy Carniola was published in Nuernberg in 1689. It is the source for understanding time three hundred years ago. He made the first modern map of Slovenia.

script: Bogdan Mrovlje, camera: Andrej Hefferle, editor: Tonček Šturm, producer: TVSLO

POTOVANJE PREDALEČ - A JOURNEY TOO FAR, television serial in 7 parts, 50 minutes each, 2000

The script wrote Evald Flisar who travelled and studied Indian subcontinent for several years. Flisar who is a renowed Slovenian novelist is guiding the audience throughout places where he confront his own ego with universal ego of cosmic awareness. The most important seeking is voyaging toward inner reality of ourselves. The serial is shooted entirely in India starring author Evald Flisar and Sumitra Bhagat as his journey companion. It took us two and half months to conclude our shooting. I prefer First part and very good camera work of my colleague Vlado Draškovič with assistance in sound Andrej Hefferle. The story of a lonesome traveller who meets Indian woman is half fiction half documentary in genre. We edited the serial off line Lightworks.

script: Evald Flisar, camera: Vlado Draškovič, Andrej Hefferle, editor:Roman Sedmak, production TVSLO

KROG JE ZDAJ MOJE OKNO - CIRCLE IS MY WINDOW NOW , 52 MINUTES, 2000

Among the intelectuals of Slovene origin living in Austria the poet Gustav Januš is sitting on a throne reserved for poetus laureatus. Although small Slovene minority in Carinthia lives a rich cultural life. Januš spent all his life in Rož teaching in primary school. He is affected with Vienna rich artistic life, since he started painting his own abstract canvases. But the poetry stayed his first muse and made him a name.

script Lučka Jenčič, camera Vlado Draškovič, editor Goran Babič, produced TVSLO

DRUGAČNI - DIFFERENT , in two parts, each 50 minutes, 2001

The founder of institution L'Arche Jean Vanier gave good example how to treat mentally disordered persons and established a community well integrated in the suburb of Canadian city where he lived. Today more then 300 communities worldwide follow his ideas. In Zbilje Slovenian Barka is trying to enbetter lives of those who can not take care for themselves. In other part of Slovenija in Škofja Loka parents of mentally disordered children established association named Coexistence. Children under safe guidance of personnel educated to take care for them at daytime are of great help for mostly employeed family members. Children are getting basic education and they are learning them to accept the working habits.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, kamera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

DUNAJSKE ZGODBE - TALES FROM VIENNA , 52 minutes, 2001

Many Slovenes live and work in Vienna Austria even today. Documentary narration is showing seven personalities from vibrant Austrian capital. A retired lady street chestnut seller, a parrish, an arhitect, a painter, lady teacher of piano and composer, a retired lawyer and member of austrian parliament are telling their stories. They are givingal a certain individual view over the topic of being Slovene in Vienna. Mybe it is not a common notion that many Slovenes were members of Austrian political, ecclesiastic, artistic and scientific elite during turbulent history of Habsburg empire that lasted for more than 500 years.

script Lučka Jenčič, Anton Levstek, camera Vlado Draškovič, editor Matej Košir, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF DR. URLEP , 24 minutes, 2000

When he finished his studies at Faculty for medicine in Ljubljana young Dr. Urlep decided to take a challenge and started his practice in Gornji Grad far away from his native city. Soon after second world war the country doctor faced huge mountain terrain populated with isolated farms and hamlets. At that time he could access some urgent patients only by riding a horse in wintertime seldom fighting with blizzards. He became very popular a kind of beloved country medic included in rich cultural life of little town. He started and participated as director in local theathre. Dr. Urlep is among those slovenian medics who are following the wisdom of family medicine. His statements after more then 50 years of practice are representing his scientific decision.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, kamera Pavele Jurca, producer TVSLO

BOGASTVO SPOMINA - MEMORY WEALTH , 53 minutes, 2000

Institute for ethnology celebrated 50 years since they started their researches under patronage of Slovenian Academy of arts and sciences. It is not an easy task to show the whole institution with adjacent collaborators researching the richess of lifestyle, mithology, folk art and habits of nation situated in Europe for more than millenium.

