Jan Cvitkovič is a critically acclaimed Slovenia

Slovenia

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n film director

Film director

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, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and actor. As of April 2007 he has already won a total of 12 awards and 3 nominations at various film festivals for his work, including the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

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Biography

After one year he dropped the study of physics

Physics

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. He then travelled through Israel

Israel

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, Egypt

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, and Eastern Africa. When he returned, he started studying archaeology

Archaeology

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 and he took a diploma in 1999. Since then he became interested in directing films.

As screenwriter

• Odgrobadogroba (2005) ... aka Gravehopping
  Gravehopping
  Gravehopping is a 2005 Slovenian film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....
  
   (UK)
• Srce je kos mesa (2003)
• Kruh in mleko (2001) ... aka Bread and Milk
  Bread and Milk
  Bread and Milk is a 2001 Slovene film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....
  
  
• V leru (1999) aka Idle Running (International: English title)

As director

• Odgrobadogroba (2005) ... aka Gravehopping
  Gravehopping
  Gravehopping is a 2005 Slovenian film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....
  
   (UK)
• Srce je kos mesa (2003) aka The Heart Is a Piece of Meat
• Kruh in mleko (2001) ... aka Bread and Milk

As actor

• Rezervni deli (2003) .... Tovornjakar aka Spare Parts
• Fantasy
  Fantasy
  Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
  
   (2002) (TV)
• V leru (1999) .... Dizzy

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