Аватар персоны Damjan Kozole

Damjan Kozole

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Damjan Kozole (born in 1964 in Brezice, Slovenia, then Yugoslavia) is one of the most recognized Slovenian filmmakers. In his films, "some of the most raffish, funky and even sordid characters discover their own humanity" (Alissa Simon, Variety). Sight & Sound ranked his Spare Parts among ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2005, a Damjan Kozole film retrospective took place in the United States and Canada, hosted by the American Film Institute. Description above from the Wikipedia article Damjan Kozole, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

01-06-1964

Birthday

Gemini

Zodiac Sign

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Total Films

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Brežice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia

Place of Birth

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Creative career

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director

38 Works

writer

16 Works

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The Actor

The Actor

Everything the actor plays in films later happens to him in real life.
0.0

Year:

2024

The Actor

The Actor

Everything the actor plays in films later happens to him in real life.
0.0

Year:

2024

Pero

Pero

This film is a homage to the life, career and fears of Slovenian actor Peter Musevski. He was always Pero for me, not Peter.
0.0

Year:

2023

Pero

Pero

This film is a homage to the life, career and fears of Slovenian actor Peter Musevski. He was always Pero for me, not Peter.
0.0

Year:

2023

Half-Sister

Half-Sister

Half-sisters from a small coastal town who were never that close are forced by circumstance to share a flat in Ljubljana.
7.0

Year:

2019

Half-Sister

Half-Sister

Half-sisters from a small coastal town who were never that close are forced by circumstance to share a flat in Ljubljana.
7.0

Year:

2019

The Curator's Room

The Curator's Room

A documentary film dedicated to the art historian and curator Igor Zabel (1958–2005), focuses on Zabel’s work in the field of visual arts from the end of the 1980s until his death.
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Year:

2018

Borders

Borders

24 October 2015, a nice day in autumn in a nice landscape. A crowd of refugees and migrants accompanied by soldiers and police officers make their way from the Schengen border between Slovenia and Croatia towards the refugee camp in Brežice. Suddenly, the landscape starts to appear less nice than it was.
0.0

Year:

2016

Borders

Borders

24 October 2015, a nice day in autumn in a nice landscape. A crowd of refugees and migrants accompanied by soldiers and police officers make their way from the Schengen border between Slovenia and Croatia towards the refugee camp in Brežice. Suddenly, the landscape starts to appear less nice than it was.
0.0

Year:

2016

Nightlife

Nightlife

The lives of a wealthy married couple radically change in an instant. While the husband is in critical condition after an accident that occurred under strange circumstances, the wife tries to understand the situation and to salvage what she can… In this constricted, small-scale drama by a renowned Slovenian filmmaker, Pia Zemljič excels in the role of the resourceful wife.
4.8

Year:

2015

Nightlife

Nightlife

The lives of a wealthy married couple radically change in an instant. While the husband is in critical condition after an accident that occurred under strange circumstances, the wife tries to understand the situation and to salvage what she can… In this constricted, small-scale drama by a renowned Slovenian filmmaker, Pia Zemljič excels in the role of the resourceful wife.
4.8

Year:

2015

Ulay

Ulay

Ulay is a conceptual artist whose photography pushed boundaries, and whose love affair with Marina Abramovic produced some of the best pieces of performance art. Diagnosed with cancer shortly after agreeing to film the documentary, Ulay's illness informs Project Cancer, which is part-retrospective, part-visual document of the year he believed could be the last of his extraordinary life.
7.4

Year:

2013

Ulay

Ulay

Ulay is a conceptual artist whose photography pushed boundaries, and whose love affair with Marina Abramovic produced some of the best pieces of performance art. Diagnosed with cancer shortly after agreeing to film the documentary, Ulay's illness informs Project Cancer, which is part-retrospective, part-visual document of the year he believed could be the last of his extraordinary life.
7.4

Year:

2013

Long Vacation

Long Vacation

Thirteen year-old Alex went on vacation to Serbia. For four years, he was unable to return home to the country where he was born. He stayed on “vacation” for twenty years.
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2012

