ZAGREB FILM FESTIVAL
20.-27.10.2013.
Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot / Zoran, il mio nipote scemo
Matteo Oleotto, Italy, Slovenia, 2013
Directed by: Matteo Oleotto
Script: Daniela Gambaro, Pierpaolo Piciarelli, Marco Pettenello, Matteo Oleotto
Producer: Igor Prinèiè, Miha Èernec
Production company: Staragara Productions, Transmedia
Cinematography: Ferran Paredes Rubio
Editing: Giuseppe Trepiccione
Music: Antonio Gramentieri per Sacri Cuori
Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Teco Celio, Rok Presnikar, Marjuta Slamic, Roberto Citran, Riccardo Maranzana, Jan Cvitkoviè, Ariella Reggio
Format: DCP
Running time: 106'

Synopsis
Paolo, 40 years old, lives in a small Friulian town close to the north-eastern border. Unreliable and with a passion for good wine, he spends his days at the local tavern and stubbornly stalks his ex-wife. One day he gets temporary custody of an awkward 16-year-old boy grown up in the Slovenian mountains. Reluctantly, Paolo has to take care of him, but he soon discovers Zoran’s bizarre gift: he is phenomenal master of darts. Paolo thinks this is the right chance to take revenge on the world. But will everything be so easy?

Awards and Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2013, 28. International Critics Week Audience Award, FEDORA Jury's Award: Special Mention, best actor (Giuseppe Battiston), Schermi di qualità : in collaboration with AGIS, FEDIC Award

Directors Biography
Matteo Oleotto was born in Gorizia in 1977. In 2008 he graduated in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 2011 in Acting from the Civica Accademia d’Arte Drammatica ‘Nino Pepe’ of Udine. His shorts won awards all over the world. He was the co-protagonist of Claudio Cupellini’s 'Lessons in Chocolate' and co-producer, assistant director and actor in Alfredo Covelli’s 'Grandma Must Get Dry'. 'Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot' is his feature debut.

Location and screening schedule:
CINEMA EUROPA, Sunday, October 20th at 20.00
CINEMA EUROPA, Monday, October 21st at 17.00