Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song

by Ester Ivakič

Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo, fiction, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 24, c, 109 min
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SI, HR

In a small village in the remote Prekmurje region, an imaginative but tone-deaf 10-year-old Ida becomes convinced she can prevent her Grandma’s death by joining the school choir.

based on the book by
Suzana Tratnik
screenwriters
Nika Jurman, Ester Ivakič
director
Ester Ivakič
producers
Andraž Jerič, Jerca Jerič
co-producers
Petra Vidmar, Mojca Pernat
associate producer
Tena Gojić
director of photography
Rok Kajzer Nagode
music composers
Alenja Pivko Kneževič, Simon Penšek
film editor
Andrej Nagode
production designer
Eva Ferlan
costume designer
Ina Ferlan
key make-up artist
Lea Bratušek
sound designer
Samo Jurca

featuring
Lana Marić, Liza Muršič, Milena Stropnik, Judita Franković Brdar, Matej Puc, Miranda Trnjanin, Mila Peršin, Petja Labović, Lara Maria Vouk, Eva Stražar, Dario Nožić Serini, Mario Dragojević, Peter Karba, Sanja Nešković Peršin, Marija Zalig, Leon Vovk, Marjana Rous, Manja Šernek, Janez Zalig, Anton Stropnik, Nuša Brlič, Jakob Klemenčič, Jan Horvat, Martin Vukan, Tiana Felso, Gaja Škraban, Noah Šadl, Žiga Grut

production
Temporama
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Gustav film, Filmsko društvo Film Factory, Dinaridi Film (associate)
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Municipality of Maribor
distribution
Gustav film

Temporama
Andraž Jerič
andraz@temporama.si

Ester Ivakič (1992) is a director and screenwriter who graduated in Digital Arts and Practices from the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica (formerly the School of Arts) in 2016, and then studied film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. In 2016, she received a Special Jury Mention at the Festival of Slovenian Film for her student film Srdohrd, and in 2021 she won the Best Slovenian Film award at the FeKK Festival for her short film Magical Castle is Here Now. In the meantime, she has written, directed and edited several short films and music videos, as well as written the screenplay and attended various workshops for her debut feature film Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song, which will soon see the light of day.