Short Films: Fiction, Experimental & Animated 2010–11

Short Films: Fiction, Experimental & Animated 2010–11 Short Films: Fiction, Experimental & Animated 2010 |11 Content Fiction Films 2010 Animated Films 2010 Champion by Kristijan Milić · 6 feature film Chocolate Cake by Dorotea Vučić · 7 The Rainbow by Joško Marušić · 40 Correctional Facility for Parents by Bruno Anković · 8 Do You Have a Story? by Dario Juričan · 9 short films Experimental Violence by Vladimir Kanić · 10 Acceleration by Andrej Rehak · 41 Fragments by Matija Radeljak · 11 Christmas Fairy Tale by Marijan Lončar · 42 The Guy Next Door by Robert Knjaz · 12 Dog/Rabbit by Nebojša Sljepčević · 43 Happy Birthday Marija by Ivana Škrabalo · 13 First Thing by Martina Lukanović · 43 I’ll X-ray Your Heart So That Everyone Can See You Don’t Gig - Road to the Stars by Hrvoje Habljak · 44 Fucking Have One by Dario Juričan · 14 Helixbauhaus by Goran Trbuljak · 45 Matijašević by Goran Odvorčić · 15 Loneliness by Milan Trenc · 47 My Brother by Dario Lonjak · 16 Man Birds by Ivana Guljašević Pink Express by Ivan Livaković · 17 My Way by Veljko Popović & Svjetlan Junaković · 49 Screenplay for Ordinary Life by Irena Škorić · 18 No Sleep Won’t Kill You by Marko Meštrović · 50 Snapshots by Aldo Tardozzi · 19 Silence of the Sea by Vjekoslav Živković · 51 That Little Hand by Sara Hribar · 20 Slaughtered by Marko Dješka · 52 Then I See Tanja by Juraj Lerotić · 21 Spammer by Vedran Kelemen · 53 Uncle by Hana Jušić · 22 Strange Invention by Dino Krpan · 54 Zorgasm by Dario Lonjak · 23 Yearning by Magda Dulčić · 55

Fiction Films 2011 Animated Films 2011

Get a Move On! by Petar Orešković · 25 short films Irrelevant by Josip Žuvan · 26 Dove sei amor mio by Veljko Popović · 57 Reflection by Martin Zenić · 27 Flower of Battle by Simon Bogojević Narath · 58 You, Bitch! by Sonja Tarokić · 28 The Hedge by Zoran Mužić · 59 The Ornament of Soul by Irena Jukić Pranjić · 60 The Room by Ivana Jurić · 61 Experimental Films 2010 Underline by Ivan Klepac & Slave Lukarov · 62

Archeo 29 by Vladislav Knežević · 30 No Title (Blue) by Renata Poljak · 31 On Time, On Space by Jelena Bračun · 32 Pain So Light That Appears as Tickle by Dalibor Barić · 33 Reopening the Past by Liliana Resnick · 34 Sky Spirits by Damir Čučić & Boris Poljak · 35 Supression by Renata Poljak · 36 Transformance by Nina Kurtela · 37 Wasteland by Ivan Faktor · 38 Introduction Fiction Films 2010

Dear film lovers, friends and colleagues,

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the governing film supported the work of experimental filmmakers since body in Croatia, has pledged its continued support to 2000. We, at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre are proud the audiovisual sector, to boost creativity and promote to continue to support this important artistic tradition. a wider understanding and circulation of our films in our country and abroad. Animation has been a serious art form in Croatia Croatian films come in all styles and genres, draw- since the 1950’s. Today’s animators draw on this rich ing on the whole range of human experience and tradition while embracing new digital technologies frequently focusing on some uncomfortable truths. and enriching contemporary life and culture in the Stylistic diversity and a high volume of production for whole region. such a small country are the two prevailing character- istics of modern Croatian cinema. In this volume of the catalogue Croatia(n) Mov(i)es 2010/2011 you can find a listing of fiction, experimental Short films play a vital role in helping aspiring and animated films. filmmakers to break into the mainstream while also This booklet is an invitation to re-discover this distinc- offering more established auteurs a vehicle for getting tive, emotionally charged world of Croatian films. We back to basics and re-examining the very nature of hope that the films presented here will spark your filmmaking. interest.

Experimental films have always had a strong pres- Department of Promotion and International Co-oper- ence on the international scene and many Croatian ation authors specializing in this art form have earned world- Croatian Audiovisual Centre wide recognition. This is partly because experimental film has a venerable history in Croatia dating back to December, 2010 the 1960’s and partly because a dedicated film fund has

MASMAS In 1993, during a ceasefire in the war in Bosnia, the Production company masmas; in co-production After the death of her husband, Višnja no longer Dorotea Vučić (1973) graduated in art history and Academy of Dramatic Art Božidarevićeva 9 inhabitants of a small town try to return to normal life. with Croatian Radiotelevision (hrt), Academy of has anyone to cook for. Her children have left home philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social (adu) 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Soldiers come home from the battlefield and com- Dramatic Arts (adu) and are scattered around the world and Visnja feels Sciences in Zagreb. She completed a postgraduate Trg maršala Tita 5 Tel: +385 (0)1 2313 444 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 (0)1 2313 444 ment on the ceasefire at the local coffee shop. Andrija, she has no reason to live anymore. Then she meets course in film directing and screenwriting at the South Tel. +385 (0)1 4828 506 Email: [email protected] the local halfwit, lives off the soldiers’ charity. He is Festivals & Awards 2010 Stalone, a petty criminal, and she asks him to do her a African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Fax. +385 (0)1 4828 508 Website: www.masmas.hr convinced that he is a champion athlete and claims he 57th Pula Film Festival / Young Cinephiles Award favour. But her plan goes wrong... Performance in Cape Town. Her student short film Email: [email protected]; [email protected] could beat the best sprinter of all time – Carl Lewis. Wamkelekile (2008) was nominated for an Academy Website: www.adu.hr In his ‘preparations for the race’, he waits for the Kristijan Milić (1969) was born in Zagreb and stud- Cast Mirjana Karanović, Zrinka Cvitešić, Filip Križan, Award for Best Foreign Student Film, and was se- sound of the starting pistol (in this case, a stray bul- ied film and tv directing at the Academy of Dramatic Zvonimir Zoričić, Marija Tadić, Nikolina Majdak lected for competition programmes at the Clermont- let fired from a gun), then he runs wildly around the Art in Zagreb. He began his directing career in 2000, Written by Dorotea Vučić Ferrand Short Film Festival and the Rotterdam Inter- war-ravaged town. Andrija’s ‘race’ that goes nowhere making tv commercials and music videos. He has di- Cinematography by Vedran Rapo national Film Festival. Vučić works as a screenwriter ends another ceasefire with the pointless death of yet rected several short films including Backwoods (1998), Produced by Barbara Jukopila for film and tv and has written, directed and produced another innocent victim. Boredom (1998) and Safe House (2002) formed part Production company Academy of Dramatic Art several short films. of the portmanteau feature film 24 Hours, winner of (adu); in co-production with Brojka produkcija Cast Nerman Mahmutović, Dejan Aćimović, Slaven the Best First Film award at the 2002 Pula Film Festi- Knezović, Goran Bogdan, Ana Maras, Borna Baletić val. Five years later, Milić’s first feature film The Living Festivals & Awards 2010 Written by Marko Sušac and the Dead (2007) won eight Golden Arenas at Pula 19th Days of Croatian Film Cinematography Goran Mećava h.d.s. Film Festival, as well as seven international awards at 8th Festival of Mediterranean Short Film Tangier Produced by Marko Sušac film festivals in Belgrade, Tetouan, Lecce, Ljutomer, Durres, Orenburg and Prishtina.

