Penalty Shot

  • Rok Biček
  • Croatia, Slovenia, Austria
  • 2021
  • 15'

Matija and Franjo are spending an afternoon on the village football field. Their game is interrupted by a group of older boys who start to abuse Franjo. Matija tries to protect him, but fails. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.

Subtitles: EN

Rok Biček

Slovenian director and author of the festival hit Class Enemy (ZFF 2014), which won the FEDEORA Award for Best Film at the International Critics’ Week in Venice. For his documentary The Family (2017), he received the Grand Prix at Locarno Critics Week. He is currently working on the screen adaptation of Kristian Novak’s bestselling novel, Dark Mother Earth.

Penalty Shot

Director
Rok Biček
Screenplay
Kristian Novak, Rok Biček
Cast
Gabrijel Dolenec, David Ivanović, Karlo Žganec, David Šafarić, Simon Herperger, Jakov Feher, Radovan Kočila
DOP
Fabio Konstantin Stoll
Editing
Ana Štulina, Rok Biček
Producer
Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek, Rok Biček
Production
Antitalent, Cvinger film, Zwinger film

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