Gregor Božič
Gregor BOŽIČ (1984) works as a director, scriptwriter and cinematographer. After graduating from film schools in Ljubljana and Berlin, he enrolled in the postgraduate programme at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. As a director of photography, he collaborates with filmmakers from across the region such as Matjaž Ivanišin, Igor Bezinović and Nebojša Slijepčević. Since 2008, he has been researching old and endemic fruit varieties. In collaboration with farmers from the Italo-Slovene borderland, he planted a gene-bank orchard and wrote a book listing each variety found and the stories connected with them.
Filmography
Shoes from Trieste (2015, short), Stories from the Chestnut Woods (2019), Common Pear (2024, short)
Gregor Božič at IFFR
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Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović | 112' | Croatia | World premiere
A fascinating hybrid documentary dramatises a singular moment in early 20th-century Italian and Croatian history. -
Common Pear
Gregor Božič | 15' | Slovenia | World premiere
A tribute to the old ways of growing fruit, viewed from a dystopian future. -
Playing Men
Matjaž Ivanišin | 60' | Croatia | None
A positively peculiar play with the borders between documentary and fiction, ruminating on manliness and competitiveness. -
Playing Men
Matjaž Ivanišin | 60' | Croatia | None
After watching Playing Men, men and women will want nothing more than to wrestle or play cards. This ode to games reveals the sense in