MAN WITH SHADOW (2019)
Awards:
“Vesna Award”, Slovenia Film Festival, Portorož, Slovenia, 2019
“Best Experimental”, European Cinematography Awards, Amsterdam, The Nehterlands, 2020
“Best Experimental”, L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2020
“Best Experimental”, Los Angeles Film Awards, Los Angeles, USA, 2020
“Best Narrative Feature Film”, Los Angeles Film Awards, Los Angeles, USA, 2020
“Award of Excellence”, Indie FEST Film Awards, La Jola-Los Angeles, USA, 2020
“Award of Excellence: Women Filmmakers”, The Accolade Global Film Competition, Los Angeles, USA, 2020
“Platinum Remi Award” (Experimental Drama Category), WORLDFEST Houston, USA, 2020
“Honorable Mention” (Best Feature Film Fiction), Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020
“Best Experimental Feature”, Conception Independent Film Awards, Chile, 2020
“Best Feature Film”, European Cinema Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2020
“Best Photography”, Rome Film Awards, Italy, 2020
“Award of Recognition”, Oslo Independent Film Festival, Oslo, Norway, 2020
“Best Photography”, German United Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2020
“Best Music Score”, Jelly FEST, Los Angeles, USA, 2021
“Best Feature”, American Filmatic Arts Awards, New York, USA, 2021
“Best Woman Filmmaker”, American Filmatic Arts Awards, New York, USA, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Santa Cruz International Film Festival, Santa Cruz, Argentina, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Toronto Film Magazine Fest, Toronto, Canada, 2021
“Outstanding Achievement Award, Kateye International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
“Best Feature Film”, Liberty Film Awards, New York, USA, 2021
“Best Experimental” LA Sun Film Fest, Los Angeles, USA, 2021
“Best Cinematography”, LA Sun Film Fest, Los Angeles, USA, 2021
“Best Feature Film”, International Symbolic Art Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2021
“Best Composer”, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Chicago, USA, 2021
“Best Experimental, Winner Attainment Award”, Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
“Best Experimental”, Toronto Film & Script Awards, Toronto, Canada, 2021
“Best Experimental Feature”, Madrid ARTHouse Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2021
“Best Experimental Feature”, Hongkong Indie Film Festival, Hongkong, 2021
“Best Women`s Film”, Krimson Horyzon International Film festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
“Best Sound Design”, Krimson Horyzon International Film festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
“Special Jury Award”, Brazil International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021
“Best Feature Film”, New York International Women Festival, New York, USA, 2021
“Best Fiction Feature Film”, Marbella Film Festival, Marbella, Spain, 2021
“Best Experimental Feature”, Ciudad del Este Independent Film Festival, Cuidad del Este, Paraguay, 2021
“Best Original Score”, Diamond Eye International Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2021
“Best Experimental Feature”, SIFF Swedish International Film Festival, Arvika, Sweden, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Art Stream International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Masters of Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2021
“Best Experimental Film”, Golden Lemur Winner, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021
“Best Original Score”, Golden Lemur Winner, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021
“Best Composer”, London New Wave Cinema Awards, London, UK, 2022
“Best Experimental”, OTB Only the Best Film Awards, Miami, USA, 2022
“Best Music Score-Soundtrack”, Cult Critic Movie Awards, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Fox International Film Festival, Sankt Peterburg, Russia, 2022
“Best Music Feature Film”, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival, New York, USA, 2022
“Best Film Score-Soundtrack”, World Film Carnival Festival, Singapore, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, World Film Carnival Festival, Singapore, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, LA Independent Film Channel Fest, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Best Composer”, Miami Indie Awards, Miami, Florida, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Budapest Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2022
“Best Composer”, Budapest Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2022
“Best Director Experimental Film”, London Directors Awards, London, UK, 2022
“Special Jury Award”, World Cine Fest ..., 2022
