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by Filip Jembrih

Dobrodošli doma, fiction, 1,33:1 (4:3), b/w, 15 min
In progress

SI, HR

After ten years in Slovenia, Vera and her son Jan return to her hometown in rural Croatia. They are met with old family problems because Vera doesn’t share the strong religious views of her mother, Marija. Marija wants Jan baptized before Vera’s father’s funeral, which makes things worse between them. Vera feels out of place in her hometown, but Jan starts to fit in and make friends, even acting against his mother’s wishes.

screenwriters
Eva Kučera Šmon, Filip Jembrih
director
Filip Jembrih
producers
Eva Kučera Šmon, Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
co-producers
Vanja Sremac, Andrej Žgank
director of photography
Tadej Vintar
music composer
Leon Firšt
film editor
Klara Šovagović
production designer
Iris Čeh
costume designer
Sara Grižon
key make-up artist
Anita Ferčak
sound designers
Andrej Supančič, Gregor Bajc

featuring
Nina Ivanišin Janežič, Doris Šarić-Kukuljica, Goran Bogdan, Miranda Trnjanin, Anvar Nikolenko, Kaja Pernuš, Mitja Pernuš

production
Perfo
co-production
Terminal 3, Remkora
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
distribution
Fivia

Perfo
Aleš Pavlin
ales.pavlin@perfo.si

Born in 1997 in Brežice, he has been interested in the visual arts since a young age. He continued his education at the High School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana. In 2019, he enrolled at Slovene Academy for theatre, radio, film and television. His first directorial short film Fabula, which he produced by himself, was presented at two festivals in the same year, the Kranjska Gora International Film Festival (KGIFF) and the Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival (FSFF). During his schooling, he devoted himself to film directing. This year his short documentary Cradle is being presented at home and International film festivals and he finished filming his graduation film Faraway Fields. He produced and directed several music videos for young and rising Slovenian bands and he participated on many student film sets as the first assistant director. In the future, he wants to embark on a professional path in the audiovisual world, both at home and abroad.

“This film is deeply personal to me, as it represents my long quest for a sense of home. Through creating this film, I have finally found it.”

Perfo Production is a highly regarded Slovenian film and TV production company founded in 2005. They deliver critically acclaimed and commercially successful projects to global audiences, co-producing international films, TV series that have won numerous awards. Their recent co-productions include "Apples," "Patchwork," "Convenience Store,", "Ashkal," and “Guardians of the Formula”.