Croatian Radiotelevision Barbara is an eight-year-old girl with pushy parents. as an award-winning director of tv commercials. He A man and a woman, at night. Everyone has a story to Dario Juričan (1977) is a graduate of the London Blank (HRT) | Tanja Kirhmajer As well as going to school, they sign her up for extra was assistant director to Jasmila Žbanić in the award- tell, but is it the right one? Film Academy (lfa). He has written, directed and pro- Matije Divkovića 7 Prisavlje 3 classes in mathematics, ballet, trombone, karate, tennis winning feature film On the Path (2010). duced several short films. He works as an indepen- 10 090 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia gsm: +385 (0)91 8938 172 Tel +385 (0)1 6343 683 and Japanese. Nobody asks Barbara whether she Cast Bojan Navojec and Ivana Krizmanić dent director and producer. Email: [email protected] Fax +385 (0)1 6343 692 really wants to do all these activities. One evening, as Cast Vanja Markovinović, Krešimir Mikić, Bojan Written by Dario Juričan, Bojan Navojec and Ivana Website: www.blankzg.hr Email: [email protected] she is watching TV, she sees a commercial for the Navojec, Katarina Bistrović Darvaš Krizmanić Website: www.hrt.hr Correctional Facility for Parents, offering to teleport Written by Tanja Kirhmajer Cinematography Daniel Bakotić her ambitious parents to a prison where they will learn Cinematography Dragan Ruljančić Produced by Dario Juričan their lesson. Suddenly, Barbara finds herself in a topsy- Produced by Tanja Kirhmajer and Beryl Richards Production company Blank turvy world where anything is possible. But what will Production company Croatian Radiotelevision happen to her and her family? Will her parents realize (hrt) what really makes a family happy and successful? Festivals & Awards 2010 Bruno Ankovič (1976) studied film and tv editing 27th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has filmini International Short Film Festival edited several feature and documentary films. He 8th Zagreb Film Festival – Checkers Programme directed a documentary film Vanka Škvare (2000) about local eccentrics in Split, has strong reputation

Tvornica Svjetlosti A projectionist who works in a local cinema begins couple of years, Kanić has produced, directed, shot What do we take for granted? Almost everything. an acting workshop instructor. His ongoing projects Studio Kubus Tomaševa 16 inserting frames from his own experimental films into several short films in Austria, France and Croatia. He Fragments is a film about the things we take for include a short film, Violinist and a feature film Out Krajiška 26 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia movies by other directors. And by screening these also works as a freelance director and director of granted, and the way we frequently forget that it’s the Life, Expenses Paid. 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 2850 028 Tel: +385 (0)1 3821 122 Fax: +385 (0)1 3850 028 altered films, he faces his fears. photography on corporate films and music videos. small things on which we most depend. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.studiokubus.hr Website: www.tvornicasvjetlosti.hr Cast Marc Andreoni Cast Ines Cokarić, Ivica Gunjačak Written by Vladimir Kanić Written by Matija Radeljak Cinematography Vladimir Kanić Cinematography Damir Kudin Produced by Vladimir Kanić Produced by Matija Radeljak Production company Tvornica Svjetlosti; in co- Production company Studio Kubus production with Association Off (France) Matija Radeljak (1986) produces and directs Vladimir Kanić (1978) works as an independent film original projects for film and theatre. In his free time director, cinematographer and photographer. He has he works as a photographer and web programmer. taken part in several workshops for creative writing He has studied Method acting and Chekovian acting and directing, including the Kino Trouville workshop techniques, taken part in workshops organized by in France, where the film Experimental Violence was Studio Kubus and the Forum Theatre and participated written and produced in just 60 hours. Over the past in media’s Maia programme. Radeljak also works as

Dečko iz susjedstva Sretan rođendan, Marija

Academy of Dramatic Art Koma, the hero of this film, has a girlfriend called Robert Knjaz (1971) graduated from the Faculty of An unexpectedly late start to her morning throws all Ivana Škrabalo (1980) trained as an architect and Kult film (adu) Maja. While their relationship is usually restrained and Economics and Business in Zagreb. Following a fruit- of Marija’s plans for her birthday into disarray… When as a film director, and is actively working in both fields. Medveščak 47 Trg maršala Tita 5 gentle, it is also fragile and is sometimes marked by ful career writing, directing and hosting the popular her daughter calls to the apartment, she brings a Her student films have appeared in competition at a 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4666 013 Tel. +385 (0)1 4828 509 conflict. After a moment of passion, Koma reveals his tv comedy shows Offside (otv), Dressing Room (hrt), surprise present – a puppy looking for a new home. number of international festivals in Croatia, and won Fax: +385 (0)1 4666 024 Fax. +385 (0)1 4828 508 unpleasant secret to Maja. That is the trouble with Exchange, The Greatest Croatian Mysteries, and Ac- This in turn triggers tension, and ultimately results in a awards at the Croatian student film festival frka. Hap- Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ; falling in love – you never know who you are going to cidental Tourist (rtl), he enrolled at the Academy of fight between Marija and her husband. A fight that is py Birthday Marija is her first professional short film. [email protected] Website: www.adu.hr end up with. Dramatic Art in Zagreb in 2009, where he is currently perhaps unplanned; but is not unexpected, because a student at the department of film and tv directing. even happy families have an expiry date… Happy Cast Marko Makovičić, Jan Kerekeš, Stric, mannequin Knjaz’s many tv shows have won numerous awards birthday Marija! model ‘Maestral’ in Croatia. Written by Robert Knjaz (based on the short story by Cast Jagoda Kaloper Tajder, Mustafa Nadarević, Tarik Kulenović) Dijana Vidušin Cinematography Filip Tot Written by Ivana Škrabalo and Jasna Žmak Produced by Ivan Kelava Cinematography Marko Brdar Production company Academy of Dramatic Art Produced by Tiha Klara Gudac (adu) Production company Kult film; in co-production with In Fine Festivals & Awards 2010 8th Zagreb Film Festival – Checkers Programme

It’s the end of summer and the school has started. We Goran Odvorčić (1980) has a long track record in Propeler film meet a boy named Marin, a boy living in his own world working on film in various capacities. Most recently, Varšavska 3 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Blank In love and passion, an x-ray is just a lousy tool... Dario Juričan (1977) graduated in filmmaking from in which he can bend tree branches with a single together with Matija Kluković he co-wrote, co-directed Tel: +385 (0)1 4829 045 Matije Divkovića 7 the London Film Academy (lfa). He has written, breath. With a little bit of persuading from his friend, and co-edited one of nine shorts comprising Fax: +385 (0)1 4827 717 10 090 Zagreb, Croatia Cast The Zagreb Stories Email: [email protected] GSM: +385 (0)91 8938 172 Davor Svedružić, Adriana Šnajder directed and produced several diverse short films. He he takes his bike and leaves the familiarity of his own the omnibus feature film (2009). Website: www.propelerfilm.comv Email: [email protected] Written by Dario Juričan works as an independent director and producer. neighborhood for the first time in his life. When he is His last short film Ciao Mama (2009) was in Official Website: www.blankzg.hr Cinematography Gabrijela Šitum, Marko Jerbić left alone and lost in an unfamiliar surroundings, he fi- Competition in Cannes 2009. Produced by Dario Juričan nally gets a chance to leave the comfort of his fantasy Production company Blank world and change it with reality.

Main Cast Damjan Bertović-Filipin, Vito Fucak, Bruno Matijević, Jadranka Korda Krušlin Written by Goran Odvorčić Cinematography Darko Herič Produced by Boris T. Matić Production company Propeler Film; in co-production with Start-up

Academy of Dramatic Art Josip and Mia are in a relationship: he abuses her Dario Lonjak (1987) has been active in filmmak- On a warm summer night in Zagreb, two men are Produced by Mirta Puhlovski Šverko Metar 60 (adu) both verbally and physically, even though she is preg- ing since elementary school. His amateur short films looking for a third man, in order to have a threesome. Production company Metar 60 Bauerova 6 Trg maršala Tita 5 nant. During an argument, Josip pushes Mia through were shown numerous festivals, where they won They are both running away from their mundane lives; 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +395 (0)1 3380 807 Tel: +385 (0)1 4828 509 a plate-glass door and, ignoring her injuries, carries on many awards. In 2006 he enrolled at the Academy the first one from his wife, young son and ‘bourgeois’ Ivan Livaković (1982) was awarded a ba in film and Fax: +395 (0)1 3380 807 Fax. +385 (0)1 4828 508 shouting at her. A pizza delivery boy interrupts them, of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, in the department of film routine, the second from his boyfriend, mother, and television directing by the Academy of Dramatic Art Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ; and while Josip is distracted, Mia grabs her chance and tv directing. His documentary short film Lucky his fear of boredom and commitment. The two men, in Zagreb, where he is currently studying for an ma in Website: www.metar60.org [email protected] Website: www.adu.hr and runs away. Josip blackmails Mia into returning (2008) was screened in competition at ZagrebDox. who have little in common apart from their sexual film directing. He has directed seven award-winning to the apartment. There he subjects her to more of He has worked as assistant director to renowned orientation, find out exactly what it means to be gay short films, including Harakiri Children, The Fucking the same torment. Their fight is interrupted by the directors such as Branko Schmidt on the feature film in Croatia. Using genre elements drawn from horror Game, Dirty Little Bubbles and most recently Pandem- ringtone of a cell phone. A sound whose associations Metastases (2009) and Kristijan Milić on the short film films and musicals, we observe their inner lives and ic, as well as three documentaries, several corporate for Josip could explain his behaviour... Champion (2010). frustrations, along with the slow realization that some films and one tv play. His debut feature The Enchant- people do not have the right to leave, and that happy ing Porkers is in pre-production. Cast Filip Križan, Iva Babić, Noa Nikolić, Dora endings are not made for everyone. Lipovčan, Robert Ugrina, Marija Koturić, Karlo Mrkša Written by Marina Trandler Cast Damir Poljičak, Filip Križan, Ana Maras, Goran Cinematography Srđan Kokanov Bogdan, Iva Mihalić, Mirjana Žepek Produced by Ivan Kelava Written by Ivan Livaković Production company Academy of Dramatic Art Cinematography Danijel Ruljančić (adu)

