Prosenc’s Souvenir Released This Week

Slovenian video artist Nataša Prosenc’s feature film Souvenir: The Stolen African Art was released this week by Kanalya Pictures.

Souvenir’s story revolves around Ivy, an elegant but troubled gallery owner, who inherits from her father a cache of ancient African funerary posts. They carry a terrible secret, known only to her, which is slowly destroying her. The discovery of the stolen art is the key to unlocking Ivy's neatly packaged life and the memory of her father's murderous past. While Ivy struggles to forget her disturbing history, her colleagues from the art world learn that the posts are worth millions, and a rising firestorm of greed and lust rages as everyone chases the money they will bring. Ivy's reputation, her career, and her sanity depend on concealing the secret that her father was a war criminal.

Souvenir has been an extraordinary journey, utilizing a unique camera process, predicting the future regarding an actual theft of African art, starting the feature-film career of many talented people, including its insightful director, Nataša Prosenc. Souvenir is available through Netflix, Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.

Nataša Prosenc exhibited at the 48th Venice Biennale in Italy and is a recipient of the Prešeren award, the Slovenian Award for great achievement in art, and of numerous international film awards. She was a Fulbright scholar at the California Institute of the Arts and is currently developing her third feature film in Los Angeles.

Prosenc’s work Vortex is also on view at the Embassy of Slovenia as part of Embassy’s permanent collection. And on May 9, during the EU Open House, you will be able to experience Nataša’s video art work, Transpositions.