Old Slavic

by Slobodan Maksimović

Praslovan, 2024, documentary, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 25, c, 112 min
Finished

SI, BA, HR, RS

An emotional and inspiring biopic that follows the life and career of Zoran Predin, one of the most important singer-songwriters of the former Yugoslavia. The film traces his journey from his youth in Maribor, where he started playing music, to the height of his fame with the band Lačni Franz and his solo career, which made him an icon of the music scene.

screenwriter
Slobodan Maksimović
director
Slobodan Maksimović
producers
Jure Vizjak, Maja Zupanc, Slobodan Maksimović
co-producers
Rožle Bregar, Petra Vidmar, Julij Zornik, Mojca Pernat, Jure Bušić
lead animator
Jernej Žmitek
director of photography
Rožle Bregar
film editor
Jurij Moškon
production designer
Marco Juratovec
costume designer
Zarja Predin
key make-up artist
Eva Uršič
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Zoran Predin, Oto Rimele, Karpo Godina, Boris Bele, Vlado Miheljak, Boris Dežulović, Đorđe Balašević, Boris Cavazza, Zoran Čutura, Matija Dedić, Branko Đurić, Jure Franko, Sašo Hribar, Miljenko Jergović, Vlado Kreslin, Elvis J. Kurtović, Barbara Lapajne Predin, Peter Lovšin, Frano Mašković, Gabi Novak, Robert Pešut, Petar Peca Popović, Žiga Predin, Anja Rupel, Aleksandar Stanković, Nenad Tokalić, Ante Tomić

production
Invida
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Jaka Produkcija, Filmsko društvo Film Factory, 001, Vizualist, multimedijska produkcija, Gustav film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Municipality of Maribor
distribution
Gustav film

Gustav Film
Petra Vidmar
petra@gustavfilm.si

Director Slobodan Maksimović (1975) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He graduated in film directing from the AGRFT. His short films have won over 30 international awards. His debut feature Thanks for Sunderland (2012) received the Best Slovenian Film Award. His second feature Nika (2016), screened worldwide, was the best youth film at the Motovun FF. His latest short film The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith (2018) has won over 15 international awards.

“The first Zoran's song I heard was "Let a kiss draw your lips". As a native of Sarajevo, I didn't understand more than the chorus, but I felt this brutal rhythm and the unusual melodiousness of Zoran's velvety voice so strongly that I fell in love with him immediately.”