Scenarij za običan život

Artizana And after enduring the most horrifying events, ac- Irena Škorić (1981) graduated in film and tv direct- A lonely photographer spends the night walking Aldo Tardozzi (1974) studied philosophy at the Fac- Croatian Film Clubs’ Vukovarska 222 cidents and losses, which, as people say, fell on one ing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She through town looking for subjects for his photographs. ulty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. He Association (HFS) 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia man’s back, it is also true that life carries on. has directed over 20 award-winning short and mid- By accident he stumbles across a beautiful girl but graduated from Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb in Tuškanac 1 gsm: +385 (0)98 1644 572 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Email: [email protected] As he says goodbye to his memories, the main char- length documentary fiction and experimental films, only manages to catch a fleeting glimpse of her. He 2001. From 1999 ‘till 2001 he worked at the local radio Tel: +385 (0)1 48 48 771 Website: www.irenaskoric.com acter, Josip Horvat, manages to completely erase his among them March 9th (2010), You Scratch My Back, tries to find her by going through his old photographs station Radio 101, producing and writing commercials. Fax: +385 (0)1 48 48 764 past for a moment and he forgets the future – which I’ll Scratch Yours! (2007) and Work in Progress (2005). and combs the streets looking for her. After a while In 1999 he attended classes at Lew Hunter’s screen- Email: [email protected] Website: www.hfs.hr already happened to him. Her best-known short film Farewell (2008) won 38 he is no longer sure whether she even exists in reality writing course at ucla. He also writes essays on film national and international awards. Her latest docu- or whether she lives only in his photographs. for the film magazines Zapis and Filmski ljetopis. Cast Marinko Leš, Robert Ugrina, Hrvoje Kečkeš, mentary, The Destiny of Line 13 (2009) won 16 awards. Jana Škrgulja, Maša Rehak Cast Vicko Bilandžić, Vanja Vojnović, Ivana Biočina Written by Irena Škorić Written by Dušan Vorkapić Cinematography Bojana Burnać Cinematography Darko Drinovac Produced by Irena Škorić Produced by Vera Robić-Škarica Production company Artizana Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- ton (hfs)

Kult film One night shift taxi driver will connect the fate of a Production company Kult film; in co-production Željko (16) and his younger brother have been living Festivals & Awards Hulahop Medveščak 47 few lost people. From the moment they enter the taxi with Academy of Dramatic Art (adu), Planet b, Art on their own since their mother ended up in hospital. 2011 | 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam – Vlaška 72a 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia to the moment when they reach their final destination Rebel 9 Željko has his mind set on two things: to finally take Spectrum Shorts 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4666 013 Tel: +385 (0)1 390 7074 th Fax: +385 (0)1 4666 024 there is enough time to discover the secret, make up the initiative to meet Tanja and to earn some money to 2010 | 8 Zagreb Film Festival – Checkers Pro- Fax: +385 (0)1 4666 443 Email: [email protected] a story and commit a crime. These nighttime travel- Sara Hribar (1986) is studying film and tv direct- buy his Mum a wig. A real one, made from human hair. gramme / Golden Pram for Best Croatian Short Film Email: [email protected] lers will become companions in a taxi ride that will ing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She If he achieves these two goals, then things might take Website: www.hulahop.hr take them across the bridge, to the place from where currently works as a screenwriter and director for a turn for the better. Juraj Lerotić (1978) was born in Kiel, Germany. In return is possible only in a song. Croatian Radiotelevision (hrt). She has written, pro- The film Then I See Tanja is a coming-of-age story 2001 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in One taxi ride is going to be the last ride for someone. duced and directed two independent films including constructed almost entirely from still photographs. Zadar with a major in preschool education. Currently, For some it is more than just a ride and for others it is Libertango (2009) and the mid-length film Let Me he is a senior undergraduate of film and tv directing just a song. Sleep (2007), both of which have won awards at many Cast Marin Radman, Niko Gamulin-Vilogorac, Ena at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. domestic and international film festivals. Mašić, Mirjana Rogina, Trpimir Jurkić, Nikola Radan Cast Mustafa Nadarević, Milena Dravić, Ksenija Written by Juraj Lerotić Marinković, Nataša Janjić, Jelena Veljača, Marija Cinematography Jakov Lerotić Omaljev, Elvis Bošnjak, Mia Biondić, Iskra Jirsak Produced by Olinka Vištica and Dana Budisavljević Written by Goran Ferčec Production company Hulahop Cinematography Damir Kudin Produced by Tomislav Vujić

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Academy of Dramatic Art Nina, Boris and eight year old Anja are a normal, Produced by Ivan Kelava Zorgasm is a short film based on the novel by Tarik Production company Academy of Dramatic Art Academy of Dramatic Art (adu) happy family. One afternoon Nina returns home from Production company Academy of Dramatic Art Kulenović Igra tucanja (The Fucking Game). It tries to (adu) (adu) Trg maršala Tita 5 work and finds Boris and his brother Luka waiting (adu) trivialize related concepts of sexuality, love, emotions Trg maršala Tita 5, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel. +385 (0)1 4828 509 for her in the kitchen. Luka moved to Germany eight and consumerism. The us government is spreading a Festivals & Awards 2010 Tel: +385 (0)1 4828 509 Fax. +385 (0)1 4828 508 years ago, and they haven’t heard from him since. Festivals & Awards 2010 deadly virus that kills 70% of the world’s population. In Trash Film Festival Varaždin / Golden Chainsaw Fax: +385 (0)1 4828 508 Email: [email protected] ; Nina is shocked; Boris is trying to smooth things over, 8th Zagreb Film Festival – Checkers Programme addition to ‘cleaning the planet’, the goal of the virus Grossmann Film & Wine Festival – Slack’s Vicious Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.adu.hrv Website: www.adu.hr while Luka is sadistically bullying both of them. Nina is to make sure that survivors become dependent on Cats Programme / Special Mention Award is angry with Boris because he didn’t take a more ag- Hana Jušić (1983) is a student of film and tv direct- two basic American products – WcDonalds’ and Koka gressive stance with his brother. Luka decides to stay ing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She is Kola. Of course, the virus soon goes out of control. Dario Lonjak (1987) has been active in filmmak- the night in their home. Later that night, Boris wakes also a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Humani- The story that emerges is not a science fiction block- ing since elementary school. His amateur short films up to hear voices from the other room… He does not ties and Social Sciences. Her short film Danijel (2009) buster. It is an erotic drama; a shocking love triangle in were shown numerous festivals, where they won know it yet, but his life with Nina is about to change, was shown at several film festivals, winning awards which main protagonists are – zombies. many awards. In 2006 he enrolled at the Academy forever. both in Croatia and on the international stage. of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, in the department of film Cast Filip Detelić, Iskra Jirsak, Ana Maras, and tv directing. His documentary short film Lucky Cast Marinko Prga, Goran Bogdan, Marina Robert Ugrina (2008) was screened in competition at ZagrebDox. Redžepović, Dora Marojević Written by Robert Roklicer He has worked as assistant director to renowned Written by Hana Jušić Cinematographer Darko Herić directors such as Branko Schmidt on the feature film Cinematography Eva Kraljević Produced by Tin Žanić Metastases (2009) and Kristijan Milić on the short film Champion (2010).

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Directed by Petar Orešković Get a Move On! 2011 | 20’ | hdcam | Colour

Ustaj Miro, brzo, brzo!

