Thursday, 17 July 2025
h 10:00 PM
Falcone e Borsellino outdoor theatre, Zafferana Etnea (CT)
During the first semifinal of the International Short Performance Competition.
Iztok Kovač (En–Knap)
Dedicated to all the men, women, and children whose lives were shaped by mining in the Trbovlje Valley over the past two hundred years.
In this homage to his hometown, choreographer Iztok Kovač and film director Sašo Podgoršek — the established creative duo — together with the international dance ensemble En-Knap Group, confront the mining spaces one final time before they disappear from our collective memory.
Dedicated to all the men, women, and children whose lives were shaped by mining in the Trbovlje Valley over the past two hundred years.
In this homage to his hometown, choreographer Iztok Kovač and film director Sašo Podgoršek — the established creative duo — together with the international dance ensemble En-Knap Group, confront the mining spaces one final time before they disappear from our collective memory.
Scenario: Iztok Kovač, Sašo Podgoršek
Directed by: Sašo Podgoršek
Choreography: Iztok Kovač
Created and performed by: EnKnapGroup – Luke Thomas Dunne, Ida Katarina Hellsten, Bence Mezei, Ana Štefanec, Tamás Tuza
Guests: Gyula Cserepes, Barbara Kanc, Katja Legin, Lada Petrovski Ternovšek, Ravi Ternovšek
Photography: Sven Pepeonik
Editing: Sašo Podgoršek
Sound design: Charo Calvo
Soundtrack: Charo Calvo, Miquel Casaponsa
Set design: Niko Novak
Costume design: Valter Kobal
Produced by: EN-KNAP Productions
Production team: Meta Lavrič, Iztok Kovač, Sašo Podgoršek
Co-financed by: Slovenian Film Centre
With the help of: Municipality of Trbovlje, RTH Mine Trbovlje, Restaurant Lazarevac, Teleking
Camera assistant: Matija Umek
Stedicam operator: Aleš Belak
Focus puller: Joško Morović
DIT operators: Jernej Valenčič, Matija Umek
Workflow supervisor: Jure Teržan
Gaffer: Aljoša Mrkač
Light technicians: Tomo Grdjan, Matjaž Kramar
Grip: Marjan Jelnikar, Blaž Jelnikar, Matej Jalšovec
Pendulum operators: Zoran Grabarac, Goran Pakozdi, Tanja Skok, Jaka Šimenc, VeljkoZeljak
Sound recording: Peter Žerovnik
Voice: Branko Završan
Sound postproduction: Wild Track Studio
Re-recording mixer: Julij Zornik
Costume design assistant: Katarina Škaper
Additional soundtrack: Lada Petrovski Ternovšek, Vili Fajdiga
Photo and video documentation: Komposter
Digital video postproduction / color correction: Teleking
Colorist: Jure Teržan
DI supervision and conforming: Zoran Mihailović
DI producer: Ira Cecić
Admministration: Julija Travančić
Title design: Komposter
Archive material: RTV Slovenia, En-Knap
Thanks to: Marina & Janez Kovač, Vili Treven, Vesna Jesih, Aleš Berger, Jože Ivšek, Marjan Juvančič, Miran Jurše, Vili Guček, Aleš Gulič, Sanja Petrovski, Tomaž Hrček, Hassan Abdelghani, Nina Petrović, Marijan Racan, Tomaž Grom, Sonja Šikovec, Marta Rau, Jožica Hafner, Igor Iskra
Iztok Kovač, artistic director of the EN-KNAP Productions and the Španski borci Cultural Centre, is an internationally renowned choreographer, pedagogue, creator and dancer in the field of contemporary dance. He comes from Trbovlje, a symbol of Slovenian heavy industry and resistance. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
As a program director of Španski Borci Cultural Centre he deals with over 600 events per year and collaborates with many domestic and international partners. He is Slovenian partner in Aerowaves network, he has been iniciator of the regional dance network Pan-Adria (8 stages from Croatia, Italy, Slovenia), a board member of the National Council for culture in Slovenia, a board member of the Prešeren Award and member of Moving Balkans Platform.
Iztok Kovač, artistic director of the EN-KNAP Productions and the Španski borci Cultural Centre, is an internationally renowned choreographer, pedagogue, creator and dancer in the field of contemporary dance. He comes from Trbovlje, a symbol of Slovenian heavy industry and resistance. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
As a program director of Španski Borci Cultural Centre he deals with over 600 events per year and collaborates with many domestic and international partners. He is Slovenian partner in Aerowaves network, he has been iniciator of the regional dance network Pan-Adria (8 stages from Croatia, Italy, Slovenia), a board member of the National Council for culture in Slovenia, a board member of the Prešeren Award and member of Moving Balkans Platform.