Sonja Prosenc

Sonja Prosenc (born 1977 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovene filmmaker, known as one of Slovenia's most prominent contemporary film directors.^[1]

Sonja Prosenc
Born	1977 (age 47–48) Slovenj Gradec
Nationality	Slovene
Alma mater	Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana
Occupation	filmmaker

Biography

Prosenc graduated in journalism and culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana.^[2] After attending several foreign film workshops, she co-founded the production company Monoo with producer Rok Sečen. Her partner Mitja Ličen often collaborates on her films as cinematographer.^[3][4]

Sonja Prosenc (first from the left) at the 2019 Štiglic awards ceremony

All three of her feature films were selected as submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, though none of them has received a nomination.^[5][6][7] Aside from festival awards, Prosenc received the award for exceptional direction by the Directors' Guild of Slovenia in 2019.^[3]

Filmography

As director^[2]

• PoEtika 2004: Smrt (short feature, 2004);
• Nič novega, nič pretiranega (short feature, 2005);
• Jutro (short feature, 2012); also producer and screenwriter
• Mož s krokarjem (documentary, 2012); also screenwriter
• The Tree (Drevo, 2013); also producer and screenwriter
• Impromptu (short feature, 2015); also producer and screenwriter
• History of Love (Zgodovina ljubezni, 2018); also producer and screenwriter
• Raj (short feature, 2019); also producer
• Trigrad (TV-series, 2022); also screenwriter
• Family Therapy (Odrešitev za začetnike, 2024); also producer and screenwriter