Gregor Božič

Directing

Gregor Božič

Born

1984-01-21 (42)

Place of birth

Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Gregor Božič is a Slovenian film director and cameraman, born on January 21, 1984. Božič graduated in film and television directing from the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana in 2009 and completed postgraduate studies in film directing at the DFFB in Berlin in 2015. His first feature film Stories from the Chestnut Woods in 2019 received the Vesna Award for the best film at the 22nd Slovenian Film Festival and, among others, Vesna for the best director.

Known for

Behind the camera

Common Pear poster
NR

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyse the archival footage of farmers from the past, in an attempt to understand their connection to the land. In this beautifully shot blend of documentary and fiction, Gregor Božić pays warm tribute to the old growers of the Goriška region in Western Slovenia, who appreciated fruit as more than merely a product for sale.

Common Pear

2025

Common Pear poster
NR

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyse the archival footage of farmers from the past, in an attempt to understand their connection to the land. In this beautifully shot blend of documentary and fiction, Gregor Božić pays warm tribute to the old growers of the Goriška region in Western Slovenia, who appreciated fruit as more than merely a product for sale.

Common Pear

2025

Stories from the Chestnut Woods poster
6.2

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the ocean to find there a better life. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy parable on loss, loneliness and the power of imagination.

Stories from the Chestnut Woods

2019

Stories from the Chestnut Woods poster
6.2

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the ocean to find there a better life. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy parable on loss, loneliness and the power of imagination.

Stories from the Chestnut Woods

2019

Hey Ho, Comrades poster
NR

The student Darko Zuljan likes the partisan songs so much that he decides to revive the songs and put his idea into practical use as much as possible.

Hey Ho, Comrades

2007

Hey Ho, Comrades poster
NR

The student Darko Zuljan likes the partisan songs so much that he decides to revive the songs and put his idea into practical use as much as possible.

Hey Ho, Comrades

2007

No artwork available
NR

A Slovenian filmmaker-botanist and a Japanese neuroscientist join forces to study an unusual agricultural document from the mid-20th century. The manuscript describes the case of a pear tree from a small village on the Yugoslav-Italian border, which was believed to be holding miraculous power to defy time.

Tales of Fruits and Monsters

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No artwork available
NR

A Slovenian filmmaker-botanist and a Japanese neuroscientist join forces to study an unusual agricultural document from the mid-20th century. The manuscript describes the case of a pear tree from a small village on the Yugoslav-Italian border, which was believed to be holding miraculous power to defy time.

Tales of Fruits and Monsters

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Shoes from Trieste poster
8.0

A fleeting memory of an old woman looking back at her youth brings about a moment of elegance in times of the after-war misery.

Shoes from Trieste

2014

Shoes from Trieste poster
8.0

A fleeting memory of an old woman looking back at her youth brings about a moment of elegance in times of the after-war misery.

Shoes from Trieste

2014