Beyond the Face

by Anja Resman

Onkraj obraza, 2024, animated, stop motion, digital DCP, 2,00:1, 16, c, 9 min
Finished

Clearing his late father’s apartment, a young man is forced to relive the traumatic memories of growing up and losing his soul.

screenwriter
Anja Resman
script consultants
Janez Burger, Saša Eržen
director
Anja Resman
producers
Jožko Rutar, Boštjan Potokar, Miha Černec
co-producers
Kolja Saksida, Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek
executive producer
Nina Robnik
lead animators
Ivana Bošnjak, Julia Peguet, Thomas Johnson, Bartosz Kotarski, Anja Resman
animator
Jaka Kramberger
director of photography
Miloš Srdić
film editor
Iva Kraljević
production designers
Robert Resman, Anja Resman
costume designer
Katja Richter
sound designer
Julij Zornik

production
SPOK Films
co-production
University of Nova Gorica School of Arts, ZVVIKS, RTV Slovenija, Antitalent, Tramal Films
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA

SPOK Films
Jožko Rutar
jozko.rutar@gmail.com

Anja Resman (1997) is a Slovenian animator, film director and creator of animated films. After graduating at Secondary school of design and photography in Ljubljana she created her first short stop motion animated film Anabel (2016). In her second year of college she created a short film Wake Up (2018). Beyond the Face is her master short film at School of Arts University of Nova Gorica.

“Facing not belonging to society creates a sense of loneliness in the individual. The desire to be accepted by others often forces us to put on a mask.”