Block 5
Igrišča ne damo
8-11
dir. Klemen Dvornik
Slovenia, Czechia, Croatia, Serbia 2023 / 79’
voiceover
Slovenia, Czechia, Croatia, Serbia 2023 / 79’
voiceover

Young skateboarders are disgruntled – their skate park is going to be turned into a large car park. Mia, a new girl in the neighbourhood, joins them to thwart the construction company’s plans. Will she succeed?
12-year-old Mia has just moved to a new city with her dad and she’s trying to make new friends. This isn’t easy: she misses her mum, and her schoolmates form a close-knit, hermetic group. But as the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. Mia teams up with a skate gang to save the local skate park from demolition. The girl has inside knowledge about the plan, because her father supervises the workers on the site. To save the green area and the place where they can do their skate tricks, the protagonists will need to be open, astute, and willing to cooperate.
#ecology #city #cooperation
Did you know…?
The world premiere of the film took place at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Block 5 is the first ever Slovene production presented in the Locarno Kids Screenings section.
Premiere
Trailer
Creators
Director
Klemen Dvornik
Screenplay
Dora Šustić
Cinematography
David Hoffman
Editing
Ivana Fumić
Music
Davor Herceg
Main cast
Kaja Zabret, Kaja Šuštarič, Youri Friderich, Niko Lemark, David Trontelj, Marko Mandić, Gregor Zorc, Ivana Roščić, Enis Bešlagić, Tihomir Stanić
Producers
Barbara Daljavec, Branislav Srdić, Peter Badač, Dimče Stojanovski
Production
A Atalanta, BFilm, Living Pictures
Original language
Slovenian