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The founder of Kinoatelje, also a sociologist and a film critic, Darko Bratina (1942-1997) had attributed an important role to the film, television and video media: he stated that it was one of the best means of understanding society, history and culture. Following his vision, the award  carries his name and also selects works and authors, which besides the aesthetical values, have an additional focus towards the historical and social surroundings, hence advocating intercultural communication.

 

Today the award ceremony occurs as a cross-border film festival, Tribute to a Vision, taking place in the inter-regional space between Slovenia and Italy by connecting audiences and film institutions in 7 different cities (Gorizia, Nova Gorica, Trieste, Izola, San Pietro al Natisone, Udine in Ljubljana), for which the physical distance might not be great, but the cultural varieties are rather expressive and stand for the richness of our cross-border space. The festival presents the complete filmography of the selected author, the winner of the Darko Bratina award. Roundtables with the awarded guest, film projections and a professional workshop - a masterclass co-organized with our neighboring partners. The complete program is bilingual (in Italian and Slovene), except for the masterclass which is in English. 

 

The newly designed First Crossings section brings new freshness to the festival, which aims to be a platform for exploring new film languages. In the accompanying program Award through time, we follow the fresh productions of the previous recipients of the Darko Bratina Award and we put their timeless masterpieces back on display.

DARKO BRATINA

Born in Gorizia, 30 March 1942. He was attending a Slovenian primary and secondary school, after which he enrolled at the science high school Duca degli Abruzzi in Gorizia. He graduated in 1961 and enrolled at the Faculty of Engineering in Trieste. Shortly after, he started to get interested in sociology and when he heard about the new sociology school, founded in 1962 in Trento, he abandoned the engineering studies and started studying sociology, when the faculty wasn't yet acknowledged.

In the year 1972 he became an economical sociology professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Trieste. He moved back to Gorizia in 1976 and two years later he began teaching sociology in Trieste. He advanced in his academical career until 1992, and also taught sociology of ethnical relationships from 1990 at the Faculty for International and Diplomatic Sciences in Gorizia, that was founded the same year.

Film was one of his most important interests, for which he started to develop a taste as a young man and continued to nourish it throughout his life. In Gorizia in 1977 he established the film club Kinoatelje. He was an initiator of the Slovenian film in Italy and organized the first Slovenian film retrospective. Out of that initiative the Film Video Monitor was born, an annual Slovenian film, television and video magazine. 

Bratina was also very active within the Slovenian minorities: since 1976 he collaborated at SLORI (Slovenian research institute) and was the head of the institution from 1982 till 1992. He was active with the Slovenian cultural-economical relationships (SKGZ) and was a member of the main board.

​In the year 1992 he was voted as senator on the PDS (the Democratic Party of the Left) in the Gorizia County and thus became the first Gorizian senator. He was reelected in 1994 on the list of the Progressives and in 1996 on the list of Oljke. Amidst this different parliamentary positions, he was a member of the Foreign Political Commission in the Senate, a member of the Italian delegation at the Council of Europe, a member of the Italian delegation to the WEU, and the President of the Italian delegation to the CEI since 28 November 1996.

 He died in the village of Obernai near Strasbourg, on 23 September 1997.

 

Majda Bratina

AWARDEES

2022 Helke Misselwitz, director

2021 Peter Zeitlinger, director of photography

2020 Srdan Golubovič, director

2019 Kim Longinotto, director

2018 Peter Mettler, director

2017 Mario Brenta, director
2016 Dalibor Matanić, director
2015 Villi Hermann, director and producer
2014 Laila Pakalnina, director
2013  Ruth Beckermann, director
2012  Karpo Godina, filmmaker
2011  Franco Giraldi, director
2010  Miroslav Janek, filmmaker
2009  Harutyun Khachatryan, director and producer
2008  Petra Seliškar, director and producer
2007  Adela Peeva, director and producer
2006  Želimir Žilnik, director
2005  Edi Šelhaus, photographer and photoreporter
2004  Demetrio Volcic, television journalist and reporter
2003  Aljoša Žerjal, cineast from Trieste
2001 Jan Cvitkovič, director
2000  Srdjan Vuletić, director
1999  Maja Weiss, director

TEAM

Mateja Zorn, festival director

Karin Kocijančič, office manager

Patricija Maličev, programme selector

Mateja Sulič, coordination and communication (Slo)

Aleš Doktorič, programme advisor

Sandra Jovanovska, programme selector and coordinator of First Crossings

Sara Brollo, programme selector of First Crossings

Arta Kroni, Una Savić, selector of First Crossings from Akademija umetnosti - Univerza v Novi Gorici

Giulia Zeno, Sara Malni, Antonio Dagostin, selector of First Crossings from DAMS

Anka Štular, Anja Paternoster in Vida Rucli, graphic design

Emanuela Masseria, public relations (Ita)

Martina Humar, translation and archiving

Urban Košir, Peter Persoglia, audio-visual documentation, promotional material and technical support

Jakob Koncut, Saša Mrak, photographers

Anja Naglič, Sara Terpin, Maja Lovrenov, Nataša Hrovat, Ingrid Cotič, Alenka Novak, Jerica Klanjšček, Denis Debevec, Miha Jenko, Martin Medved, Ksenija Šabec, translations

Anja Mugerli, proofreading of Slovene texts

Ines Lakovič, social media

Jana Rajh Plohl, catalogue editor

Aljaž Škrlep, website design

Jakob Koncut, designer of the Darko Bratina Award sculpture

PARTNERS

CO-ORGANIZERS:

NOVA GORICA: Zavod Masovna, Kulturni dom Nova Gorica, Zavod Kinoatelje, Akademija umetnosti Univerze v Novi Gorici

GORICA: Palazzo del Cinema /Hiša filmaDAMS Cinema – Università degli Studi di UdineUniverza na Primorskem, Associazione Združenje Darko Bratina, Transmedia s.r.l., Kulturhaus Görz, Goethe-Institut Rom

LJUBLJANA: Slovenska kinotekaCankarjev domLjubljana international film festival LiffeZavod Motovila

IZOLA: Zavod Otok

ŠPETER: Inštitut za slovensko kulturoSMO - Krajinski pripovedni muzej, Goethe-Institut Rom

VIDEM: Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche UdineHybrida Circolo ArciRobida

TRST: Casa del cinema TriesteBonawentura soc. coopAssociazione culturale Anno unoSlovenski klubLa Capella Underground, Goethe-Institut Rom

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