Before the world premiere at Karlovy Vary IFF – Main Competition Selection we invite you to watch the trailer for our film of History of Love by Sonja Prosenc.
Second feature film by Sonja Prosenc History of Love was selected to Karlovy Vary IFF Main Competition Program.
Lenka Tyrpáková, KVIFF programmer, wrote about the film:
European Film Promotion unveiled 2018 Producers on the Move.
Rok Sečen, producer from the Monoo film production company is one of 20 selected European producers. During the five-day event between May 10 – 14, the exclusive group will take part in a tailor-made programme in order to foster international co-productions, intensify the exchange of experiences and help create new professional networks.
Short Bio: After graduating from university, Rok initially worked as an advisor to the general secretary at the Ministry of Education before becoming a producer in 2012. He produced Sonja Prosenc’s award-winning and critically acclaimed debut THE TREE, which was Slovenia’s Oscar entry in 2016, and continued the collaboration by producing her HISTORY OF LOVE and developing the dark comedy drama REDEMPTION. In addition, Rok is working with the Bosnian director Ines Tanovic on her next feature SON.
We are happy to share the news – History of Love received Eurimages support. A Slovenian-Norwegian-Italian co-production is a second feature by a Slovenian writer/director Sonja Prosenc.
At its 147th meeting held from 19 to 23 June 2017 in Bratislava, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund supported 25 fiction projects, among them also new projects by Asghar Farhadi, Radu Jude, Matteo Garrone, Mira Fornay.
Paradise (Raj), a short film written by Despina Ladi received production funding by Slovenian Film Centre. The film will be directed by Mitja Ličen and shot on Croatian coast next summer.