Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Sonja Prosenc. Fotografia / Photography: Mitja Ličen. Montaggio / Editing:
Frida Eggum Michaelsen. Musica / Music: Luca Ciut. Suono / Sound: Riccardo Spagnol, Julij Zornik, Gisle
Tveito. Scenografia / Art Director: Vasja Kokelj. Costumi / Costume Designer: Leo Kulaš. Interpreti / Cast:
Doroteja Nadrah, Kristoffer Joner, Zita Fusco, Gregor Zemljič, Matija Vastl. Produzione / Produced by:
Monoo. Coproduzione / Co-produced by: Nefertiti Film, Incitus Films, RAI Cinema. In associazione con / In
association with: RTV Slovenija. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Eurimages, Slovenian Film Centre,
Fondo audiovisivo FVG, FVG Film Commission, Norsk Filminstitutt, Mediefondet Zefyr, Filmkraft Rogaland.
Distribuzione per l’Italia / Distributed in Italy by: Nefertiti Film.
Seventeen-year-old Iva is in the process of coming to terms with the death of her mother. Influenced by this
deep personal loss and by the discovery that she didn’t know everything about her mom, the girl slowly
immerses herself into a strange, almost dreamlike world far from reality.
History of Love (one of the selected projects at WEMW in 2016) premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2018
where it received a Special Mention from the Jury. It was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best
International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.
“I focused on Iva, confronted with her mother’s past that she cannot accept. As we all are, she is drawn to
judging, labelling. Only when she is able to understand (or at least allow a possibility that there is something
she doesn’t understand) and to perceive different points of view, she can develop compassion for the human
condition. In this sense History of Love is also a coming-of-age film.” (S. Prosenc)
Sonja Prosenc
Slovenian writer and director Sonja Prosenc was born in 1977 in Slovenj Gradec. She graduated in
Journalism and Culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. Prosenc participated in
international screenwriting programs such as TorinoFilmLab and Midpoint, and took part in Berlinale and
Sarajevo Talents. She co-founded the production company Monoo. She has also successfully ventured into
the comedy genre with her short film Paradise (2019) and into the mystery thriller genre with the series
Trigrad first presented at Series Mania in France. The Trieste FF presented in competition her debut features
The Tree in 2015, and Family Therapy in 2025.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
2004 Smrt cm / sf 2005 Nič novega, nič pretiranega cm / sf 2012 Jutro (Morning) cm / sf; Moz s krokarjem
mm / ml doc. 2015 Impromptu cm / sf 2016 Drevo (The Tree) 2018 Zgodovina ljubezni (History of Love);
Premi / Awards: Karlovy Vary IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention 2019 Raj (Paradise) diretto con /
directed with Mitja Ličen cm / sf; Premi / Awards: Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior
cortometraggio / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Short Film 2022 Trigrad serie TV / TV Series
2024 Odrešitev za začetnike (Family Therapy): Premi / Awards: Sarajevo FF – Premio C.I.C.A.E. per il
Miglior film / C.I.C.A.E. Award for Best Film; Portorose, Festival del cinema sloveno – Miglior film, Miglior
sceneggiatura / Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož – Best Film, Best Screenplay
