Soil

by Alex Cvetkov

Zemlja, 2023, fiction, 2,39:1/2,35:1, c, 28 min
Finished

SI, MK

A Macedonian village fireman Gjore lives his modest life in contentment with his heavily pregnant wife Sofia. Dissatisfied with her own life, Sofia badly wants to go to her promised dreamland Slovenia, where she could use Slovenian citizenship to open more paths for her future child. When Gjore sacrifices himself to get her what she wants, they have to face a new reality.

screenwriters
Alex Cvetkov, Nikola Kuzletov
director
Alex Cvetkov
producer
Miha Černec
co-producers
Angela Nestorovska, Vladimir Anastasov, Igor A. Nola, Rok Cvetkov
executive producer
Rok Cvetkov
director of photography
Joško Morović
film editor
Dejan Boškovič
production designers
Špela Jelovčan, Marco Juratovec
costume designer
Žaklina Krstevska
key make-up artists
Žaneta Dimitrievska, Loui Ferry
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Nataša Petrović, Dimitar Gjorgijevski, Matjaž Javšnik, Andon Jovanoski, Viktorija Stepanovska Jankulovska, Zoran Ivanoski, Zhivko Borisovski, Sonja Mihajlova, Aleksandar Angeleski, Vanco Ilievski, Riste Spirovski, Kosta Petroski

production
Tramal Films
co-production
Sektor Film, AR Cvetkov, MP Films, MB Grip
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, North Macedonia Film Agency

Tramal Films
Miha Černec
tramalfilms@gmail.com

Alex Cvetkov is a Slovenian filmmaker, who started his film career at a young age as a stuntman. Since then he has gained a lot of experience in almost every sector of film production. Cvetkov is also a music producer and performer of electronic music. He studied at a film school in L. A. and has directed many commercials, music videos and short films.

Awards:
Vesna Award special achievement award (Festival of Slovenian Film, 2023)