Directing
Lea Vučko
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Lea Vučko is a Slovenian animation director and illustrator. She studied illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, where she first developed her interest in storytelling through images. After graduation, she shifted her focus toward animation, working as an animator on several acclaimed short films and commercial projects. Since 2015, she has collaborated on titles including Prince Ki-Ki-Do (Grega Mastnak, 2016), Weasel (Timon Leder, 2017), and Špela Čadež’s Orange Is the New Black commission for Netflix (2018). She also worked on Somewhere Else (Tim Grabnar, 2018), among others. In 2022, she made her directorial debut with The Legend of Goldhorn, a shor…
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7.0A Balkan folktale about a girl who disguises herself as a man and defies the world. On her journey, she overcomes magical creatures and her own fears – until she meets a legendary beast that changes her forever.
The Girl Who Wasn't Afraid of Bears
2025
NRIn 1947, the cemetery of Miren was split by a new border between Italy and Yugoslavia, dividing the living and the dead. As life adjusted, people found ways to overcome the divide, showing that while borders are drawn on maps, human connection continues beyond them.
Vsemir - The Border at the Miren Cemetery
2025
NRA hunter heads out to the mountains to mend his broken heart. On his way he can’t escape the visions of his lover who left him. As he loses his mind, his dark side comes to life. The shadow tells him to hunt down the mythical Goldhorn and ultimately leads him to his demise. Based on a Slovenian folktale, this is a story about greed and our relationship to nature.
The Legend of Goldhorn
2022
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0A Balkan folktale about a girl who disguises herself as a man and defies the world. On her journey, she overcomes magical creatures and her own fears – until she meets a legendary beast that changes her forever.
The Girl Who Wasn't Afraid of Bears
2025
7.0A Balkan folktale about a girl who disguises herself as a man and defies the world. On her journey, she overcomes magical creatures and her own fears – until she meets a legendary beast that changes her forever.
The Girl Who Wasn't Afraid of Bears
2025
NRIn 1947, the cemetery of Miren was split by a new border between Italy and Yugoslavia, dividing the living and the dead. As life adjusted, people found ways to overcome the divide, showing that while borders are drawn on maps, human connection continues beyond them.
Vsemir - The Border at the Miren Cemetery
2025
NRA hunter heads out to the mountains to mend his broken heart. On his way he can’t escape the visions of his lover who left him. As he loses his mind, his dark side comes to life. The shadow tells him to hunt down the mythical Goldhorn and ultimately leads him to his demise. Based on a Slovenian folktale, this is a story about greed and our relationship to nature.
The Legend of Goldhorn
2022
NRA hunter heads out to the mountains to mend his broken heart. On his way he can’t escape the visions of his lover who left him. As he loses his mind, his dark side comes to life. The shadow tells him to hunt down the mythical Goldhorn and ultimately leads him to his demise. Based on a Slovenian folktale, this is a story about greed and our relationship to nature.
The Legend of Goldhorn
2022