COMMON PEAR

Film

COMMON PEAR

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate change, a team of Mediterranean scientists develops new technology that transmits true emotions from humans on screens to those that watch them. By analyzing archival footage of farmers from the past, a young scientist aims to grasp the emotional nature of their determination for cultivating fruit trees.

short fiction / documentary, 15min, 2025

writer, producer: Marina Gumzi

director, writer, cinematographer: Gregor Božič

cast: Dora Ciccone. Goran Kaličanin, Toby Matthews

farmers: Jože Krečič, Jerneja Prinčič, Marijan Jug - Mario

crew: Branko Hojnik, Mateja Fajt, Tim Gowdy, Hekla Magnúsdóttir, Julij Zornik, Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska, Cyril Dupont, Luis Reggiardo, Nikola Andrić

shooting format: S16mm, 35mm

NOSOROGI / Digital Orchard - Slovenia / UK

World Premiere: Tiger Shorts Competition - International film festival Rotterdam 2025

FIPRESCI AWARD - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2025

Short Film Candidate for the 38th European Film Awards - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2025

BEST SHORT FILM - Beldocs Belgrade 2025

BEST SHORT FILM - Drama ISFF green awards 2025

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Pančevo Film Festival 2025

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT - Nashville film festival 2025

Festivals:

Museum of the moving image New York, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Busan international short film festival, Beldocs Belgrade, Vienna shorts, Kino otok - Isola cinema, Leiden shorts, Lago film fest, Odense international film festival, Shortfest Palm Springs, Curtas Vila do Conde, Dokufest Prizren, FEST- New directors / New films, Guanajuato IFF, Melbourne IFF, Makedox IFF, Sapporo Short fest, Sau Paolo ISFF, Drama ISFF, Nashville film festival, Reykjavik IFF, Orvieto ISFF, BIEFF Bucharest, Linz ISFF, Festival du nouveau cinema Montreal, Indie Cork IFF, Interfilm Berlin, Uppsala ISFF, Beijing ISFF, Leeds IFF