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Keka is a virtuoso housewife who suffers because of the lethargy of her marriage with Baja, a concerned railway worker. To make things even worse, Keka is being seriously courted by Ilija, a handyman who is so clumsy that he produces apocalypse wherever he shows up. After Baja finally becomes aware of Ilija’s intentions and after the two of them demolish Keka’s home as a result of their clumsy showdowns, Keka decides to leave both of them and to go on a trip to the only place where she felt some happiness – to a small coastal village where she and Baja went on their honeymoon… However, things start to complicate because Keka falls under the scrutiny of Lujo, an untypical lonely fisherman-flirter. Baja and Ilija decide to go on a trip, to embark on the biggest adventure in their lives and to prove their love to Keka…
directed and written by Dalibor Matanić
production company Croatian Radiotelevision
producer Goran Radman, Mario Oreškovićcast: Areta Ćurković, Nikša Butijer, Goran Bogdan, Bojan Navojec, Mate Gulin, Krešimir Mikić
director of photography Vanja Černjul
editing Tomislav Pavlic
art design Bojan Drezgić
costume design Morana Cerovec
music Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjević
sound Mladen Šiklić
make-up Irena Hadrović
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The director is preparing a new film. A well-known actor he wants to engage to play the role of the Father criticizes his screenplay and the selection of the actor for the role of the Son. The director invites the “Son” to come to the island of Vis to work on the screenplay and the role and to be sure that he has made the right choice when choosing him for the role. Due to the isolation they are confronted with on the island during winter season, the two of them are doomed to come to grips with their frustrations that are constantly being intertwined with the plot in a strange way.
directed by Nevio Marasović
written by Nevio Marasović, Rakan Rushaidat, Janko Popović Volarićproduction company Antitalent Produkcija, Copycat produkcija
producers Nevio Marasović, Danijel Pekcast: Darija Lorenci, Rakan Rushaidat, Janko Popović Volarić, Krešimir Mikić
director of photography Damir Kudin
editing Nevio Marasović
music Andrew Bird
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In order to help increase birth rate in a small town on a Dalmatian island, young priest Don Fabijan starts to pierce condoms before they are sold. He teams up with a simple-minded newsstand owner and a mad pharmacist and the three of them secretly abolish contraception on the island. After the initial success, many births and marriages, things start to complicate. Finally, the bishop comes to the island and everything turns completely crazy.
directed by Vinko Brešan
written by Mate Matišićproduction company Interfilm
producer Ivan Maloča
co-production company Zilion fim, Serbiacast: Krešimir Mikić, Marija Škaričić, Jadranka Đokić, Tihana Lazović, Senka Bulić, Ana Maras, Nikša Butijer, Dražen Kühn, Lazar Ristovski, Goran Bogdan, Zdenko Botić, Filip Križan
director of photography Mirko Pivčević
editing Sandra Botica Brešan
art design Damir Gabelica
costume design Željka Franulović
music Mate Matišić
sound Frano Homen
make-up Slavica Šnur -
The Mysterious Boy is a story about a resourceful and capable fourteen-year-old Koko who, with some help from his friends, solves a new mystery case. Koko’s friend Tomo has just moved to town and he is eager for adventures. A new pupil with unusual behaviour draws their attention. Together with Marijana, a classroom friend, they reveal his well-kept mystery step by step. Are Koko and his friend up to the task? Will interfering with other people’s secrets jeopardize their friendship? Is the solution far more horrible than they could assume?
directed by Dražen Žarković
written by Hana Jušićproduction company Kinorama, Croatian Radiotelevision
producer Ankica Jurić Tilićcast: Ansoundio Parač, Karlo Maloča, Toma Budanko, Vanja Markovinović, Filip Ružić, Nina Mileta, Kristian Bonačić
director of photography Mario Sablić
editing Slaven Zečević
art design Ivan Veljača
costume design Emina Kušan
music Dinko Appelt
sound Dubravka Premar
make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
special effects Branko Repalust, Kristijan Repalust -
Monday, 22. July in 23:15, Arena
Good To Go
Humorous drama | Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia | 100 min | 2012.
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production company Pakt media
producer Diego Zanco
co-production companies Ars septima (Croatia), Film United (Czech Republic)
co-producers Lidija Ivanda, Veronika Lencova, Katka Silna
directed & written by Matevž Luzar
cast Evgen Car, Milena Zupančić, Vladimir Vlaškalič, Ivo Ban, Janja Majzelj, Juta Kremžardirector of photography Simon Tanšek
editor Miloš Kalusek
art director Katja Šoltes
costume designer Pia Šinigoj Premzl
composer Drago Ivanuša
sound Julij Zornik
make-up Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska
special effects Art Rebel 9SUMMARY: Ivan is a retired music teacher. He buys himself a plot in a graveyard with an unrivalled view of the Alps and checks into a retirement home so that he can await his death in peace. However, the exact opposite happens: while attending computer classes, he discovers his joiede- vivre and finally starts living life to the fullest. Good To Go is a bittersweet portrait of a man confronting the loneliness of old age. It is a film about life and how it is never too late to start living as if there were no tomorrow. Above all, it is the story of a man who rediscovers his joie-de-vivre and his appetite for life through the company and closeness of others. Good To Go is an inspiring life story about growing old without giving up.
DIRECTOR: Matevž Luzar (Trbovlje, Slovenia, 1981) is one of Slovenia’s most talented young directors. He graduated in Directing from the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) with the short film Wolfy (Vučko), which was nominated for the Student Academy Award. In addition, the film won the Grand Prix at Montpellier and it was presented at Locarno. Good To Go marks his full-length directorial debut. The film won the Audience Award for Best Film, as well as the Vesna Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Sound Design at the 15th Festival of Slovenian Films.
