Slobodan Maksimović
Directing
Biography
Slobodan Maksimović (born 1975 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a director and screenwriter. In 2003 he attended the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Film and Television Directing. His first student short film '1/2' was presented at the 60th Cannes Film Festival as a part of the Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde section. His shorts '1/2' and 'AgapE' (both 2007) were shown at more than 30 international film festivals within the competition program and won 14 international rewards. Thanks for Sunderland (2012) is his first feature film which was awarded four Vesna awards at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Film, among them also the Vesna for best film. More recently he directed the Christmas movie Beanie (2022).
Known For
A series of stories about a chief inspector Martin Vrenko, who faces numbers of unusual cases, interesting characters, intelligent plots and surprising twists.
Cases of Inspector Vrenko
The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
The Melon Route
16 year old girl go-kart driver Nika exceeds conflict with her mother to win the most important race of her life.
Nika
Praslovan is a feature-length documentary film about the 40-year long career of musician Zoran Predin. It revolves around the hidden stories from Zoran's life and work. Some are fun, others very personal, as well as sad or even tragic. Because Zoran's nature is mischievous, so is the documentary.
Proto-Slav
A boy who has nothing and a girl who seems to have everything embark on an adventure following fake Santa in the middle of the night. That night all of their Christmas wishes come true, but not quite the way they've each expected.
The Beanie
The film "1/2" is a story about two neighbors separated by a thin wall. Klara’s daily life begins at 4:30 a.m. with the lifting of a creaking shutter, too loud radio news, and the vacuuming of an apartment. Nikša is losing his temper because of this. The human mind is sometimes capable of producing anything but reasonable verbal communication.
1/2
The film takes place in Slovenia today. Johan (44), is a factory worker, who dreams of a dignified life for himself and his family. His best friend Janez introduces him to Zlatko, who doesn’t take bluetouth away from his ear, and he offers him a quick profit, better job and a raise. Accepting the offer Johan robs his wife's mother, who cheers for Manchester United, and his life after that moves downhill.
Thanks for Sunderland
Somewhere in Europe a Greek owes to a French, who owes to a Slovenian and she owes to an Italian, who owes money to the Greek. A German owes no one, she just wants to get a good night's sleep. The Brit is looking for an exit. The film is shot in one take with a crew and actors coming from over ten countries. Everyone speaks their language and they all understand each other.
The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith
In a remote convent where nuns live, they decide to introduce broadband internet.