Confirmation

by Darko Sinko

Birma, fiction, digital DCP, c
In progress

Confirmation is a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy. Set in the modern Slovenian countryside, it follows the adventures and friendship of three teenage boys right before confirmation. When the village community is surprised by a drug find, their friendship is put to the test. It is a visually rich film with a fast-paced plot, with many distinct and colourful characters, exciting subplots and some surprising twists. It playfully explores irony, the grotesque, satire and, at times, ventures into the realm of surrealism.

screenwriters
Darko Sinko, Andreea Vălean
director
Darko Sinko
producers
Vlado Bulajić, Lija Pogačnik
director of photography
Urh Pirc
music composer
Matija Krečič
film editor
Matic Drakulić
production designer
Neža Zinajić
costume designer
Urška Recer
key make-up artist
Lija Ivančič

featuring
Martin Kelc, Leo Stopajnik, Petja Hajdinjak, Ajda Mihajlović, Tai Fištravec, Vojko Belšak, Anica Črnivec, Izidor Gnilšek, Maruša Majer, Uroš Nikolić, Mojca Partljič, Marjan Prešnički, Milivoj Roš, Luka Martin Škof, Timon Šturbej, Nenad Tokalić, Sandra Vidovič Mlakar

production
December
co-production
RTV Slovenija
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA

December
Lija Pogačnik
lija@decemberfilm.si
Vlado Bulajić
vlado@decemberfilm.si

Darko Sinko (1979) is film director from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated from the Communication studies at Faculty od Social sciences (2006) and from Film and television directing at Film academy (AGRFT) in Ljubljana (2008). He has directed and produced several documentaries. With his first feature film Inventory, he attended San Sebastian and many other film festivals and was awarded several times, including vesna award for best directing at Festival of Slovenian film (2021). Confirmation is his second feature film.

“Confirmation wants to be visually rich, fast-paced film with numerous vivid characters and intense happening. It tends to be a communicative film that is entertaining and moving at the same time.”

December is a Ljubljana-based production company founded in 2013 by Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik (EAVE, EFA, FPS). With debut features Inventory (dir. Darko Sinko, 2021, San Sebastián) and Bitch, a Derogatory Term for a Woman (dir. Tijana Zinajić, 2021, Valencia) December established its presence internationally. The company later produced documentaries 2017 (dir. Goran Vojnović, 2022) and The Last Cowboy (dir. Tadej Čater, 2024, Sarajevo), and a debut feature Fantasy (dir. Kukla, 2025, Locarno), winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Female Cast Ensemble and five FSF awards. International co-productions include The Diary of Diana B. (2019), Safe Place (2022), Dražen (2024), and Mother Mara (2024).