Damjan Kozole

Damjan Kozole (born 1964 in Brežice, Slovenia) is a Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the 2003 critically acclaimed Spare Parts and 2009 worldwide released Slovenian Girl, among others. Spare Parts was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival; in 2008 Sight & Sound ranked this film among the ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2012 Kozole received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival. In his films, "some of the most raffish, funky and even sordid characters discover their own humanity" (Alissa Simon, Variety). For his new film Nightlife (2016) he won Best director award at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. ()