script Jadran Sterle, kamera Vlado Draškovič, editor Zvone Judež, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF CIRIL STANIČ, 20 minutes, 2000

It is a cozy coincidence and special pleasure if you have an opportunity to portrait a very old witness of a phenomenon that marked XX. century. Ciril Stanič worked in the municipality office in the role of general construction engineer. All world cities increased in last hundred years. Ljubljana expanded seven times. Many important architectural solutions shaped the outfit of modern cities and some urbanistic plans were executed wrong. The railway crossed the most beautiful city park in Ljubljana. Nobody listened to his wise proposal to connect train station situated in capital centre with an undreground line. The modern circle highway around Ljubljana is crossing the collison of two lovely rivers at Barje, the swamp and marshland on city's outskirts. Ciril Stanič is sportsman even in his nineties. He planned and built a modern sport centre at the dawn of second world war.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, producer TVSLO

ČAR NAKUPOVANJA - MAGIC OF SHOPPING , 53 minutes, 2001

Slovenia experienced an outburst of new shopping centres and malls fifteen years ago when inhabitans of Slovene cities faced the loss of many suitable shops in the town centres. Investors moved department stores into glamorou super centres on city borders accomodated with parkings. Only the strongest sales houses and merchants survived inner city decrease in shopping. We shooted in Christmas time at the peak of spending in Slovenia. The documentary represents various opinions of insiders. Chiefs of biggest saleshouses branches are presenting their vision, shoppers from the other side theirs. Even psychologist is analyzing the human behaviour in process of buying. But the old Slovenian peasant proverb is telling the universal truth: The best things are free.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, kamera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF DR. BOŽIDAR ACCETTO, 25 minutes, 2000

Population of Slovenia is getting older according to the state statistics and many need medical assistance. The branch of medicine dedicated to the health problems of elder is geriatry. Dr. Accetto is the pioneer of geriatric medicine in Slovenia. He and his colleagues established a special hospital introducing new concepts in healing population of retired. Documentary took place at his summer house where he is still up dated with last scientific achievments. We must face the fact that we are all getting older...

script Elke Gaga Stojan, camera Vlado Draškovič, producer TVSLO

POPOLNA ŽENSKA - A PERFECT WOMAN , 30 minutes, 2001

Many women magazines figt for readers on Slovenian market. The leading female journalists and chief editors of magazines like Jana, Anja, Glamour, Ona, Lady, Cosmopolitan are discussing a perfect woman. Modern ladies are seldom result of trends, fashion or just resemble the average public opinion how a real woman is expected to perform her role of mother, lover, cook or independent career oriented professional. Thanks god that Slovene women were not so long ago among those nations with the highest percentage of employeed women in the world. Ladies contributed to a higher living standard in Slovenia...

script Maja Čepin, camera Andrej Hefferle, editor Maja Gaspari, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF MELITA VOVK , 20 minutes, 2001

The old aunts of renowed Slovenian artist Melita Vovk constructed and built first hotels at lake Bled. It looks that they laid in her craddle the endeavour of immense creativity and independency in searching for harmony. She was a free lanced artist all her life earning her daily bread with painting, illustrating books for children or in the role of set designer at many Slovenian theathres. She spent many years in Netherlands. Right now she is still able to run her household herself. She is keeping a garden, she is a book freak, and she is enjoying the company of faithful friends.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, camera Andrej Hefferle, producer TVSLO

POETIKA RAZLIČNOSTI - POETICS OF DIVERSITIES , 52 minutes, 2002

Architect Boris Podrecca was born in Trieste but in his teenage years family moved to Vienna where his father bought a big old cafe. Podrecca needed five years to become fully accepted in Vienna. He started studies of sculptore but finished with a degree in architecture. One of most celebrated middle European architects is working in Viennese bureau, but also in Stuttgart and in Venice. His buildings are constructed in different countries. Documentary portrait is taken in Vienna, Venice, Ljubljana, Maribor and Piran where he interferred with his architecture. A big part of his work has been dedicated to renovations of historical architectural pearls. He redesigned more than 50 squares. He reconstructed Museum of modern art Ca Pesaro in Venice. Invisible implantation of modern museum facilities in old pallazzo, created by Balthasare Longhena in 17.century, are staircases made of glass, moving walls for canvases and fountain in museum portico. New museum show his respect toward predecessor's authorship. Podrecca accented skyline of Vienna by his project Millenium tower. It is the second tallest European skyscraper.

