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Stories from the Chestnut Woods (first feature)

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Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Zgodbe iz Kostanjevih Gozdov)

Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Zgodbe iz Kostanjevih Gozdov)

original title:

Zgodbe iz Kostanjevih Gozdov

italian title:

Storie dai boschi di castagne

directed by:

Gregor Bozic

cast:

Ivana Roščić, Giusi Merli, Anita Kravos, Massimo De Francovich, Natasa Keser, Nejc Cijan Garlatti, Tomi Janežič, Janez Škof, Dora Ciccone, Matija Solce, Janja Majzelj, Marko Brecelj, Nebojša Pop Tašič, Ivo Barišič, Giuseppe Longo, Jože Dolmark

screenplay:

Gregor Bozic, Marina Gumzi

cinematography:

Ferran Paredes Rubio

editing:

Gregor Bozic, Beppe Leonetti, Benjamin Mirguet

set design:

Giovanna Cirianni

costume design:

Mateja Fajt, Katarina Jockwer

music:

Hekla Magnúsdóttir

producer:

Marina Gumzi, Igor Princic

production:

Nosorogi, Transmedia, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Eurimages, MEDIA, Slovenski filmski center, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission

world sales:

Cercamon [United Arab Emirates]

country:

Slovenia/Italy

year:

2019

film run:

85'

format:

colour

festivals & awards:

In a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past as they weigh fateful decisions for the future, in this touching homage to a lost way of life.