Jurij Drevenšek

Acting

Jurij Drevenšek

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Acting

Credits

29 titles

Known for

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A father of two school-aged children, confronting the collapse of his family while in prison, struggles to reconcile with his past and rebuild his identity as a parent.

Horses

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Roasted poster
NR

A "roast" is a stage event where a group of friends honors a famous person with humorous speeches, jokes at their expense, or songs. It is not about insult, but rather a tribute to the person being roasted.

Roasted

2015

No artwork available
NR

Set in a small, conservative, and patriarchal town, the story follows Anka, a 22-year-old woman who cares for her ailing father and runs the family tavern. Although she has agreed to marry her long-term boyfriend to meet societal expectations, her life shifts drastically at her engagement party when she meets Branka, a free-spirited folk singer from Belgrade. A deep romance blossoms between the two women, awakening Anka’s desire for freedom and independence.

Folk Play

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Mila/Marija poster
NR

Carinthia, southern Austria, 1942. Mila and her brother Hanzi, who are Slovenian, join the armed resistance to German occupation. Mila becomes a commander of a partisan group at the age of 20 and soon finds herself making decisions about life and death.

Mila/Marija

2026

Cases of Inspector Vrenko poster
7.5

A series of stories about a chief inspector Martin Vrenko, who faces numbers of unusual cases, interesting characters, intelligent plots and surprising twists.

Cases of Inspector Vrenko

2021

Guardians of the Formula poster
6.8

In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade.

Guardians of the Formula

2023

Film credits

2020s · 10 titles

Mila/Marija poster
NR

Carinthia, southern Austria, 1942. Mila and her brother Hanzi, who are Slovenian, join the armed resistance to German occupation. Mila becomes a commander of a partisan group at the age of 20 and soon finds herself making decisions about life and death.

Mila/Marija

2026

Guardians of the Formula poster
6.8

In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade.

Guardians of the Formula

2023

Wake Me poster
7.0

In this intelligent mix of Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”, the protagonist Rok loses his memory and is seemingly turning into a better man. Or will his ultra-radical past take over his personality again?

Wake Me

2022

Without a trace poster
6.1

When Lisa's younger sister suddenly disappears without a trace, she returns to her home village to search for the missing girl on her own. But before she can follow up a real lead, a dead girl is found by the river.

Without a trace

2023

Pero poster
NR

This film is a homage to the life, career and fears of Slovenian actor Peter Musevski. He was always Pero for me, not Peter.

Pero

2023

Snatched from the Source poster
NR

A documentary about the last living victims of Nazi racial experiment.

Snatched from the Source

2023

Skin on Skin poster
5.3

An industrial slaughterhouse somewhere in Germany. Jakob is a security guard, while Boris from Bosnia does the slaughtering. Amid the cold and the violence, a silent bond develops between the two, as does an unspoken longing for freedom.

Skin on Skin

2025

Sanremo poster
7.1

Bruno lives at a home for the elderly and is in love with a co-resident named Dusa. Their love story is fragmented, as they tend to constantly forget each other. Thus, they can always meet for the first time.

Sanremo

2020

Tartini's Key poster
10.0

The action takes place in Piran, where three children meet. An SMS message was sent to the wrong number triggers a series of events in which children go through various adventures and puzzles related to Piran. The antagonists of the story are bandits who are looking for treasure, but they are overtaken by children who are more skilled in solving the keys that lead to the treasure. The children are the first to find the treasure, which is actually a collection of letters between the famous violinist Tartini and Stradivari, a violin maker who through correspondence provided him with support and advice on improving violins.

Tartini's Key

2024

Shooting Blanks poster
NR

All Vida wants is a baby. Instead, she is trying not to lose her mind as she juggles the men in her family - her sexist grandfather, her infertile husband, and her dad, a man-child.

Shooting Blanks

2023

2010s · 11 titles

The Bull poster
NR

Milan Veber, a 40-year-old unemployed art teacher, has long been jobless and close to penniless. He lives in a cheap small studio that he rents in what used to be a lively working-class neighbourhood of an industrial city, feeling too young to grow old and too old to start over – until one morning after a night of drinking. Just when he is about to open a can of beef stew, he looks through the window and sees a bull in the street. A bull that has just escaped from the slaughterhouse.

The Bull

2019

Idyll poster
5.7

After a night of carousing, the amateur photo model Zina heads for a fashion shoot in the nature, accompanied by the ambitious Mia, apathetic Dragica and snobby photographer Blitcz. On the idyllic location, a supposedly ordinary fashion shoot soon turns into a fierce fight for survival.

