"TUNING "
Director and Scriptwriter: Igor Sterk
Co-writer: Sinisa Dragin
Director of Photography: Simon Tansek
Music: Aldo Kumar & Ars Harmonica
Editor: Petar Markovic
Sound Designer: Hanna Preuss
Art Director: Ursa Loboda
Costumes designer: Sabina Buzdon
Producer: Ida Weiss & Dimitrij Gracner
Cast: Peter Musevski, Natasa Burger, Polona Juh, Tomi Janezic, Andraz Polic, Ana Kerin, Taja Strle
Color, 35 mm, 71 min, 2005, Dolby digital, Slovenia
A portrait of a family in a constant state of calm before the inevitable storm of discontent and discovered lies.
After cheating on his wife with a prostitute, Peter must try and forge with his idyllic family surroundings while carrying the guilt, but that doesn't stop his wandering eye or the temptation to do it again. Meanwhile, his wife Katarina receives mysterious text messages that might be indicative of her own indiscretions. The couple are not able to live together anymore, yet at the same time, do not find the strength to separate so they try tuning their life and relationship.
BIOGRAPHY:
Igor Šterk was born in 1968 and graduated at Ljubljana Film Academy in early nineties. After three short student films (documentary Postcards was awarded at the Yugoslavian festival of short and documentary films for best screenplay) in 1997 he directed his first feature film Express, express. It premiered in the competition section of the Manheim Film Festival and was then screened at many other film festivals, where it received fifteen international awards, including 2 grandprix, 3 audience prizes,… Film was successfully distributed in cinemas across Germany by the NeueVisionenFilmVerleich distribution company. Film was also sold to Australian and Hungarian national TV station.
Sterk’s second feature film Ljubljana had an international premiere at the 2002 edition of the Rotterdam Film Festival in Tiger award competition section. And many other film festivals around the world. Film was sold to main Netherlands’ tv station VPRO.
FESTIVALS:
- Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Czech)
- Montreal Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Canada)
- Pecs Film Celebration (2005/ Hungry)
- Chicago Int'l Film Festival (2005/ USA)
- Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent (2005/ Belgium)
- Montpelllier Int'l F. F (2005/ France)
- Denver Int'l Film Festival (2005/ USA)
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Mannheim International Film Festival (2005/ Germany)
Winner of the Best Feature Film - Kerala International Film Festival (2005/ India)