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Genre: Feature Documentary Film
Duration: 90 min 32 sec
Year: 2026
Screenplay: Miran Zupanič
Director: Miran Zupanič
Featuring: Danilo Laharnar, Benjamin Drole, Uroš Mrak, Andraž Ozebek, Jernej Kenda,
Tea Banjac Ozebek, Tomaž Ozebek, Vesna Kovač, Sebastjan Feltrin, Gregor Lapanja, Elka Šavli, Marjeta Lapanja, Anja Borovničar, Milena Pervanje, Nika Poljanšek, Nives Laharnar, Tomaž Poljak, Milena Poljak, Dejan Murovec, Jani Grahelj, Til Čeferin, Sani Može, Nuša Jeram Ritonja, Domen Sotenšek, Matevž Ozebek, Teja Tušar, Rok Obid, Blaž Mavri, Karlo Laharnar, Dragica Lukman, Veronika Japelj, Marta Pervanje, Keni Šuligoj
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LOGLINE

In Your Film!

STORY

Every year at the end of June, thousands of visitors eager for entertainment gather on the remote Šentviška Plateau in the Municipality of Tolmin. For three days, more than 350 locals take care of them, having organized the Gora Rocka festival for twenty-one years. Through glimpses of performances by musical groups (Big Foot Mama, Vlado Kreslin and Mali bogovi, Magnifico, MRFY, Društvo mrtvih pesnikov, Hamo & Tribute 2 Love, S.A.R.S., Tabu, Fehtarji, Orlek, Fed Horses, Delta Riff, Agan, Ansambl Ikebana, Mačji Kwt, Pižoni, Smacked, Vazz Live, Killing Klub, Brkovi, Kvartet Strmole, Vokalna skupina Snežet with traditional folk musicians), we get to know the organizers of this charity festival, which has grown from modest beginnings into the identity core of the local community.
It has become a meeting point of rural and urban culture, a builder of social cohesion, a place where people meet who otherwise would not, and a generator of relationships that would not occur otherwise. In an age of prevailing individualism, Gora Rocka stands as an expression of collective spirit, and the Šentviška Plateau locals increasingly ask themselves whether they can withstand the pressures of time and whether they will still have the strength to continue a project that has outgrown them all.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

After the documentary Sarajevo Safari, I felt the need to make a film with a positive message. Choosing Gora Rocka proved to be the right decision. It is a privilege to meet so many remarkable people—organizers, musicians, and festival visitors—whose event is built on friendship, a sense of belonging, volunteerism, and charity. And, of course, the desire to have fun.

GALLERY

PREMIERE CANKARJEV DOM 28.3.2026

Highlights from the premiere “Naši filmi doma”
Photographer: Katja Goljat

 

CREW

Screenplay: Miran Zupanič
Director: Miran Zupanič
Director of Photography: Miran Zupanič
Editor: Miran Zupanič
Sound Designer: Boštjan Kačičnik
Producer: Boštjan Ikovic

FEATURING

Danilo Laharnar
Benjamin Drole
Uroš Mrak
Andraž Ozebek
Jernej Kenda
Tea Banjac Ozebek
Tomaž Ozebek
Vesna Kovač
Sebastjan Feltrin
Gregor Lapanja
Elka Šavli
Marjeta Lapanja
Anja Borovničar
Milena Pervanje
Nika Poljanšek
Nives Laharnar
Tomaž Poljak
Milena Poljak
Dejan Murovec
Jani Grahelj
Til Čeferin
Sani Može
Nuša Jeram Ritonja
Domen Sotenšek
Matevž Ozebek
Teja Tušar
Rok Obid
Blaž Mavri
Karlo Laharnar
Dragica Lukman
Veronika Japelj
Marta Pervanje
Keni Šuligoj
Big Foot Mama
Vlado Kreslin and Mali bogovi
Magnifico
MRFY
Društvo mrtvih pesnikov
Hamo & Tribute 2 Love
S.A.R.S.
Tabu
Fehtarji
Orlek
Fed Horses
Delta Riff
Agan
Ansambl Ikebana
Mačji Kwt
Pižoni
Smacked
Vazz Live
Killing Klub
Brkovi
Kvartet Strmole
Vokalna skupina Snežet with traditional folk musicians

