Forget Me Not
by Anja Medved
Tiha nedelja, orig. Ne pozabi me / Non ti scordar di me, 2025, documentary, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), 25, c, 104 min
SI, IT
Finished
Gorizia, a city on the border, that had been shared by many communities for centuries, had been finally divided by second world war. Scenes from everyday life during the war, as they were imprinted in children's memory, speak of the absurdity of all wars and the horrific devastation that imaginary opostitions leave on the real ground. They also talk about many who defended the helpless, even though they found themselves on the opposite side of the war. The memories of children and young people illuminate the backstage of the history, which was already carefully documented and directed at the time, and give a hint of the endless space of oblivion we are entering.
Anja Medved is a documentary filmmaker, artist and producer. She graduated in theatre directing at the Academy for Theatre and Film at the University of Ljubljana. Her practice combines oral history, film archival research, and storytelling, often involving local communities in the co-creation of narratives that bridge personal and collective memory. Together with her mother, Nadja Velušček, they created a documentary opus that researches the past beyond national and ideological frame focusing …
Human in Arabic means "one who forgets." Perhaps that's why we've always strived to preserve memory—carving it in stone, writing it in books and capturing it on film. In doing so, an endless poem is unfolding, one that, from the first spoken word, tells the story of humanity's oblivion.
Štigličev Pogled Award best directing (Directors Guild of Slovenia, 2026)