Common Pear
by Gregor Božič
Navadna hruška, 2025, fiction, documentary, digital DCP, 1,66:1 (5:3), 24, c, 15 min
SI, GB
Finished
In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyse the archival footage of farmers from the past, in an attempt to understand their connection to the land.
Gregor Božič is a director and cinematographer whose work has been presented at prominent international film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, Rotterdam, Sarajevo, Tallinn, Marseille, Shanghai, Goa, Sao Paolo, etc. His directorial debut Stories From the Chestnut Woods premiered at TIFF in 2019 and has been screened at more than 50 international film festivals. Apart from working on films, he has also been researching old and autochthonous fruit varieties since 2010. In 2014, he plante…
Award best film (Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, 2025)
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FIPRESCI Award best film (FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics, 2025)
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Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards ------- (International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2025)
NOSOROGI is a Ljubljana-based production studio founded in 2008 by a group of young film graduates. Managed by the producer and scriptwriter Marina Gumzi, the studio specialises in the development and production of independent short and feature films, fiction and documentary, and those that blur the boundaries between these categories. It fosters and promotes engaged research and complex creative processes, with a particular commitment to young and emerging artists. Collaborating regularly with…