Sceneggiatura / Screenplay:Urša Menart. Fotografia / Photography: Darko Herič. Montaggio / Editing: Jurij Moškon. Musica / Music: Simon Penšek. Suono / Sound: Julij Zornik, Gregor Švabič. Scenografia / Set Designer: Marco Juratovec.
Costumi / Costume Designer: Tina Bonča. Interpreti / Cast: Eva Jesenovec, Živa Selan, Saša Pavček, Branko Završan, Špela Rozin, Jurij Drevenšek, Tina Potočnik Vrhovnik, Lara Vouk, Timon Šturbej, Aljaž Jovanović, Matic Lukšič. Produzione / Produced by: Vertigo. Coproduzione / Co-produced by: RTV Slovenija, NuFrame, 100 d.o.o. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Slovenian Film Centre. In collaborazione con / In collaboration with: FS Viba film.
Špela graduated in Art History, which means she’s never had a steady job. Her closest friends moved
abroad years ago and are not planning to return, but Špela chose to remain in Ljubljana. At 29, she finds
herself feeling lonely, unemployed, and sleeping on the couch of her disappointed parents, all while Slovenia
faces a seemingly never-ending economic crisis. Determined to turn her life around, she forges a new
friendship with a group of similarly fated losers, which threatens to prolong her extended adolescence.
“It seems like the majority of young, educated and ambitious people have left Slovenia in the past couple of
years and the ones who stayed keep asking themselves if we really made the right decision. My Last Year
as a Loser is a drama/comedy about disillusionment, shame, and the gap between the overeducated,
underemployed millennials and their parents, who had high expectations for their kids and feel powerless
when watching them fail.” (U. Menart)
Urša Menart
Slovenian writer and director Urša Menart was born in Ljubljana in 1985 and graduated in Film and TV
Directing from AGRFT, University of Ljubljana, in 2010. She has directed documentaries including There
Once Was a Land of Hardworking People and What About Mojca?, and collaborated as a screenwriter on
Damjan Kozole’s feature films Nightlife and Half-Sister. Menart is a member of the European Film Academy,
the Directors’ Guild of Slovenia, and the Screen Actors’ Guild of Slovenia. My Last Year as a Loser is her
first fiction feature.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
2012 Nekoč je bila dežela pridnih ljudi (There Once Was a Land of Hardworking People) doc. 2014 Kaj pa
Mojca? (What About Mojca?) doc. 2018 Ne bom več luzerka ( My Last Year as a Loser); Premi / Awards:
Ljubljana IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention; Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior Film,
Migliore sceneggiatura, Migliore attrice non protagonista / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Film,
Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress; 2018-2021 50 knjig, ki so nas napisale doc. serie TV / TV Series
2019 Kratki rezi (Short Deeds) cm / sf
