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PLAYING MEN

2017, mid-length documentary, director: Matjaž Ivanišin, 60 min.
Nosorogi (SI) in co-production with Restart (HR) 

            

Playing Men Teaser from NOSOROGI on Vimeo.

Everybody knows that playing is a serious matter. Director Matjaž Ivanišin is confident about that, and he has chosen to take us to a strictly male world. We get to see men striking punching balls at a funfair, clinching at each other roughly until the shoulders of their opponents touch the ground, trying to excel at throwing heavy rounds of cheese through the narrow streets of villages, competing at screaming the numbers obtained by adding their raised fingers, etc. Either sports deemed noble or tavern hobbies, peaceful leisure activities or amusements infused with barely contained violence, and although incongruous at times, all these games clearly have a touch of archaism about them. Does this mean that the film is just an inventory of manly representations and their ancient roots in these remote corners of the Mediterranean? One could think so, if the director didn’t suddenly appear on screen, visibly tired of trying to make sense of it all, and ready to turn the tables. Then he changes the pace of the film, gets rid of conventional documentary descriptions, and focuses instead on comedy and its surprises. Also, he describes what seems to be the regional making of an homo politicus through games. As an historic example, the famous match of national treasure Goran Ivanišević is being patiently related.

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Director and scriptwriter: Matjaž Ivanišin
DOP: Gregor Božič  
Producer: Marina Gumzi, Nosorogi, Slovenia
Co-producers: Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Restart (Croatia)
Sound recordist: Ivan Antić  
Editor: Matic Drakulič
Sound editor and sound mix: Borna Buljević  

Year: 2017.
Duration: 60 min.

Production

Finished short films
BABAJANJA
HOME OF THE RESISTANCE
MEZOSTAJUN
HALF A MAN
SHIPS STILL DON’T COME ASHORE
SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE
UNITED FRONT OF OPPORTUNISTS
ISLANDS OF FORGOTTEN CINEMAS
ALL STILL ORBIT
ABIDANCE
SALT, OLIVE, STONE
TINY BIRD
REAL MAN'S FILM
I AM NOBODY
THE CELTS
AN ENCOUNTER
NON-RECYCLABLE
CROATIA E(N)DEN ON EARTH

Finished feature films
MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
SPEAK SO I CAN SEE YOU
SRBENKA
DAYS OF MADNESS
PLAYING MEN
MY LIFE WITHOUT AIR
FUNNE: SEA DREAMING GIRLS
MY WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
WALL OF DEATH, AND ALL THAT
MOTHER EUROPE
GANGSTER OF LOVE
THE BLOCKADE

In production
THE INVESTIGATOR
FIUME O MORTE!
WISHING ON A STAR
BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
BRIDE IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS
LOOKING FOR HER
LABUDOVIĆ REELS

In pre-production
SO FAR, KANDAHAR
THE LAND WE BREATHE
THAT SOUND HIGH IN THE AIR
CORDON
BE REALISTIC, DEMAND IMPOSSIBLE
BUBBY DREAMS IN GREEN
LEARNING TO WALK 2
REAR ADMIRAL

Restart Laboratory

Finished films
BOSNIAN BROADWAY
CURRENTS
DRAGON WOMAN
ARTIST ON VACATION
ANA SQUARE
SOME THINGS SHOULDN'T BE HIDDEN
THE LAST RAFTER
HOME IS WHERE MY AGE IS
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
SELF GOVERNED FILM
BY NIGHT
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING KOVACEVIC
BOJAN
PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN

In production
THE EARTH IS A FLAT PLATE ON THE GIANT'S SHOULDERS
SPRINKLING
SHEHE

In pre-production
VALERIA

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