script Lučka Jenčič, camera Vlado Draškovič, editor Zvone Judež, producer TVSLO

MOŽ BESEDA - MAN WHO KEEPS PROMISE , 51 minutes, 2002

Janko Moder was my professor of Slovene language at the Academy for theathre,radio, film and tlevision where I studied in late seventies. When we met thirty years later to do a documentary portrait he was 87 years old but was as vivid and clear as once upon a time when we both have been younger. Janko Moder is one of the most prolific Slovenian translators. His work was enormous. Over 60 years he translated more then 1000 titles from 10 foreign languages he understood and spoke. He was a member of the Nobel commitee in Stockholm and got the medal for his achievements for translations so many novels written in Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian language. Janko Moder and his world of words.

script Lučka Jenčič, camera Vlado Draškovič, editor Klemen Rotar, producer TVSLO

PORTRAIT OF ZOFIJA VIDOVIČ , 20 minutes, 2002

Zofija bought her first car in early sixties. It was a need because she was working as a nurse and medical assistant of country doctor. Till that time she keeps her wolksvagen in perfect condition. She is the oldest lady driver in Styria mybe in Slovenia. She participate the rally of oldtimers in Maribor with her old herbie. She drives cautious but not slowly. The smooth drive through her expiriences of nurse and sister who devoted her life to holy lord.

script Elke Gaga Stojan, producer TVSLO

KNAFLJEVI ŠTIPENDISTI - KNAFELJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, 30 minutes, 2003

Dr. Peter Vodopivec is a historian. His diploma work was discovery that the oldest scholarship foundation at University in Vienna, Austria originate from the heritage of clergyman Luka Knafelj who dedicated all his wealth for noble mission and support of students from his native land Slovenia. Many excellent Slovenian artists, scientists, politicians and economists were able to study by his scholarship.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, camera Vlado Draškovič, editor Jani Batič, producer TVSLO

IGRA Z RAVNOTEŽJEM - BALANCE GAME , 50 minutes, 2003

Documentary portrait of ballerina, choreographer and director Majna Sevnik. Majna is something like a legend in the world of Slovenian show businness. She didn't hesitate to finish her dance career as primaballerina in Opera at the end of fifties when Slovenian national TV network has been established. She accepted the challenge of new media and started choreographing. Soon she was one of the few directors able to prepare and shoot live performances of greatest stars visiting Summer festival in Ljubljana. Her inpact upon younger generation of directors and show design was enormous.

script Jedrt Jež, camera Janko Špunt, Robert Arh, editor Maja Gaspari, producer TVSLO

SKRIVNOSTI SLOVENIJE - SECRETS OF SLOVENIA, 27 minutes, 2003

There is nothing secret and mysterious about Slovenia indeed except the fact of diversities you can find here. It is only an hour and half drive from ski resorts in Slovenian Alps to the Adriatic coast where you can take a swim. We had a slogan mybe ten years ago: small is beautiful. Anyhow more than 50 percents of country is covered with forrests, the capital is big enough that you won't get claustrophobic. It's a paradise for trekkers. I prefer in my homeland that it isnn't too crowded. You can take a 10 minutes walk through forrests in the surrounding of Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Kranj and many other lovely ancient cities. The food is mixture from traditional Slovenian dishes to McDonalds. We have a porridge named "žganci" that goes well with mushroom soup. Continental and international cuisine is available in all mayor towns. You 'll be surprised about good knowlege of English among Slovenes.

Secrets of Slovenia is not a propaganda short movie. My faithful cameramen are showing their best moments and my off text is educationally oriented. An information about Slovenia for busy people.

script Bogdan Mrovlje, camera Andrej Hefferle, Vlado Draškovič, Ubald Trnkoczy, Andrej Lupinc, Mare Mutič, Janez Hrovat, Bernard Perme producer TVSLO