Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo
Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song
Can a song bring back the dead? Ida firmly believes so – after all, it once worked with her grandmother. It’s just too bad her audition for the school choir was such a disaster. How is she now supposed to ensure her grandmother's survival? A magical, humorous literary adaptation on a childhood spent in rural Slovenia in the 1970s. While her parents are constantly arguing, Ida finds comfort in her dog Maca and her beloved grandmother. And, of course, in Terezka, her best friend. With no shortage of humor, a touch of magic and great sympathy for her characters, Ester Ivakič tells the story of a childhood caught between socialist discipline and a poorly disguised Catholicism. (Susanne Mohr, Cottbus Film Festival)
Director's Filmography (Selection)
Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo (Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song, 2025) - Preprost člouk in konec sveta (A Simple Man and the End of the World, 2022, short) - Magični grad je tu (Magical Castle Is Here Now 2021, short) - Okrog obrnjen zrak (Reversed Air, 2021, short; CE25) - Vse, kar ti hočem povedati s telepatskimi signali, ko me ne poslušaš (Everything I'm Trying to Tell You Using Telepathic Signals When You're Not Listening to Me, 2019, short) - Assunta (2018, short) - Srdohrd (2016, short)
Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo (Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song, 2025) - Preprost člouk in konec sveta (A Simple Man and the End of the World, 2022, short) - Magični grad je tu (Magical Castle Is Here Now 2021, short) - Okrog obrnjen zrak (Reversed Air, 2021, short; CE25) - Vse, kar ti hočem povedati s telepatskimi signali, ko me ne poslušaš (Everything I'm Trying to Tell You Using Telepathic Signals When You're Not Listening to Me, 2019, short) - Assunta (2018, short) - Srdohrd (2016, short)
Competition Fiction 2026
Director Ester Ivakič
Slovenia / Croatia 2025
color
109 minutes
Slovenian OV with English subtitles
Screenings / Tickets
Film guest(s) present: Ester Ivakič (Director)
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Screenplay Nika Jurman, Ester Ivakič
Cinematography Rok Kajzer Nagode
Editing Andrej Nagode
Sound/Sounddesign Samo Jurca
Music Alenja Pivko Kneževič, Simon Penšek
With Lana Marić, Liza Muršič, Judita Franković Brdar, Matej Puc, Milena Stropnik, Petja Labović, Mila Peršin
Producer(s) Andraž Jerič, Jerca Jerič, Petra Vidmar, Mojca Pernat, Tena Gojić
Production
Temporama, Gustav Film, Film Factory, Dinaridi Film, RTV Slovenija
World Sales
Temporama
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
FilmFestival Cottbus 2025
Tags
Back to the 80s, 90s & 2000s, Family Ties & Generations