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Nakon slučajnog saznanja o smrti majke svoje bivše ljubavi Mine, Simon odluči ukrasti njezino tijelo kako bi u Mini izazvao katarzične procese i učinio nešto za nju. Mina godinama nije bila u kontaktu s majkom zbog mračnih obiteljskih tajni. Simon planira nekoliko dana skrivati tijelo, a onda oživjeti pokojnicu. On posjeduje takvu moć. Međutim, Simonu ukradu tijelo i on ga pokušava vratiti upadajući tijekom potrage u razne nevolje. Istovremeno, ne znajući ništa o Simonovim nevoljama, Mina se suočava sa svojom prošlošću i emocionalnom prtljagom koju godinama nosi.
redatelj Petar Orešković
scenarist Ivan Vidakprodukcijska kuća Alka Film
producent Jozo Patljakuloge: Sven Jakir, Jadranka Đokić, Elizabeta Kukić, Mia Anočić, Dean Krivačić, Goran Grgić, Krešimir Mišak, Dražen Šivak
direktor fotografije Darko Drinovac
montaža Dubravko Slunjski
scenografija Velimir Domitrović
kostimografija Branka Tkalčec
ton Blaž Andračić
maska Tina Jesenković
glazba Dubravko Robić
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When Slavko’s old friend Đulaga dies, Slavko feels obliged to go to the funeral. But in his hometown of Mostar this simple social obligation has the potential to get him into all kinds of trouble: with his neighbours or even with local political bigwigs. Yet if he does not go, his wife will think he’s a coward, the grieving family will never forgive him – and Slavko might have trouble forgiving himself.
This is a compelling tale of everyday life in a fractured society, and a world where paranoia, comedy and drama co-exist. It is also an astute psychological portrayal of a man who is forced to cross the invisible line that divides two communities in a town. Above all, it is the story of a man who lost everything that defined him, when his country disintegrated.
written and directed by Bobo Jelčić
production company Spiritus Movens
producer Zdenka Gold
co-production company Croatian Radiotelevision (Croatia), Produkcija Kadar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)cast: Bogdan Diklić, Nada Đurevska, Ivana Roščić, Selma Alispahić, Sadžida Šetić, Rakan Rushaidat, Vinko Kraljević, Izudin Bajrović, Nermin Karačić
director of photography Erol Zupčević
editing Ivana Fumić
art design Mario Ivezić
costume design Sanja Džeba
sound Ranko Pauković
make-up Ana Bulajić-Črček
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Robi and Ines, a young couple, have seven days to clear Robi’s debt to a loan shark or they will both be killed. When they meet a well-off banker Marko who could save them by lending them some money, Ines and Marko become close. In this mad race with time a romantic triangle of unusual emotions, lies and passions is created…
directed by Dario Pleić
written by Dario Pleić, Branko Ružićproduction company Interfilm
producer Ivan Maločacast: Sara Stanić, Nikša Butijer, Marko Cindrić, Leona Paraminski, Doris Šarić Kukuljica, Trpimir Jurkić, Živko Anočić
director of photography Mario Delić
editing Ansoundia Mamić Vukičević
art design Ivan Ivan
costume design Alena Orović
music Tomislav Babić
sound Ivan Zelić
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An accidental shot links the destinies of two young women – Anita, a detective who is great at her job and getting along pretty well in her private life, and Petra, a young girl whose everyday life would be much easier if she didn’t have to take care of her alcoholic mother. An investigation of an accidental shot intertwines their destinies in the moment when both of them find out that they are pregnant. Found at important turning points, both of them in their own worlds and equally left to their own resources, the two women step by step become close during the investigation. They neither planned nor wanted it, it happened by chance. And this coincidence will change the courses they intended to take.
directed and written by Robert Orhel
production companies Kinorama and Croatian Radiotelevision
producer Ankica Jurić Tilićcast: Ecija Ojdanić, Iva Babić, Barbara Nola, Mia Biondić, Tanja Tušek, Željka Udovičić, Lena Politeo, Milan Štrljić, Milan Pleština, Enes Vejzović, Pjer Meničanin, Alen Liverić, Danko Ljuština, Filip Nola, Stefan Kapičić
director of photography Stanko Herceg
editing Ivana Fumić
art design Bojan Drezgić
costume design Ivana Zozoli Vargović
music Daniel Biffel
sound Dubravka Premar
make-up Julijana Vušković
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production company Filmska kuća Baš Čelik
producer Jelena Mitrović
co-production companies Neue Mediopolis (Germany), La Cinefacture (France), Vertigo (Slovenia), Propeler Film (Croatia)
co-producers Alexander Ris, Emilie Georges, Danijel Hočevar, Boris T. Matić
director Srdan Golubović
written by Srđan Koljević, Melina Pota Koljević
cast Aleksandar Berček, Leon Lučev, Nebojša Glogovac, Nikola Rakočević, Hristina Popović, Boris Isaković, Vuk Kostićdirector of photography Aleksandar Ilić
editor Marko Glušac
art director Goran Joksimović
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composer Mario Schneider
sound Julij Zornik
make-up Frederique Ney, Marinela Spasenović
special effects Emmanuel PitoisSUMMARY: In Belgrade, Nebojša, having witnessed an incident in which his best friend lost his life in Trebinje, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, overcomes a guilty conscious confronting the murderer. In Germany, Haris, who owes his life to a hero who sacrificed himself for him, repays his debt by risking everything and helping a woman in trouble, his ex-girlfriend. In Trebinje, meeting with the father of the diseased man, the son of one of the murderers opens up the path for overcoming the tragic past. Is a heroic act a futile sacrifice or it, just like a stone dropped in the water, produces circles that spread through time and space, prompting us to do new good deeds?
