Common Pear

by Gregor Božič

Navadna hruška, 2025, fiction, documentary, digital DCP, 1,66:1 (5:3), c, 15 min
Finished

SI, GB

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyse the archival footage of farmers from the past, in an attempt to understand their connection to the land.

screenwriters
Gregor Božič, Marina Gumzi
director
Gregor Božič
producer
Marina Gumzi
director of photography
Gregor Božič
music composers
Tim Gowdy, Hekla Magnúsdóttir
film editors
Gregor Božič, Lukas Miheljak
production designer
Branko Hojnik
costume designer
Mateja Fajt
key make-up artist
Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Dora Ciccone, Jože Krečič, Jerneja Prinčič, Marijan Jug, Goran Kaličanin, Toby Matthews

production
Nosorogi
co-production
Digital Orchard
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, GO! 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia Evropska prestolnica kulture, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission - FVG
distribution
Nosorogi
sales
Solal Films

NOSOROGI
Marina Gumzi
marina@nosorogi.com

Gregor Božič is a director and cinematographer whose work has been presented at prominent international film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, Rotterdam, Sarajevo, Tallinn, Marseille, Shanghai, Goa, Sao Paolo, etc. His directorial debut Stories From the Chestnut Woods premiered at TIFF in 2019 and has been screened at more than 50 international film festivals. Apart from working on films, since 2010, he has also been researching old and autochthonous fruit varieties. In 2014, he planted an orchard in the village of Kojsko in Goriška brda - a gene bank of local species - and wrote a book on the cultural heritage of old fruit varieties in the Slovenian-Italian border area.