RUSTLING AWARDS «««««« 5. Festival slovenskega filma/5th Slovenian Film Festival of Slovenian Film - Portorož 2002: - Vesna - Best Picture - Vesna - Best Actor (Grega Zorc) - Association of Slovenian Film Critics award for Best Picture - Audience award for Best Picture - Synchro Film, Vienna award for Producers (Janez Lapajne and Aiken Veronika Prosenc) - Stop Magazine award (Grega Zorc) AWARD CITATION Rustling Landscapes convinces through its simplicity, unity and consistently created film idiom. Through a collective approach and firm directorial guidance, the makers have succeeded in portraying and touching sincerely upon everyday life stories in human relationships. The combination of specific production method and universal recognisability of such situations triggers an intense emotional response in the viewer. -Citation from the official jury for the main prize, VESNA for BEST FEATURE FILM, 5th Slovenian Film Festival, Portorož 2002 This is a film which little things – just like life – make, if not big, then certainly unique and unforgettable. We encounter the main protagonists of Rustling Landscapes, a man and woman in their early thirties, when their relationship is already seriously damaged. We get to know them through a convincingly constructed relationship and consistently original dialogue, which is quite a rare thing in modern film. Lapajne’s refined sense of the universal fragility of human relationships, in fact the main protagonist of the fim, is reflected in the well-conceived sreenplay and direction, which lacks no sensitivity, lucidity and intellect. -Citation of the jury of Slovenian film critics for BEST PICTURE, 5th Slovenian Film Festival, Portorož 2002