Idyll

2015

Bread and Circuses poster
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Bread and Circuses is a comedy with a sent of nostalgia about socialistic Yugoslavia's last breaths looking forward into brighter future days than they appear to be at the moment. Family Novak from a small town Velenje is drawn by lot to participate in a TV family quiz. The mother and the daughter are thrilled about appearing on TV, whereas the father and the son do not like the idea that much, especially because the show will take place during the carnival. On their way to the TV show the family gets into a misunderstanding with the police, at the TV station they get confused by a group of dressed up cocks, and things get truly interesting when the family gets to know the quiz moderator Jos Bauer better. Everything about the TV station seems quite different from up close and the family members' values are turned upside down.

Bread and Circuses

2011

John Lacklife poster
NR

Max, the lead character, has no life, just his best friend John. Then Max meets a girl and the film gets a twist.

John Lacklife

2013

The Curse of Valburga poster
5.9

Two crooks looking to scam tourists organize a tour of an abandoned manor house rumored to be haunted by the cousin of Count Dracula. Their first group consist of a Swedish Satanist, two French goths and a Russian porn director. But the scam descends into bloody chaos when the tour is attacked by a Nazi cannibal wielding a circular saw.

The Curse of Valburga

2019

The Wonderful People of Butale poster
10.0

Everyone has heard about The Wonderful People of Butale - and their great wisdom.

The Wonderful People of Butale

2018

My Last Year as a Loser poster
7.4

Špela graduated in Art History and has never had a steady job. Unlike her two best friends, who have moved out of Slovenia years ago with no plans to return, she is determined to stay in Ljubljana. When even her longtime boyfriend gets a job abroad she moves back in with her parents and her grandma. But Špela wants to grow up and cut the cord instead of delaying her already well overdue adulthood any longer.

My Last Year as a Loser

2019

Max's Victory poster
6.5

Worker Maks Bigec decides to take things in his own hands when he hears that his factory will be closed. He takes the factory director as a hostage and demands that the state should reopen the factory.

Max's Victory

2011

The Sweating of Sea Urchins poster
NR

Stane and Bojan are two young people, working at a kiosk. They try to break the boredom and repetitiveness of their daily routines by observing their potential customers, trying to guess their consumer appetites and by doing drugs. When a junkie breaks into the kiosk and disturbs their daydreaming, the potential for a change ensues.

The Sweating of Sea Urchins

2014

Sly Foxes poster
6.0

Lovro, a rocker from Pohorje, Džon to his friends, a bachelor in his late thirties, has become victim to modern business machinations: after he failed to get his papers in order in time, the land that had been his family’s property for generations came in the possession of the greedy mayor Fras. However, being short-tempered and as a hunter also a skilled shooter, Džon takes justice into his own hands. Assisted by young journalist Alja he exposes Fras and his helpers.

Sly Foxes

2017

Half-Sister poster
8.5

Half-sisters from a small coastal town who were never that close are forced by circumstance to share a flat in Ljubljana.

Half-Sister

2019

Series credits

Roasted poster
NR

A "roast" is a stage event where a group of friends honors a famous person with humorous speeches, jokes at their expense, or songs. It is not about insult, but rather a tribute to the person being roasted.

Roasted

2015

Cases of Inspector Vrenko poster
7.5

A series of stories about a chief inspector Martin Vrenko, who faces numbers of unusual cases, interesting characters, intelligent plots and surprising twists.

Cases of Inspector Vrenko

2021

The Monster Behind the Iron Curtain poster
NR

In 1948, in the fragile post‑war countryside of socialist Yugoslavia, Marjeta gives birth to twins, Metod and Cilka. Withdrawn and volatile, Metod grows up in near isolation, shaped by a suffocating bond with his mother and a world marked by violence and repression. His impulsive behavior brings him into repeated conflict with society and the law, eventually leading to psychiatric treatment. After returning home and taking a job as a warehouseman, he appears outwardly stable, but inwardly deteriorates under the weight of alcohol, hallucinations, and relentless inner turmoil — until one night, the monster he has long concealed finally emerges.

The Monster Behind the Iron Curtain

2026

Brother to Brother poster
8.0

Show is based after the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". It follows Bine, who lives with his much younger brother Brane and their grandpa. Their mother died when Brane was young, and their father absconded soon afterwards, so Bine became Brane's surrogate father and the family leader. Despite their differences in age, personality and outlook, the brothers share a constant bond throughout. They, but mostly Bine, attempt to become millionaires through questionable get-rich-quick schemes and by buying and selling poor-quality and illegal goods.

Brother to Brother

2008