Jezdeca

Riders

Slovenia, the spring of 1999. Two friends from a small village decide to transform their mopeds into choppers and embark on a journey. Looking for freedom and love, driven by mad impulses and haunted by conservative moulds of tradition, they start believing and understanding things that were previously unimaginable. On the road through Slovenia and Croatia they are accompanied by a young runaway woman with a mysterious past and an old biker. These characters challenge each other and themselves through shared experiences, which break their ties to and conception of the old, thus giving way to the new. But the path is treacherous and with the sudden death of a companion, their friendship is at stake. (Sarajevo Film Festival)

Director's Filmography (Selection)
Jezdeca (Riders, 2022) - Odraščanje (Growing Up, 2017, doc) - Prespana pomlad (The Springtime Sleep, 2014, short)
European Panorama Fiction 2023
Dominik Mencej
Slovenia / Serbia / Italy / Croatia / Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
color
107 minutes
Slovenian
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Boris Grgurević, Dominik Mencej
Cinematography Janez Štucin
Editing Andrej Nagode, Matic Drakulić
Sound/Sounddesign Samo Jurca
Music Luca Ciut
With Timon Šturbej, Petja Labović, Anja Novak, Nikola Kojo, Elma Juković
Producer(s) Miha Černec, Jožko Rutar, Danijel Pek, Milan Stojanović, Igor Prinčič, Srdjan Šarenac
Production
Staragara, Antitalent, Sense Production, Transmedia, Novi Film, Nuframe
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
Sarajevo International Film Festival 2022