This film tells the story of Miro, a young business- Petar Orešković (1980) is studying film and tv di- Nukleus film man whose day-to-day life consists of a futile and recting at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His Dalmatinska 8 repetitive routine. He needs to escape the daily grind award-winning short film The End of The Game (2004) 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4848 868 and change his life. Every night, work, he comes back has been shown at numerous international film festi- Fax: +385 (0)1 4848 868 to his apartment, where he lives alone with the huge vals. His first professionally produced film, the docu- Email: [email protected] plasma-screen tv that is his only friend. He never mentary Dead Man Walking (2006), was premiered in Website: www.nukleus-film.hr goes out with friends, nor does he have a girlfriend. the First Appearance Competition programme at idfa Before he goes to sleep, he has very little free time to – International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and think about his wasted life. But an accidental meeting has been shown at numerous festivals, including the at the crossroads will encourage Miro to change his Sarajevo Film Festival. lifestyle or, to put it another way– to start living.

Cast Luka Petrušić, Jelena Lopatić, Dražen Šivak, Ivana Horvat Written by Natko Jurdana and Petar Orešković Cinematography Mak Vejzović Produced by Jana Šivak and Siniša Juričić Production company Nukleus film

Academy of Dramatic Art Our life stories are constructed from a series of trivial Josip Žuvan (1987) completed his ba in film and Luka works in a post office, processing loan certifi- Cast Asim Ugljen, Filip Jurčić, Sven Šestak, Csilla Metar 60 (adu) objects that we carry around with us every day. In the video at the Arts Academy in Split (umas). In 2009, he cates with a high monetary value. He goes out of his Barath Bastaić, Antonija Stanišić, Marija Tadić Bauerova 6 Trg maršala Tita 5 midst of this mass of triviality, there are certain things, enrolled on the ma programme in film directing at the way to be efficient and meticulous but his co-workers Written by Martin Zenić 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: + 395 (0)1 3380 807 Tel: +385 (0)1 4828 506 which are very significant and potentially life chang- Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has made make fun of him because he is different from them: Cinematography Viktor Gloc Fax: + 395 (0)1 3380 807 Fax: +385 (0)1 4828 508 ing. However, we still perceive them as trivial. An several short fiction films: Epilogue (2009), How To because he is insecure, unattached and inclined to Produced by Mirta Puhlovski Šverko Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected], object whose significance is overlooked in precisely Tie a Necktie (2009), and Hunter (2010), which he co- stammer when he is nervous; because he has a pas- Production company Metar 60 Website: www.metar60.org [email protected] Website: www.adu.hr this way lies in Jakov’s bag as he waits in front of directed with Dario Lonjak. sion for plants; and most of all because he doesn’t Dinka’s building. Dinka’s parents leave the building. talk very much. Martin Zenić (1979) studied at the School of Visual Jakov goes to her apartment. The next half-hour could Luka’s main concern is coming to terms with his split Arts in New York and at Guildhall University in London. change their lives completely. personality – a condition that many people suffer from, He has directed numerous episodes for tv documen- in secret. The solution to his dilemma dawns on him tary series, including Jura Hura and Krim Tim). His Cast Dinka Vuković, Jakov Bilić, Filip Detelić when he stands in front of a mirror! One day the ‘other short films include Savana, Café Bizarre and Sinner. Written by Josip Žuvan Luka’ decides to settle the score with his colleagues Zenić has also worked as an assistant camera opera- Cinematography Vedran Rapo at work... tor and as production assistant for several tv series Produced by Marko Sušac and has directed music videos. Production company Academy of Dramatic Art (adu)

26 Fiction Films 2011 Fiction Films 2011 27 Experimental Films 2010

Directed by Sonja Tarokić 2011 | 22’ | hdcam | Colour You, Bitch! | Kurvo!

Academy of Dramatic Art Two friends are taking on their summer vacation to- Sonja Tarokić (1988) is an ma student of film direct- (adu) gether, on the Adriatic island of Pag. While Marta tries ing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, and is Trg maršala Tita 5 to get over a break-up, Lana starts a new love affair. also a student of literature at the Faculty of Philoso- 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 48 28 506 This is the story of girls who wish they were having phy. She has made several short films: the documen- Fax: +385 (0)1 48 28 508 more fun. tary Puppet as... (2008), and three short fiction films Email: [email protected] : Red (2009.), Deaf (2010.), Smart Girls (2010, co-writer [email protected] Website: www.adu.hr Cast Marina Redžepović, Iva Babić, Zoran Pribičević, and co-director Hana Jušić) which have won awards Marin Buljanović, Ivica Bakota at several national and international film festivals. Written by Sonja Tarokić Cinematography Danko Vučinović Produced by Isa Živanović Production company Academy of Dramatic Art (adu)

Bonobostudio This is a journal in film form that takes as its basis 8th Tabor Film Festival - Domestic Competition No Title (Blue) occupies the space that lies between Renata Poljak (1974) graduated in visual arts in Croatian Film Clubs’ Barutanski jarak 31 archive photos from World, an illustrated entertain- 15th Split Film Festival - Competition Short Films video and painting and explores the fine line that di- 1997, in Split, and attended a postgraduate course at Association (HFS) 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia ment magazine published in 1929. What ensues is an 19th Days of Croatian Film / Oktavijan Award for the vides the two media, making us aware of the general the Arts Academy e.r.b.a.n. in Nantes, France, obtain- Tuškanac 1 Tel: +385 (0)1 4834 445 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 (0)1 4834 455 exploration of the dominance of the image, lasting Best Experimental Film relevance of themes such as love and art. ing a degree in 1999. She also won the 2002 Artslink Tel: +385 (0)1 48 48 771 Email: [email protected] from ‘then’ to ‘now’, and questioning the semantic scholarship at the San Francisco Art Institute, usa, Fax: +385 (0)1 48 48 764 Website: www.bonobostudio.hr possibilities of connecting the agency photos of years Vladislav Knežević (1967) studied film and tv Written by Renata Poljak and was appointed Artist in Residence at the Museum Email: [email protected] Website: www.hfs.hr gone by to the digital media of today. directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb Produced by Renata Poljak Quartier in Vienna in 2004. Poljak has written and and at De Vrije Academie in The Hague, Netherlands. Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- directed several short experimental films and video Written by Vladislav Knežević He has worked as a freelance art director for various tion (hfs) installations. Cinematography Vladislav Knežević tv productions since 1993 and has curated several Animation Mario Kalogjera programmes and presentations. Compositing Mario Kalogjera His filmography includes: reLocated (2005), Under Produced by Vanja Andrijević Construction (2003), Full Range (2001/02), Conver- Production company Bonobostudio gence (1997), X Tactile Transition (1994/96), The Test of the Infinite Dream (1992) and In the Colourbox Festivals & Awards 2010 (1989). 5th Animateka International Animated Film Festival 6th 25 fps International Experimental Film and Video Festival - Focus on Croatia

O vremenu, o prostoru

Croatian Film Clubs’ The experimental animated film On Time, On Space Jelena Bračun (1980) graduated in 1999 from the Pain is slowed down in slow motion up to the sensitiv- Festival & Awards 2010 International Sales Association (HFS) explores the spatial awareness we acquire from the department of prints and drawings at the School of ity threshold and is sold as an everyday anesthetic. 6th 25 fps international Experimental Film and Video Bonobostudio Tuškanac 1 day of our birth: left and right, up and down, closer Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb. She also received We browse through ready-made catalogues of horror, Festival - Competition Barutanski jarak 31 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4848 771 and farther away. Mastering these realities gives all her ba from the teacher-training department at the complete with instructions for use, we order attractive Tel: +385 (0)1 4834 445 Fax: +385 (0)1 4848 764 creatures the ability to move efficiently around the Academy of Fine Arts. Her experimental film Frag- idea-images; we wish to leave our bodies and become Dalibor Barić (1974) is a multimedia artist who lives Fax: +385 (0)1 4834 455 Email: [email protected] world. What happens if we distort these dimensions ments (2008) has won numerous awards and critical the image for a change. Watching a film, we forget and works in Zagreb. Email: [email protected] Website: www.hfs.hr Website: www.bonobostudio.hr while trying to the time-space continuum? What if we acclaim. about ourselves, pretending not to be interested in the switch right and left, down and up, closer and farther content; in fact, we are interested in the hypnotizing, away, what if we try to represent the space around us pulsating light, which is when we discover our magical at the same time, in its entirety? and tribal conscience and repressed fear of life.

