Olmo Omerzu

Olmo Omerzu (born November 24, 1984 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian director and screenwriter.

Life

Omerzu completed a degree in film directing at the film and television faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague , where he made his first feature film “Prílis mladá noc” (Eng. A Night Too Young ). The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012 and was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival. His second film Family Film from 2015 was selected as the best film of the year by the Czech film critics in Prague, it was also selected for the best artistic contribution at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival and for the best at the 19th Slovenian Film Festival 2016 in Portorož Excellent script.

Filmography (selection)

1998: Almir
2003: Nic
2005: Masky
2006: Láska
2008: Druhé dejství
2012: Příliš mladá noc
2015: Family film (Rodinný film)
2018: Winter Flies (Všechno bude)

Awards

2012: Award of the Czech film critics as best newcomer
2012: Neisse Film Festival , Příliš mladá noc winner of the feature film competition
2015: Filmfestival Cottbus, family film nominated in the feature film competition
2015: 28th Tokyo International Film Festival , family film honored as best artistic contribution
2016: 19th Slovenian Film Festival, family film awarded for best screenplay
2018: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Best Director Award for Winter Flies

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Družinski film Olma Omerzuja po mnenju čeških kritikov najboljši film leta. In: MMC RTV-SLO. January 31, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 (Slovenian).
↑ Family film at crew united . Retrieved January 16, 2018.
↑ Family film at TIFF 2015, accessed January 16, 2018 (English)
↑ List of winners of the TIFF 2015, accessed January 16, 2018 (English)
^ Barbarians from Romania win the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF. In: kviff.com. July 7, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Omerzu, Olmo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Slovenian director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ljubljana

[1] Družinski film Olma Omerzuja po mnenju čeških kritikov najboljši film leta. In: MMC RTV-SLO. January 31, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 (Slovenian).

[2] Family film at crew united . Retrieved January 16, 2018.

[3] Family film at TIFF 2015, accessed January 16, 2018 (English)

[4] List of winners of the TIFF 2015, accessed January 16, 2018 (English)

[5] Barbarians from Romania win the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF. In: kviff.com. July 7, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018 .