Goran Trenchovski
Goran Trenchovski | |
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Born |
Strumica, Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | April 24, 1970
Education | Academy of Arts, Novi Sad (1991) |
Occupation | Film and theatre director, writer, manager, theorist |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse(s) | Sofija Trenchovska |
Goran Trenchovski (also spelled as Trenčovski; Macedonian: Горан Тренчовски, b. April 24, 1970 in Strumica) is a Macedonian director, writer, artistic leader, founder, lecturer, humanist... He is the current head of AsterFest and chairman of the Tiberiopolian Film Alliance.
Biography
Trenchovski graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad with an emphasis in film and theatre directing, in the class of prof. Boro Draskovic. After decay of SFRJ he became the youngest director on the Balkans. He directed numerous film and TV projects in different genres as well as stage performances with a number of plays by both classical and modern auteurs: Chubbies (a serial in 8 episodes), Beggars and Placards (a documentary), Krecho (a docudrama) and Multilevel (a TV feature film). His second TV feature film, Ghoul Quest, acquaints the audience with the fate of an authentic assortment of heroes torn from Balkan iconography, picturesquely sculptured and psychologically represented with all their good and bad sides. He also directed middle-length film projects: Slander, Under, A Step Ahead of Time, Candidates (5 episodes), Martin from the Stairs (6 episodes), I Believe in Macedonia, and The Spirit of my Father. His debut feature film Golden Five is based on true story about unsolved murder of five students in 1951.
He lived and worked for one year in Prague, Czech Republic and attended postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philology in Skopje where he has prepared the thesis “Kinesthetic stories of Solev and Čingo (adapted into films by Rusomir Bogdanovski)”. He directed Sound Imagery, Slavic Orpheus, Infernal Machine, Libretto Wagner, Leonce and Lena, The Spirit of the Can, From the First Breath, Beggar's Opera and Endgame, as well as plays by Aeschylus, Witkacy, Ibsen, Andreyev, Artaud, Beckett, Ionesco, Pinter, Albee, Adamov and Arrabal. He was engaged as chief of the department for directing in national television MKRTV in Skopje.
Trenchovski also has experience as a producer and publisher. Since its inception in 2005, he is founder and manager of the Int'l film festival AsterFest in his hometown of Strumica. The festival has gained an international reputation, thanks to Trenchovski's networking as well as his involvement with the Tiberiopolian Film Alliance - Institute for shorts & docs. He is also the editor of the anthology of dramaticules Carnival Sighs (1998), the monograph Steps on the Star Planks (1999), special Beckett 100 (2006) and translator of Jiří Menzel's texts Faith and Doubt (2000).
His directions are screened, staged and awarded on festivals in many countries.
Participates at events, symposiums and conferences. Lectures on film, theater and intermediality.
He introduces and promotes the “poetics of (de)tronization”.
Works (a choice)
- Filmography
- Vremenik
- Klošari i plakati
- "Bumbari" (TV series)
- Jirži Mencel i češkiot film
- Krecho
- Bajkolend
- Multilevel
- Vampirdžija (TV movie)
- Ezerskata zemja na Nikola K.
- Kleveta
- Čekor pred vremeto
- Under
- Kandidati
- "Martin od skalite" (TV series)
- Adieus
- Veruvam vo Makedonija (about Boris Trajkovski)[1]
- Duhot na tatko mi (about Risto Šiškov)[2]
- Igra i spas
- Zlatna petorka
- Theatrography
- Krajot na igrata
- Zvučni sliki
- Vodena kokoška
- Slovenski Orfej
- Časovi po zlostor
- Evmenidi
- Želkite od Galapagos
- Libreto Vagner
- Adska mašina
- Luna prima
- Od prviot zdiv
- Leons i Lena
- Pitačka opera
- Von kolosek
- Elešnik
- Prikazna za Filolahes i drugite
- Duhot na limenkata
- Zoološka prikazna
- Makedonska emigracija
- Tutunski spomenar
- Kraj na igrata 2001
- Suvo drvo od Vavilon
- Golemiot smok
- Dom za ptici
- Strumica 1918
- Tibursio i Sinforosa
- Mrsna čudenka
- Krajot na kralot[3]
- Beše ednaš
- Partále
- Kabinetot na prof. Tarana
- John Gabriel Borkman" (soon)
- Books
- Od pitač do kral: režiserski beleški, Združenie na dramski umetnici "Talija", Skopje, 1995. ISBN 9989-9803-0-6
- Orbis pictus: makedonskata filmska i TV-režija i drugi tekstovi, "Magor", Skopje, 2001. ISBN 9989-851-49-2
- Poetika na (de)tronizacijata, "Tera Magika", Skopje, 2004. ISBN 9989-905-35-5
- Pars pro toto: studija za kratkiot film i drugi tekstovi, "Ulis", Skopje, 2008. ISBN 978-9989-2699-4-3
- Pit Kralsky – an artist of (de-) thronization : selected writings, "TFA AF", Strumica, 2011. ISBN 978-608-4546-04-7
- Kino neimar, "Makedonska reč", Skopje, 2011. ISBN 978-608-225-040-3[4]
- Tezi i askezi, "Feniks", Skopje, 2015. ISBN 978-9989-33693-5
Awards and recognitions (a choice)
- "Vojdan Černodrinski" - Prilep,1992.
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Grand Prix - Best TV drama fiction film, 2000.
- Moscow "Law and society", Best production, best anti-hero role - Nomination for best film, 2005.
- Award for artistic stage expression - Stobi, 2006.
- EkoFilm Nowogard, Best Documentary - Midzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Ekologicznych, 2006.
- "Sv. 15 Tiveriopolski sveštenomačenici", Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Theatre - Strumica, 2007.
- Washinghton "Docs in Progress" Finalist, Best short documentary - Nomination for the best film, 2008.
- "Script Fest", Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film - Skopje, 2013.
References
- ↑ A review of movie "Veruvam vo Makedonija", Utrinski vesnik, Skoplje, 25. 6. 2008.
- ↑ A review of movie "Duhot na tatko mi", Utrinski vesnik, 1. 12. 2010.
- ↑ Gogov, Aco. A review of thetrical show "Krajot na kralot", Reper, Skopje, 2011.
- ↑ Nasev, Saško. A review of book "Kino neimar", Premin, Skopje, 2012.
Literature
- Stefanović, Zoran. "Plemeniti pohod Gorana Trenčovskog", A speech on the occasion of 20 years work anniversary of G. Trenchovski, Strumica, Macedonia 4. 12. 2011. (sr)
- Stefanović, Zoran. "The artist is a scholar of Metaphysical: Directing method of Goran Trenčovski as cognition of immense pressure", foreword for book Kino neimar by G. Trenchovski, 14. 1. 2012. (English)
External links
- Goran Trenchovski at the Internet Movie Database
- "Living an Art od (De-)Thronization", official web-site (English)
- Trenčovski, Goran. "A View Of The Macedonian Documentary Film", Project Rastko – Macedonia, December 26, 2007. (English)