Sceneggiatura, montaggio / Screenplay, Editing: Hanna A.W. Slak. Fotografia / Photography: Karina Maria Kleszczewska. Musica / Music: Dreamwalk. Suono / Sound: Hanna Preuss. Scenografia / Set Designer: Marko Japelj. Costumi / Costume Designer: Sabina Buždon. Interpreti / Cast: Manca Dorrer, Kolja Saksida. Produzione / Produced by: Bindweed Soundvision. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Slovenian Film Fund.
Gladki, a young man, escapes from a hospital. His sister, Lupa, receives his phone call and rushes to help
him. When she finds him unconscious, she decides to assist him in overcoming his heroin addiction by
locking him in a rented room. Lupa does everything she can to make their life in that small space more
pleasant, but refuses help from friends and isolates herself from the outside world. While she appears to be
successful in freeing her brother from the grip of drugs, old memories resurface for Lupa, and some
horrifying secrets could endanger them both…
Selected at the Locarno and Thessaloniki film festivals, among others, Blind Spot had its Italian premiere at
the Trieste FF in 2003.
“No human being can exist without interaction with society, and no society can progress without
acknowledging and considering the fundamental rights and needs of each of its members. This is precisely
what I wanted to express with this film.” (H.A.W. Slak)
Hanna A.W. Slak (ora / now Ava Bringmann Slak)
Slovenian producer, director, and screenwriter Slak was born in 1975 in Warsaw and is based in Berlin. She
studied Comparative Literature at the University of Ljubljana and Film Directing at AGRFT. Slak has written
and directed feature films (Blind Spot (2002), Teah (2007), Rudar – The Miner (2017), among others) as well
as documentary films and experimental shorts, that have been selected by major international festivals.
Rudar – The Miner, Slovenia’s submission for the 2018 Academy Awards, was also presented at the Trieste
FF in 2018.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography 1997 Brez Štroma doc. 1998 Zjutro cm / sf; Premi / Awards: Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior film studentesco / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Student Film 1999 Predor cm / sf; Premi / Awards: Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Premio speciale della giuria / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Special Jury Prize 2002 Slepa pega (Blind Spot); Premi / Awards: Thessaloniki IFF – Migliore attrice / Best Actress; FilmFestival Cottbus – Premio Don Quixote, Premio della Giuria Ecumenica / Don Quixote Award, Award of the Ecumenical Jury; Sofia IFF – Miglior regia / Best Director 2007 Teah 2017 Rudar (Rudar – The Miner); Premi / Awards: Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior regia, Miglior attore, Miglior montaggio / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing; Trieste FF – Premio Giuria PAG / PAG Jury Award 2023 Kein Wort (Not a Word).
