Experiencing Interruptions?

SPLIT ENDS

Špela (26), who has undergone chemotherapy due to lymphatic cancer, and her friend Hannah (26) are casually socializing in Špela's college dormitory room. Through their conversation, we become aware of our own fragility and insecurities, even when it comes to the most mundane matters, such as visual appearance.

  • Hannah Koselj Marušič
    Director
    VSE JE ENO VSE JE VSEENO
  • Hannah Koselj Marušič
    Writer
    VSE JE ENO VSE JE VSEENO
  • Tom Gomizelj
    Producer
    VSE JE ENO VSE JE VSEENO
  • Špela Setničar
    Key Cast
    "Špela"
  • Hannah Koselj Marušič
    Key Cast
    "Hannah"
  • Nikola Radović
    Camera
  • Hannah Koselj Marušič
    Editing
  • Martin Klabus
    Colour Correction
  • Miha Zajklar Možina
    Special Effects
  • Predrag Kedić
    Sound
  • Hannah Koselj Marušič
    Sound
  • balans KAPA Records
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    RAZCEPLJENE KONICE
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 8, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    200 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Slovenia
  • Country of Filming:
    Slovenia
  • Language:
    Slovenian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Ljubljana; Academy of Fine Arts and Design; Video, Animation and New Media course
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Hannah Koselj Marušič

Hannah Koselj Marušič holds a BA in Fine Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts - AVA and is pursuing a MA in Video, Animation and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana - UL ALUO. Her work explores transformation through hardship, turning struggles into universal narratives. Her short films ALL IS ONE NOTHING MATTERS and Split Ends have been awarded nationally and internationally. She also received the UL ALUO award for her intermedia artwork Split Ends. Her debut poetry book, which includes 5 short films and videos via QR codes, was nominated for 'Best Literary Debut' at the 40th Slovenian Book Fair. Her intermedia artworks have been exhibited at many national and international group exhibitions and she has had seven solo shows, collaborating with institutions such as Škuc, DobraVaga Gallery, Red Dawns Festival, Lighting Guerrilla, Piran Coastal Galleries, Laboratorium Venezia and many more.

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Director Statement

Špela and I share a deep and intense friendship, which also evolved into a romantic connection. Being of the same age, it profoundly affected me when she received a diagnosis of advanced-stage lymphatic cancer. Her illness prompted a reevaluation of my perspective on life, inspiring me to create a film that explores the complexity of our friendship, framed by the lens of her illness. The beginning of the film was recorded about two weeks before Špela got her diagnosis, for the purposes of a music video that will never be released. She made a remark, that she had split ends and should get a haircut. A few weeks after, she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, had to get chemotherapy immediately and started losing all her hair. The whole film is based on the paradoxal contrast between worriying about the bannalities of fitting today's beauty standards and fighting a deadly disease, where looks are the least important thing.