The Body

by Petra Seliškar

Telo, documentary, c
Expected delivery: Q3 2022

SI, MK, FR, HR

“lIlness is not an enemy”—G. Deleuze The Body is a feature documentary dealing with resilience and acceptance, life and death, disease and health, the interconnection of body and mind. The story highlights the 20-year-long attempt at survival and acceptance of a young Slovenian woman who has been fighting a series of autoimmune diseases. Combining extremely realistic and poetic elements, this observational documentary intertwines the protagonist's past with her present, reconstructing the journey she's made and the ordeal she and her family have been facing. The project raises philosophical questions that remain unanswered but aim to challenge the audience all along.

screenwriter
Petra Seliškar
director
Petra Seliškar
producers
Petra Seliškar, Brand Ferro
co-producers
Sara Ferro, Biljana Tutorov, Tamara Babun, Victor Ede
director of photography
Brand Ferro
music composers
Robert Neil Fisher, Nikola Kodabašija
film editors
Sandra Bastašić
sound designers
Vera Galešev, Vladimir Rakić

cast
Urška Ristić, Zoja Ristić, Mitko Filev

production
Petra Pan Film
co-production
PPFP, Wolfgang i Dolly
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, North Macedonia Film Agency, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Eurimages, Creative Europe - MEDIA

PETRA PAN FILM
www.petrapanfilm.com

Petra Seliškar
petrapanfilm@gmail.com

Director, writer, and producer Petra Seliškar (1978) founded her own production house Petra Pan Film in 2003, focusing on creative documentaries. With her wealth of experience and talent, she has flourished as a filmmaker with profound insight, sensibility, strong narrative force, and an innovative approach. Seliškar’s filmography includes the following internationally awarded documentaries: Farewell (2020), My World Is Upside Down (2015), Mother Europe (2013), and The Grandmothers of Revolution (2006). Petra had co-produced more than 20 international films.