Written by Jelena Bračun Written by Dalibor Barić Cinematography Ivan Slipčević, Matija Filipović Cinematography Dalibor Barić Produced by Vera Robić-Škarica Animation Dalibor Barić Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- Produced by Dalibor Barić tion (hfs)

Rikšafilm | Cyclofilm Although 15 years have now passed since the war Ljiljana Mikulčić aka Liliana Resnick holds an mfa The experimental film Sky Spirits is based on real-life Festivals & Awards 2010 Croatian Film Clubs’ Demetrove Teute 11 ended, some women are still waiting for their missing in cinema from San Francisco State University, and shots of fireworks, collected by the filmmakers over 19th Days of Croatian Film / Special Mention Association (HFS) 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tuškanac 1 ba nd gsm: +385 (0)98 9911 773 husbands to return. What happens when your mind is a in philosophy and comparative literature from a seven-year period, from 2001 to 2008. The experi- 32 Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier – 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Email: [email protected] walled in by the past? the University of Zagreb. Her work encompasses ment explores the outer limits of fireworks as sources Experimental Panorama Tele: +385 (0)1 4848 771 Website: www.cyclofilm.comv narrative, documentary and experimental styles and of light, showing this through real-life dynamic light 6th 25 fps International Experimental Film and Video Fax: +385 (0)1 4848 764 Cast Blaženka Kovač, Nevenka Miklenić, Ana Maria often mixes them all. Through her films she explores patterns, which are then fed into video processors, Festival - Focus on Croatia Email: [email protected] Website: www.hfs.hr Sremec, Ivančica Horvat tensions between the inner world of human beings resulting in chromatically rich animated samples. The 20th Mostra Invideo Written by Liliana Resnick and the exterior world that encloses them. entire work process is a kind of ‘homage to the tape’ Cinematography Dragutin Ramadža, Liliana because it is completely recorded and edited on Damir Čučić (1972) has written, directed, edited and Resnick digital videotapes, without using any kind of computer produced over 20 alternative films, short films and Produced by Liliana Resnick program. documentaries. His work has been shown at numerous Production company Rikšafilm / Cyclofilm Croatian and international film festivals and has won Written by Damir Čučić and Boris Poljak several prizes. Festivals & Awards 2010 Cinematography Boris Poljak 32nd Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier – Ex- Produced by Vera Robić-Škarica Boris Poljak (1959) has been a member of the Split perimental Panorama Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- Cinema Club since 1978 and is a longtime member of pool 10 - Internationale TanzFilm Plattform / Pearls tion (hfs) the board of the Croatian Film Clubs’ Association. His Award (One of the best 4 films) filmography as a cinematographer includes over 40 short films and documentaries, two feature films, and over 200 commercials. His films have won several awards for cinematography at domestic and international film festivals.

International Sales Suppression – this film dyptich is based upon Renata Renata Poljak (1974) graduated in visual arts in Transformance is a video-event-work that documents Cast Nina Kurtela Centralna jedinica Croatian Film Clubs’ Poljak’s personal experience of her journey from 1997, in Split, and attended a postgraduate course at a ‘performance’ that takes place over a five-month Written by Nina Kurtela Frankopanska 18 Association (HFS) Belgrade to Vukovar and what she encountered there the Arts Academy e.r.b.a.n. in Nantes, France, obtain- period. During this time, Nina Kurtela makes a daily Cinematography Nina Kurtela 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tuškanac 1 gsm: +385 (0)98 477 762 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia in terms of the relationship between the embattled ing a degree in 1999. She also won the 2002 Artslink habit of visiting and witnessing the changes at the Picture Editing Nina Kurtela Email: Tel: +385 (0)1 4848 771 Croatian and Serbian nations. Her work shows how scholarship at the San Francisco Art Institute, usa, building site of the Uferstudios in Berlin. During this Animation Nina Kurtela [email protected] Fax: +385 (0)1 4848 764 she was manipulated and surprised by her own ‘incor- and was appointed Artist in Residence at the Museum time, an old warehouse where trams and buses were Produced by Ivana Vukšić Website: Email: [email protected] www.centralnajedinica.org Website: www.hfs.hr rect’ emotions. Quartier in Vienna in 2004. Poljak has written and once repaired is converted into Berlin’s new centre for Production company Centralna jedinica www.ninakurtela.com directed several short experimental films and video contemporary dance. Kurtela’s work emerges in the Cast Sanja Vejnović, Darko Milas installations. force field of a commitment to the daily execution of Nina Kurtela (1981) is an artist from Zagreb. She Written by Renata Poljak present-ness in relation to the specific context where holds an ma in fine arts from the Academy of Fine Cinematography Goran Mećava this act takes place: the building site of the new Arts in Zagreb and also studied at the cepus faculty Produced by Renata Poljak theatre. What unfolds is an eight-minute work with of fine arts (Atelier of Body Art), on the scholarship multi-faceted implications. The body is rendered a programme, in Brno, Czech Republic. She currently statue through the changes that take place over time. divides her time between Berlin and Zagreb and uses The screen becomes the performing skin. her work to explore the links between visual arts, video, performance and contemporary dance and choreography.

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Directed by Ivan Faktor 2010 | 26´ | DigiBeta | Colour Wasteland | Pustara

Croatian Film Clubs’ I will never know what wasteland is. Ivan Faktor (1953) first began shooting films and Association (HFS) Is it that thing deep inside us, or everywhere around videos in 1975 and in 1979 he began to produce Tuškanac 1 us, outside of us, that sometimes presses so hard the conceptual art exhibits, installations, film and video 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4848 771 morning, afternoon and evening sky; or is it something performances and multimedia presentations. In 1995, Fax: +385 (0)1 4848 764 completely different, something else – the one last he took part in the Venice Biennale with A Casa/ Email: [email protected] thing in us craving for the sky, not knowing why, yet At Home 2, and in 2002 he represented Croatia at Website: www.hfs.hr lying that it craves only for the wasteland? the 25th Biennale in Sao Paolo. His work includes There is no greater or sadder reminder of death, our experimental film, photography and video installations. own death, than this abundance of life of an elderberry He was appointed director of City Galleries in 2001 bush next to which, once upon a time, we inhaled the and he began running the Performance Art Festival in evening air. Osijek in the same year. Delimir Rešicki, Wasteland (fragment)

Cast Andrija Nađ, Franjo Patai Written by Ivan Faktor Cinematography Vedran Šamanović Produced by Vera Robić-Škarica Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- tion (hfs)

Riblje oko This film tells the story about a hidden war, a war be- Production company Riblje oko Through the scenario where two runners run at differ- Andrej Rehak (1966) graduated from the Academy International Sales Ferde Kovačevića 15 tween generations, war in which always children lose. ent speeds, through the phenomenon of contraction of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Sculpture Department. He Zagreb film 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Joško Marušić Vlaška 70 Tel: +385 (0)1 2335 313 Through a dramatic and picturesque tale, we discover (1952) graduated from the Faculty of and expansion of space and time as a consequence is a multimedia artist whose most recent interest is 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Email: [email protected] two legends intertwining – a legend of a father and a Architecture in Zagreb. He has been active in several of acceleration, the film explores the relationship animation. Since 2005, he has been developing New Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 son, and of a young girl Srna (Doe) who is profoundly artistic media – comic books, caricatures, illustrations, between the systems of different velocities and dif- Physics. He lives and works in Zagreb. Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 affected by the harshness of the world and decides literature, film production, tv, theory and animation ference in their perception. This film is a rebus which Email: [email protected] Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr to take a walk beneath the rainbow to transform into criticism. He was twice art director of Zagreb film, joins the world of the small (quantum mechanics) and a boy. The film’s message is intended for all parents: and of The World Festival of Animated Film. In 1999 the world of the big (theory of relativity) by introducing Talk to your children before it is too late! he founded the Department of Animated Film at the speed as a unique space-time scalar. Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he is currently Written by Joško Marušić teaching animation. His animated films, including Written by Andrej Rehak Animation Joško Marušić, Ivica Šegvić, Zvonimir Ćuk Inside and Out (1977), Perpetuo (1978), Fisheye (1980), Animation, design, set design, editing Design Sanja Rešček Over There (1985), Skyscraper (1981), Home is the Best Andrej Rehak Compositing Dino Krpan (1988), have won prestigious awards at international Music Janko Novoselić, Duboravko Lapaine, Camera Ozren Letica film festivals around the world. Hrvoje Nikšić Editing Ivana Fumić Sound editing Hrvoje Nikšić Music Dinko Appelt Festivals & Awards 2010 Animation technique 3d animation Sound Boris Wagner 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Produced by Vinko Brešan Animation technique pastel on paper, 2d/3d Out of Competition Feature Films Production company Zagreb film animation Hiroshima International Animation Festival - Special Produced by Joško Marušić Screenings