DIRECTOR: Srdan Golubović (Belgrade, Serbia, 1972) holds a degree in Directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he currently teaches. At first he shot short films and in 1995 he directed the episode Herc Minuta in the omnibus Package Holiday. He is one of the founders of the film company Baš Čelik, within which he makes music and promotional videos. In 2001 he made his full-length debut Absolute Hundred, presented at more than thirty national and international festivals (San Sebastian, Toronto, etc.), winning 29 awards. This was followed by the almost equally successful film The Trap (2006) which, just like Circles, premiered at Berlin.
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Sasha, a relatively successful theater director returns from the big city to his home town. He left behind a career, and carried with him a disappointment, healed disease and a couple of suitcases. His decision to return coincided with an offer to re-start the neglected local theater. A problem is that city does not have any actors or anyone who would know anything about the theater business.
Although he assumes that interest would not be very big, the turnout was even beyond his darkest thoughts. Only five candidates show up.
The new candidates are not very well educated, so the only where that they could find a common ground are – Westerns.directed and written by Tomislav Mršić
production company Kabinet
producer Suzana Pandek
co-producer Croatian Radiotelevsioncast: Saša Anočić, Ivana Rushaidat, Nina Erak, Ana Begić, Živko Anočić, Matija Antolić, Hrvoje Barišić, Kruno Klabučar, Rakan Rushaidat, Radovan Ruždjak
director of photography Predrag Dubravčić
editing Hrvoje Mršić
art design Tanja Lacko, Jelena Đanko
costume design Željka Franulović
music Damir Martinović, Ivanka Mazurkijević
sound Zvonimir Poljak
make-up Tina Jesenković
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Based on a true story. Can a thread of misfortune, violence and suffering interwoven into generations of a family be cut? Beba’s mother has a weak character and poor health. Beba’s father is sullen and violent. Beba’s brother is possessive and a trouble maker. Beba’s boyfriend is a boy from a correctional institution. Is there a chance for Beba’s daughter to cut this dark line? Is there a chance for her to become a loved, happy person?
directed and written by Lukas Nola
production company Kinorama, HRT
producers Ankica Jurić Tilić, Hrvoje Pervancast: Tihana Lazović, Milan Pleština, Živko Anočić, Lana Barić, Ksenija Pajić, Nika Mišković, Mila Sopta, Andrea Rogan, Ksenija Marinković, Lucija Šerbedžija, Bernard Tomić, Bojan Navojec, Enes Vejzović, Ivo Gregurević, Filip Detelić, Marko Hergešić, Karlo Maloča, Nenad Cvetko
director of photography Mirko Pivčević
editing Slaven Zečević
art design Ivan Veljača
costume design Ana Savić Gecan
music Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjević
sound Dubravka Premar
make-up Julijana Vušković
special effects Branko Repalust
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Saturday, 20. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Guns N' Dolls
Action comedy | Croatia | 15 min | 2013
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Film” Guns N’ Dolls” is a low-budget action comedy that in some segments parodies American buddy comedies and it’s about a mother and a daughter who are trying to get out of a bad situation where their bad relationship makes everything more difficult. Through an interesting and humorous action they are beginning to realize that they are not so different as they thought.
production company: Weksflick – udruga za promicanje audio vizualnog stvaralaštva
producers: Vedran Marjanović, Sanja Martinović Marjanović
directed by Vedran Marjanović; written by: Vedran Marjanović, Iva Nappholz; cast: Sandra Lončarić Tankosić, Katarina Baban, Vladimir Tintor, Domagoj Mrkonjić, Jakov Gavran; dop. and editing Vedran Marjanović; set design: Sanja Martinović Marjanović, Marko Podgorščak, costume Sanja Martinović Marjanović; music: Mario Majkić; sound: Ante Delač; vfx. Vedran Marjanović
Director’s bio: Vedran Marjanovic, (Osijek, 1981), filmmaker known as the author of the first national web series How to survive a Zombie Apocalypse (2012-2013), owner of the famous youtube channel Weksflick and president of Weksflick association. He lives and works in Osijek as a photographer, animator and director of TV commercials and music videos.
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Introspective capturing of different moments in time focusing only on thoughts young mother shares with her unborn child: her fears and expectations are somewhat deeply connected with a person that is already a part of her though they are yet to meet.
Production company: Akademija dramske umjetnosti, producer: Ana Cvitaš
Directed and written by Ana Cvitaš; cast. Nika Mišković, Petar Cvirn, Eva Lole Perković; dop. Damian Nenadić; editing:. Denis Golenja, Srđan Popović; costume: Inga Mastelić; music and sound: Marko Pelaić; make-up: Antonija Novosel, Kristina Atletić, Ana Pećanić
Director’s bio: Born in Sisak (1984). Studied production at the Academy of dramatic arts in Zagreb. Worked for festivals as a PR manager from 2009. Launched online cultural magazine Dot that Spot and is its editor in chief since 2010. Is a producer and founder of an international audiovisual platform Collab set in House for people and art Lauba, Zagreb. Is a producer and director of short films and a producer and distributor of animated and experimental short films.
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Saturday, 20. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Why Won't You Hug Your Brother
Drama | Croatia | 11 min | 2013
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Estranged twin brothers haven’t heard from each other for over a year – while one secludes and plans to spend the New Year’s eve alone, the other intends to do whatever it takes to take him out…
production company Pokret
producer: Bruno RežekDirected by Goran Odvorčić; written by Bruno Režek i Goran Odvorčić; cast. Bruno Režek; dop: Merima Salkić; editing and sound: Goran Odvorčić, vfx: Ivan Ladović
Director’s bio: Goran Odvorčić was born in 1980 in Zagrebu. He has been working in film for a number of years. His short film Ciao Mama (2009) was the first Croatian film in 30 years to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.
