Framing Sutherland

by Matjaž Jamnik and Gaja Naja Rojec

Sutherland v okvirju, 2021, documentary, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), c, 21 min
Finished

In a series of short portraits the documentary tries to establish a dialog with the Christian painting The Broad and The Narrow Way, to illustrate some of the spiritual and existential challenges of the South African community of Sutherland.

Matjaž Jamnik

Matjaž Jamnik together with Gaja Naja Rojec works under the name Dvoika - a pair of creatives that completed their studies at the AGRFT. Their thesis film Nobody told me I have to love you, was the first Slovenian film to be selected for the Cinefondation section of the Cannes IFF. They were also awarded the national Prešern Prize for Students for their work on the film. Framing Sutherland is their first independent project, which they produced and created in South Africa.

Gaja Naja Rojec together with Matjaž Jamnik works under the name Dvoika - a pair of creatives that completed their studies at the AGRFT. Their thesis film Nobody told me I have to love you, was the first Slovenian film to be selected for the Cinefondation section of the Cannes IFF. They were also awarded the national Prešern Prize for Students for their work on the film. Framing Sutherland is their first independent project, which they produced and created in South Africa.

screenwriters
Matjaž Jamnik, Gaja Naja Rojec
directors
Matjaž Jamnik, Gaja Naja Rojec
co-producers
Martina Lajtner, Rok Biček
director of photography
Gaja Naja Rojec
music composer
Blaž Celarec
film editors
Matjaž Jamnik, Gaja Naja Rojec
sound designers
Matjaž Jamnik, Sven Horvat, Vito Marenče
cast
Alfriedo Buquane, Janaid de Bruin, William Patrick Jansen, Jennie Kruger, Leslie Roode, Jan Stadler, Alfred Vaaltyn, Renene Willemse
production
Dvoika
co-production
Cvinger film