Urša Kastelic
URŠA KASTELIC
FILMMAKER
remember, broken crayons colour too
2023 | documentary | ZHdK | 13.5 min | CH
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Shannet Clemmings, a Black Transgender woman from Jamaica, shares her journey of healing the wounds caused by prejudice and discrimination as she wanders through the empty streets of a European city.
Written and directed: Shannet Clemmings, Urša Kastelic
Cast: Shannet Clemmings, Romincio Cayol, Eric Dormoy,
Rino Hosennen, Ahmad Kron, Jelena Pavlović, Lateena,
Moritz Sauer, Kathrin Schweizer
Producer: Filippo Bonacci - ZHdK
Production manager: Gabriel Grosclaude, Zoë Bayer
Cinematography: Alvaro Kreyden
Script supervisor: Zoë Bayer
1st Assistant director: Stefania Burla
Editing: Manuel Viktor Troxler
Sound: Marin Valentin Wolf, Jonathan Descombes,Zoë Bayer
Sound design: Aleksandar Rančič
Music: tracy september
Set design: Natascha Simons
Costume design: Ahmad Kron
Visual effects: Nevin George
posterboy
2022| fiction | ZHdK | 15 min | CH
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Julia, a director of an NGO is looking for a new face for the company's campaign.
In the process, she is tempted to abuse her position of power. A reflection of contemporary authority in a postcolonial context.
Written and directed: Urša Kastelic
Cast: Mona Petri, Tamim Fattal, Songhay Toldon, Trinity Mesime Njume-Ebong
Producer: Philippe Grob, Filippo Bonacci - ZHdK
Production manager: Philippe Grob
Cinematography: Alicja Pahl
Script supervisor: Zoë Bayer
1st Assistant director: Konstantin Shishkin
Editing: Manuel Viktor Troxler
Sound: Daniel Eaton, Marin Wolf
Sound design: Aleksandar Rančič
Music: Siavash Namehshiri
Set design: Jacopo Giulini, Natascha Simons
Costume design: Nina Jaun
the growers
2018 | fiction | independent | 7min | SVN |
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In the year 2050, Pilar plans to escape the system that dictates the prohibition of normal food. Her destination is a remote island, the only place left in Europe that is not under the control of the government.
Written and directed: Urša Kastelic
Cast: Sandra Julve, Janez Konda, Jure Rajpš, Suzana Korošak, Tara Knok Ratković
Producer: Katja Boškovska Krueger, Erik Krkač
Cinematography: Jan Misir
1st Assistant director: Erik Krkač
Editing: Luka Ilinčič
Sound: Marko Petriček
Sound design: Erik Krkač
Music: tracy september
Costume design: Sandra Julve
v troje je lepše
2017 | fiction | independent | 7min | SVN
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A journey into the ups and downs of the everyday life of people living in a polygamist relationship.
Director: Urša Kastelic
Screenplay: Urša Kastelic, Janez Konda
Cast: Suzana Korošak, Tara Knok Ratković, Janez Konda, Sanja Živkovič Gilchmori
Producer: Katja Boškovska Krueger
Cinematography: Urša Kastelic, Luka Ilinčič
Editing: Urša Kastelic
Light: Luka Ilinčič, Erki Krkač
Sound: Marko Petriček
Sound design: Erik Krkač
Music: tracy september
janez
2012 |documentary | independent | 12min | SVN
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In 2012 Slovenia voted on the law that would give same-sex couples the same rights as the hetero population.
Written and directed: Urša Kastelic, Andrea Celija
Cast: Janez Konda
Cinematography: Urša Kastelic
Editing: Urša Kastelic, Andrea Celija
filmography (a selection)
2023 |Remember, broken crayons colour too| Documentary| ZHdK | 13.5 min | CH
World premiere: Locarno Film Festival, competition Pardi di Domani 08/2023
2022|posterboy| fiction | ZHdK | 15 min| CH
Fekk Film Festival, domestic competition, SVN competition
2020 |Zoophilie| Documentary | ZHdK | 20 min| CH
Special mention, Documentary Prise Award Alexis Victor Thalberg Stiftung
2018 |The Growers| Fiction | SVN | 7min
Muvit 6X60 Film Festival Slovenija, 1st prize best short film
2017 |V troje je lepse| Fiction | SVN | 7min
1st prize for best short film, Luksuz Film Festival Ljublajana
Muvit 6X60 Film Festival Slovenija, competition program, special mention
2012 |Janez| Documentary | SVN|12min
1st prize for best short film, LGBT Film Festival Slovenija
3rd prize for best short film, Festival of Independent Film Slovenija
Luksuz Film Festival Ljubljana (competition program)
FiloFest Festival, Ljubljana, competition program