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A fine-tuned breakfast.
production company: Akademija dramske umjetnosti
producer: Đina JakirDirected by: Filip Peruzović, written by: Nikolina Bogdanović, cast: Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš i Damir Klemenić; dop: Dubravka Kurobasa; editing: Iva Ivan; set design and costume: Nevena Balen i Ines Nezirović, music: Al Bowlly – By My Side; sound: Tonči Tafra; make-up.: Bianka Žugelj
Director’s bio: Born in Zagreb, 1986. Currently a final-year student of Film Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb.
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Mother and daughter during a summer trip try to restore their relationship which is damaged because of their troubled past. The mother desperately tries to reach her daughter who constantly keeps rejecting her and does not allow contact of any kind. The daughter finds a summer love wich the mother does not approve, but in the same time, during a one day outing the daughter resents her mother for allowing a flert to go on with their young tour guide Frano.
Production company: Akademija dramske umjetnosti
producers: Luka Jerković, Goran RibarićDirected and written by Goran Ribarić; cast. Ksenija Prohaska, Anja Đurinović, Goran Marković; dop: Damian Nenadić, Ivana Dominković; editing: Srđan Popović; set design: Sven Skračić; music: Vinko Borčić, sound: Lav Geber, Srđan Popović, vfx: Ratimir Rakuljić
Director’s bio: Goran Ribarić (Zagreb, 1990) has studied for a degree in Film and television Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb since 2009. After movies Weekend (2012) and Fred (2012), Montain is his fourth short film.
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Ana and Ivan, a young couple, enter Ana’s apartment early in the morning. After several attempts of seducing one another, they don’t seem capable of agreeing on who is going to seduce who. An uncomfortable situation becomes even more uncomfortable after an innocent conversation Ivan has over the phone.
Production company: Blank_filmski inkubator
producer: Dario JuričanDirected and written by Luka Tokić; cast: Sanja Milardović, Jadran Grubišić; dop: Dario Radusin; editing: Toni Skorić, music: Luka Tokić, sound: Zvonimir Tivon.
Director’s bio: Born in 1990 in Zagreb. Currently studying Pedagogy and Philosophy, took Modern Greek and Stylistic epochs of film as elective subjects. He has been actively involved in filmmaking since 2011 and made his debut film in 2012 – The Badgers. -
Saturday, 20. July in 18:45, Cinema Valli
My Beautiful Country
Drama | Croatia | 88 min | 2012.
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production company Sperl Productions
producer Gabriela Sperl
co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Atalanta (Serbia)
co-producers Damir Terešak, Piroska Tolnai Varga
directed & written by Michaela Kezele
cast: Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Ema Simović, Danica Ristovskidirector of photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
editor Andre Bendocchi-Alves
art director Goran Joksimovic Joksa
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composers Gerd Baumann, Gregor Hübner
sound Andre Bendocchi-Alves
make-up Marina PetrovićSUMMARY: In 1999, during the Kosovo War, young widow Danica lives with her two sons on the Serbian side of the river Ibar. When Ramiz, an injured UCK soldier, seeks shelter in her home, Danica decides to help him knowing that this will put her own life and the lives of her children in danger…
DIRECTOR: Michaela Kezele (Munich, Germany, 1975). After graduating from high school, she pursued a career as a musician and received a bachelor’s degree in Acting in Munich. In 2008, she received a degree in Directing from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München with the award-winning film Milan, which screened in more than forty countries in the world and won some thirty awards, including the Student Academy Award nominations. My Beautiful Country marks her full-length directorial debut. Filmography: Song Contest (2003, short film), Ich Liebe Dich (2004, short film), episode of the omnibus Neun (2005).
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Sunday, 21. July in 16:00, Cinema Valli
Shanghai Gypsy
Love drama | Croatia, Slovenia | 124 min | 2012.
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production company Arsmedia
producer Franci Zajc
co-production companies Jadran film Zagreb (Croatia)
co-producers Franjo Senjak
executive producer Boštjan Ikovic
director Marko Naberšnik
written by Marko Naberšnik prema literarnom after the book written by Feri Lainšček
cast Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram, Senad Bašić, Marjuta Slamič, Jasna Diklić, Miodrag Miki Trifunovdirector of photography Miloš Srdič
editor Janez Bricelj
art director Miha Ferkov
costume designer Nataša Rogelj
composer Saša Lošić
sound Jože Trtnik, Boštjan Kačičnik
make-up Mirjam KavčičSUMMARY: Lutvija Belmondo Mirga tells a story about four generations of his Roma family. Belmondo earns a living by smuggling and his power and influence are growing. He wins the support of local politicians and the police, which makes him untouchable and above the law. He becomes the gypsy king and decides to build his gypsy village and name it Shanghai. However, during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, instead of smuggling goods, people start smuggling arms…
DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, Slovenia, 1973) attended a film directing course at the New York Film Academy in 1996. There he made his first short film The Beginning and it was with this film that he passed the entrance examination to study Film and Television Directing at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), from which he graduated in 2010. He has been working as assistant lecturer at the Academy and as director of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. His full-length directorial debut Rooster’s Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk, 2007) was seen by 183,000 spectators, which makes it one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia of all-time.
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Sunday, 21. July in 18:45, Cinema Valli
When Day Breaks
Drama | Croatia, France, Serbia | 90 min | 2012.
