Orchestra

by Matevž Luzar

Orkester, 2021, fiction, digital DCP, 1,85:1, b/w, 111 min
Finished

Rollicking members of a brass band are on their way to a small Austrian town to perform there. Through the problems of select protagonists, the film follows them as they sing and frolic through their tour, while observing their wives back home and their feelings about their husbands’ carefree ways. The entire tour experience in five stories, along with its implications for all those involved.

screenwriter
Matevž Luzar
director
Matevž Luzar
producer
Petra Vidmar
co-producers
Katja Šoltes, Nadja Bedjanič
director of photography
Simon Tanšek
film editor
Jelena Maksimović
production designer
Katja Šoltes
costume designer
Nadja Bedjanič
key make-up artist
Eva Uršič
sound designer
Julij Zornik

cast
Gregor Zorc, Gregor Čušin, Jernej Kogovšek, Alexander Mitterer, Marie Hofstätter, Lovro Lezič, Gaber K. Trseglav, Vesna Pernarčič, Ana Facchini, Mateja Pucko, Mojca Funkl, Marinka Štern, Ela Murko, Ines Pavlič, Matej Abrahamsberg, Marjana Mlinarič Pikelj, Klaudia Reichenbacher, Tamara Avguštin, Anja Drnovšek, Rastko Krošl, Dejan Spasić, Adrian Šivec, Juš Šoltes, Luka Tomažin

production
Gustav film
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Napravi film, Pihalni orkester Svea - Zagorje, 001, Unicasting, Ready On Set, SuperCatering, Sndkt, Noella Co
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Film Studio Viba Film, RTV Slovenija, Gustav film
distribution
Gustav film

GUSTAV FILM
www.gustavfilm.si

Petra Vidmar
petra@gustavfilm.si

Matevž Luzar (1981), director and screenwriter, graduated from film school with his acclaimed short film Wolfy (2007), which was nominated for the Honorary Foreign Award at the 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition and has won numerous other awards. After Good to Go (2012), Orchestra will be his second fiction feature. Besides his work as a director and screenwriter, he also teaches screenwriting in Ljubljana. From 2020, he is a president of the Directors Guild of Slovenia and is a member of European film academy.

WP:
Film Festival Cottbus, International competition, 2021