Ash Dust

by Aljoša Nikolič

Pepelni drobci, 2020, documentary, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), c, 13 min
Finished

In the heart of the Šalek Valley, behind a cloud of smoke from the nearby power plant, lies the town of Šoštanj. After Slovenia has received enough electricity supply and the smoke has dissipated, only a few people remain here. This is their story.

screenwriter
Aljoša Nikolič
director
Aljoša Nikolič
producer
Jožica Šmid
director of photography
Veronika Francesca Štefančič
music composer
Urban Leskovar
film editors
Nika Otrin, Ciril Zupan
sound designer
Samo Jurca

cast
Bojan Apatič, Dragan Arsenijević, Peter Drev, Jure Gojsek, Valter Kolar, Drago Mazej, Jani Napotnik, Matevž Perovc, Gustl Podgoršek, Franc Šteharnik

production
UL AGRFT - Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo
co-production
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AGRFT
www.agrft.uni-lj.si

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

Aljoša Nikolić (1999) completed his secondary education at the Secondary School of Performing Arts in Ljubljana, but he had long known that there was only one path that he would take later on in life—the path of filmmaking. As a result of this, he is currently enrolled in AGRFT, where he is studying directing. He believes that the human soul is dark, but nevertheless relishes that saying that the darkness is what drives him.