International documentary film festival
April 14 - 21, 2024
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Body (Telo)

Petra Seliškar

Body

Body spans two decades of Seliškar’s close friend Urška Ristić’s life, when she was battling rare autoimmune diseases. During her recovery from vasculitis – a disease of the central nervous system – she had to learn to speak, walk, get to know herself, recognize her surroundings and her daughter, accept, understand and love her body again, which seemed to her as if it wanted to destroy her. Just when life seemed to be the way it should be again, Urška was struck by a new illness, much more mysterious and insidious than the first one. 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. The film takes us on a tumultuous journey toward healing and self-acceptance.

Slovenia, Croatia, Republic of North Macedonia 2023, '91

DIRECTOR: Petra Seliškar

SCENARIO: Petra Seliškar

CAMERA: Brand Ferro

MONTAGE: Sashko Potter Micevski, Sandra Bastašić

MUSIC: Vladimir Rakić

PRODUCERS: Petra Seliškar

PRODUCTION: Petra Pan Film, PPFP, Wolfgang & Dolly

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Sarajevo FF (2023)
Festival of Slovenian Film (2023)

Petra Seliškar

Petra Seliškar

Petra Seliškar, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1978, moved to the Netherlands to study film directing and producing at the National Film Academy in Amsterdam and moved to UK to finish her MA studies in Screen Arts at Sheffield Hallam University – Northern Media School. She continued to work in Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia as a film director and film producer. She founded Petra Pan Film Production in 2003. Her documentary The Grandmothers of Revolution (2006) has been screened at a variety of film festivals including IDFA, Trieste Film Festival, ZagrebDox and Sarajevo Film Festival.

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