Boris Petkovič

Directing

Biography

Boris Petkovič, born on April 22, 1971, in Zenica, completed his studies at the Higher Traffic School in Portorož in 1996. In 2005, he graduated in film direction at the EICAR film school in Paris, where he also taught for the next three years. In 2008, he returned to Slovenia, where he currently lives and creates. He is known for Košarkar naj bo (2017), Desperado tonic (2004) and Utrip ljubezni (2015).

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

The Miner

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2009, Slovenia. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure the mine is empty before management sells the company. But in the mine, Alija finds hidden proof of executions after WWII. He is told to stop digging and report the mine empty. He decides to continue, although he is risking his job. Alija discovers thousands of executed people. He informs the police. He found women among the dead. Some of them were civilians, missing persons, just like his sister that was lost in the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Alija is convinced the victims need to be brought out, identified and buried. But there is no interest in doing that. The mine is proclaimed a WWII military grave and walled in. The dead will stay unburied. Alija loses his job and struggles to preserve his dignity.

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In the Year of Hip Hop

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In the Year of Hip Hop takes a retrospective look at the Slovenian hip hop/rap music scene. Boris Petkovič explores in great detail the evolution of a music style which, from the very start, has intimately reflected the social situation of its artists. Hip hop has always absorbed the "vibes" of the place where it is taking root, and Slovenia is no exception. According to Petkovič, in today's Slovenia, rap is the one and only form of music that discusses the state of our society and of human relationships without any inhibitions. If rap is not your cup of tea, this film can make you change your mind.

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The main heroes, or rather anti-heroes, are an inseparable unity. Their symbiosis stems from their handicap. They find the meaning of their daily lives in chasing persons of the opposite sex, which brings them to the "edge" of the world. And that’s where it all comes to an end. Or even begins? A road movie in a wheel-chair.