Danijel Ho?evar

Biography

Born in 1965. Managing director of Vertigo, a Ljubljana (Slovenia)-based production company with a distinctive track record, is a film producer with extensive working experience on international co-productions and narrow budget films. Since 1987, when he started his professional carrier as producer, Danijel has produced or co- produced more than 40 feature films, as well as more than 10 documentaries and 50 short films and TV production, among which the most well-known are An Episode in the Life of the Iron Picker by Danis Tanovi? (Berlinale 2013: 2 Silver Bears, Shortlisted for Foreign language Oscar); Circles by Srdan Golubovi? (Sundance 2013: Special Jury Award, Berlinale 2013: Ecumenical Prize); Woman who brushed off her tears by Teona Mitevska (Berlin IFF Panorama Special 2012), Alexandrians by Metod Pevec (\'feature doc, Trieste FF 2012 Best documentary award), Slovenian Girl Girl by Damjan Kozole (Toronto IFF 2009, Les Arcs FF: Best Actress Award, Sales in more than 40 territories); Besa / Solemn promise by Srdjan Karanovic (Moscow IFF Competition 2010, Trieste FF 2011 - Grand Prix), The world is big and salvation lurks around the corner by Stephan Komandarev (Moscow IFF Gala 2008, Shortlisted for Foreign language Oscar), Borderpost by Rajko Grli? (San Sebastian IFF Competition 2006), Beneath Her Window by Metod Pevec (Karlovy Vary IFF Competition 2003), Spare Parts by Damjan Kozole (Berlinale Competition 2003), Bread and Milk by Jan Cvitkovi? (Venice 2001: Lion of the Future)... Danijel has been selected among Variety’s Ten Producers To Watch in 2001. He is a voting member of European FIlm Academy and since 2011 the president of the Association of Slovenian Film Producers. He is also, since 2005, actively involved with several European training initiatives such as EAVE (Group Leader between 2009-13), Nipkow Program, Midpoint Central European Script Center and Maia Workshops. He is also an advisor and member of the selection committee of When East Meets West project market since 2012.