Damjan Kozole

Damjan Kozole is a Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the critically-acclaimed "Spare Parts", worldwide released "Slovenian Girl" and "Nightlife", winner of Best Director Award at the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, among others. "Spare parts" was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53th Berlin IFF; in 2008 Sight & Sound ranked it among the ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2005, a Kozole film retrospective took place in the US and Canada, hosted by the American Film Institute (AFI). In 2012 he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the MedFilm Festival in Rome.