Nejc Gazvoda (1985, Novo mesto, Slovenia) graduated in film and television direction from the Academy of Theater, Film, Radio, and Television in Ljubljana. He entitled his graduation film An Ounce of Luck (2008) and took the Academy’s highest honor with the film. He took another award for writing the short film It Is Easy (2009), and he also cowrote the movie Personal Baggage with Janez Lapajne, one of Slovenia´s most prominent directors. “I wanted to make my first film as soon as possible, and put all my power into it,” states Gazvoda. “I wanted to make a movie about my generation [...] but I wanted to tell a story about stuff that matters – about friendship, love, the end of childhood and about things that really bother me in Slovenia.” A Trip garnered numerous domestic awards. The director´s second future will be titled Dual. In addition to screenwriting, he has made a name for himself as a prose writer and playwright as well.
47. MFF Karlovy Vary
