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Olmo Omerzu

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Olmo Omerzu

Olmo Omerzu was born in 1984 in Ljubljana. In 2011, he graduated from FAMU with his first fiction feature A NIGHT TOO YOUNG. After the successful premiere in the Forum section of the 2012 Berlinale, Omerzu won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for the Discovery Of The Year. His second feature FAMILY FILM was premiered at San Sebastian Film Festival (2015), film was invited to numerous international festivals, including Tokyo Film Festival, where it took away the award for Best Artistic Contribution. Film was also awarded for a Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Czech Film Critics’ Awards. He's new film WINTER FLIES is curently in postproduction.