Slovenian film guide 2026

The Mountain Won't Move

by Petra Seliškar

Gora se ne bo premaknila, 2025, documentary, digital DCP, 2,00:1, 25, c, 94 min

SI, FR, MK

Finished

Each year, three brothers - Zekir, Zarif, and Zani - spend several months in the Macedonian mountains, looking after their family’s flock. The older brothers, Zekir and Zarif, lead the sheep in the upper pastures, while the younger, Zani, stays in a lower hut and takes care of the cows. At an altitude of 2,400 meters, far from any community or society, the brothers live a free yet precarious life, filled with hard work, simple games and innocent joy. Aside from their two much younger siblings, whom Zekir tries to teach the trade, and a younger sister who occasionally visits Zani, the boys’ only companions are their numerous shepherd dogs. One of them, Belichka, Zarif’s favourite dog,…
Petra Seliškar
Director, writer, and producer Petra Seliškar (1978) founded her own production house Petra Pan Film in 2003, focusing on creative documentaries. With her wealth of experience and talent, she has flourished as a filmmaker with profound insight, sensibility, strong narrative force, and an innovative approach. She co-founded MakeDox Creative Documentary Festival in Skopje, Balkan Documentary Distribution Network (BDDN), Doc Around Europe festival network, and most recently, the world sales agency…
In order to touch this disappearing world, you have to become part of it, and that is what I was interested in. To hear a thunderstorm on a mountain where there is nowhere to hide can only be described by sound.
Iris Award best cinematography (ZFS - Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije, 2026) , Štigličev Pogled Award best directing (Directors Guild of Slovenia, 2026) , Big Stamp Award best film (International Documentary Film Festival, 2026) , DOKUDOC special mention ------- (DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival, 2025) , Special Mention ------- (UnderhillFest, 2025) , Arthouse Cinema Network Award best film (Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025) , 2 Vesna Award awards (28th Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025) , Award best film (Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2025) , Grand Prix best film (FIFMA - Autrans International Mountain Film Festival, 2025)