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Young hopefuls / MLADA NADA

Documentary film Young Hopefuls talks about one of the oldest club/venue in Slovenia, Nada Žagar Youth Club (MKNŽ) from Ilirska Bistrica that is celebrating it's 50 years anniversary. Through the years, MKNŽ has grown from a local club to be a main spot for world music scene. The film tries to understand specific local environment as well as the importance of similar self-organized and alternative places in Slovenia.
With its tireless activity, MKNŽ it is still resisting time and changes in the society and is keeping a healthy and creative environment for the young generations further one.

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Dokumentarni film MLADA NADA prikazuje petdeset let razvoja Mladinskega kluba Nade Žagar, enega izmed najstarejših mladinskih klubov v Sloveniji, ki je v svojem pol stoletnem delovanju prerasel iz lokalnega kluba v prizorišče svetovnega glasbenega dogajanja. Tudi film v tej maniri prehaja iz specifično lokalnega razumevanja prostora do širšega pogleda in analize pomembnosti tovrstnih samoniklih in alternativnih prizorišč v Sloveniji. Mladinski klub Nade Žagar (MKNŽ) s svojim neumornim delovanjem kljubuje času in spremembam v družbi ter skrbi za ohranjanje kreativnega in zdravega okolja za mlade, tako v Ilirski Bistrici kot tudi drugje.

  • Manca Filak
    Director
    I will carry you to the sea side (2012), Captain and his Friday (2013), Zvonko and Ivanka (2015)
  • Žiga Gorišek
    Director
    PushBura: What do you think about life in Ilirska Bistrica 1996-2011 ? (2011) Captain and his Friday (2013), Zvonko and Ivanka (2015)
  • Manca Filak
    Writer
  • Žiga Gorišek
    Writer
  • Howk home Production (Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia)
    Producer
  • Ethnocinema Production (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    Producer
  • izr.prof.dr. Anton Prosen, Lado Ambrožič, Zvonka Pugelj, Pavla Žnidaršič, Jože in Jasmin Tomažič, prof.dr. Igor Muševič, Vitomir Dekleva, Marjan Dovgan, Bojan Babič, dr. Gregor Belušič, Leon Rolih, Marko Seketin, prof.dr. Rajko Muršič, Marko Doles, Igor Bašin, Sašo Kotnik, Simon Grbec, Samo Vesel, Vladimir Pirih, Sara Šabec, Matjaž Ličan, Eva Gorišek, Martin Stadler, Eva Logar, Primož Kovačič, Aleksander Ludvik
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Mlada Nada
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 25, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Slovenia
  • Country of Filming:
    Slovenia
  • Language:
    Croatian, English, Serbian, Slovenian
  • Shooting Format:
    VHS, SVHS, VHSC, DV, HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9, 4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Grossmann fantastic film and wine festival
    Ljutomer
    Slovenia
    July 14, 2016
    Slovenian premiere
  • DOKUDOC Documentary film festival
    Maribor
    Slovenia
    September 9, 2016
  • Festival of independent film
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    November 26, 2016
  • DORF Festival of documentary rock film
    Vinkovci
    Croatia
    August 25, 2017
    Croatian premiere
  • Jamnarkult
    Motavun
    Slovenia
    August 24, 2018
    Main Jury and Audience awawrd for the best film
Director Biography - Manca Filak, Žiga Gorišek

Manca Filak and Žiga Gorišek are visual anthropologists and documentary filmmakers from Ljubljana, Slovenia. They finished postgraduate study of Ethnology and cultural anthropology at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Their films were screened at various (ethnographic and documentary) film festivals around Europe.

Filmography, screenings and awards:

- Odnesel te bom na morje / I will carry you to the sea side (2012):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2013), Asterfest International Film Festival Strumica (MK, 2013) - Second prize SILVER horseshoe;
part of permanent exhibition I, we and others: Images of my world in Slovene Ethnographic museum (Ljubljana).

- Kapitan in njegov Petek / Captain and His Friday (2013):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2014), Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2014), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2013).

- Zvonko in Ivanka / Zvonko and Ivanka (2015):
Etnofilm Festival Rovinj (HR, 2016) – SPECIAL MENTION, Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2016), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2016), Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2017), Sguardi sui territori: Antropologia visuale ed ecomusei - Gemona del Friuli (IT, 2017).

- MLADA NADA / Young Hopefuls (2016):
Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival Ljutomer (SI, 2016), DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival Maribor (SI, 2016), Festival of independent film Ljubljana (SI, 2016), DORF Documentary festival of rock film Vinkovci (CRO, 2017), Jamnarkult Motavun (SI, 2018) - BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL (MAIN JURY & AUDIENCE AWARD).

- Заграбване на земята / Land Grabbing (2017):
Sjón International Film Festival Copenhagen (Denmark, 2018), International conference ORGANIC FARMING IN BULGARIA: MORE INNOVATIONS FOR BETTER RESULTS (Bulgaria, 2018), Sofia Biting Docs (Bulgaria, 2019).

- Lukomir, moj dom / Lukomir, my home (2018)
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2018), SEFF International Ethnographic Film Festival (CRO, 2018), NAFA Nordic Anthropological Film Association (ROM, 2018), Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (USA, 2018), European Association of Social Anthropologists (Biennial Conference: Staying, Moving, Settling) (SWE, 2018), International festival of ethnological film (SRB, 2018), Kratovo ethnographic film festival (MK, 2018), Festival Gorniškega filma (SI, 2019), World Film Festival (EST, 2019), International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF): Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World (ES, 2019), 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA) (PORT, 2019); ETNOFF (MK, 2019), Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival (NEPAL, 2019), (Göttingen) International Ethnographic Film Festival (GER, 2020).

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