Filip Robar Dorin
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Filip Robar Dorin is a Slovenia
n film director, screenwriter, and film editor.
He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Ljubljana
's Faculty of Arts and later screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and film editing at the Columbia College Chicago
, from which he graduated in 1969.
Dorin has created some 30 short and medium-length documentary and feature films, as well as twelve full-length films and video portraits of prominent Slovenian poets, writers, musicians, and painters. He has received several Slovenian and international film awards, including the Golden Arena for Best Director
at the 1990 Pula Film Festival
for his film The Windhunter (Slovenian
: Veter v mreži).
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n film director, screenwriter, and film editor.
He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
's Faculty of Arts and later screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and film editing at the Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
, from which he graduated in 1969.
Dorin has created some 30 short and medium-length documentary and feature films, as well as twelve full-length films and video portraits of prominent Slovenian poets, writers, musicians, and painters. He has received several Slovenian and international film awards, including the Golden Arena for Best Director
Golden Arena for Best Director
The Golden Arena for Best Director is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only...
at the 1990 Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival
The Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August....
for his film The Windhunter (Slovenian
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
: Veter v mreži).
External links
- Filip Robar Dorin biography at Slovenian Film Fund website