TREBON, CZECH REPUBLIC: Slovenian student director Katarina Morano is the lone representative from CEE to be nominated for the Student Academy Awards, which will be announced on June 7 in Hollywood.
Morano was nominated for her film Kam, one of 10 films nominated in the foreign film category. The nomination caps a particularly strong year in Slovenian filmmaking and is the third Slovenian nomination in the past seven years.
Kam (Where To), Morano's third film, is the story of a chance meeting between a young woman and an old woman, each one dealing with life and death in her own way. Morano also wrote the script for the 20 minute film.
The student Oscars are seen as a harbinger for professional filmmaking accomplishment, and former nominees include Oscar winner Jan Sverak from the Czech Republic.