House D

House D

Architecture is not a static but a dynamic, living thing. Similarly film is highly suited to represent and experience architectures as spaces, as stages for human encounter and interaction. In this series of short films architecture becomes animated, even transformed, with social input. Similarly it serves to animate its viewers/occupants -- architecture as stage and actor both. (Good) built projects in Slovenia generally follow a well-thought and focused approach and execution. They are, relatively speaking, of modest size. They are small not in scale nor ambition -- but small as in contained, disciplined, intelligent and specifically responsive. With room for a smile.
0.0

Year:

2011

House D

House D

Architecture is not a static but a dynamic, living thing. Similarly film is highly suited to represent and experience architectures as spaces, as stages for human encounter and interaction. In this series of short films architecture becomes animated, even transformed, with social input. Similarly it serves to animate its viewers/occupants -- architecture as stage and actor both. (Good) built projects in Slovenia generally follow a well-thought and focused approach and execution. They are, relatively speaking, of modest size. They are small not in scale nor ambition -- but small as in contained, disciplined, intelligent and specifically responsive. With room for a smile.
0.0

Year:

2011

Slovenian Girl

Slovenian Girl

Aleksandra is a student from Krško, a small town in Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. Working as a prostitute, her life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, confusion and responsibility
6.0

Year:

2009

Slovenian Girl

Slovenian Girl

Aleksandra is a student from Krško, a small town in Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. Working as a prostitute, her life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, confusion and responsibility
6.0

Year:

2009

Forever

Forever

Tanya is 35, with a successful career. Her husband Mare is an architect. One Friday, Tanya comes home late at night. Mare confronts her and they exchange some edgy words; Mare is clearly jealous, he loses control of himself and slaps her in the face. Obviously, it is not the first such incident. Tanya locks herself in the bathroom. They continue their conversation over the locked doors. Mare calms down, but when Tanya comes from the bathroom, he becomes abusive again. The noise wakes up a neighbor who reports them to the police. The police arrive and the couple calms down. When the police leave, the couple resorts to psychological abuse. What follows is the night of hateful and skillful twisting of words that unveils, step by step, all the dark secrets of their relationship. Behind a facade of a successful couple, there are suppressed feelings of inferiority, weaknesses, deceit, frustration and traumas from their youth.
6.0

Year:

2009

Forever

Forever

Tanya is 35, with a successful career. Her husband Mare is an architect. One Friday, Tanya comes home late at night. Mare confronts her and they exchange some edgy words; Mare is clearly jealous, he loses control of himself and slaps her in the face. Obviously, it is not the first such incident. Tanya locks herself in the bathroom. They continue their conversation over the locked doors. Mare calms down, but when Tanya comes from the bathroom, he becomes abusive again. The noise wakes up a neighbor who reports them to the police. The police arrive and the couple calms down. When the police leave, the couple resorts to psychological abuse. What follows is the night of hateful and skillful twisting of words that unveils, step by step, all the dark secrets of their relationship. Behind a facade of a successful couple, there are suppressed feelings of inferiority, weaknesses, deceit, frustration and traumas from their youth.
6.0

Year:

2009

Jesenice: Detroit

Jesenice: Detroit

Documentary about the history of ice hockey in Jesenice and their local club.
0.0

Year:

2008

Labour Equals Freedom

Labour Equals Freedom

Peter is in his early forties and until recently he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia's integration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues have been made redundant. Slowly but surely, he is losing self-confidence and self-esteem.
7.5

Year:

2004

Labour Equals Freedom

Labour Equals Freedom

Peter is in his early forties and until recently he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia's integration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues have been made redundant. Slowly but surely, he is losing self-confidence and self-esteem.
7.5

Year:

2004

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
4.9

Year:

2004

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
4.9

Year:

2004

Spare Parts

Spare Parts

Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every night convey "spare parts" to Italy. Of course the story of their illegitimate exports into Europe ends tragically, for everyone. The whole idea of this account is that everyone - including ourselves - is looking for happiness: the "spare parts" because of the misery they are plunged into without, and our characters because they can't find it inside
6.0

Year:

