At the Podgorica Book Fair, a panel titled "White is washed at ninety: from novels to the big screen" was held, featuring the authors of the novel Armor Žakelj, co-screenwriter Maja Todorovic, film producer Ales Pavlin, and Montenegrin co-producer A million VucelicThe panel was moderated by Aleksandra Bozovic, director of the Film Center of Montenegro. The topic of the conversation was the process of transferring a literary work into the language of film – about what is preserved, what is changed, and how it is intimately transformed into a shared experience.
"White is Washed at Ninety" is an autobiographical novel by Slovenian author Bronja Žakelj, published in 2018, which quickly became a bestseller in Slovenia and the region. Frankly and movingly, Žakelj writes about growing up, loss, illness, and the struggle for life in the context of Yugoslav society in the XNUMXs and XNUMXs. The novel has won numerous awards, including the Kresnik Award for the best Slovenian novel, and is one of the biggest literary hits of recent decades in Slovenia.
In the fall, we can expect the premiere of the film of the same name by the director in cinemas. Brand Naberšnika which is an international co-production of six countries, with the participation of the Montenegrin team. The film stars, among others, the following actors: Anica good, Jurij Grain, Tjasa Railwayman, Lea Very, Vladimir Tintor.
The film is produced by the Slovenian company "Perfo", in co-production with the production companies "Protos Film" (Montenegro), "Biberche" (Serbia), "Kinorama" (Croatia), "Quasar" (Italy) and "Black Cat" (North Macedonia). In the competition for co-financing of minority co-productions in 2022, the project was supported by the Film Center of Montenegro, as well as national funds in the countries of the co-producers and the pan-European fund Eurimaž.
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