CENT’ANNI
After surviving a terminal illness diagnosis, Blaz sets off to a grueling celebratory Giro d’Italia. His partner, filmmaker Maja Doroteja Prelog, is tasked with capturing the triumphant biking tour with him. What was initially planned as a ride from the Dolomites to Sicily to reclaim control of one’s life and celebrate overcoming their greatest fear soon becomes a journey of self-discovery for the couple. The focus shifted, and now Maja’s experience and needs to hold the lens. While the camera lens turns inward, the relationship unravels, revealing a brave examination of self and what it truly means to be together. Cent’anni is an emotional rollercoaster with heart-wrenching confessions and poetic visuals amid beautiful natural scenery, an unfiltered testament to love and change.
Maja Doroteja Prelog (1988) is the director, co-writer, and protagonist of Cent’anni. She has a Film and Television Directing degree from the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT). Maja’s debut feature, Cent’anni, was selected among thirty-two documentary projects to be presented at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival – Marché du Film, where she received the leading award – Best Documentary in Progress. Her work includes directing music videos for the internationally acclaimed avant-garde music group Laibach. Her short film Wild East (2013) won the Vesna Award for Best Student.
Cannes Doc Festival – IEFTA Award for best Doc-In-Progress Sarajevo Film Festival – Special Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality
CENT’ANNI (doc.)
DIRECTOR: Maja Doroteja Prelog
COUNTRY: Slovenia, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Austria
YEAR: 2023.
RUNTIME: ‘87
LANGUAGE: Slovenian
PRODUCTION: Cvinger Film, Agresywna Banda, Zena Films
PROGRAM LINE: FIRST TWO STEPS