In a sealed mine in Slovenia, deep underground, a miner finds a mass grave of thousands of war refugees killed at the end of World War II. Striving to impose social justice, he affronts the society by insisting to identify and arrange a funeral for those victims. The film is based on a true story.
The Miner
Rudar
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Hanna Slak
- Script: Hanna Slak
- Cinematography: Matthias Pilz
- Editing: Vladimir Gojun, Hanna Slak
- Music: Amélie Legrand
- Actors: Leon Lučev, Marina Redžepović, Zala Djurić
- Production: Nukleus Film
- Producers: Siniša Jurečić, Miha Knific
- Art Direction: Marco Juratovec
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Slovenia, Croatia, Germany
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 102΄
- Contact: Nukleus Film
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing – Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorož, 2017, Warsaw IFF 2017 – Special Mention, Warsaw IFF 2017 – Ecumenical Jury award
Hanna Slak
Hanna Slak, Slovenian, born 1975 in Warsaw, based in Berlin, is a film director, multimedia artist and writer. She glides between the visual and the textual and between several native languages. She has written and directed feature films for the big screen, as well as documentary films and experimental shorts. She also creates video installations and video design for the stage. Her poems have been published in Slovenia, her plays in English and German have been staged at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin.
Filmography
2002 Slepa pega | Blind Spot
2007 Teah | Tea
2017 Rudar | The Miner
