Deadlock

by Vinko Möderndorfer

Zastoj, 2021, fiction, digital DCP, 2,39:1/2,35:1, c + bw, 87 min
Finished

SI, RS, MK

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.

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
Julij Zornik, Ognjen Popić

cast
Mirjam Korbar, Peter Musevski, Uroš Fürst, Barbara Cerar, Klemen Kovačič, Mila Fürst, Ivo Ban, Benjamin Krnetić, Igor Žužek, Branko Završan

production
Forum Ljubljana
co-production
Delirium, 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

Vinko Möderndorfer (1958) graduated in theatre directing and works as a director and writer. He has published eighty books and has directed a hundred theatre and opera performances. Möderndorfer’s filmography includes four features—Deadlock (2021), Inferno (2014), Landscape No. 2 (2008), Suburbs (2004), and sixteen TV works. His features have received numerous international and national awards and nominations, and have been presented in Venice, Montreal, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Busan, Tallinn, Warsaw, Edinburgh etc.

WP:
FEST International Film Festival, Main competiton programme, 2021

Awards:
Award best directing (Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, 2021) , Special Prize best performance (MOFF - Mostar Film Festival, 2021) , Tree of Love best leading role (MOFF - Mostar Film Festival, 2021)