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Playing Men

Playing Men
Matjaž Ivanišin
Focus: Post-1991 Slovenian Documentary Films 2023
Documentary Film
Slovenia,
Croatia
2017
60 minutes
Italian,
German,
Croatian,
Slovenian
Subtitles: 
English

A film about men and games, somewhere in the Mediterranean, directed by a Slovenian master of the playful, somewhere between speculative and pseudo-documentary form. Oily bodies in a wrestling match, hooking fingers, a wheel of cheese rolled through a village – all these are archaic occupations of the utmost importance. The filmmaker meticulously captures the events until he is overcome by a major creative block. From now on, he will experience his surroundings as part of the game. Childhood memories and the footage of the unfinished film project merge seamlessly into an ode to the absurdity of the gesture.

Simon Popek

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Director
Matjaž Ivanišin
Script
Matjaž Ivanišin
Cinematographer
Gregor Božič
Editor
Matic Drakulić
Producer
Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser
Sound Design
Borna Buljević