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producer Goran Paskaljević
co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Arsam International Sarl (France)
co-producers Damir Terešak, Ilann Girard
director Goran Paskaljević
written by Filip David, Goran Paskaljević
cast Mustafa Nadarević, Nebojša Glogovac, Predrag Ejdus, Zafir Hadžimanov, Meto Jovanovski, Olga Odanović-Petrovićdirector of photography Milan Spasić
editor Kristina Poženel
art director Milenko Jeremić
costume designer Marina Vukasović Medenica
composer Vlatko Stefanovski
sound Dragutin Cirković, Goran Ćorković, Darko Glišić, Davor Omerza
make-up Lidija Skoručak
special effects Jamal M’Barek, Muhamed M’BarekSUMMARY: Misha Brankov is a retired music professor. One morning he receives a letter requesting him to contact the Jewish Museum in Belgrade. At the museum, he learns that workers have found a box with documents during excavations of the site where there was the infamous World War II concentration camp for Jews and Roma. The box was buried by camp inmate Isaac Weiss as far back as in 1941 and it will change his life forever…
DIRECTOR: Goran Paskaljević (Belgrade, Serbia, 1947) holds a degree in Film Directing from the FAMU in Prague. He has made more than 30 documentaries and six short and16 feature-length films, shown at the most prestigious international film festivals – Cannes (Special Treatment, 1980), Berlin (The Dog Who Loved Trains, 1977; Beach Guard in Wintertime, 1976), Venice (Tango Argentino, 1992; Cabaret Balkan, 1998; How Harry Became a Tree, 2001), etc. The film Cabaret Balkan (1998) earned him the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize for Best European Film at the European Film Awards. He lives between Belgrade and Paris and has both French and Serbian citizenship.
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Monday, 22. July in 16:00, Cinema Valli
Feed Me with Your Words
Drama | Croatia, Italy, Slovenia | 88 min | 2012.
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production company Bela Film
producer Ida Weiss
co-production companies RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Studio Dim (Croatia), FVG Film Commission (Italy), RAI – Regionale FVG (Italy)
directed & written by Martin Turk
cast Boris Cavazza, Sebastian Cavazza, Jure Henigman, Maša Derganc, Miranda Caharija, Iza Veselkodirector of photography Radislav Jovanov – Gonzo
editor Tomislav Pavlic
art director Maja Moravec
costume designer Emil Cerar
composer Chris Eckman
sound Miha Jaramaz
make-up Mojca Gorogranc PetrushevskaSUMMARY: Robert is a graphologist and he is convinced that based on Jesus’s description he can reconstruct his handwriting. In order to complete his research, he travels to Italy, where he meets an unusual homeless man. Enchanted and confused by the encounter with a mysterious man, he follows him and disappears without a trace. Robert’s disappearance forces his father Janez to call his elder son Matej after many years of estrangement. Despite their unsettled conflicts from the past, Matej decides to help his father. Matej’s wife Ana and their daughter Veronika temporarily move in with Matej’s demented mother…
DIRECTOR: Martin Turk (Trieste, Italy, 1978) holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His short films were presented and awarded at more than sixty festivals around the world, including the Cannes (Quinzaine des realisateurs). Feed Me With Your Words marks his full-length directorial debut, developed as part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residence Programme in 2009. Filmography (selection): short films Excursion (2002), Slice of Life (2006), Every Day is not the Same (2008), Stealing the Corn (2009), The Things We’ve Never Done Together (2011), and the TV film Room 408 (2009).
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Monday, 22. July in 18:00, Cinema Valli
Goltzius and the Pelican Company
Erotic drama | Croatia, France, The Netherlands | 129 min | 2012.
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production company Kasander Film
producer Kees Kasander
co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
directed & written by Peter Greenaway
cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolićdirector of photography Reiner van Brummelen
editor Elmer Leupen
art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
composer Marco Robino
sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
make-up Sara Meerman
special effects Branko RepalustSUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…
DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.
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Tuesday, 23. July in 16:00, Cinema Valli
The Forger
Comedy | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia | 100 min | 2012.
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production company Drina Film
produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
directed & written by Goran Marković
cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojecdirector of photography Dušan Joksimović
editor Snežana Ivanović
art director Veljko Despotović
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composer Zoran Simjanović
sound Roland Vajs
make-up Dubravka BusatlijaSUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…
DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).
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Due to some new rules, Pero (Goran Navojec), the head of a small place on a remote Dalmatian island, decides to do everything he can so that his village earns the status of a town. In order to achieve that he has to overcome some boundaries: raise the number of inhabitants from 99 to 100 and turn his villagers into citizens. People are finding it hard to adapt to the new situation, but Pero is determined to have his own way – as a politician and as the head of the family. In conflict with problematic brothers (Bojan Navojec, Moji Jurišić), torn between his ill mother (Ingeborg Appelt), love problems (Marija Škaričić, Bojana Petrović) and politics, Pero finds it ever harder to cope with the situation and he loses control. Things get even more complicated when a famous Italian fashion designer (Petar Mišo Mihočević) and his favourite model (Miran Kurspahić) come to town and when Pero’s intentions to turn their visit into a marketing opportunity for the village turn into a nightmare.
directed by Filip Šovagović
written by Ivica Đikić, Robert Perišić, Filip Šovagovićproduction company Zona Sova
producer Filip Šovagovićcast: Marija Škaričić, Goran Navojec, Bojana Petrović, Marijana Mikulić, Milena Blaženović, Ingerborg Apelt, Mijo Jurišić, Bojan Navojec
director of photography Mirko Pivčević
editing Dafne Jemeršić
art design Veronika Radman
costume design Marita Ćopo, Zorana Mejić
music Filip Šovagović
sound Damir Valinčić
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Wednesday, 24. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Adria Blues
Drama | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia | 91 min | 2013.
