Hidden People

by Miha Hočevar

Skriti ljudje, 2025, fiction, digital DCP, 2,39:1/2,35:1, 24, c, 98 min
Finished

SI, RS, IS

Guti (35) and Sig (50) wake up beaten, hungover, and handcuffed together on a riverbank near Ljubljana. Sig, obviously a tourist, suffers from memory loss and can’t remember where he is from and why he is - as he thinks - stuck in Slovakia. Together with Guti, they embark on a journey to recover Sig’s passport and identity and, in the meantime, work on Guti’s dream project: a river raft that will hopefully rebuild Guti’s life that has fallen victim to bad divorce, failed bank loans, vicious bureaucracy, and many, many bad neighbors. Hidden People is a fairy-tale dramedy about new beginnings and unexpected friendships that can help us find our place under the sun, even if we must travel 4.000 kilometers to find it.

screenwriters
Srdjan Koljević, Miha Hočevar
director
Miha Hočevar
producer
Danijel Hočevar
co-producers
Igor Kecman, Jelena Mitrović, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir
executive producer
Mike Downey
director of photography
Simon Tanšek
music composer
Uroš Buh
film editor
Jelena Maksimović
production designer
Neža Zinajić
costume designer
Nadja Bedjanič
key make-up artist
Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
sound designers
Julij Zornik, Ognjen Popić

featuring
Blaž Šef, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ana Urbanc, Barbara Ribnikar, Luka Marčetić, Igor Samobor, Gregor Gruden, Janez Hočevar, Maja Boh, Mojca Funkl, Saša Klančnik, Alenka Kraigher, Aleš Kranjec, Mojca Partljič, Oskar Perpar, Sebastijan Starič, Tina Ščavničar, Anže Zevnik, Tijana Zinajić

production
Vertigo
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Backroom Production, Ursus Parvus
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, Re-Act, Creative Europe - MEDIA, The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia

Vertigo
Danijel Hočevar
danijel@vertigo.si

Miha Hočevar (1963) is a film director and screenwriter. He has directed five feature films, many of which have gained a cult status among Slovene movie-goers, especially his debut film Fuck It from 2000. His comedy films Going Our Way(2010) and Going Our Way 2 (2013) are 2nd and 5th all-time highest-grossing films in Slovenia, while TV crime series he co-wrote, The Lake (2019), Lenin’s Park (2022) and Valley of Flowers (2022), were amongst the most watched tv shows in their respective years.

“Hidden People is a fairy-tale dramedy about new beginnings and unexpected friendships that can help us find our place under the sun, even if we must travel 4.000 kilometers to find it.”

Vesna Award best leading role (Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025)