Dad

  • 71'
  • Slovenia
  • 2010
A father and a son. For the first time in ages, they spend the day together. It’s a beautiful autumn day and the countryside is gorgeous in this area of Slovenia close to the Hungarian border. They cautiously start talking. About ordinary, everyday things such as homework. But also about things that fathers and sons don’t usually talk about very easily.
The first fiction film by Vlado Skafar, whose documentary Letter to a Child was previously shown in Rotterdam, is close to documentary, but at the same time poetic, lyrical and dreamy. One scene merges slowly into the next - with enough time in between, says the maker, ‘to allow the soul of one image to mingle with that of the next’.
The result is a fragile film about the clear yet indescribable love between father and child, about alienation and bonding. Skafar takes the viewer to a special place. It’s only towards the end of the film that the outside world makes an appearance - a cruel yet telling intrusion on this dreamy, hopeful day.

  • 71'
  • Slovenia
  • 2010
Director
Vlado Skafar
Country of production
Slovenia
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
71'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Oca
Language
Slovene
Producer
Frenk Celarc
Production Company
Gustav Film
Sales
Gustav Film
Screenplay
Vlado Skafar
Cinematography
Marko Brdar
Editor
Vlado Skafar, Jure Moškon
Production Design
Zoran Grabarac
Sound Design
Kulij Zornik
Cast
Milivoj Miki Roš, Sandi Šalamon
Director
Vlado Skafar
Country of production
Slovenia
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
71'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Oca
Language
Slovene
Producer
Frenk Celarc
Production Company
Gustav Film
Sales
Gustav Film
Screenplay
Vlado Skafar
Cinematography
Marko Brdar
Editor
Vlado Skafar, Jure Moškon
Production Design
Zoran Grabarac
Sound Design
Kulij Zornik
Cast
Milivoj Miki Roš, Sandi Šalamon