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production companies Gustav Film, Filmostovje, Senca Studio
producer Frenk Celarc, Miroslav Mandić, Ida Weiss
co-production companies Propeler Film (Croatia), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Comrad (Slovenia), TV Slovenija (Slovenia)
co-producers Boris T. Matić, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Mitja Senčur
directed & written by Miroslav Mandić
cast Senad Bašić, Mojca Funki, Peter Musevski, Grega Zec, Iva Babić, Franjo Dijakdirector of photography Jure Černec
editor Stanko Kostanjevec
art director Matjaž Pavlovec
costume designer Emil Cerar
composer Aldo Kumar
sound Samir Fočo
make-up Alenka NahtigalSUMMARY: Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980’s, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive ever since, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni’s annoyance and fits of jealousy, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is Max, the owner of a hotel called Adria and an avid fan of the 80’s New Wave. He offers Sonia to organize a come-back concert for the former star, without his knowing it. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. Sonia begs him to play, believing a concert is the only way out of his depression.
DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1955) holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Sarajevo and a master’s degree in Dramaturgy and Film Directing from the New York Columbia University. After the award-winning short film Workers’ Marriage (1985), he shot his full-length debut A Worker’s Life (1987). He directed The Surrealists’ Top Chart (1989-90), the most popular TV show in the former Yugoslavia. From 1995 till 2002, he directed a number of documentaries for the Czech television. He is the author of fulllength documentaries Borderline Lovers (2005) and Searching for Johnny (2009). Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Ljubljana.
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Nina, a young activist, is selling the family home, located near a factory in Vranjić. Srđan, her boyfriend, is moving to Germany for good to work as a dentist, leaving Nina with her strong but blind mother. Nina goes for a medical check-up to find out if she has inherited a genetic condition from her father, who died from asbestosis. Nina’s doctor is in a secret lesbian relationship with Nina’s friend and doesn’t want anyone to know about it. Nina and her mother can no longer keep it silent and it all comes to the surface through tears and laughter. Srđan is trying to comfort Nina with his love, but Nina can no longer carry her destiny.
directed and written by Dan Oki
production company Udruga Kazimir
producent Slobodan Jokićcast: Andrea Dea Mladinić, Nikša Arčanin, Bruna Bebić, Danijela Vuković, Elena Orlić, Linda Vladislavić, Leon Lučev, Danijel Rafaelić, Damir Duplančić Cunko, Ivan Perić
director of photography Raul Brzić
editing Davor Švaić
art design Ivan Bura
costume design Buga Cvjetanović
music and sound Vjeran Šalamon
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Thursday, 25. July in 16:45, Cinema Valli
Dual
Drama, Romantic drama | Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia | 102 min | 2013.
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production company Perfo Production
producers Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
co-production companies Studio Dim (Hrvatska / Croatia), Beofilm (Danska / Denmark)
co-producers Morten Kjems Juhl, Peter Hyldahl, Marina Andree Škop, Darija Kulenović Gudan
director Nejc Gazvoda
written by Nejc Gazvoda, Janez Lapajne
cast Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Jure Henigman, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Matjaž Tribušondirector of photography Darko Herič
editors Nejc Gazvoda, Marina Andree Škop, Janez Lapajne
art director Niko Novak
costume designer Nadja Bedjanič
composer Monkey Cup Dress
sound Matjaž Zdešar Moraus, Roar Skau Olsen
make-up Anja Godina, Snježana Gorup
SUMMARY: Due to bad weather, an airplane from Denmark is forced to land at the Slovene airport. Amongst the passengers being taken to a hotel in Ljubljana, is a quiet, beautiful young Danish girl Iben (25). This is how she meets Tina (25), who drives a shuttle as a summer job. Iben asks Tina to take her for a midnight drive around town and Tina agrees even though the request seems a bit odd. The unexpected love blooms between the two girls. However, they aren’t able to realise their love because of a dark secret that one of them carries and the other one’s attempt to find her place in the world.DIRECTOR: Nejc Gazvoda (Novo Mesto, Slovenia, 1985) won the Golden Bird and Fabula Awards for his short stories Nothing Escapes the Squirrels when he was in high school. He received the Kresnik, Presern and Grossman Awards for his plays, novels and screenplays. He holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His debutant feature film A Trip (2011) was presented at more than thirty festivals around the world, winning five national film awards at the Slovene Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the festival in Nashville.
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The action takes place during one of the sessions of a final-year programme in group therapy. The head lecturer for the programme is an American psychiatrist-psychotherapist and the group is made up of psychiatrists, special education teachers and pedagogues. Their motives for attending this programme are twofold: because of their own professional ambition and because of the American professor’s worldwide reputation. The plot is driven by rather turbulent relationships between the characters. At the centre of the story is a 40-year old psychiatrist, Simona K., who is much more successful in her professional life than in her private life. This is not, however, a film about group psychotherapy. That is simply a means for exploring the film’s real themes.
directed by Zrinko Ogresta
written by Lada Kaštelanproduction company Interfilm
producer Ivan Maločacast: Jelena Miholjević, Bojan Navojec, Polona Juh, Ksenija Pajić, Ksenija Marinković, Doris Šarić Kukuljica, Jasna Bilušić, Luka Petrušić, Vladimir Jurc
director of photography Branko Linta
editing Tomislav Pavlic
art design Tanja Lacko
costume design Slavica Šnur
sound Martin Semenčić
make-up Slavica Šnur
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director: Branko Ištvančić
written by: Josip Mlakić
production company: Artizana film d.o.o.
producer: Irena Škorićcoproduction companies: Kinematografska kuća, Beograd, Srbija, koproducent Petar Jevtić; HEFT produkcija, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina, koproducent Almir Šahinović; Hrvatska radiotelevizija
cast: Aleksandar Bogdanović, Nela Kocsis, Vlatko Dulić, Sanja Radišić, Slobodan Ćustić, Bora Nenić, Boso Stjepanović, Slaven Knezović, Jelena Perčin, Ivan Brkić, Rada Mrkšić, Nikša Kušelj, Asim Ugljen, Jelena Jokić i dr.
synopsis: When the Croatian War of Independence ended, some villages of Bosnian Croats have been destroyed, and the refugees were re-housed in the homes of Croatian Serbs who had left Croatia. The Serbian owners are returning, and the Croatian residents face an uncertain future. Anger and hostility arise. Somewhere in this atmosphere of terror, an old man called Jozo, a Bosnian Croat, disappears without a trace. The police officer Filip, who also lives in a Serbian house, is entrusted with the case. Everyone believes that a returning Serb has murdered Jozo, but Filip launches a detailed investigation, determined to be unbiased and fair, even though he has his own ghosts from the past to deal with.
