Class Enemy (film)
{{short description|2013 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Class Enemy
| image = Class Enemy film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Rok Biček
| writer = Nejc Gazvoda
Rok Biček
Janez Lapajne
| producer = Aiken Veronika Prosenc
Janez Lapajne
| cinematography = Fabio Stoll
| editing = Janez Lapajne
Rok Biček
| studio = Triglav film
Slovenian Film Centre
Viba Film Studio
| distributor = Fivia
Paname Distribution
Trigon-film
| released = {{Film date|2013|8|30|Venice|2013|9|12|Slovenia|df=yes}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Slovenia
| language = Slovene
German
}}
Class Enemy ({{langx|sl|Razredni sovražnik}}) is a 2013 Slovenian drama film directed by Rok Biček. The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.film-center.si/index.php?module=news&op=show&newsID=984|title=Razredni sovražnik je letošnji slovenski kandidat za oskarja|accessdate=25 September 2013|work=Slovenian Film Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927192137/http://www.film-center.si/index.php?module=news&op=show&newsID=984|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}} but it was not nominated. It was nominated for the 2014 Lux Prize. It won the Fedeora Award at the 28th Venice Critics' Week.{{cite web|title="Class Enemy" Wins Venice Critics' Week|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenian-film-class-enemy-wins-venice-critics-week/6|access-date=9 September 2014|work=Slovenia Times}}
Cast
- Igor Samobor as Robert
- Nataša Barbara Gračner as Zdenka
- Tjaša Železnik as Saša
- Maša Derganc as Nuša
- Robert Prebil as Matjaž
- Voranc Boh as Luka
- Jan Zupančič as Tadej
- Daša Cupevski as Sabina
- Doroteja Nadrah as Mojca
- Špela Novak as Špela
- Pia Korbar as Maruša
- Dan David Mrevlje Natlačen as Primož
- Jan Vrhovnik as Nik
- Kangjing Qiu as Chang
- Estera Dvornik as Sonja
- Peter Teichmeister as janitor
Awards and accolades
Class Enemy was one of three films nominated for the European Parliament LUX Prize in 2014,{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/girlhood-ida-class-enemy-nominees-721592 |title='Girlhood,' 'Ida,' 'Class Enemy' Nominees for European Parliament's LUX Prize 2014 |author=Scott Roxborough |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=28 July 2014}} and received the highest number of votes from audiences across Europe{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20150701STO72980/lux-prize-2015-the-ten-nominated-films-have-been-revealed |quote=Audience Mention for 2014 Lux Prize The film of the 2014 Lux Prize competition that received the highest number of votes from audiences across Europe has also been announced: Slovenian film Class Enemy by Rok Bicek. |date=9 July 2015 |title=Lux Prize 2015: the ten nominated films have been revealed |accessdate=24 September 2016}} although the prize winner (chosen by a ballot of MEPs) was Ida.{{cite press release |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20141212IPR01104/ida-wins-2014-lux-film-prize |title="Ida" wins 2014 LUX Film Prize |publisher=European Parliament |date=17 December 2014 |accessdate=24 September 2016 }}
The FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) jury awarded Class Enemy its prize for Best Film of the International Critics' Week at Venice in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.fedeora.eu/ |title=FEDEORA |accessdate=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112041936/http://www.fedeora.eu/ |archive-date=12 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}
At the Festival of Slovenian Film in September 2013, Class Enemy won seven Vesna awards: Best Film, Best Lead Actor (Igor Samobor), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Gračner), Best Cinematography (Fabio Stoll), Best Costume Design ( Bistra Borak), the audience award, and the critics' award.{{cite web |url=http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=244248 |website=Cineuropa |author=Vladan Petkovic |title=Class Enemy triumphs at Slovenian awards |date=17 September 2013 |accessdate=24 September 2016}}
At the 2013 International Film Festival of Bratislava, Class Enemy won the Grand Prix, the Audience Award, the Award for Best Actor, and the FIPRESCI Prize.{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=248148 |title=Slovenian Class Enemy dominated IFF Bratislava |author=Martin Kudláč |date=21 November 2013}}
It also won the FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize at the Panorama of European Cinema in Athens in November 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.fipresci.org/festival-reports/2013/panorama-of-european-cinema/lessons-on-life-and-death |title=Lessons on Life and Death |author=Aleksander Huser |year=2013 |accessdate=24 September 2016}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|3187076|Class Enemy}}
- [http://www.cineuropa.org/f.aspx?t=film&l=en&did=242742 Class Enemy at Cineuropa]
- [http://www.luxprize.eu/news/focus-razredni-sovra%C5%BEnik-class-enemy Focus on Razredni Sovražnik (Class Enemy)] (European Parliament / LUX Prize)
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Category:2010s German-language films
Category:Slovene-language films
Category:Films about education