Wake Me
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

Marko Šantić was born in 1983 in Split and studied film and TV directing in Ljubljana. His short films were screened at many film festivals and won many awards. He directed three feature films. He also directs TV documentaries and series.
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









