This is either a super-8 film or a 16mm film about some student super-8mm filmmakers.

Sun/dim, August 28 ao?t, 21:00
THE FATAL TELEPHONE
Slovenia, 1987, 70 min.
In 1987, after he was rejected for a third time by the Ljubljana Film Academy, 22-year-old Damjan Kozole shot a no-budget, New Wave-influenced feature in protest: THE FATAL TELEPHONE, one of the first truly independent films in Yugoslavian history. The film focuses on two protagonists, movie-buff roommates, Vinci Vogue Anzlovar and Miran Sustersic. They are shooting their first film, a near random collage, on super 8mm and decide it needs sound. One of the characters talks on the phone every day to an unknown girl, and what unfolds is an original and creative conclusion.

The Canadian Film Institute, in partnership with the Embassy of Slovenia, will present all films in this series at the Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, with free parking on either side of the building. Admission is $6.00 for CFI members, senior citizens, and $9.00 for the general public. Annual CFI memberships are available at the door for $10.00. All films in this series will be presented in Slovenian, accompanied with English subtitles.

Please note: All films in this series are available, on DVD and VHS, at the Canadian Film Institute.

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