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On the Sunny Side

Original title: Na planincah
Slovenia, 2003

Director: Hocevar, Miha
Production company: Studio Arkena
Co-producers: Nora Production group
Age recommendation: 14 years and up

Synopsis:
Sani, a boy in puberty, and his elder brother Amir spend their summer holidays as usual in Slovenia to visit his uncle and his wife. The summer is beautiful, long and hot. Sani enjoys meeting new people, he likes the girls and the carefree fun. However, he does not realize that this is more than a vacation, namely, that he would stay in Slowenia. When he finds out about these plans that his relatives made for his life Sani is distressed and shocked. Under the pressure of these new and unexpected circumstances, his puberty turns into a wild ohase.

Comments:
A film on national and linguistic assimilation. The subject of this process are not Slowenians, but the immigrants from the South - in this case Sani, a boy from Mostar in Bosnia.

A a warm, funny and honest film about friendship and brotherhood, and the importance of keeping close bonds to the people around you. (EL, Stockholm Junior 2005)

Festivals:
Sarajevo 2004, Zlin 2004, Stockholm Junior 2005

World sales address/es:
Filmski Sklad (SLO)
Arkadena (SLO)

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