PERSONAL WORK
Unscripted (2023)
PERSONAL WORK (Unscripted)
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13m:48s
Edi
Bright
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| Title of Piece: | Edi |
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| Production Company: | Bright |
| Director(s): | Jan Vrhovnik |
| Producer(s): | Matej Marinko |
| Client: | Jan Vrhovnik |
| Director of Photography: | Jan Vrhovnik |
| Production Design: | Dan Pikalo |
| Editor: | Bela Adami |
| Script: | Jan Vrhovni, Ana Kerin |
| Colour Grading: | Matic Prusnik |
| Costume Design: | Mia Ventin |
| Instagram Tag: | @janvrhovnik @bright @kanalondon |
| Sound Design: | Father Studio |
| Short Synopsis: | Logline Power grandpa Edi goes about his daily life in Slovenia, filling his grandson Jan’s eyes with the wonder of ageing that only youth allows. Posing the question, ‘Who are our greatest influencers?’ Synopsis (short) Filmmaker Jan Vrhovnik takes us to the Slovenia of his childhood, where Grandpa Edi is his hero and strawberry shakes and grandma’s cherry strudel are all that separates morning from afternoon. Combining strong elements of Yugoslav nostalgia with a documentary style feel, using his own non-actor grandparents as protagonists in the film, Vrhovnik humorously explores the notion of influencers, in its humblest iteration. Edi runs to a beat of Yugoslavian synth, sweat dripping from his brow against a dramatic, sun-scorched summer backdrop. Elsewhere he’s serving aces and swimming out into the ocean, his aged and leathering skin a symbol of a life lived and still going strong. All this is viewed through the eyes of an eight-year-old Jan, not yet the filmmaker he would grow up to be but an observer of the seemingly simple moments that make life so profound. Bold in colour and set to a soundtrack of Yugoslavian hits and cicadas, the film is a sugar sweet nostalgia trip into the idle bliss of being young. Laced with the longing of growing up and steeped in the compassion only grandparents seem to possess, it pays homage to the people that raise us, and the many ways they make us who we are today. |