MIRAN ZUPANIČ

Miran Zupanič (1961) completed studies in law and film directing at the University of Ljubljana. His documentaries focus on the lives of individuals in pivotal historical moments: Run for Life (1990) was the first Slovenian film about Goli Otok, the harshest political prison of former Yugoslavia; Eyes of Bosnia (1993) was filmed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kocbek, a Poet in the Abyss of History (2004) explores the fate of poet and spiritual revolutionary Edvard Kocbek; Aufbiks! (2006) reconstructs national conflicts between Slovenes and Germans in Celje at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century; Children from Petriček Hill (2007) is based on interviews with descendants of alleged or real Nazi collaborators executed by Yugoslav authorities after WWII, whose children were imprisoned in the Petriček camp; My Friend Mujo (2012) portrays Mujo Turajlić, who lost both arms in an explosion but continues to farm and care for his family with remarkable resilience; Sing Me a Song (2018) is a portrait of Vlado Kreslin and his diverse audience; Sarajevo Safari (2022) reveals the story of foreigners who paid to shoot at civilians during the siege of Sarajevo; Josip Plemelj, the First Rector of the University of Ljubljana (2023) presents the life of the outstanding mathematician.
Zupanič also writes and directs fiction films: Operation Cartier (1991), Radio.doc (1995), Scoundrels! (2001), Playing in Pairs (2009), Victory or How Maks Bikec Turned the Wheel of History (2011). Since 1997, he has been teaching film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, University of Ljubljana.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY AND AWARDS

1990 Run for Life, director, documentary film
1991 Operation Cartier, director, television feature film
– Audience Award at the Slovenian Film Marathon, Portorož 1991
– Circom Regional Grand Prix Fiction 1992 and Circom Regional Award for Best Direction 1992
1993 Eyes of Bosnia, director, documentary
– Metod Badjura Bronze Award, 1993
1995 Radio.doc, screenplay and director, television feature film
– First Prize at the RTV Slovenia script competition for TV drama, 1993
– Metod Badjura Golden Award, 1995
2001 Scoundrels!, screenplay and director, feature film
– Vesna Award for Best Cinematography 2001
– Vesna Award for Best Costume Design 2001
– Stop Award for Promising Actor
2004 Kocbek, a Poet in the Abyss of History, director, documentary film
– Viktor Award for Best TV Documentary, 2004
2006 Aufbiks!, director, docu-fiction film
2007 Made in Slovenia, screenplay and director, short fiction film
2007 Children from Petriček Hill, screenplay and director, documentary film
– Vesna Award for Best Feature Film 2007
– Vesna Award for Best Editing 2007
– Vesna Award for Best Music 2007
– Viktor Award for Best TV Documentary, 2007
– Second Audience Award (Documentary), Trieste Film Festival 2008
– Erasmus EuroMedia Seal, Vienna, Austria, 2008
– Erasmus EuroMedia Award 2008, Vienna, Austria
– Prešeren Fund Award 2009
2009 Playing in Pairs, director, television feature film
– Vesna Award for Best Leading Actress 2009
2011 Victory or How Maks Bikec Turned the Wheel of History, screenplay and director, television feature film
– RTV Slovenia Award for Original TV Drama/Film, 2010
2012 My Friend Mujo, screenplay and director, documentary film
2018 Sing Me a Song, screenplay and director, feature documentary film
2020 Having One’s Own Voice, director, documentary film
2022 Sarajevo Safari, screenplay and director, feature documentary film
– DOKUDOC SELECTED 2022, Maribor, Slovenia
2023 Josip Plemelj, the First Rector of the University of Ljubljana, director, documentary film
2026 Gora Rocka, screenplay and director, feature documentary film

CO-PRODUCERS

Zavod Gora Rocka
Teleking
Zvokarna
MB Grip

SUPPORTED BY

Slovenian Film Centre

TECHNICAL DATA

Format: DCP, 1:185, 25 fps, colour
Sound: DCP 5.1