Nejc Gazvoda (born 5 June 1985) is a Slovene writer, screenwriter and director. He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories and also has written the scripts for two successful TV dramas and has recently written and directed his first feature film ''Izlet'' (A Trip) (2011). Gazvoda was born in

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in southeastern

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in 1985. He studied at the

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. Whilst still in secondary school he published his book of short stories ''Vevericam nič ne uide'' (Nothing Escapes the Squirrels) for which he won the

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in 2006 for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years. His 2011 film ''

A Trip ''A Trip'' ( sl, Izlet) is a 2011 Slovenian drama film directed by Nejc Gazvoda. The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Cast * Luk ...

'' was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the

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, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Published works

* ''Vevericam nič ne uide'' (Nothing Escapes the Squirrels), short stories, (2004) * ''Camera obscura'', novel, (2004) * ''Sanjajo tisti, ki preveč spijo'', novel, (2007) * ''Fasunga'', short stories, (2007) * ''V petek so sporočili, da bo v nedeljo konec sveta'' (On Friday We Were Told the World Would End on Sunday), short stories, (2009),Two stories in English from On Friday We Were Told the World Would End on Sunday on Read Central, Slovenian literature in translation site
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Filmography

* ''Kot ptič'', short documentary (2006) – writer and director * ''Bordo rdeča'', short film (2007) – writer and director * ''Skrbnik'', short film (2008) – writer and director * ''Osebna prtljaga'', feature film (2009) – co-writer * ''Smehljaji'', short film (2010) – writer * '' Izlet'' (A Trip), feature film (2011) – writer and director * Dvojina (Dual), feature film (2013) - writer and director * ''

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'' (2013) – writer

References

External links

*
Gazvoda's blog

''Vevericam nič ne uide'' on Goga publishing house site
* Dvojina (Dual) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/dvojina.dual?fref=ts * Izlet (A Trip) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/IzletAtrip?fref=ts {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazvoda, Nejc Writers from Novo Mesto Slovenian film directors Living people 1985 births Fabula laureates Slovenian male short story writers Slovenian short story writers University of Ljubljana alumni