Blaž Setnikar

Blaž Setnikar


in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Blaz Setnikar is a classically and modern trained multilingual actor who graduated at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. He has since regularly appeared as a part of the main cast in the popular TV series, e.g. Najini mostovi (Our Bridges), Reka ljubezni (The River of Love), Takle mamo (Household Scenes) and awarded films Posledice (Consequences), Psi brezčasja (Case: Osterberg), Vloga za Emo (Changing Emma), Do takrat pa… (Until then…) and others. He has been fully engaged with all the major theatres in the country over the years.

He has received The Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists award, Julia Award and Sever award and was a part of 20th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival Talents program. He strives towards diversity of genres as well as the characters he portrays.

Movies for Blaž Setnikar...

Observing
Title: Observing
Character: Maks
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Inspired by a real event, the film follows 27-year-old Lara (newcomer Diana Kolenc), a paramedic intern who helps bring 30-year-old Kristijan (Vito Weiss) into the hospital, after he was brutally beaten on a Facebook live stream that was seen by 20,000 people and no one called the police. Although Kristijan is in a coma, Lara starts to receive video clips from his Facebook profile, showing unidentified persons watching him get beaten. She reports this to detective Borut (Jure Henigman, from A Trip and Dual), who starts an investigation. All the observers, who appear in the video clips, will become Lara’s nightmare in her real life. She soon realizes that she is also an accomplice in this horrible event.
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Lunatic
Title: Lunatic
Released: October 3, 2023
Type: Movie
An intimate portrait of the family of Jure Šterk, the first Slovenian to sail the globe alone.
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Pero
Title: Pero
Character: Himself
Released: January 25, 2023
Type: Movie
This film is a homage to the life, career and fears of Slovenian actor Peter Musevski. He was always Pero for me, not Peter.
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Wake Me
Title: Wake Me
Character: Selim
Released: November 22, 2022
Type: Movie
In this intelligent mix of Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”, the protagonist Rok loses his memory and is seemingly turning into a better man. Or will his ultra-radical past take over his personality again?
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Title: Lenin's Park
Character: Aleksander Kruh
Released: January 9, 2022
Type: TV
In the middle of a hot summer, a homeless woman is murdered in the centre of Ljubljana. At least as much as her death is troubled by the fact that the murder took place in a park right next to the General Police Administration. In addition to Taras's and Tina's relationship, resentment is being drawn from the events at Lake Bohinj over Taras' treatment of the spoiled son of an influential man, so the head of Drvarič assigns the management of the case to Tini instead of Taras. The start of the investigation is not the most promising, as none of the occupants of the park detected anything unusual, even though the windows look out of all the apartments. Yet a criminal investigation reveals that one of them wasn't the most honest.
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Consequences
Title: Consequences
Character: Teacher Zoran
Released: October 18, 2018
Type: Movie
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
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Sarajevo Songs of Woe
Title: Sarajevo Songs of Woe
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Sarajevo Songs of Woe is a filmic triptych containing of the two tales (“Blue Ballad for Lovers” / “Blue Rondo for Survivors”) and the connecting middle part “Blue Psalm for Wolves” flowing into each other and so being united and building up one universal mosaic of life situated in Sarajevo.
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Girls Don't Cry
Title: Girls Don't Cry
Character: Klemen
Released: December 30, 2015
Type: Movie
After an assassination attempt, a broke mob wife takes over his husband's dirty work and collects her husband's debt with the help of her best friend - a hairdresser and her step daughter.
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Case: Osterberg
Title: Case: Osterberg
Character: Inspector Polak
Released: November 5, 2015
Type: Movie
After being away for four years, Rok Osterberg returns to his home town to investigate the murder of his younger brother Maks. As Maks was involved in illegal business, nobody seems to care about his death. The only person willing to help is a family friend, Inspector Kramer. Back home, Osterberg must face people from his past.
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Vandima
Title: Vandima
Character: Ernest
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A historical saga, based on personal stories and the history of Brda (a region near the border in the west of Slovenia), depicts a bloody history of Europe, full of wars, nationalisms and at the same time cohabitation, which is always personal and common to everyone.
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1991 – The Unshot Bullet
Title: 1991 – The Unshot Bullet
Character: Kladu
Released: June 15, 2011
Type: Movie
A film about short-lived Slovenian war of independence.
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Duck Hunting
Title: Duck Hunting
Character: Robi
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Two sons wait for their father on the day he is released from prison. They go duck hunting together, like they did before he was locked up.