Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Petra Seliškar. Fotografia / Photography: Brand Ferro. Montaggio / Editing: Sashko Potter Micevski, Sandra Bastašić. Musica / Music: Vladimir Rakić. Suono / Sound: Vladimir Rakić, Vera Galešev. Produzione / Produced by: Petra Pan Film. Coproduzione / Co-produced by: PPFP, Wolfgang & Dolly. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, North Macedonia Film Agency, Eurimages, Creative Europe Media, Région Sud – Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales: Lightdox.
Body is a feature documentary by director Petra Seliškar, spanning two decades of her close friend Urška’s extraordinary life, battling rare auto-immune diseases. Once a fashion model, now a professional pianist, Urška faces immense challenges, yet never loses her indomitable spirit. The film blends intimate conversations, personal archives and creative visuals to explore the mysteries of the human body and the power of art and friendship to understand its essence. A tumultuous journey towards healing and self-
acceptance. Body, one of the selected projects of Last Stop Trieste 2022, premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2023.
“I wanted the viewer to feel physically as if they went inside the body and felt what Urška was feeling, all those pains and uncertainties. … It is a state between dreams, reality and the damage done by the illness and drugs. It takes a lot of energy to pull yourself out of it and to get back into the normal world. I find that extremely fascinating.” (P. Seliškar)
Petra Seliškar
Film director and producer Petra Seliskar was born in 1978 in Ljubljana. In 1997, she moved to Amsterdam, where she began studying film directing at the NFTA (Netherlands Film and Television Academy) and went on to specialise in documentary directing and production. In 2003, she founded her production company Petra Pan. Her documentary The Grandmothers of the Revolution premiered at IDFA in Amsterdam and was also screened at the Trieste FF in 2007. Her documentaries include Mama Europa, which was also presented in Trieste in 2014, My World is Upside Down (2016), and Farewell (2020).
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
2001 Con-Fusion doc. 2003 Balkans – Blood and honey doc. 2006 Babice revolucije (The Grandmothers of Revolution) doc. 2014 Mama Europa (Mother Europe) doc. 2016 My World is Upside Down doc. 2020 Farewell doc. 2023 Telo (Body); Premi / Awards: Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior documentario / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Documentary 2025 Mojot leten raspust doc. 2025 The Mountain Won’t Move doc.