Tipex Christmas Fairy Tale is the story of forest-dwelling Marijan Lončar (1967) is an animator, storyboard A man, his pet rabbit and a stray dog live in the suburb Nebojša Slijepčević (1973) graduated tv and film International Sales Novakova 19 creatures who decide to help the Moon and the artist, layout artist, illustrator, animated film direc- of a big city. When the rabbit dies, the man buries him directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in 2004. Zagreb film 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Evening Star Venus to repair the village church after it tor and comic-book artist. He began his career as a in the field, but the starved dog sees the dead rabbit He has made a series of short feature and experimen- Vlaška 70 Tel: +385 (0)1 4920 798 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 (0)1 4818 894 has been hit by a grenade. The animals want to repair professional cartoon artist in 1988, when he began to as potential lunch and tries to dig him out at all costs. tal films and received a numerous awards. Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Email: [email protected] the church so that returned migrants can celebrate collaborate with Zagreb film as an animator working Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Website: Christmas there. Throughout the story there is a clear the series Little Flying Bears. He was then engaged Written by Nebojša Slijepčević Email: [email protected] www.tipex-nakladnistvo.hr Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr guiding principle that reminds us that only kindness, by Croatia film as chief animator and designer for a Design, editing Nebojša Slijepčević solidarity and humanity can overcome evil and make feature-length animated film The Marvellous Adven- Animation Zvonimir Delač life kinder and more compassionate. tures of Hlapic the Apprentice. He has directed several Music Hrvoje Štefotić short films including Trica, Ironing and 2 r ii. At Days of Animation technique 2d animation Written by Hrvoje Hitrec Croatian Animation he won awards for best animated Produced by Vinko Brešan and Igor Grubić Art Direction Sanja Kolaj film for his project Happy Cricket. He also initiated Production Zagreb film; in co-production with Music Arsen Dedić and led the project that created new extensions of the Kreativni sindikat Picture Editing Zoran Mudronja Professor Balthazar series. Animation Marijan Lončar Character design Svjetlan Junaković Sound Design Oleg Colnago Produced by Duško Slatković Production company Tipex

International Sales A young woman goes through her morning coffee Martina Lukanović (1982) graduated in Applied Using high technology (holodeck), an alien named Hrvoje Habljak (1985) attended the Zagreb High International Sales Zagreb film ritual. The space surrounding her is invisible, charac- Arts in Rijeka and Visual Communications - Graphic Gig wants to fly to the stars. Trouble starts soon, when School of Art, and he graduated from the Academy Zagreb film Vlaška 70 teristic of the passage from dream into waking state. Design from the University of Central England, Bir- his equipment gets broken... of Fine Arts in Zagreb with ba major at the Animation Vlaška 70 10 000, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Only when the smell of coffee fills her home, the mingham, uk. Even as a high-school student, and New Media Department. In addition to animated Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 objects around her become real. she worked as comics-workshop consultant in asso- Written by Hrvoje Habljak, Mislav Tomašinjak films, he also enjoys making films and music videos. Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Email: [email protected] ciation with Krešimir Zimonić. She works as a profes- Design, animation Hrvoje Habljak Email: [email protected] Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Written by Martina Lukanović sional graphic designer and entrepreneur since 2006. Music Marijan Gačić, Hrvoje Habljak Animation Martina Lukanović First Thing is her animation debut. Animation technique 2d animation Compositing Goran Butorac, Igor Crnković Production company Academy of Fine Arts (alu) Editing Marin Lukanović Sound Design Hrvoje Radnić Cast Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš Animation technique drawings, 3d animation Produced by Marin Lukanović Production company Filmaktiv, Zagreb film

International Sales A special ‘eye’ is watching us from above. And makes Goran Trbuljak (1948) After graduating from the A story about loneliness, romance and beyond. Ben Stiller (2006; sequel 2009). His films include International Sales Zagreb film a selection of stories it wants to tell… High School of Applied Arts in Zagreb, got his diplo- Ghost story, The Big Time, Zen Stories, Elephant Zagreb film Vlaška 70 ma from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Written by Milan Trenc Goes to Kindergarten. For his illustration work he Vlaška 70 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Written by Goran Trbuljak Zagreb in 1972. In 1980 he graduated from the Acade- Animation Milan Trenc received Print Magazine Excellence Award in 1993 Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Animation Zvonimir Delač my for Theatre, Film and Television in Zagreb. He held Background animation Milan Trenc, Davor Vrcelj and Society of Publication Designers award in 2003. Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Email: [email protected] Editing Višnja Skorin about 20 solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibi- Music, sound editing Davor Rocco He is currently teaching film directing at the Zagreb Email: [email protected] Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Animation technique drawing on paper, photogra- tions. As a cameraman he filmed over 20 feature films Animation technique 2d animation Academy of Fine Arts. phy, 2d animation and 20 short films and documentaries and received Produced by Vera Robić-Škarica Produced by Vinko Brešan many awards for his visual art work and camera. He Production company Croatian Film Clubs’ Associa- Production company Zagreb film is a professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts at the tion (hfs) University of Zagreb. His animated films include: Revi- sion (2009), Plakatkino (2008), Duplex (2005), Every Milan Trenc (1962) graduated in graphic arts and Day by Itself, Never Together (2002). film direction. He has worked in publishing and film. In 1991 he moved to New York where he created over a thousand illustrations and various covers for major American newspapers and magazines. His children’s book, The Night at the Museum (2003), became a Twentieth Century Fox blockbuster starring

Školska knjiga, Smib Who is the most beautiful bird in the birds’ world? Ivana Guljašević (1970) is an illustrator and anima- A story about growing up and maturing, about anxiety Festivals & Awards Bold studio Masarykova 28 tor, author of the award-winning animated film Like a and ambition illustrated through a tale of shoes. 2011 | Göteborg Int. Film Festival - Maximerat Anim- Kneza Višeslava 5 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Written by Bruno Kuman Miracle and the 100-episodes serial Danica, made for erat Programme 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 6394 118 Tel: +385 (0)1 7898 007 Email: Animation Nevio Smajić, Ivana Guljašević Croatian Television. She is a director and character Written by Svjetlan Junaković 2010 | Aspen Shortsfest – International Competition Fax: +385 (0)1 7898 007 [email protected] Art design Ivana Guljašević designer of a series of educational and advertising Design, layout Svjetlan Junaković Animafest World Festival of Animated Film / Cartoon Email: [email protected] Music, editing Nevio Smajić films (mainly produced by Školska knjiga), works as Animation Zvonimir Haramija, Mirela Ivanković Biel- East Award Website: www.bold-studio.com Narrator Dubravko Sidor an illustrator and writer. en, Ana Horvat, Juliana Kučan, Ana-Marija Vidaković Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Short Animation technique drawing on paper, cut-outs, Compositing Maša Udovičić, Zvonimir Haramija Films Competition 2d computer Music, sound Hrvoje Štefotić Animadrid – International Short Film Competition Produced by Snježana Marić Animation technique 2d animation Production company Školska knjiga Produced by Maša Udovičić Svjetlan Junaković (1961) is a painter, illustrator and Production company Bold Studio designer. He had many solo exhibitions around the world. He is also a renowned author and illustrator of Veljko Popović (1979) graduated from the Za- several children’s books that have been translated in greb Academy of Fine Arts as a painter. He is the more than twenty languages. He teaches graphics at co-founder of Lemonade3d studio. He works as an the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. assistant professor at the Arts Academy in Split. His first film She Who Measures was screened at around 100 festivals worldwide and received a number of awards.