“Best Sound Design”, Moscow Gold Awards, Moskow, Rusia, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Snow Leopard International Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2022
“Best Original Soundtrack”, Snow Leopard International Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2022
“Best Cinematography”, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2022
“Best Female”, Filmmaker California Indiesfestival, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Best Cinematographer”, California Indiesfestival, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Indie Cine Tube Awards, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Paris Film Awards, Paris, France, 2022
“Outstanding Achievement Award”, Gangtong International Film Festival, Gangtong, India, 2022
“Outstanding Achievement Award”, Knight of the Reel Awards, Hyderabad, India, 2022
“Best Film Score-Soundtrack”, Black Swan International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Critic`s Choice Award”, Black Swan International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Feature”, New Filmmakers Austin, Austin, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Oasis International Film Festival, Jaisalmer, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, San Diego Art Film Awards, San Diego, ZDA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Mountain View International Film Festival, Darjeeling, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Sweet Democracy Film Awards, Rome, Italy, 2022
“Best Picture”, Hollywood Gold Awards Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Silver Award-Best Original Score”, Hollywood Gold Awards Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Florence Film Awards, Florence, Italy, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, New York Movie Awards, New York, ZDA, 2022
“Silver Award”, Milan Gold Awards, Milan, Italy, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, New York Neorealism Film Awards, Rome, Italy, 2022
“Best Sound design”, Brno Film Festival, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022
“Best Original Score”, Golden Giraffe Film Festival, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, The Manhattan Film Award Festival, New York, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Calcuta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF), Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Arrow Film Festival, Paris, France, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Art Stream International Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2022
“Best Scenography”, Art Stream International Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2022
“Best Female Feature Filmmaker”, Hamburg, Germany, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Cannes World Film Festival, Cannes, France, 2022
“Best Experimental Film”, Emerald Peacock International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2022
“Outstanding Achievement Award”, Tagore International Film Festival, Bolpur-Birbhum, India, 2022
“Honorable Mention”, Hollywood Gold Awards, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Best Experimental”, London Movie Awards, London, UK, 2022
“Best Experimenta”, Royal Society of TV Motion Picture Awards, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Female Director”, New York Tri-State Film Festival, New York, USA, 2022
“Honorable Mention-Experimental”, Hollywood Gold Award, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“Honorable Mention-Best Experimental”, Red Movie Awards, London, UK, 2022
“Outstandig Achievement Award”, Virgin Spring Cinefest, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Music Score”, Virgin Spring Cinefest, Kolkata, India, 2022
“Best Feature film”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Picture”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Experimental film”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japonska, 2022
“Best Action”, CSI-Fi or Fantasy, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Cinematography”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Editing”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Production Design”, SENSEI Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Experimental film”, Stockholm Awards, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
“Best Experimental film”, Your Way International Film Festival, Valletta, Malta, 2022
“Best Scenography”, Your Way International Film Festival, Valletta, Malta, 2022
“Best Original Score”, Your Way International Film Festival, Valletta, Malta, 2022
“Best Experimental/Honorable mention”, Golden Sand IFF, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022
“Best Female Film Director”, Barcelona Indie Awards, Barcelona, Spain, 2022
“Best Exprimental”, Philadelphia Cinema Awards, Philadelphia, USA, 2022
