Hviezda (The Star)

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Monday, 18 February 2019

Hviezda (The Star)

Director: Andrej Kolencik

2012 / Slovakia / 19’ / Documentary

The story of Jan Slovak, a 55-year-old welder who fell in love with acting. His desire began when he got the lead role in a theatrical adaptation of the worst movie of all time, “Plan 9 From Outer Space” by Ed Wood Jr. The passion for theatre became his destiny.

Festival Events

SCANDINAVIAN SHORT PANORAMA
SHORTS ATTACK - BY INTERFILM BERLIN
APULIAN CINEMA DAYS
ISTITUTO LUCE, with the best directors of short film
"KOSOVA FILM" the retrospective of best feature films from Kosova
"TIME OF GYPSIES" - feature & documentary films from balkan filmmakers
"ACADEMY OF ARTS" film school works from: denmark, israel, kosova and finland
SUPINFOCOM - jury's special mention for the animation, tiff 2003
"REFLECTING ALBANIA" documentary films made in albania by the different foreign filmmakers