Region: Slovenia
Mojca (45), married to a wealthy meat dealer and mother of two grown-up children, is a passionate admirer of fine art. Desperate for love and passion, she becomes the object of a video installation by her former lover Miloš, now a renowned conceptual artist.
A film in a film in a cinema hall. Director Maja Weiss tells this seemingly banal love story as an avant-garde telenovela, presented for the first time in its originally intended Expanded Cinema form. Be curious.
AWARDS:
- Trieste Film Festival 2008 Special Recognition Award (Jury Award) – Maja Weiss
- Festival slovenskega filma Portorož 2007 Vesna Award (Jury Award) – best supporting role (Woman) Desa Muck
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
“If there is something like director’s intention when making a film, than mine was to make a film that glorifies actors and despite serious themes ends up being easy-going and joyful. Film which is comical and life full. Feminine film and family film at the same time. Film in which actors act actors. Film that praises all illusions; love illusions, artistic illusions, and above all film illusion. Installation of Love is my love statement to the art of filmmaking.”
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Maja Weiss (born in 1965 in Novo mesto) is a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. She studied film and television directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. Her documentaries and fiction films explore social issues, historical memory and human rights. Her debut feature, “Guardian of the Frontier” (2002), won the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlinale and received a European Film Academy nomination for European Discovery. Her other notable fiction films include “Adrian”, “Child In Time”, “Installation of Love” and “Hidden Memory of Angela Vode”. Her documentary work includes “Boy, a Blood Brother of Death | 1 and 2” and “The Road of Fraternity and Unity”. Together with Tomo Križnar, she co-directed “Nuba – Pure People”, “Dar Fur – War for Water” and “Eyes and Ears of God: Video Surveillance of Sudan”. Her more recent works include documentaries “Snatched from the Source – Slovenian Children of Lebensborn” and another work with Tomo Križnar “The Way to Kauniaro. Dance for Love or Kill and Die”. She has received numerous national and international awards and is a member of the European Film Academy and the Directors Guild of Slovenia.
