Otava

by Lana Bregar

Otava, 2021, fiction, digital DCP, 1,33:1 (4:3), 25, c, 14 min
Finished

Laying in tall grass, Loti, a teenager, is daydreaming about her mother. When her grandmother calls her, Loti suddenly finds herself surrounded by the reality of the farm.

screenwriter
Lana Bregar
director
Lana Bregar
producer
Nina Robnik
director of photography
Žiga Planinšek
music composers
Simon Penšek, Alenja Pivko Kneževič
film editor
Patrik Krajnc
production designer
Minea Sončan Mihajlović
costume designer
Ana Janc
key make-up artist
Eva Uršič
sound designer
Samo Jurca

cast
Tara Krvina, Draga Potočnjak

production
UL AGRFT - Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo
co-production
RTV Slovenija, 001
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre

AGRFT
www.agrft.uni-lj.si

Jožica Šmid
jozica.smid@agrft.uni-lj.si

Lana Bregar (1998) studied photography at the Secondary School for Design and Photography in Ljubljana. Photography was not her only passion, though. While in school, she felt a desire to link stories into a more unified whole and started making films. Her education continues at AGRFT, where she is majoring in film and television directing. As a director and writer, she has made Otava (2021), I See in the Dark (2019), and Soil Stories (2018).

Awards:
Iris Award best cinematography (ZFS - Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije, 2022)