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 Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia in 1985. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. 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 Fabula Award in 2006 for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years.

His 2011 film A Trip 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.

Contents

• 1 Published works
• 2 Filmography
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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), short stories, (2009)

Filmography

• Kot ptič, short do*entary (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
• Cl* Enemy (2013) – writer

References

External links

• Nejc Gazvoda at IMDb
• 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

Landmarks

• Breg
• Franciscan Church and monastery
• Grm Castle
• Hmeljnik Castle
• Kandija Bridge
• Kandija railway station
• Krka (company)
• Krka River
• Loka Bridge
• Main Square
• Main Square Fountain
• Miran Jarc Library
• Museum of Lower Carniola
• National Hall
• Novo Mesto Cathedral
• Otočec Castle
• Šance
• Town Hall

Notable people

• Janez Ferbar
• Nejc Gazvoda
• Gregor Golobič
• Slavko Grum
• Albin Gutman
• Ignacij Hladnik
• Božidar Jakac
• Miran Jarc
• Matija Kastelec
• Dragotin Kette
• Alojz Knafelc
• Marjan Kozina
• Vladimir Lamut
• Igor Lumpert
• Jurij Moškon
• Marjan Mušič
• Anton Podbevšek
• Edvard Ravnikar
• Franc Andrej Šega
• Jurij Slatkonja
• Matjaž Smodiš
• Leon Štukelj
• Janez Trdina