43° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FEATURES COMPETITION
IDA, KI JE PELA TAKO GRDO, DA SO ŠE MRTVI VSTALI OD MRTVIH IN ZAPELI Z NJO
by Ester Ivakič
Country: Slovene, Croatia
Year: 2025
Duration: 109'
In a small village in the remote Prekmurje region, an imaginative but tone-deaf 10-year-old girl becomes convinced she can prevent her grandmother’s death by joining the school choir.
Biography
film director
Ester Ivakič
(Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 1992), graduated in Digital Arts and Practices from the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica in 2016, and later studied film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. She received a Special Jury Mention at the Festival of Slovenian Film for Srdohrd (2016), and in 2021 won Best Slovenian Film at the FeKK Festival for Magical Castle Is Here Now. She has written, directed, and edited several short films and music videos, while also developing her debut feature through various international workshops.
FILMOGRAFIA
Dysphoria (coregia Gregor Kocjančič, Teja Miholič, cm, 2014), Claustrophilia (coregia Matjaž Bajc, Vid Erbič Križanec, Urban Klanjšček, Gregor Kocjančič, Filip Košnik, Tilen Leban, Špela Lutman, cm, anim, 2014), Ringelšpil vikend (coregia Teja Miholič, Ringelšpil Weekend, cm, 2015), AHA.OK (cm, 2015), Srdohrd (cm, 2016), A ti spremenim ime? (Shall I Change Your Name?, coregia Lea Anclin, Teja Miholič, Anne Elisabeth Tassel, cm, 2016), 500 let (cm, 2016), Sklece za Majano (cm, 2017), Assunta (cm, 2018), Vse, kar ti hočem povedati s telepatskimi signali, ko me ne poslušaš (Everything I’m Trying to Tell You Using Telepathic Signals When You’re Not Listening to Me, cm, 2019), Okrog obrnjen zrak (Reversed Air, cm, 2020), Magični grad je tu (Magical Castle Is Here Now, cm, 2021), Preprost člouk in konec sveta (A Simple Man and the End of the World, Vampires from Oklahoma, cm, 2022), Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo (Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song, 2025).
Declaration
film director
“Through the world of childhood loneliness, I wanted to show the space between the lightness of everyday life and the quiet presence of an inevitable loss. In the face of this feeling, one can escape into imagination, play, solitude, or time with friends, looking for safety wherever possible. The film mainly takes place in these moments.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Ester Ivakič. SCREENPLAY: Nika Jurman, Ester Ivakič. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rok Kajzer Nagode. EDITING: Andrej Nagode. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Eva Ferlan. COSTUME DESIGN: Ina Ferlan. MUSIC: Simon Penšek, Alenja Pivko Kneževič. SOUND: Samo Jurca. CAST: Lana Marić, Liza Muršič, Judita Franković Brdar, Matej Puc, Milena Stropnik, Petja Labović, Mila Peršin, Miranda Trnjanin, Eva Stražar, Lara Maria Vouk. PRODUCTION: Jerca Jerič, Andraž Jerič for Temporama. CO-PRODUCTION: RTV Slovenija, Gustav film, Film Factory, Dinaridi Film.
CONTACT: Slovenian Film Centre info@film-center.si