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directed and written by: Ivan Livaković
production company: Fos film doo
producer: Goran Mećavacoproduction companies: HRT, Jadran Film, Interfilm
cast: Marin Radman, Iva Visković , Iva Mihalić , Damir Poljičak , Ana Maras , Vili Matula , Jasna Bilušić, Goran Bogdan , Marina Redžepović , Ivana Roščić , Slaven Knezović , Ivica Gunjača , Jadranka Matković , Ljerka Boroša , Slavica Knežević…
synopsis: The Enchanting Porkers is a satyrical anti-musical dealing with the phenomena of media sensationalism and the overwhelming news bombarding which trivializes the most serious, most painful themes. It talks about the media manipulation, mass histeria, thirst for fame and how people are ready to do just about anything, more then ever before, to get their 15 minutes in the spotlight.
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directed and written by: Ivan Perić
production company: Umjetnička akademija Split
producer: Ivan Perić
coproduction company: Dream Division / Odjel za vizije produkcija, Split, Hrvatska
cast: Marko Kapitanović, Duje Grubišić, Tino Perica Bandini, Otokar Levaj, Marija Cvrlje, Kuzma & Shaka Zulu, Ana Gruica, Siniša Vuco…synopsis: Split, mid ’90s. Small time crooks Kralj (King) and Joke arrive at the fair with intention to sell the smuggled cigarettes. They abuse an old woman (who calls police) and bribe former drug addicts to give them their booth with souvenirs. Kralj is soon caught by police, while Joke escapes. With old friend Šporki (Dirty), Joke manages to get Kralj out of prison by blackmailing chief of police. As a revenge, the trio breaks into the old woman’s house but they find her unconscious and doctors asked them to help get her to hospital. There they meet Joke’s uncle who due to illness leaves his truck to nephew. Instead of continuing uncle’s business, Joke sells the truck and makes new criminal plans together with Kralj.
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director: Bruno Mustić
written by: Dario Čaljkušićproduction company: Udruga za promicanje filmske kulture Globe Media
producer: Bruno Mustićcoproduction company: Kino Klub Split, Hrvatska
cast: Robert Kurbaša, Darinka Vukić, Ana Gruica, Zrinka Svetić, Vlaho Arbulić, Filip Mayer
synopsis: Music Box is a story about the trials and tribulations in the life of a high school student named Lana. She can’t cope with all that life has in store: problems at home, Dad’s mysterious departure and Mom’s unhapiness. Lana experiences typical teen problems of the heart coupled with issues at school. She sees no other way out but to run away from home.
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director: Vanja Sviličić
written by: Vanja Sviličić i Ognjen Sviličićproduction company: Maxima Film
producer: Damir Terešakcoproduction company: HRT
cast: Nela Kocsis, Mila Elegović, Igor Kovač, Robert Budak, Jadranka Elezović, Dušan Gojić
synopsis: Zagreb Cappuccino is a story about two best friends in early forties. They want to break away from the world-views that were imposed on them by their parents, family and society. It is not easy, particularly if you live in a small and conventional city. We get to know their fears and cruxes, their solitude. -
directed and written by: Zvonimir Jurić, Filip Šovagović, Ivan Salaj, Sara Hribar, Bobo Jelčić, Hana Jušić, Vlatka Vorkapić, Tanja Golić, Stanislav Tomić, Sonja Tarokić, Edi Mužina, Petar Orešković, Dalibor Matanić, Ivan Sikavica
production company: ZEBRA Creative Network
producer: David Lušičić
cast: Lana Barić, Frano Mašković, Milivoj Beader, Jadranka Đokić, Goran Bogdan
synopsis: The basic concept is based on a surrealistic game that explores the obscurity, the mystique and the randomness in the process of storytelling. Selected authors will make a movie through an agreed period of time in the way that that each author continues the story of the previous one. All the scenes together will create an unique narrative construction. In this experiment there will be 13 directors who will participate in the process of creating. Every author has a task to continue the scene of the previous one by seeing only the last minute. The whole movie will be created continuously through a period of time as a creative chain reaction.
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Mike and Steve, two friends, are pretty and clumsy criminals who fail to complete the task assigned to them by mafia boss Vincent…
Prod. Ethan Anderson, John Drazic, Ante Novaković, Kresh Novaković; r. Ante Novaković; sc. Ante Novaković, Kresh Novaković, ul: Armand Assante, Kresh Novakovic, Luca Pierucci, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Joanna Lu, Ivan Babić; direktor fotografije: John Schmidth; m. Victoria Valles; g. Andrew Drazic, John Drazic; t. Marcus Black, Alex Lee, Alex Ramirez, Neil Seidman; kgf. Jami-Lee Hamilton; s.e. Nicole Dicarlo
DIRECTOR: Ante Novaković (Bronx, New York, USA) is a child of Croatian immigrant parents. He graduated from the New School University in 2004. He perfected his skills working on a number of theatrical productions and screenplays. Throughout his career he worked alongside many distinguished directors and actors. For example, he worked on the films Reservoir Dogs, Piano, Pulp Fiction, From Dust till Dawn and Eyes Wide Shut. His passions for film and storytelling through film led him to film directing. The Fix marks his directorial debut.
