Riders

  • Dominik Mencej
  • Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2022
  • 107'
  • Jezdeci

Slovenia, 1999. Inspired by Easy Rider, two friends from a small village convert their mopeds into choppers and embark on a journey through Slovenia and Croatia in search of freedom and love. Along the way, they are joined by a runaway nun with a penchant for drugs and partying and an old biker who has travelled the world on a futile quest for freedom. Escaping the shackles of conservative society, they face challenges and embark on an adventure. But the path to liberation is a deceptive one. When one of the travellers dies, someone must take the blame. The film premiered at Sarajevo FF.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Dominik Mencej

Slovenian writer and director. He graduated in Film and TV Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. He has directed numerous TV series, and is best known in Slovenia for the award-winning and critically acclaimed magical-realist short films Growing Up (2017), The Springtime Sleep (2014) and Garbage Day(2011). Riders (2022) is his first feature

Riders

Director
Dominik Mencej
Screenplay
Boris Grgurović, Dominik Mencej
Cast
Timon Šturbej, Petja Labović, Anja Novak, Nikola Kojo
DOP
Janez Štucin
Editing
Andrej Nagode, Matic Drakulić
Producer
Miha Černec, Jožko Rutar, Danijel Pek, Milan Stojanović, Igor Prinčič, Srdjan Šarenac, Teo Rižnar
Production
Staragara, Antitalent, Sense production, Transmedia, Novi Film, Nuframea
Festivals & Awards
Sarajevo Film Festival; FilmFestival Cottbus

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