Erased is a 2018 Slovenian drama film written and directed by Miha Mazzini based on his own novel of the same name. World premiere was at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018, 25. November 2018, while Slovenian one was on 25. February 2019. The story of the film is dealing with the Slovenian erased citizens, almost 2% of the population that remained without a legal status after the declaration of the country's independence in 1991.
Plot
Ana comes to the hospital to give birth. Everything goes well except for a small, bureaucratic problem: she is not in the computer. After a few days, she is entangled in a web of Kafkaesque proportions: not being in the computer means that she has no social security, no permanent address. She is suddenly a "foreigner," officially at least, even though she has spent all of her life in this country. Legally, she doesn't exist. This means that her child is an orphan, and orphans must go up for adoption.
Awards
Miha Mazzini, best screenplay, FEST, Belgrad, 2019
Miha Mazzini best screenplay, Raindance festival, London, 2019
Judita Franković Brdar, best leading actress, Festival os Slovenian film 2018
Judita Franković Brdar, best leading actress in coproduction, 66. Pula film festival, Pula, Croatia, 2019
Judita Franković Brdar, special mention of Federation of film critics of Europe and Mediterannea - FEDEORA, 66. Pula film festival, Pula, Croatia, 2019
Judita Franković Brdar best leading actress, BASTAU IF, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2019
21114 – Film fest, Novi Sad, Serbia, 13. June 2019http://nsuzivo.rs/novi-sad/sutra-pocinje-21114-film-fest-na-novom-naselju
Valletta Film Fest Competition, Malta, 14. June 2019https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/malta-news/item/118252-festivals-cee-films-dominate-valletta-film-fest-competition
Pula film festival, Croatia, 15. July 2019 https://pulafilmfestival.hr/en/filmovi/3113
Manarat IFF, Tunisia, 1. July 2019http://www.plutofilm.de/films/erased/0033
Oostende IFF, Belgium, 6. September 2019http://www.plutofilm.de/films/erased/0033
Raindance IFF, Anglija, 26. - 28. September 2019
Ravac IFF, Moldovia, 2. October 2019http://www.plutofilm.de/films/erased/0033
43ª Mostra internacional de cinema, Sao Paolo, Brasil, October 2019http://43.mostra.org/br/conteudo/noticias-e-eventos/819
Crime & Panishment, Turkey, competition, november 2019http://www.icapff.com/en/screening-schedule
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, Netherland, 7. November 2019https://www.filmhuisdenhaag.nl/agenda/event/erased
Zagreb FF, Croatia, 7. November 2019
Balkan Film Festival Ulm, Germany, 8. November 2019
20e Arras Film Festival, France, November 2019https://www.cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/379192
BASTAU IF, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 3. - 7. December 2019https://bastauiff.kz/
Valjevski filmski susreti, Valjevo, Serbia, 15. December 2019https://slokult.info/kalendar/2019/12/15/izbrisana-mihe-mazzinija-na-6-valjevskim-filmskim-susretima
Gangneung International Film Festival 5-14 Nov. 2020, South Korea