“Best Exprimental”, Brussels International Film Festival, Brusesls, Belgium, 2022
“Best Composer-Honorable Mention”, Zagreb International Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022
“Best Experimental Feature”, Calgary Independent Film Festival, Calgary, Canada, 2022
“Best Original Score”, Rudis Festival, Rome, Italy, 2022
“Best Exprimental”, Hercules Indepenednt Film festival, Sevilla, Spain, 2022
“Best Exprimental”, Liber Films International Festival, Athens, Greece, 2022
“Best Experimental”, Japan International Film Festival, Tokio, Japan, 2022
“Best Original Score”, Toronto Awards Film festival, Toronto, Canada, 2023
“Best Feature Film”, Italy International Film Festival, online, 2023
“Best Experimental”, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Star International Film Festival, Florence, Italy, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Ganges International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Sofia Film Festival, Sofija, Bulgaria, 2023
“Best Experimental”, Hollywood Discovery Awards, Los Angeles, USA, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Denver Movie Awards, Denver, USA, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Cinesis Independent Filmfest, online, 2023
“Best Experimental Film”, Lion International Film Festival, Florence, Italy, 2023
“Best Symbolic Film”, Golden Laurel International film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2023
written and directed by: Ema Kugler
director of photography: Lev Predan Kowarski zfs
music composed by: Robert Jiša
sound design : Boštjan Kačičnik
editing: Ema Kugler
VFX supervisors: Teo Rižnar, Miha Rainer
cast: Marko Mandić, Loup Abramovici, Nataša Matjašec-Rošker, Matija Vastl, Jure Henigman, Nataša Živkovič, Slavko Sever, Matjaž Ocvirk, Janez Habič-Johny, Maj Gruden, Trina Divjak, Nestor Jakob Lončarič, Ren Predan, Meta Sever, Drago Grabnar
voices-fight scene: Blaž Šef, Sebastjan Starič, Damir Leventić
voices–party scene: Maja Sever, Drago Grabnar, Barbara Stupica, Blaž Šef, Sonja Vukovič, Stane Kralj, Barbara Bulatović, Lev Predan Kowarski, Ina Ferlan, Jane Štravs
production design: Ema Kugler
production design assistants: Ina Ferlan, Sonja Dular
sculpture: Ema Kugler
costumes: Ema Kugler
make-up: Anita Ferčak
hairdresser: Meta Podkrajšek
special effects: Ema Kugler
models: Ema Kugler
film props: Ema Kugler
dog trainer: Mia Zahariaš
camera operators: Lev Predan Kowarski, Sašo Štih, Dejan Ulaga
camera assistants: Boštjan Tršek, Dejan Ulaga, Sabina Smodej
techno crane operators: Kristjan Pogačar, Tomaž Jerebic, Damjan Štraus
re-recording mix: Boštjan Kačičnik
sound design assistant: Katja Likar
sound recordists: Primož Debeljak, Matjaž Starin, Jaka Batič, Jože Trtnik-Miško, Gregor Zupan
gaffer: Andrej Fister
electricians: Marko Makuc, Andrej Testen, Marjan Nikolovski
stage workers: Ema Kugler, Tomaž Perhavec, Borut Cajnko, Liam Hlede, Žiga Saksida
behind the scene photographer: Luka Drofenik
digital intermediate: Nuframe
colourist: Teo Rižnar
visual effects: NuFrame
compositing: Miha Rainer, Jan Horvat, Erik Margan, Luka Drobnič, Luka Kastelic
3D modelling: Darko Plevnik
3D animation: Darko Plevnik, Žan Flaker Berce
3D rendering: Blaž Slivnik
3D simulation: Miha Rainer, Jan Horvat
rotoscoping: Khandu Bidkar, Nikhil Dhoka, Sandeep Illamalle, Ankush Kuramji, Roshan Randhe, Nilesh Borse
sound effect: Tristan Lohengrin, https://www.tristanlohengrin.com/
music performed by: Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija
conductor: Marek Štryncl
organist: Polona Gantar
duduk player: Primož Fleischman
pianist: Robert Jiša
choirs: Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri, Lucky Voice Band
music producer: Žiga Stanič
sound engineer: Alex Pirkmajer-Penko
music recorded in Studio 26, Radio Slovenia
translation: Rawley Grau
production company: Zavod ZANK
executive producer: Ema Kugler
co-production companies: Zvokarna, NuFrame,VPK pro d.d.,MB grip, Big Heart Studio
co-producers: Teo Rižnar, Žiga Pokorn, Andrej Kregar, Blaž Jelnikar, Robert Jiša, Boštjan Kačičnik
minority co-producers: Loup Abramovici, Matija Vastl, Nataša Živkovič
film production supported by: Slovenski filmski center, Studio VIBA film, RTV Slovenia – Radio Slovenia, RTV Slovenia ZKP ARS program, Cankarjev dom
sponsored by: Slovenian Railways
special thanks to: Slovensko Mladinsko gledališče, Talum Kidričevo, ACRONI železarna Jesenice, Triglavski narodni park, Sončni Kanin, Kamnolom Črnotiče, Javna ustanova Kamenjak (HR), Narodna univerzitetna knjižnica, Steklarna Rogaška, Filipov dvorec, Gorazd Kernel, Karmen Klučar, Sonja Vukovič, Jane Štravs, Slavica Janošević, Bernarda Konjar, Bojan Merlin, Mihaela Klarič
format: dcp
duration: 100 minutes