Template:Multiple issuesJanez Lapajne [yannez la-pie-nay] (born 24 June 1967, Celje, Slovenia) is a Slovenian film director, and former president of Directors Guild of Slovenia.The son of geophysicist and seismologist Janez K. Lapajne, he graduated in film directing from the University of Ljubljana.Lapajne insists upon collaborating with his actors for an intensive rehearsal periods before shooting and he does not use storyboards to make his films. He focuses closely on human emotions, and on the rhythm and harmony of the film as a whole. He founded PoEtika, an occasional academy for researching the art of film directing, which he heads as mentor. He also directs for theatre, radio and television and has won several awards for his student works and his feature films.
[on Rustling Landscapes (2002)] The story takes place in the present day and deals with eternal themes. I'm not interested in day-to-day events and political topics. I'm much more interested in those small fateful things that are woven between people than I am in explosions and ideological bluster. With Rustling Landscapes I wanted to make a beautiful, intimate film.
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I realised that no one except me could and should decide whether to make a film. I think that that realisation is of key importance to a director.
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[on Personal Baggage (2009)] I'm not interested at all to please selectors of international film festivals with speculative films about non-existing exotic Slovenia. In Personal Baggage I focus on today's complete inability to empathise. What makes the protagonist of the film interesting is her egoism, reflecting the general athmosphere of the present moment. The modern Slovenian society's unwillingness to cope with its typical Central European historical baggage bothers me as a filmmaker and especially - as a human being.
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Lapajne does not use storyboards to make his films.