Section: Feature Film Competition

ŠIŠKA DELUXE

SISKA DELUXE

Jan Cvitkovič
Slovenia, 2015, 108 Min

Three childhood friends who, though they're now grown-ups, have little by way of success to look back on. Nevertheless they resolve to open a pizzeria in the run-down Ljubljana neighbourhood of Šiška. Though the project initially appears doomed to fail, they refuse to lose heart, full of belief in the virtues of patience.

Three childhood friends who, though they're now grown-ups, have little by way of success to look back on. Nevertheless they resolve to open a pizzeria in the run-down Ljubljana neighbourhood of Šiška. Though the project initially appears doomed to fail, they refuse to lose heart, full of belief in the virtues of patience.

These three friends have never really managed to escape the working-class district of Šiška, with its high-rise residential buildings; having struggled over the years to keep their heads above water with the help of various odd jobs they're certainly not kids anymore, but they've also not really managed to grow-up. Mile is probably the smartest of the three; he still lives at home with his mother, with whom he studies maps of foreign cities. Once a skinhead, Fyodor is now divorced with a young daughter whilst Zekir, the third link in the chain, was until recently a punk. When the small commercial property that once belonged to a recently-deceased aunt is vacated they come up with sure-fire business idea intended to put an end to the trio's eternal financial and private worries: a pizzeria is to be the neighbourhood's next culinary success story. Running a business isn't quite as easy as they imagine however; the restaurant has no charm, the expected crowds of diners stay away and the fledgling restaurant owners struggle to shake off old habits. It is then that Jana appears on the scene and convinces the friends to launch a pizza delivery service, to be named Šiška Deluxe: “Order a pizza and whatever else that would make you happy right now, we’ll make it happen!” The new business quickly proves a success, bringing a much needed sense of optimism to the community in the process, but are Mile, Fyodor and Zekir really happier than they were before? Jan Cvitkovič pitched this bittersweet, down-to-earth comedy at the connecting cottbus co-production market in 2013. WMH

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Jan Cvitkovič
Kamera
Jure Černec
Ton
Lukas Moudry
Schnitt
Dafne Jemeršić
Ausstattung
Vasja Kokelj
Musik
Aleksander Pešut-Schatzi
Darsteller
Žiga Födransperg, David Furlan, Marko Miladinović, Jana Prepeluh
Produzent
Andrej Štritof, Aleš Pavlin
Produktion
Perfo d.o.o.
Co-Produktion
Evolution Film, Kino Oko
Kontakt
Perfo d.o.o.
Ales Pavlin
Trg MDB 4
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel.: +386.1.232.14 68
ales.pavlin@perfo.si
www.perfo.si
Jan Cvitkovič

Jan Cvitkovič - – born 1966 in Tolmin, Yugoslavia (Slovenia). While being a student of Archaeology (he graduated in 1999), he began to write prize-winning screenplays and won acclaim as an actor. His feature film debut KRUH IN MLEKO won the Spezial Prize of the Jury at FilmFestival Cottbus in 2001. In 2005, ODGROBADOGROBA won the Lubina for the best film.

Movies
KRUH IN MLEKO (2001, Cottbus 2001)
SRCE JE KOS MESA (2003, short, Cottbus 2004)
ODGROBADOGROBA (2005, Cottbus 2005)
ARCHEO (2011)
STO PSOV (2012, short, Cottbus 2012)