RUDAR // THE MINER // UNTERTAGE
cinema feature
Nukleus Film Slovenia, 2017
A true and poignant story from Slovenia: in a sealed mine, deep underground, an immigrant miner finds thousands of bodies thrown into a pit after WW2. He affronts the society to preserve what is left of his own humanity by insisting to arrange a funeral for those bodies.
RUDAR premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival in 2017, was the Slovenian Oscar Entry 2018, and collected 21 Awards at International Festivals, among them Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director.
AWARDS
Best Director // 20.Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorož
Best Actor // 20.Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorož
Best Editor // 20.Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorož
Special Mention Best Film // 34. Warsaw International Film Festival
Special Mention Ecumenical Jury // 34. Warsaw International Film Festival
Young Jury Award // 29. Trieste International Film Festival
Film Conveying Message of Peace // 36. FAJJR International Film Festival, Teheran
Circle of Critics Award // 36. FAJJR International Film Festival, Teheran
Best Actor // 36. FAJJR International Film Festival, Teheran
Best Cinematographer // 13. SEE Fest, Los Angeles
Best Actor // 11. Orenburg IFF, Russia,
Best Film about the Alps // 24. Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy
Prize from the jury MicroCosmo of inmates of the Verona prison // 24. Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy
Audience Award // 24. Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy
Best Director 3rd Price // 11. IFF of Film Directing Leskovac, Serbia
Best Director // 34. Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival
Best Film // 34. Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival
Best Film // 7. Tuzla International Film Festival
Best Film // 5. Al Este International Film Festival Buenos Aires
REVIEWS OF THE FILM
Variety
http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-miner-review-1202664367/
Cineuropa
http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=339401
Interviews with director Hanna Slak
Geomovies (by Mariangela Matonte)
http://www.geomovies.it/2018/01/18/interview-hanna-slak-the-miner/
Cineuropa (by Fabien Lemercier)
http://cineuropa.org/it.aspx?t=interview&l=en&did=342674
Warsaw Film Festival Blog (by Marta Bałaga)
https://wff.pl/blog/interview-theminer