O nastanku filma

„Princ od papira" najpre je snimljen kao kratki igrani film koji je 2005. godine proglašen je za najbolji domaći kratki igrani film na 52. beogradskom festivalu kratkometražnog i dokumentarnog filma, a na istom festivalu dobio je nagradu za režiju i specijalnu nagradu „Jovan Aćin" koju dodeljuju Ministarstvo kulture, Udruženje filmskih umetnika i RTS. Iste godine na Festivalu kratkometražnog filma u Drami u Grčkoj „Princ od papira" bio je u najužem izboru za najbolji balkanski film, a sa uspehom prikazan je na još dvanaest internacionalnih festivala u svetu.

S obzirom na uspeh kratkog filma i kod publike i kod kritike, producent i autorski tim odlučili su se za novi korak - dosnimavanje materijala za celovečernji igrani film. Kratki film „Princ od papira" unutar celovečernjeg filma „Princ od papira" tretiran je kao postojećih 15 minuta i dosnimljeno je još 75 minuta.

Uz velike napore i odricanja čitave ekipe i pomoć Sekretarijata za kulturu grada Beograda, kao i Ministarstva za kulturu Srbije, „Princ od papira" konačno je ugledao svetlost dana. Napravljen da zabavi i pouči, „Princ od papira" namenjen je prvenstveno deci, ali takođe i celoj porodici.

Princ od papira, kratak sinopsis

JULIJA (8) živi sa roditeljima koji je puno vole i pomalo zanemaruju. Jednog dana, ostavši sama kod kuce, Julija pušta u kuću sumnjivog anketara NIKOLU (28). Nikola prvo pokuša da krade, a kad ga Julija u tome spreči, oni se sprijatelje. Na rastanku Julija Nikoli pokloni neke roditeljske stvari - mamine minduše i tatin pasoš!

Šest meseci kasnije Julija saznaje da je zbog ocevog nestalog pasoša njena porodica u opasnosti, a shvata i da je ona sama kriva za to. Od tog trenutka, uz pomoć školskog druga PEGIJA (8) i neobične bake EME (70) Julija tajno radi na tome da pronađe Nikolu i vrati očev pasoš. Usput, Julija otkriva još mnogo toga o svojim roditeljima, društvu na klimavom tlu tranzicije i umešanosti njenih roditelja u loše stvari iz kojih će ih, na kraju, Julija izvući.

Film govori o sazrevanju, odnosu mladih prema odraslima, ali i o važnosti opredeljivanja malih i velikih prema dobru i zlu. Namenjena celoj porodici ovo je priča u čijoj pozadini je društvo u kojem su politika i kriminal tako čvrsto isprepleteni da ne mimoilaze ni naizgled finu građansku porodicu u kojoj, kao predstavnik novih naraštaja, odrasta glavna junakinja.

GOSTOVANJA / FESTIVALI

XIII Sarajevo Film Festival
Bosnia, August 2007.

KidsFest
Belgrade, Serbia, October 2007.

Thessaloniki Int. F.F.
Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2007.
(industry screening only)

Mostar Film Festival
Bosnia, November 2007.

New Beijing Int. Film Festival
Beijing, China, December 2007.

Dakha Int. Film Festival
Bangladesh, January 2008.

Berlin Film Festival
Germany, January 2008.
(industry screening only)

Fest
Belgrade, Serbia, February 2008.

Montreal International Children’s Film Festival
Canada, Mart, 2008.

Sehpferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover & Braunschweig, Germany, April 2008.

International Children’s F.F.
Kristiansand, Norway, 2008, April 2008.

Roma International Film Festival
Roma, Italy, April 2008.
(director Marko Kostic was awarded with Best First Feature Award)

International Film Festival „Golden Knight“
Moscow, Russia, May 2008.
(film was awarded with special diploma of the Jury)

Serbian Film Festival
Paris, France, June 2008.

International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Zlin, Czech Republik, June 2008.

Filmfest Munchen
Munchen, Germany, June 2008.

Cinema City EXIT Film Festival
Novi Sad, Serbia, June 2008.

Sopot Film Festival
Sopot, Serbia, July 2008.

Pula Film Festival
Croatia, July 2008.

Palic Film Festival
Serbia, July 2008.

Screenplay Film Festival
Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, July 2008.
(screenwriter Vladislava Vojnovic was awarded with Second prize)

10th Seoul International Youth Film Festival
Korea (South), July 2008.

Actor’s Film Festival
Nis, Serbia, August, 2008.

Serbian Film Festival
Chicago, USA, September 2008.

Flicks International Film Festival for Young People
Saskatoon, Canada, September 2008.

MICHEL Kinder und JugendFilmfest Hamburg
Germany, September 2008.

24th Warsaw Film Festival
Warsaw, Poland, October 2008.

International Film Festival „Within the family“
Novosibirsk, Russia, October 2008.
(Milica Spasojevic was awarded as the best young actress)

International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Yerevan, Armenia, October 2008.
(Milica Spasojevic was awarded for the best performance as a child actor in the feature film)

Roshd International Film Festival
Teheran, Iran, November 2008.
(Jury awarded director Marko Kostic with Letter of gratitude; Milica Spasojevic was awarded as the best actress)

XV International F.F. „Listopad 2008“
Minsk, Belarus, November 2008.

FICI, Festival Internacional de Cine para Infancia y la Juventud
Madrid, Spain, November 2008.
(Special jury mention for Milica Spasojevic)

CIFF, Chennai International Film Festival
Tamil Nadu, India, December 2008.

ICFF, International Children’s Film Festival
Lucknow, India, April 2009.
(Golden trophy for best children’s film)

AWARDS

Best First Feature Award to director Marko Kostic
Roma Independent Film Festival (RIFF)
Roma, Italy, April 2008.

Special jury certificate for "The Paper Prince“
International Film Festival „Golden knight“
Moscow, Russia, May 2008.

Second prize for feature film screenplay to writer Vladislava Vojnovic
Screenplay Film Festival
Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, August 2008.

Award for best young actrees to Milica Spasojevic
International Film Festival Within the Family
Novosibirsk, Russia, October 2008.

Award for best performance by a child actor to Milica Spasojevic
Fourth International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Yerevan, Armenia, October 2008.

Letter of gratitude to director Marko Kostic
Roshd International Film Festival
Tehran, Iran, November 2008.

Award for the Best Actress to Milica Spasojevic
Roshd International Film Festival
Tehran, Iran, November 2008.

Special jury mention for Milica Spasojevic
Festival Internacional de Cine para Infancia y Juventud (FICI)
Madrid, Spain, November 2008.

Golden trophy for best children’s film for „The Paper Prince“
International Children’s Film Festival
Lucknow, India, April 2009.

Knjiga "Princ od papira"

Roman za decu "Princ od papira" objavljen je u februaru 2008 (Vladislava Vojnović, "Narodna knjiga", Beograd). Roman se, kao i obično u ovakvim slučajevima, po malo razlikuje od filma. U filmu se, npr. ne vidi sve što glavna junakinja, devojčica Julija, misli, a u romanu njene misli stoje crno na belo. Julijine misli ponekad su zabrinute, ponekad ljutite, pa i bezobrazne, vrlo često veoma smešne, ali nikad nisu dosadne.
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