48 Animated Films 2010 Animated Films 2010 49 Directed by Marko Meštrović Directed by Vjekoslav Živković 2010 | 9’ | 35mm | Colour No Sleep Won’t Kill You Silence of the Sea 2010 | 13’04’’ | DigiBeta | Colour Nespavanje ne ubija Tišina mora

International Sales What happens when a dream takes control over reality? 7th Balkanima European Animated Film Festival / Best Three fishermen and one boy are preparing for depar- Vjekoslav Živković (1983) graduated from Zagreb Mitropa Zagreb film Film of South-Eastern Europe ture to sea from small Dalmatian village. After fruitless Fine Arts Academy, Department of Animation and Nova cesta 136 Vlaška 70 Written by Marko Meštrović Ottawa International Animation Festival – International day of fishing, they are able to get huge catch of fish New Media in 2006, with his graduation film Women 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 3011 993 Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Animation Marko Meštrović Selection and they happily turn home. Then comes the storm... on Board. In 2002, he was involved in founding the Fax: +385 (0)1 3011 993 Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Music Jessica Lurie and Abraham Gomez-Delgado Cinema Club Karlovac where he still actively pursues Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Animation technique live action, drawing on paper Marko Meštrović (1972) graduated from the Paint- Written by Vjekoslav Živković and Maro Market film, especially animated film, and helping younger Website: Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr www.silenceofthesea.com Produced by Igor Grubić and Vinko Brešan ing Departments of the Academy of Fine Arts in Animation, design Vjekoslav Živković members of the club and the video group with their Kreativni sindikat Production company Kreativni sindikat; in co- Zagreb in 1997. He has held numerous group and solo Compositing Danko Kovačina film projects. Since 2005, he teaches at the Dubrava Vincenta iz Kastva 5 production with Zagreb film exhibitions, and began making animated films in 2000. Editing Vjeran Pavlinić School of Animated Film of Dubrava People’s Univer- 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia With Davor Međurečan, he co-directed two animated Music Maro Market sity in Zagreb, working with primary and secondary Tel: +385 (0)1 3840 214 E–mail: [email protected] films Silencium (2006) and Ciganjska (2004), and in Sound design Dubravka Premar school children. Festivals & Awards 2010 2008 he made his solo film project Note. Animation technique 2d animation 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival - Of- Produced by Vedran Šuvar, Ljubo Zdjelarević, ficial Competition Short Films Vedran Šamanović and Pavo Marinković 16th Sarajevo Film Festival – Official Competition Production company Mitropa Short Films / Special Jury Mention 3rd I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival Milan / eunic Award for Best Experimental Film

International Sales In the countryside, two butchers slaughter a pig. When Marko Dješka (1983) attended the High School for In one of camp-trailers settlements in the usa Mid- Vedran Kelemen (1981) graduated from the School Vedran Kelemen Zagreb film he wakes up in his room, in his bed, he realises that it Art and Design - painting design major, and gradu- west, a little man is troubled by great thoughts... for Art and Design, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vida Došena 35 Vlaška 70 was just a dream. On his way to work he notices the ated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb with ba Zagreb as film animator. He worked as 3d animator in 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 3896 104 Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 butcher from his dream on the street. From that mo- major at the Animation and New Media Department. Written by Vedran Kelemen the advertisement studio Ater. He has held exhibitions Email: Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 ment on, he is haunted by him. In addition to animated film, he is interested in comics, Animation, editing Vedran Kelemen in various galleries, and is a member of the Croatian [email protected] Email: [email protected] illustration and painting as well. Music Željko Miloš Artists’ Association. Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Written by Marko Dješka Animation technique 3d animation Animation, design Marko Dješka Produced by Vedran Kelemen Music Bianca Ban Production company Vedran Kelemen Animation technique 2d animation Production company Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb (alu)

International Sales Once upon a time, before film and tv, there was an Dino Krpan (1969) graduated in Product design at The poet is walking the streets of Zagreb. In every Magda Dulčić (1965) is a freelance artist and an ani- International Sales Bonobostudio inventor possessed by the idea of moving pictures on the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 1995. In 1997 sight of the Zagreb Upper Town the poet finds motifs mation, comics and illustration professional. She made Zagreb film Barutanski jarak 31 a piece of paper. he established one of the first product design studios of the sea, the Island of Hvar and Stari Grad where ten short animation films, and has received a series Vlaška 70 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4834 445 in Croatia. In 2001 he started working on animated he was born. His body is in Zagreb, but his mind is on of international awards. Her films were screened at Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 Fax: +385 (0)1 4834 455 Written by Dino Krpan films in the field of editing, compositing and 3d anima- the island of his desire. The days go by and the poet festivals and retrospectives worldwide. She lives and Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 Email: [email protected] Design Dino Krpan tion. He worked on 15 short animated and experi- arrives in Hvar. The longing has become reality. works in Zagreb. Email: [email protected] Website: www.bonobostudio.hr Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Animation Siniša Mataić, Dino Krpan mental films, and in 2006 has made his debut Alea Diedra Editing Ivana Fumić iacta est. He teaches postproduction at the Animation Written by Zvonko Todorovski Goljak 10a Music, sound Vjeran Šalamon Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Animation Magda Dulčić 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Animation technique 2d/3d animation Music Arsen Dedić Tel: +385 (0)1 4851 983 Fax: +385 (0)1 4851 983 Produced by Dino Krpan Animation technique drawing on paper Email: [email protected] Production company Diedra Produced by Vinko Brešan Website: www.diedra.hr Production company Zagreb film

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Directed by Veljko Popović Dove sei, amor mio Est. date of completion: 01 | 2011 Estimated duration: 10’ hdcam | Colour

The film portrays everyday routine in an old lady‘s life. Veljko Popović (1979) graduated in 2003 from the Bonobostudio We soon discover that there is something strange Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department of Paint- Barutanski jarak 31 about her – from the creepy relationship with her ing. In 1998, he started working professionally with 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4834 445 husband to the odd disharmony with the rest of the computer graphics, and since 2003 has worked with Fax: +385 (0)1 4834 455 world. The power of denial and fear of change keep Lemonade Productions on computer games develop- Email: [email protected] the old lady trapped in her worst nightmares until her ment. He is the co-founder of Lemonade3d, studio for Website: www.bonobostudio.hr secret is revealed… 2d and 3d graphics and animation; and also works as assistant professor at the Arts Academy in Split. His Written by Veljko Popović first film She Who Measures (2008) was screened Design, compositing Veljko Popović at more than 100 festivals worldwide and received a Animation Marin Kovačić number of awards. Editing Iva Kraljević Music Willem Miličević, Ivan Arnold Animation technique 3d animation Produced by Vanja Andrijević Production company Bonobostudio

56 Fiction Films 2010 Animated Films 2011 57 Directed by Simon Bogojević Directed by Zoran Mužić Narath The Flower of Battle | Cvijet bitke The Hedge | Živica Est. date of completion: 01 | 2011 Est. date of completion: 01 | 2011 Estimated duration: 6’ Estimated duration: 15’ Beta sp | Colour 35mm | Colour

Bonobostudio The film explores concepts of civic/individual freedom Simon Bogojević Narath (1968) graduated in 1992 An old man relives his struggles while cutting the Zoran Mužić (1962) graduated Stage Direction Diedra Barutanski jarak 31 and its relationship with the conventions of a state/ from the Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department, hedge in his garden. at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has Goljak 10a 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia collective through the metaphor of the now extinct art in Zagreb. He is the author of short experimental directed over 80 stage plays and collaborated with 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4834 445 Tel: +385 (0)1 4851 983 Fax: +385 (0)1 4834 455 of European combat swordsmanship. The basis for the and animated films screened at some of the most Written by Davor Petranović and Zoran Mužić most Croatian theatres. He works as art director at the Fax: +385 (0)1 4851 983 Email: [email protected] associative spectrum of the film is provided by one of prestigious film festivals and won numerous awards. Animation Siniša Mataić Zagreb Puppet Theatre. He collaborated on the ani- Email: [email protected] Website: www.bonobostudio.hr the remaining manuscripts about combat swordsman- He works as art director in Bonobostudio. Since 2004, Design, set design Davor Petranović mated shorts Theory of Reflection and Homo Volans. Website: www.diedra.hr ship, the Flos Duellatorum, written by the Italian master he has been a member of the core faculty at the Arts Editing Dino Krpan of fencing Fiore dei Liberi around 1410. Academy, University of Split lecturing on Electronic Music Mate Matišić Animation, and is also a guest lecturer at the Acad- Animation technique 2d drawings Main Cast Zlatko Burić, Romina Vitasović, Vilim emy of Applied Arts in Rijeka. His films Produced by Dino Krpan Matula, Iva Šulentić include Morana (2008), Leviathan (2006), Plasticat Production company Diedra Written by Simon Bogojević Narath (2003), Bardo Thodol (2000), Hand of the Master Design, editing Simon Bogojević Narath (1995). Animation Nikola Radović, David Lovrić Music Hrvoje Štefotić Animation technique stop-motion, 3d animation Produced by Vanja Andrijević Production company Bonobostudio

