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Kekec

by Jože Gale, Yugoslavia (Slovenia) , 1951, 91 mins

The film is set in an idyllic village of the Slovenian mountains where Kekec, a young boy is living.

Kekec

Bedanec, a man who everyone fears because he is evil, lives a solitary life high up in the mountains. When he finds out that Bedanec keeps his victims in his house, he sets out to find them. With his courage Kekec manages to set them free, and what's more, he forces Bedanec to leave for good.

Kekec
Yugoslavia (Slovenia), 1951, 91 mins

Director Jože Gale
Co-writers Josip Vandot, Joze Gale, Frane Milčinski
Date of first theatrical release December 21st 1951
Tickets sold during the first theatrical release 62.000
Rights holder Slovenian Film Centre
Project holder Nerina T. Kocjančič (Slovenian Film Centre)

Aims of participation A huge success on its release: sold in 11 territories (including China). Winner of a special prize for children at the Venice Film Festival. Looking for the same success after its restoration.
Seeking for international sales, theatrical distribution, new contacts...

Information on the available material

- Designated format/medium for restoration: 35 mm film negative
- Condition: quite bad, not very clear if the base is nitrate or polyester
- Place of preservation: until 2022 the Belgrade Film Archive, from 2022 has been moved to the Slovenian Film Archive
- Other existing formats and their conditions: 7 positives prints, some with good picture, all with bad sound
- The sound negative has been digitised at L'immagine Ritrovata in Bologna

Available rights All territories except Slovenia are free

Objectives in participation in the Re>Birth programme
A huge success on its release: sold in 11 territories, winner of a special prize for children at the Venice Film Festival. Looking for the same success after its restoration.

- International sales
- theatrical distribution
- new contacts
- repeat the big success it had in China in the fifties

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