International Documentary Film Festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Woman of God (Duhovnica)

Maja Prettner

Woman of God

Evangelical priest Jana is at an important crossroad, faced with a life dilemma: whether to leave the priesthood and thus break the long family tradition of priests, since her father and mother are also priests. Jana, with her free-thinking and humorous views, breaks church norms and over time becomes more and more outcast in her own church. Her long-buried wounds from childhood also open up, making the cracks in family relationships more and more apparent. Woman of God is an intimate and brutally honest story about a witty and daring woman who must cut the umbilical cord in order to free herself. In doing so, she also reveals the hidden dirt and painful truth of a seemingly untouchable layer of society.

Slovenia 2023, '98

DIRECTOR: Maja Prettner

SCENARIO: Maja Prettner, Boštjan Virc, Iza Strehar

CAMERA: Jože Glažar

MONTAGE: Sara Gjergek

MUSIC: LeMaar, Simon Penšek

PRODUCERS: Nataša Vugrinec, Boštjan Virc

PRODUCTION: Studio Virc

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Al Jazeera: Balkan Star Award (2024)
Festival Of Slovenian Film: Audience Award; FIPRESCI Award; Director’s guild Award; Best Editing Award (2024)
Hot Docs (2024)
Torino FF (2024)
DOKUDOC (2024)

Maja Prettner

Maja Prettner

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