Washed and Buried

by Martin Turk

Čista in zakopana, fiction
In progress

SI, IT, HR

A sudden return to her remote hometown and confrontation with ancient local traditions will set Nadia (40), a successful lawyer from Milan, on a journey to re-examine her identity and position within her estranged Slovenian family and the village community.

concept developer
Martin Turk
screenwriters
Martin Turk, Fabrizio Bozzetti
director
Martin Turk
producer
Ida Weiss
co-producers
Marta Zaccaron, Inja Korać
executive producer
Sandra Ržen
director of photography
Radislav Jovanov
music composer
Teho Teardo
film editor
Tomislav Pavlic
production designer
Mateja Medvedić
costume designer
Gilda Venturini
key make-up artist
Tina Šubic Dodočić

featuring
Lara Komar, Lučka Počkaj, Fulvio Falzarano, Nejc Cijan Garlatti, Vesna Jevnikar, Alenka Nika Pirjevec, Mirjam Korbar, Francesco Borchi, Ivo Barišič, Paolo Fagiolo, Riccardo Maranzana, Andrea Collavino, Zita Fusco, Andrea Germani, Rossana Mortara, Alen Kermac, Elena Husu, Lorenzo Bianchini

production
Bela film
co-production
Incipit film, Cobra Chicks, RTV Slovenija, Senca Studio
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Ministrstvo za javno upravo, Regional audiovisual fund Friuli Venezia Giulia, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission - FVG, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages

Bela film
Ida Weiss
info@belafilm.si

Martin Turk was born in 1978 in Trieste, Italy, and graduated from the Ljubljana Film Academy. He is alumni of Cannes Cinefondation Residence (2009). His short films include "A SLICE OF LIFE" (Premiers Plans d'Angers, Best Slovenian Short Film 2006), "EVERY DAY IS NOT THE SAME" (Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2008), "STEALING THE CORN" (Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2010), "A WELL-SPENT AFTERNOON" (Oberhausen SFF, Promotional Award Children's Film Competition, 2016), and "AROUND THE CORNER" (Uppsala SFF, 2023). His feature films include "FEED ME WITH YOUR WORDS" (Tallinn Black Nights, 2012), "GOOD DAY’S WORK" (Busan IFF, 2018) and "DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE" (Rome IFF – Alice nella Citta, 2019). His latest project, the playful docu-fiction hybrid The Volta Cinema, premiered at the Trieste Film Festival in 2024. The film won Best Feature Film at the Bloomsday Film Festival and received the Art Cinema Network of Slovenia Award at the Festival of Slovenian Films in 2024.

Bela Film was established in 1998 and has since become one of Slovenia's leading production companies. Its track record include over 35 titles, primarily art-house feature films, creative documentaries, and shorts that have been presented at numerous festivals, including Berlinale, Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, and IDFA. Company is led by Ida Weiss (ACE, EAVE, EWA, and EFA member). Her recent productions include the short films "Around The Corner" (featured in over thirty festivals, including Uppsala SFF, 2023) and "Sports Day" (Premiers Plans d'Angers, 2024), as well as the children's feature film "Beanie" (featured in over thirty festivals, including Cinekid 2022, with more than 120,000 cinema admissions in Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, and Luxembourg).