Old Wood, New Guitars / Stari les, nove kitare

country, year

Slovenia, 2024

genre

documentary

running time

12’

directed by

Tomaž Pavkovič

languages

Portuguese, English

subtitles 

Slovene subtitles

 

about the film

The Music of Madeira reflects its cultural heritage. What is the secret to making quality machete, rajao, or braguinha? Short film about the oldest luthier’s workshop in Funchal. Carlos Jorge started working as a luthier in 1978. Almost all luthiers on the island of Madeira learned their craft in his workshop. One of them is also his son, Henrique.

 

about the author

Tomaž Pavkovič is a cameraman, editor, director and multimedia artist. He is a co-founder of Luksuz produkcija, Krško, as well as a mentor for younger colleagues and an author of numerous short films that were screened at various international film festivals. Lately he is working as a mentor on different film and video workshops in schools and mentoring diferent minorites in multimedia literacy.

 

 

 

filmography 

Reka ločuje – delo povezuje, 2018 

Poletje našega življenja, 2020

Zgodba Cantine Thrash, 2022

The Box, 2023

Stari les, nove kitare 2024