2003

Spare Parts

Spare Parts

Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every night convey "spare parts" to Italy. Of course the story of their illegitimate exports into Europe ends tragically, for everyone. The whole idea of this account is that everyone - including ourselves - is looking for happiness: the "spare parts" because of the misery they are plunged into without, and our characters because they can't find it inside
6.0

Year:

2003

Porno Movie

Porno Movie

Charlie, the protagonist of the Slovenian film “Porno Film”, is so dedicated to his porn viewing that his two friends John and Frank jokes that he must have a PhD in pornography by now. Using Charlie’s extensive knowledge of all things porn, the trio sets out to make the “first real Slovenia porn film”, in Slovenian language and everything — except the women in the film are emigrated Russian hookers, and their Slovenian isn’t very good.
5.2

Year:

2000

Porno Movie

Porno Movie

Charlie, the protagonist of the Slovenian film “Porno Film”, is so dedicated to his porn viewing that his two friends John and Frank jokes that he must have a PhD in pornography by now. Using Charlie’s extensive knowledge of all things porn, the trio sets out to make the “first real Slovenia porn film”, in Slovenian language and everything — except the women in the film are emigrated Russian hookers, and their Slovenian isn’t very good.
5.2

Year:

2000

Stereotype

Stereotype

Marjetka is living ten years with Maks, who is a painter, and an uncompromising conceptual artist. At first, it seemed different: Max was witty, charming, talented and promising, so he hired Marjetka to reach fame and success. "Well, it is funny today, but fame and money is not coming out of nowhere". The film has a poet, Srecko, Max's mother, an opera singer, and Vilma, Marjetka's friend. In short, the artists themselves, or as Max says from his point of view: "Slovenian - Country artists". And when Marjetka a few days after her 30th birthday, full of doubts about this way of life, which is not to her liking, she realizes that Maks is not only an irreversible bohemian, but also a slacker and sarcastic, she decides to change her life. And this is very radical. Rather than leave it to him.
8.0

Year:

1997

Stereotype

Stereotype

Marjetka is living ten years with Maks, who is a painter, and an uncompromising conceptual artist. At first, it seemed different: Max was witty, charming, talented and promising, so he hired Marjetka to reach fame and success. "Well, it is funny today, but fame and money is not coming out of nowhere". The film has a poet, Srecko, Max's mother, an opera singer, and Vilma, Marjetka's friend. In short, the artists themselves, or as Max says from his point of view: "Slovenian - Country artists". And when Marjetka a few days after her 30th birthday, full of doubts about this way of life, which is not to her liking, she realizes that Maks is not only an irreversible bohemian, but also a slacker and sarcastic, she decides to change her life. And this is very radical. Rather than leave it to him.
8.0

Year:

1997

Enfant terrible

Enfant terrible

A documentary film about the Slovenian filmmaker Boštjan Hladnik.
0.0

Year:

1992

A Toast

A Toast

About a normal person who drinks abnormally, about Slovenian addiction to alcohol. One fine day, Andrej is scared of himself. He encounters an orthodox doctor who insists on mineral water. The wife also wants a perfect marriage, but he prefers pleasant company, pleasant socializing and alcohol.
0.0

Year:

1992

Everything Is Under Control

Everything Is Under Control

A satire look at the 1991 Slovenian war of independence.
0.0

Year:

1992

Remington

Remington

Oscar runs away from prison only five days before release. He droves off with his girlfriend to Split in a red car, so they could go to Italy and then to America. They meet photographer Jan, and thus their final destination seems every so closer. As police is on their trail, Oscar starts to suspect Jan...
0.0

Year:

1988

Remington

Remington

Oscar runs away from prison only five days before release. He droves off with his girlfriend to Split in a red car, so they could go to Italy and then to America. They meet photographer Jan, and thus their final destination seems every so closer. As police is on their trail, Oscar starts to suspect Jan...
0.0

Year:

1988

The Fatal Telephone

The Fatal Telephone

Experimental feature about two young men trying to make a film.
0.0

Year:

1986

The Fatal Telephone

The Fatal Telephone

Experimental feature about two young men trying to make a film.
0.0

Year:

1986