Deadlock

by Vinko Möderndorfer

Zastoj, 2021, fiction, digital DCP, 2,39:1/2,35:1, b/w, 87 min
Finished

An encounter between two married couples from the opposite ends of the social scale, which, at first glance, seem to have nothing in common. An accident and a tragic event bring them together fatefully in a single night and most likely until the rest of their lives.

Vinko Möderndorfer

Vinko Möderndorfer (1958) has graduated in theatre directing and works as a director and writer. He has published seventy books, directed a hundred theatre and opera performances, and has received more than forty awards for his work. Möderndorfer’s filmography includes four features – Deadlock (2020); Inferno (2014, premiered in Busan); Landscape No. 2 (2008, Venice); Suburbs (2004, Venice) – and sixteen TV works. His features have received 23 international and national awards, numerous nominations, and have been presented in Venice, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Busan, Tallin, Warsaw, Edinburgh, etc.

WP:
Međunarodni Filmski Festival FEST, Main competiton programme, 2021

Awards:
Tree of Love best leading role (MOFF - Mostar Film Festival, 2021)

screenwriter
Vinko Möderndorfer
director
Vinko Möderndorfer
producer
Eva Rohrman
co-producers
Biljana Prvanović, Srdjan Dragojević, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska
director of photography
Mitja Ličen
music composer
Marjan Nečak
film editors
Andrija Zafranović, Jurij Moškon
production designer
Dušan Milavec
costume designer
Alenka Korla
key make-up artist
Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
sound designers
Ognjen Popić, Julij Zornik
cast
Mirjam Korbar Žlajpah, Peter Musevski, Uroš Fürst, Barbara Cerar, Klemen Kovačič, Mila Fürst, Ivo Ban, Benjamin Krnetić, Branko Završan
production
Forum Ljubljana
co-production
Delirium films, Sektor Film
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, North Macedonia Film Agency

FORUM LJUBLJANA
www.zastoj.si

Eva Rohrman
eva.rohrman@mail.ljudmila.org