Filmography
Since leaving the Ljubljana Film Academy and winning many awards on major student film festivals worldwide for his graduate film But the Goat Survived (1991) he started directing commercials, music videos, documentaries, dance films and feature films.
For many years he is collaborating with some internationally acclaimed individuals or collectives; music group Laibach, interdisciplinary artist Marko Peljhan, contemporary dance choreographer Iztok Kovač (the founder of EnKnap Group) and many others.
He directed more than fifty music videos for different music genres for national and international artists (Laibach, Demolition Group, Plavi Orkestar, Komputer, Siddharta, Jinx, Lollobrigida, Vlado Kreslin, Melodrom, Random Logic, Kozma, DJ Umek...)
Director's reel (download hires original here)
- What are you going to do when you get out of here? (2005); 52min
- Divided States of America / Laibach 2004 Tour (2005); 64min
- Sweet Dreams (2001); 110min
- Dom Svobode (2000); 30min
- Dark Angels (1999); 97min
- Vertigo Bird (1996); 28min
- But the Goat Survived (1991); 10min
- Place with a view (1989); 14min
Contact
e-mail: saso.podgorsek@eunet.si
What Are You Going to DoWhen You Get Out of Here?
52 min, 35mm, 2005
Screenings
Portoroz, Rotterdam, Linz, Seattle, Tel Aviv, Motovun, London, Ekaterinburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg...
Awards
- Slovene film festival / Best Short Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing
Divided States of America
Laibach 2004 Tour
65 min, video, 2005
screenings: Ljubljana, Portoroz, Berlin, Setubal, Motovun, Birmingham, Pula, Helsinki, Novi Sad, Jihlava, Copenhagen, Leeds, Tallinn, Bratislava, Tromso...
Sweet Dreams
110 min, 35mm, 2001
Screenings
Portoroz, Palic, Motovun, Montreal, Quebec, Sao Paulo, Haifa, Valencia, Montpellier, Fort Lauderdale, Geneve, Ourense, Thessaloniki, Tallinn, Palm Springs, Malmo, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Setubal, St. Petersburg, Braunschweig, Napoli, Vienna, Trencianske Teplice, Warsaw, Madrid, New York, Regensburg, Barcelona...
Awards
- Slovene film festival / Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Slovene Film Critics Award
- Motovun IFF/ Special Mention Of The Jury
- Mostra De Valencia XXII / Golden Palm For The Best Film
- 18th Troia/Setubal Film Festival / Fipresci Jury Award
- 16th Braunschweig Film Festival / Heinrich Award For The Best Film
Dom Svobode
30 min, 35mm, 2000
Screenings
Utrecht, Trencianske Teplice, Oslo, London, Monte Carlo, Trieste, Montreal, Milano, Seattle...
awards:
- Slovene film festival / Best Editing
- Art film festival Trencin / Golden Key
Dark Angels
97 min, 35mm, 1999
trailer (long) | trailer (melodrama) | trailer (action)
Screenings
Karlovy Vary, Hamburg, Trieste, Podgorica, Vancouver...
Awards
- Slovene Film Festival / Best Editing, Best Costume Design
Vertigo Bird
34 min, 16mm, 96
Screenings
Split, Gent, Stockholm, Pesaro, Roma, Trencianske Teplice, Sydney, Montreal, San Sebastian, Amsterdam, Toronto, Geneve, Utrecht, London, San Remo, Oslo, Paris, Perth, Oberhausen...
Awards
- Slovene Film Festival / Best Slovene Film 96
- Art Film Festival Trencin / Special Jury Award
- Springdance Cinema Award 98 Utrecht / Special Jury Announcement
But The Goat Survived
10 min, 35mm, 92
Screenings
Munich, Angers, Salzburg, Oberhausen, Tel Aviv, Edinburgh, Giessen, New York, Los Angeles, Brussell, Tokio, Kobe, Dublin, Montreal, Trieste, Graz, Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Berlin, Leipzig...
Awards
- Munich / Producers Award For The Very Best Talent
- Slovene Film Festival / Best Slovene Film 92
- Angers / Special Jury Award
- Oberhausen / Special Jury Award
Place With a View
14 min, 16mm, 90
Screenings
Munchen, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Karlovy Vary, Trieste, Beograd, Oberhausen, Florence, Salzburg, Graz, Antwerpen...
Awards
- Grand Prix Beograd Best Yugoslav Experimental Film 91
- Journalist Award /Yu Fipresci/ Best Yugoslav Short Film 91