Damjan Kozole is a Slovenian filmmaker, whose directing credits include critically acclaimed Spare Parts (2003), nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53rd Berlin IFF 2003; globally released Slovenian Girl (2009); Nightlife (2016), winner of Best Director Award at the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF; and his last fiction feature Half-Sister (2019). Kozole is also a respectable author of many documentary films like Ulay: Project Cancer (2013) and Borders (2016).
“He was always Pero for me, not Peter. In 2002, we shot Spare Parts, and that was the beginning of our great friendship. We then made 6 more films together.
At the end of 2019, we began working on a film about him and his demons. At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, before we even started shooting the film, he committed suicide. I felt the need to make this film anyway. As a way of saying goodbye to him. While working on it, I realised this film is not only about Pero but also about me and about the two of us; and it’s not just about a friend leaving, but also about the society and the world we believed in slowly disappearing too.”
WP:
IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, Cinema Regained, 2023
Awards:
Special Mention ------- (FAF - Festival autorskog filma, 2023)
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Vesna Award special achievement award (Festival of Slovenian Film, 2023)