Blaž Setnikar
Also Known As: Blaz Setnikar
Biography: Blaz Setnikar is a classically and modern trained multilingual actor who graduated at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. He has since regularly appeared as a part of the main cast in the popular TV series, e.g. Najini mostovi (Our Bridges), Reka ljubezni (The River of Love), Takle mamo (Household Scenes) and awarded films Posledice (Consequences), Psi brezčasja (Case: Osterberg), Vloga za Emo (Changing Emma), Do takrat pa… (Until then…) and others. He has been fully engaged with all the major theatres in the country over the years. He has received The Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists award, Julia Award and Sever award and was a part of 20th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival Talents program. He strives towards diversity of genres as well as the characters he portrays.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Wake Me
Overview: In this intelligent mix of Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”, the protagonist Rok loses his memory and is seemingly turning into a better man. Or will his ultra-radical past take over his personality again?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2022-11-22
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Pero
Overview: This film is a homage to the life, career and fears of Slovenian actor Peter Musevski. He was always Pero for me, not Peter.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2023-01-25
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1991 – The Unshot Bullet
Overview: A film about short-lived Slovenian war of independence.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2011-06-15
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Lunatic
Overview: An intimate portrait of the family of Jure Šterk, the first Slovenian to sail the globe alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2023-10-03
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Duck Hunting
Overview: Two sons wait for their father on the day he is released from prison. They go duck hunting together, like they did before he was locked up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2009-09-22
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Observing
Overview: Inspired by a real event, the film follows 27-year-old Lara (newcomer Diana Kolenc), a paramedic intern who helps bring 30-year-old Kristijan (Vito Weiss) into the hospital, after he was brutally beaten on a Facebook live stream that was seen by 20,000 people and no one called the police. Although Kristijan is in a coma, Lara starts to receive video clips from his Facebook profile, showing unidentified persons watching him get beaten. She reports this to detective Borut (Jure Henigman, from A Trip and Dual), who starts an investigation. All the observers, who appear in the video clips, will become Lara’s nightmare in her real life. She soon realizes that she is also an accomplice in this horrible event.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Case: Osterberg
Overview: After being away for four years, Rok Osterberg returns to his home town to investigate the murder of his younger brother Maks. As Maks was involved in illegal business, nobody seems to care about his death. The only person willing to help is a family friend, Inspector Kramer. Back home, Osterberg must face people from his past.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2015-11-05
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Sarajevo Songs of Woe
Overview: Sarajevo Songs of Woe is a filmic triptych containing of the two tales (“Blue Ballad for Lovers” / “Blue Rondo for Survivors”) and the connecting middle part “Blue Psalm for Wolves” flowing into each other and so being united and building up one universal mosaic of life situated in Sarajevo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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Vandima
Overview: A historical saga, based on personal stories and the history of Brda (a region near the border in the west of Slovenia), depicts a bloody history of Europe, full of wars, nationalisms and at the same time cohabitation, which is always personal and common to everyone.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Consequences
Overview: After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2018-10-18
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Girls Don't Cry
Overview: After an assassination attempt, a broke mob wife takes over his husband's dirty work and collects her husband's debt with the help of her best friend - a hairdresser and her step daughter.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 2015-12-30
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The Belly of the Whale
Overview: Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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