Born in Krško in 1953 and dying in Ljubljana in 2007, Franci Slak studied film at the academy in Ljubljana and then in Łódź, Poland, and from 1980 until his death taught at the academy in Ljubljana. His films include Krizno obdobje (1981), Eva (1983), Butnskala (1985) and Hudodelci (The Felons, 1987), which was entered at the Berlin International Film Festival. He won the Badjur Prize three times and the Prešeren Fund Award, and also produced films by others. He was active in politics. Shortly before his death he made the autobiographical Kakor v nebesih, tako na zemlji (2007).
Filmography
- Eva (1983)
- The Felons (1987)
- Close My Eyes (1993)
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