When I Get Out

by Metod Pevec

Ko pridem ven, documentary, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 24, c, 125 min
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The film director and the psychiatrist go to Dob Prison, a central Slovenian prison. The director believes that there are stories locked up there, and the psychiatrist believes that his psychodrama method can open up a redemptive creative space and a glimpse into the convicts' future. A liberated territory in a closed area?

screenwriters
Metod Pevec, Olga Michalik
co-writer
Vladimir Milošević
director
Metod Pevec
producers
Danijel Hočevar, Zala Opara
director of photography
Metod Pevec
film editor
Olga Michalik
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Valon Hoxaj, Nenad Mirović, Denis Mihalič, Matej Groznik, Andrej Bagari, Viktor Ermin Hilić, Sandrijel Brezar, Primož Kosi, Lan Šabić, Vladimir Milošević, Metod Pevec

production
Vertigo
co-production
RTV Slovenija
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre

Vertigo
Danijel Hočevar
danijel@vertigo.si

Born in 1958 in Ljubljana, Metod Pevec is seasoned film director and screenwriter as well as novelist and actor. He has previously directed intimate feature and documentary films like ALEXANDRIAS (2011), DOM (2015), POD NJENIM OKNOM (2003) and I AM FRENK (2019). He is a recipient of Golden Arena award at the Pula Film Festival 2020 for the best directing of I Am Frenk, several awards for his documentary films including Vesna award for the best documentary Dom at the Festival of Slovenian Film 2015, in 2013 he received Prešeren Award from the Republic of Slovenia for his directing endeavours, and many others. FREEDOM offers a unique exploration of the hidden angles of inmates’ lives. Filmed in Slovenia’s largest correctional facility, Dob prison, the film seeks to understand whether a criminal’s mind is open to transformative change.