World premiere

Wake Me

Local title
Ärata mind
Original title
Zbudi me
Director
Marko Šantić
Country
Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia
Year
2022
Programme
Critics' Picks Competition
Genre
Drama
Subject
environment, individual vs society

A brilliant contemporary drama set in urban Slovenia, with an amazing fresh cast of European Shooting Stars, an outstanding director of photography, highly focused editing, directed by Marko Šantić, produced by Danijel Hočevar and supported by his Croatian and Serbian friends as well as the European funding agency Eurimages.

In this intelligent mix of Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”, the protagonist Rok loses his memory and is seemingly turning into a better man. Or will his ultra-radical past take over his personality again?

As a lot of harm and blood has been and will be spilled on and by him, will Rok be the “Last Man Standing” like Bruce Willis in Walter Hill’s 1996 hit or Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be No Blood” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007).

This genuine European co-production led by Daniel Hočevar – whose “Spare Parts” was the Slovenian competition entry at Berlinale 2003 – was just an obvious picture for me to pick. A lost soul in a messed-up world. An amazing cinematic experience which proves the power of images.

Niki Nikitin

Director
Marko Šantić
Screenwriter
Marko Šantić, Goran Vojnović, Sara Hribar
Cast
Jure Henigman, Živa Selan, Timon Šturbej, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Jurij Drevenšek
Producer
Danijel Hočevar, Zala Opara
DoP
Ivan Zadro
Composer
Jan Vysocky
Runtime
Language
Slovenian, Bosnian
Subtitles
English
Director
Marko Šantić

2012 Wake me, feature film 2021 Marko, short film 2018 Together, feature film for TV 2018 Lada Kamenski, feature film, co-directed by Sara Hribar 2017 Blue Peter, short film 2017 Moderne Kunst, short film 2016 Chavoro, short documentary film 2015 A city looking up to the sky, documentary for TV 2013 Seduce me, feature film 2011 Where deer graze, documentary for TV 2009 Father's wish, short film 2009 Nothing personal, short film 2008 From the electrition with love, short film 2006 The Hole, short film 2006 Good luck Nedim, short film 2004 Remembrance home, short documentary

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110402 / Ärata mind
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsMarko Šantić (Director General), Jure Busic (Producer), Jure Henigman (Actor), Jurij Drevenšek (Actor), Živa Selan (Actress), Ivan Zadro (Cinematographer), Vladimir Gojun (Film Editor), [object Object]
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Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening101504 / Ärata mind
SubtitlesEnglish
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening141301 / Ärata mind
SubtitlesEnglish
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