ELEPHANT art film productions
Lev Berger

Lev Berger

SHORT · FICTION
2025 · 25 min · 2.39:1 · color · 5.1

When the sound recordist realises that their TV report involving the country’s most popular politician has been faked, he sets out to find the truth.

Upcoming Screening
Nagrajeni filmi Festivala neodvisnega filma 2025
13. 3. 2026, 19:00 CET
Kino Skladovnica, Beethovnova 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Trailer

Stills

Awards

  • Festival neodvisnega filma Slovenije
    Special Mention Winner
  • Festival International Signes de Nuit
    Special Mention Winner
  • Union Internationale du Cinéma (UNICA)
    Bronze medal Winner
  • RIFF Awards — Rome Independent Film Festival
    Official Selection
  • Top Shorts
    Best Indie Film Winner
  • Top Indie Film Awards

    Best Message Winner · Best Actor Winner · Best Short Nominee · Best Director Nominee · Best Writing Nominee · Best Sound Nominee · Best Music Nominee

  • TMFF — The Monthly Film Festival

    Film of the Year 2025 Winner · Film of the Month Winner · Director of the Month Winner · Screenwriter of the Month Winner · Actor of the Month Winner · Original Score of the Month Nominee · Cinematographer of the Month Nominee

  • Short Stop International Film Festival

    Best of the Fest Winner · Best Director Winner · Best Screenwriter Winner · Best Actor Winner · Best Original Score Winner · Best Editor Winner · Best Cinematographer Nominee

  • Festival slovenskega filma
    Best Short Film Nominee
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque
    Diamond Award for Best Short Film
  • New York Movie Awards
    Silver Award for Short Film Winner
  • Hollywood Shortsfest
    Honorable Mention Winner
  • SHORT to the Point
    Official Selection
  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
    Official Selection
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Official Selection
  • Anatolia International Film Festival
    Official Selection

Cast and Crew

Cast
Miha Rodman · Alenka Kraigher · Nejc Jezernik · Borut Veselko · Matija Vastl · Sara Horžen
Writer
Jan Fabris
Director
Jan Fabris
Director of Photography
Tristan Dragan
Production Designer
Neža Dali Novak
Costume Designer
Barbara Drmota
Music
Ruslan Perezhilo
Sound Designer
Julij Zornik
Assistant Directors
Irena Žugič · Gordan Golubović
Script Supervisor
Neža Kralj
Key Make-up Artist
Lea Bole
Camera Assistant
Katjuša Peterka
Gaffer
Neža Jankovič
Boom Operator
Miran Željko
Production Sound Mixer
Tilen Korbar
Extras Casting Director
Irena Žugič
Assistant Production Designer
Katarina Majcen
Assistant Costume Designer
Rosalie Reya
Assistant Make-up Artist
Lucija Krajnik
Editor
Jan Fabris
Colorist
Tristan Dragan
Set Photographer
Ada Trkulja
Foley Artist and Editor
Antonio Toni Andrić
Foley Recordist and Editor
Stevan Masnec
Sound Editors
Samo Jurca · Martin Vovk
Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer
Julij Zornik
Sound Post Production
001
Extras
Irena Žugič · Neža Kralj · Yun Shen · Nina Kompare · Jeff Stein · Lev Mastnak Trobentar · Miha Meglič · Gordan Golubović · Miran Željko · Vlado Kralj
Executive Producers
Ada Trkulja · Yun Shen
Producer
Jan Fabris · ELEPHANT art film production