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JANEZ BURGER, writer, director and producer

Born on 21st March 1965 in Kranj. Grew up in Železniki, lives and works in Ljubljana.
After shooting the short film DOOR in 1990 he is accepted at the FAMU, Prague to study film direction. During studies he shoots many short films and documentaries. He graduates in October 1996 with a half-hour TV inscenation MACEK. He returns to Slovenia where he founds his own theatre group Burgerteater (1997).
In 1997 he shoots his own full-length feature film IDLE RUNNING. He writes the screenplay together with Jan Cvitkovič. The film is internationally premiered in 1999 in the competition section of the Karlovy Vary Festival. It receives 20 awards (Portorož, Kiev, Montpellier, Cottbus, Moscow, Trieste, Brussels, Milano) and is screened at more than 60 festivals. The film is a box office hit.
He shoots his second feature film RUINS in 2002 and receives 13 Slovenian film awards.
The film is internationally premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2005.
Together with Jan Cvitkovič he founds a production company STARAGARA in 2003, and is producer of Jan Cvitkovič's film GRAVEHOPPING.

He is currently developing two feature films: DRIVING SCHOOL and CIRCUS FANTASTICUS.

FILMOGRAPHY:

- Door (1989, 10 min), short feature film, director and writer
- Film studies and exercises for television, made during his studies at the FAMU:

DELTAPLAN (1991, 3 min), documentary
ABOUT PEOPLE, TRAINS AND FILTH (1991, 5 min), documentary
WAR FILM (1992, 5 min), short feature film
TELEVISION MICROSCENE (1992, 10 min), short feature film
CONFESSION (1993, 10 min), documentary
LONELINESS (1993, 15 min), short feature film
MACEK (1994, 30 min) short feature film – Czech Literary Fund Prize

- Sweet Little House (1998, 30 min), documentary about Cukrarna (Sugar House), TV Slovenia

- Idle Running (1999, 90 min), feature film, director and writer; Emotionfilm and TV Slovenia

Portorož, 2nd Festival of Slovenian Film, 1999: Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Film (Slovenian Film Critics’ Association Jury), Best Film (Audience Jury), the Stop magazine Actor of the Year (Jan Cvitkovič), the Stop magazine Young Actress of the Year (Mojca Fatur)
Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 1999: Grand Prix – Best Film of the Festival, Special Prize for Best Actor (Jan Cvitkovič), Special Prize (FICC / IFFS Jury), Findling Award for Best Film (Interessverband Filmkommunikation e. V.)
Sarajevo Film Festival, BIH, 1999: Special Jury Prize
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France, 1999: Off Prix Award
Kiev Molodist International Film Festival, 1999: Diploma for Second Best Feature Film, Yves Montand Award for Best Actor (Jan Cvitkovič), Special Prize (FICC / IFFS Jury)
Brussels Intenational Film Festival, Belgium, 2000: Special Mention of the Jury
Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2000: Self Critic Award
Moscow, Faces of Love Film Festival, 2000: Grand Prix – Best Film of the Festival, Best Actor (Jan Cvitkovič)
Trieste, Alpe-Adria Cinema, 2000: Grand Prix – Best Film of the Festival
The film was shown on more than 50 international film festivals, including Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Toronto, Pusan, Thessaloniki, Mar del Plata, Palm Springs, New York, Minneapolis, Sydney, Jerusalem, Goteborg, Beograd,…

- Matura 2000, (2000, 10 min), documentary, director

- Novak family (2000, 6x25 min), feature TV series

- Ruins (2004, 100 min), feature film, director and writer

7th Festival of Slovenian Film 2004: Vesna Award for Best Film, Vesna Award for Best Direction (Janez Burger), Vesna Award for Photography (Simon Tanšek), Vesna Award for Music (Drago Ivanuša), Vesna Award for Best Main Actor (Darko Rundek), Vesna Award for Best Main Actress (Nataša Matjašec), Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actor (Matjaž Tribušon), Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actress (Nataša Burger), Best Film – Audience Award, the Stop magazine awards: for Best Actor (Darko Rundek), for Best Actress (Nataša Matjašec), for Best Episode Actor (Matjaž Tribušon), for Best Promising Actress (Janja Majzelj).
International Premiere: Rotterdam Film Festival 2005
Lecce Film Festival: Special Reale Mutua Assicurazioni Jury Award
The film was shown on numerous film festivals, including Minneapollis, Karlovy Vary, Motovun, Kopenhagen, Sarajevo, Hamburg, Pecs, Kyiv, Braunschweig, Denver, Bratislava, Palm Springs, Chicago, Toronto, Montenegro, Prague, Budapest, Ottawa, Vancouvre….
Ruins were submitted to the 78th Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign-Language Film (Slovenia) in 2006.

- On the Sunny Side of the Alps (2007, 15 min), short feature film, director and writer

Portorož, 10th Festival of Slovenian Film 2007: Vesna award for best short feature film
Trieste, International Film Festival Alpi Giulie Cinema 2009: best film award, best screenplay award.

- Sonja (2007), TV drama, director and writer

NEWS

Ljubljana, 04.06.2010

NEW DATES OF PEFROMANCE MODUS VIVENDI

We announce new dates of performance MODUS VIVENDI by Magdalena Reiter...

Ljubljana, 25.01.2010

FEATURE FILM ARCHEO IN POSTPRODUCTION

Feature film Archeo by writer and director Jan Cvitkovic is currently in postproduction. Shoting of the film was in September and October 2009 on locations in Slovenia and in Friuli Venezia Gulia.

Ljubljana, 23.01.2010

PREMIERE OF THE PERFORMANCE MODUS VIVENDI

On Saturday 23.1.2010 at 8 p.m. will be a premere of solo performace Modus Vivendi by choreographer and performe Magdalena Reiter. Premiere will be in Kulturni dom Španski Borci in Ljubljana.

E-mail: info@staragara.com