Class Enemy (film)

Class Enemy (Slovene: Razredni sovražnik) is a 2013 Slovenian drama film directed by Rok Biček. The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,^[1] but it was not nominated. It was nominated for the 2014 Lux Prize. It won the Fedeora Award at the 28th Venice Critics' Week.^[2]

Class Enemy
Film poster
Directed by	Rok Biček
Written by	Nejc Gazvoda Rok Biček Janez Lapajne
Produced by	Aiken Veronika Prosenc Janez Lapajne
Cinematography	Fabio Stoll
Edited by	Janez Lapajne Rok Biček
Production companies	Triglav film Slovenian Film Centre Viba Film Studio
Distributed by	Fivia Paname Distribution Trigon-film
Release dates	30 August 2013 (2013-08-30) (Venice) 12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) (Slovenia)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Slovenia
Languages	Slovene German

Cast

• Igor Samobor as Robert
• Nataša Barbara Gračner as Zdenka
• Tjaša Železnik as Saša
• Maša Derganc as Nuša
• Robert Prebil as Matjaž
• Voranc Boh as Luka
• Jan Zupančič as Tadej
• Daša Cupevski as Sabina
• Doroteja Nadrah as Mojca
• Špela Novak as Špela
• Pia Korbar as Maruša
• Dan David Mrevlje Natlačen as Primož
• Jan Vrhovnik as Nik
• Kangjing Qiu as Chang
• Estera Dvornik as Sonja
• Peter Teichmeister as janitor

Awards and accolades

Class Enemy was one of three films nominated for the European Parliament LUX Prize in 2014,^[3] and received the highest number of votes from audiences across Europe^[4] although the prize winner (chosen by a ballot of MEPs) was Ida.^[5]

The FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) jury awarded Class Enemy its prize for Best Film of the International Critics' Week at Venice in 2013.^[6][3]

At the Festival of Slovenian Film in September 2013, Class Enemy won seven Vesna awards: Best Film, Best Lead Actor (Igor Samobor), Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Gračner), Best Cinematography (Fabio Stoll), Best Costume Design ( Bistra Borak), the audience award, and the critics' award.^[7]

At the 2013 International Film Festival of Bratislava, Class Enemy won the Grand Prix, the Audience Award, the Award for Best Actor, and the FIPRESCI Prize.^[8]

It also won the FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize at the Panorama of European Cinema in Athens in November 2013.^[9]

See also

• List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Slovenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Razredni sovražnik je letošnji slovenski kandidat za oskarja". Slovenian Film Centre. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
2. ""Class Enemy" Wins Venice Critics' Week". Slovenia Times. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
3. Scott Roxborough (28 July 2014). "'Girlhood,' 'Ida,' 'Class Enemy' Nominees for European Parliament's LUX Prize 2014". The Hollywood Reporter.
4. "Lux Prize 2015: the ten nominated films have been revealed". 9 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2016. Audience Mention for 2014 Lux Prize The film of the 2014 Lux Prize competition that received the highest number of votes from audiences across Europe has also been announced: Slovenian film Class Enemy by Rok Bicek.
5. ""Ida" wins 2014 LUX Film Prize" (Press release). European Parliament. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
6. "FEDEORA". Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
7. Vladan Petkovic (17 September 2013). "Class Enemy triumphs at Slovenian awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
8. Martin Kudláč (21 November 2013). "Slovenian Class Enemy dominated IFF Bratislava".
9. Aleksander Huser (2013). "Lessons on Life and Death". Retrieved 24 September 2016.

External links

• Class Enemy at IMDb
• Class Enemy at Cineuropa
• Focus on Razredni Sovražnik (Class Enemy) (European Parliament / LUX Prize)