Tartufferies

by Igor Šterk

Tartuferije, fiction, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), 25, c
In progress

SI, IT, HR

Truffles, the riches of the underworld, have clouded the minds of the villagers of an Istrian village. When a master truffle hunter catches the biggest specimen in the world, the frenzy of greed bursts. A story of obsession, and two young people who love each other and of everyone else who doesn’t.

screenwriters
Irena Šterk, Igor Šterk
director
Igor Šterk
producers
Boštjan Virc, Nataša Vugrinec
co-producer
Siniša Juričić
music composer
Luca Ciut
film editor
Petar Marković

featuring
Rade Šerbedžija, Anita Kravos, Sebastian Cavazza

production
Studio Virc
co-production
Levante Produzioni, Nukleus film
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Regional audiovisual fund Friuli Venezia Giulia, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Studio Viba Film, Creative Europe - MEDIA, RTV Slovenija
distribution
Jučer
sales
Intramovies

Studio Virc
Boštjan Virc
info@studio-virc.si

Igor Šterk directed his first feature film Express, Express in 1997. It received 15 international awards, including 2 grand-prix for the best feature film (Montpellier, Trieste). The film had successful cinema distribution in Germany and very positive review in Variety. Ljubljana (2002) had an international premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival in the main Tiger Award competition section. The film was sold to Netherlands’ TV station VPRO. Tuning (2005) had a world premiere in the main competition at Karlovy Vary Film Festival and it received a grand-prix for the best feature film at Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival. His short film Every Breath You Take (2008) was selected for the competition section at Venice Film Festival. 9:06 (2009) has been shown in more than 30 international film festivals, including Karlovy Vary East-West competition. It received great reviews in Variety and Hollywood Reporter. British film critic Nick Roddick selected 9:06 as one of his top five movies of the year. Come Along (2016) is a coming-of-age film which had a world premiere in the main competition at Cinekid in Amsterdam, one of the most important children film festivals in the world. The film received a special MDR jury prize in Schlingel, the most visible German film festival for children’s films. His latest feature film is Lunatic (2023), an autobiographical story about his family and his father who became the first Slovene to sail alone around the world in a sailing boat only 6.5 metres long.

Studio Virc is a film & TV production house based in Slovenia, first established in 1992 and making bold steps into the feature and documentary film community since 2009. Success with their two films “Houston, We Have a Problem!” and “A New Home” In 2016 took them firmly into the arena of international co-productions and put them on the map including A-list festivals and the Oscars race. They have produced a list of feature films, documentaries and TV content, mostly as the delegate producer and co-produced so far with 11 countries worldwide. Their work has been supported by various national and transnational funds, broadcasters and platforms. Short animation film Granny’s Sexual Life produced by Studio Virc won the European Film Award in 2022, and in 2024 their short The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent won Palme d’Or in Cannes and EFA European film award and is currently shortlisted for Oscars. They have two feature fiction films in pre-production in their majority production and several as co-producers.