Monday, 21 February 2011
6.30pm — 8.30pm
The Clock Hotel, Surry Hills
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Guest Speaker: Miha Knific
Miha Knific of Ljubljana, Slovenia, became the first international winner of the Show-Fest Best Film award in August last year. He is currently in Australia to shoot a segment of his feature project Vztrajanje (Perseverance).
Our VIP judging panel gave the highest score to his dystopian sci-fi Lovec oblakov (Cloud Catcher). As Miha was unable to attend the festival to take part in the Show & Tell, his team submitted this video as required by the rules:
Miha, along with his editor and close collaborator Blaž Čadež, will be speaking at Choc Tops about their experiences navigating the international film festival circuit. The Best Film certificate and the prize money will also be presented to our international guest.
Biography
Miha Knific is a director and screenwriter. He has made short and feature films, animations, music clips, and commercials. He also runs his own production company Start Film Production.
Miha was born in 1976 in Kranj, Slovenia and has a bachelor’s degree in sculpture (Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia) and a master’s degree in video media (Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden).
He has directed the feature film En Natt (Let Me Sleep), shorts such as Lovec oblakov (Cloud Catcher) and Silver Skin, and documentaries such as From East. He is currently shooting a feature titled Vztrajanje (Perseverance) and two more are in development. The features in development are One Summer Lost and Die Freiheit (Freedom).
In his work Miha analyses extreme situations and the concept of freedom within these situations. He seeks out worlds that fatally change an individual, his view of the world, and the world itself.