International Sales The film visualises a phrase often used as a figure of Irena Jukić Pranjić (1973) graduated from the A hotel room. A woman (doll) is waiting for the call Ivana Jurić (1982) graduated animation and new Kinorama Zagreb film speech, what people refer to as an event, landscape Academy of Fine Art in Zagreb, mentored by Profes- from her lover (doll). His arrival and their sexual inter- media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. During Štoosova 25 Vlaška 70 or tradition ‘interwoven’ in their minds. Each charac- sor Ivica Šiško. She held a series of solo and group course are like a ritual for her, which takes her into a her studies, she was awarded for her student work 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 2316 787 Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 ter’s personality and character are depicted as diverse exhibitions of prints and paintings in Croatia and floating, pleasing state of mind. She opens herself to as a whole. She directed the short animated film ja / I Fax: +385 (0)1 2316 788 Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 pulsating ornaments interwoven within a visible aura internationally. Since 1997, she has been continuously the man through sex, while the man/doll considers it (2008), for which she was awarded the second award Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] almost identical to the characters’ physical appear- active in the field of comics. all as relieving himself, after which he just vanishes at essl award cee 2009. Besides on film festivals, she Website: www.kinorama.hr Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr ance. into thin air. The doll remains alone in the empty room, presents her work at group and one-man exhibitions disappointed and hurt. in Croatia and abroad. Written by Irena Jukić Pranjić Design, set design Irena Jukić Pranjić Written by Ivana Jurić Animation, editing Zoran Mudronja Camera, editing, animation Ivana Jurić Music Darko Rundek Art design Fedor Fischer Animation technique 2d animation Music Nikola Kovač Produced by Vinko Brešan Sound design Nikola Kovač Production company Zagreb film Animation technique stop-motion Produced by Hrvoje Pervan Production company Kinorama

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Directed by Ivan Klepac & Slave Lukarov Underline | Pod konopom Est. date of completion: 01|2011 Estimated duration: 5’22’’ Vdieo, Beta sp | Colour

International Sales After the fall, a clothes-peg ends up under the bal- Ivan Klepac (1975) graduated from the Faculty of Zagreb film cony where, in time, a social community of all fallen Architecture. He is a co-founder of the Otompotom Vlaška 70 members has flourished. In spite of a rich social life, all Association, where he works in visual art, multimedia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +385 (0)1 4613 689 clothes-pegs share the same dream - to return back and film, as well as production of art workshops Fax: +385 (0)1 4557 068 on the line. and exhibitions. He is a freelance illustrator, designer Email: [email protected] and animator. Website: www.zagrebfilm.hr Written by Ivan Klepac and Slave Lukarov Camera, editing, animation, design Ivan Klepac, Slave Lukarov (1972) graduated from the Faculty of Slave Lukarov Architecture at the University of Zagreb in 1996. He Music Zoran Madžirov - The Bottleman is the founder and organiser of a series of visual and Sound design Jure J. Nižić comic book workshops, and the author of 16 Narrator Duško Čurlić short films screened and awarded at numerous film Animation technique stop-motion, 2d animation festivals. With his 12 works he participated in solo and Produced by Vinko Brešan group exhibitions. Production Companies Zagreb film

62 Fiction Films 2010 63 Short films supported by Croatian Index | Directors Audiovisual Centre (HAVC)

Short Films 2010 Animated Films 2011 A K R Champion Dove sei amor mio · 57 Anković, Bruno · 8 Kanić, Vladimir · 10 Radeljak, Matija · 11 Happy Birthday Marija · 13 Flower of Battle · 58 Kelemen, Vedran · 53 Rehak, Andrej · 41 Pink Express · 17 Hedge, The · 59 B Klepac, Ivan · 62 Resnick, Liliana · 34 Screenplay for Ordinary Life · 18 Room, The · 61 Barić, Dalibor · 33 Knežević, Vladislav · 30 Snapshots · 19 Bogojević Narath, Simon · 58 Knjaz, Robert · 12 S Then I See Tanja · 21 Bračun, Jelena · 32 Krpan, Dino · 54 Sljepčević, Nebojša · 43 Kurtela, Nina · 37 Č Š Short Films 2011 Čučić, Damir · 35 L Škrabalo, Ivana · 13 Get a Move On! · 25 Lerotić, Juraj · 21 Škorić, Irena · 15 D Livaković, Ivan · 17 Dješka, Marko · 52 Lončar, Marijan · 42 T Experimental Films 2010 Dulčić, Magda · 55 Lonjak, Dario · 16 | 23 Tarokić, Sonja · 28 Archeo 29 · 30 Lukanović, Martina · 44 Tardozzi, Aldo · 19 On Time, On Space · 32 F Lukarov, Slave · 62 Trbuljak, Goran · 46 Transformance · 37 Faktor, Ivan · 38 Trenc, Milan · 47 Wasteland · 38 M G Marušić Joško · 40 V Guljašević, Ivana · 48 Meštrović, Marko · 50 Vučić, Dorotea · 7 Animated Films 2010 Milić, Kristijan · 6 feature films H Mužić, Zoran · 59 Z Rainbow, The · 40 Habljak, Hrvoje · 45 Zenić, Martin · 27 Hribar, Sara · 20 O short films Odvorčić, Goran · 15 Ž Dog/Rabbit · 43 J Orešković, Petar · 25 Živković, Vjekoslav · 51 First Thing · 44 Jukić Pranjić, Irena · 60 Žuvan, Josip · 26 Helixbauhaus · 46 Junaković, Svjetlan · 49 P Loneliness · 47 Juričan, Dario · 9 | 14 Poljak, Boris · 35 No Sleep Won’t Kill You · 50 Jurić, Ivana · 61 Poljak, Renata · 31 | 36 Silence of the Sea · 51 Jušić, Hana · 22 Popović, Veljko · 57 Index | Films Index | Production Companies

A I S A N Acceleration · 41 I’ll X-ray Your Heart So That Everyone Can Screenplay for Ordinary Life · 18 Academy of Dramatic Art (adu) · 7 | 12 | 16 | Nukleus film · 25 Archeo 29 · 30 See You Don’t Fucking Have One · 14 Silence of the Sea · 51 22 | 23 | 26 | 28 Irrelevant · 26 Sky Spirits · 35 Artizana · 18 P C Slaughtered · 52 Propeler film · 15 Champion · 6 L Snapshots · 19 B Chocolate Cake · 7 Loneliness · 47 Spammer · 53 Blank · 9 | 14 R Christmas Fairy Tale · 42 Supression · 16 Bold studio · 49 Riblje oko · 40 Correctional Facility for Parents · 8 M Strange Invention · 54 Bonbonstudio · 30 | 33 | 54 | 57 | 58 Rikšafilm / Cyclofilm · 34 Man Birds · 18 D Matijašević · 15 T C S Dog/Rabbit · 43 My Brother · 16 That Little Hand · 20 Centralna jedinica · 37 Studio Kubus · 11 Dove sei amor mio · 57 My Way · 49 Then I See Tanja · 21 Croatian Film Clubs Association (hfs) · 19 | Do You Have a Story? · 9 Transformance · 37 31 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 38 Š N Croatian Radiotelevision (hrt) · 8 Školska knjiga (Smib) · 48 E No Sleep Won’t Kill You · 50 U Experimental Violence · 10 No Title (Blue) · 31 Uncle · 22 D T Underline · 62 Diedra · 59 Tipex · 42 F O Tvornica Svjetlosti · 10 Flower of Battle · 58 On Time, On Space · 32 W H Fragments · 11 Ornament of Soul, The · 60 Wasteland · 38 Hulahop · 21 Z First Thing · 44 Zagreb film · 41 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 52 P Y K | 55 | 60 | 62 G Pain So Light That Appears as Tickle · 33 Yearning · 55 Kelemen, Vedran · 53 Gig Road to the Stars · 45 Pink Express · 17 You, Bitch! · 28 Kinorama · 61 Get a Move On! · 25 Kreativni sindikat · 43 | 50 Guy Next Door, The · 12 R Z Kult film · 13 | 20 Rainbow · 40 Zorgasm · 23 H Reflection · 27 M Happy Birthday, Marija · 13 Reopening the Past · 34 masmas · 6 Hedge, The · 59 Room, The · 61 Metar 60 · 17 | 60 Helixbauhaus · 46 Mitropa · 51 Impressum publisher Croatian Audiovisual Centre editing and proofreading Edel Brosnan translation Ivana Ostojčić supervisor Ivana Ivišić collaborators Maruša Biliško, Vanja Sremac design Šesnić&Turković printed by Sveučilišna tiskara run 700 published by Croatian Audiovisual Centre Department of Promotion and International Co–operation Nova Ves 18 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia tel +385 (0)1 6041 080 fax +385 (0)1 4667 819 email [email protected] url www.havc.hr

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