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(Omnibus: Birthday, Bomb, Subtenant)
OUT OF COMPETITION (wish of the author and the producer)
Matea is a twelve-year-old whiner who wants her house birthday party to be a turning point towards school popularity. Nera is a girl at a crossroads in life. An incident in front of a shopping mall could give her a new perspective on things. Miran is a newly-fledged husband, son-in-law, and a father-to-be who is simply trying to move his things to a new apartment with the help from neighbours that start giving him a hard time. Three neighbours on the verge of a breakdown on a winter night.
directors: Birthday – Hana Jušić and Sonja Tarokić, Bomb – Dario Juričan, Subtenant – Andrija Mardešić
production company Croatian Radiotelevision
producer Goran Radman, Mario Oreškovićcast: Marija Piliškić, Daria Lorenci, Mia Biondić, Karla Brbić, Rakan Rushaidat, Marko Cindrić, Ivan Glowatzky, Andrea Rogan, Hana Mahmuljin, Nina Mileta, Manuele Bajan, Branka Cvitković, Matej Pek, Tin Takač, Bojan Navojec, Damir Šaban, Filip Radoš, Ozren Grabarić, Boris Miholjević
director of photography Dragan Ruljančić
editing Iva Blašković
art design Ivana Škrabalo
costume design Lena Andrijević
music Dubravko Robić
sound Tomislav Gašparić
make-up Irena Hadrović
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Two kids at the top of a skyscraper. A view of the sea. He is Tom Sawyer and she is Alice in Wonderland. They walk along the edge of the roof, doing everything they’re not supposed to. In that hot summer, left under the care of her grandma, she will feel love for the first time.
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Shooting of a commercial can be tedious, especially if you are an extra. Maja’s job is to take care of extras and she has an unpleasant task of sorting them by their looks – pretty ones in the front, close to the camera, and the ugly ones in the back. To make things worse, her new boyfriend Mladen is among them. Mladen never considered himself a prettyboy…
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Set in 1991 in wartime Dubrovnik, The Little Raccoon follows playful girl Lily, viewing the war through Lily’s eyes. Not aware of what’s really going on, Lily is care-freely playing in the basement, happy that all of her friends are there and playing with the make-up all the time. She has a special bond with her father, who is a regular customer in her “beauty salon”. Just, as the war flares up, Lily and her pregnant mother need to leave Dubrovnik, and Lily realizes that she has to say goodbye to her father.
director: Barbara Vekarić
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Fourteen year old Abi, a social outsider whose perspective of the world around her is contained within the four walls of her London family home, is faced with crossing the distance between her assumptions and reality. Abi lives with her mother and older brother in a converted London apartment. A social outsider who struggles at school, she spends most of her time in own world, making up stories about the obese and imposing middle-aged woman Rita who lives with her weedy husband in the apartment upstairs. Abi’s imagination is provoked by banging and thumping noises which drift through the ceiling from Rita’s apartment. Abi is convinced that the beastly woman is beating up her helpless husband. She entertains her mother and brother with silly stories about the “villain” upstairs, and the warmth of their laughter makes her fear of school and the outside world melt away. But beneath her teasing and joking, Abi is terrified of Rita. When Abi’s mother instructs her to deliver a message to the apartment upstairs, Abi reluctantly approaches Rita’s door. There, in the lair of the villain, she finds that reality is far from her assumptions and comes to face to face with her naive and overactive imagination.
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After all this waiting
It’s finally here
Finally in Croatia
Zovko Teleport!
Get anywhere in just four seconds…director: Predrag Ličina
producer: Ankica Tilić, Kinorama
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production company Sperl Productions
producer Gabriela Sperl
co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Atalanta (Serbia)
co-producers Damir Terešak, Piroska Tolnai Varga
directed & written by Michaela Kezele
cast: Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Ema Simović, Danica Ristovskidirector of photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
editor Andre Bendocchi-Alves
art director Goran Joksimovic Joksa
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composers Gerd Baumann, Gregor Hübner
sound Andre Bendocchi-Alves
make-up Marina PetrovićSUMMARY: In 1999, during the Kosovo War, young widow Danica lives with her two sons on the Serbian side of the river Ibar. When Ramiz, an injured UCK soldier, seeks shelter in her home, Danica decides to help him knowing that this will put her own life and the lives of her children in danger…
DIRECTOR: Michaela Kezele (Munich, Germany, 1975). After graduating from high school, she pursued a career as a musician and received a bachelor’s degree in Acting in Munich. In 2008, she received a degree in Directing from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München with the award-winning film Milan, which screened in more than forty countries in the world and won some thirty awards, including the Student Academy Award nominations. My Beautiful Country marks her full-length directorial debut. Filmography: Song Contest (2003, short film), Ich Liebe Dich (2004, short film), episode of the omnibus Neun (2005).
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producer Goran Paskaljević
co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Arsam International Sarl (France)
co-producers Damir Terešak, Ilann Girard
director Goran Paskaljević
written by Filip David, Goran Paskaljević
cast Mustafa Nadarević, Nebojša Glogovac, Predrag Ejdus, Zafir Hadžimanov, Meto Jovanovski, Olga Odanović-Petrovićdirector of photography Milan Spasić
editor Kristina Poženel
art director Milenko Jeremić
costume designer Marina Vukasović Medenica
composer Vlatko Stefanovski
sound Dragutin Cirković, Goran Ćorković, Darko Glišić, Davor Omerza
make-up Lidija Skoručak
special effects Jamal M’Barek, Muhamed M’BarekSUMMARY: Misha Brankov is a retired music professor. One morning he receives a letter requesting him to contact the Jewish Museum in Belgrade. At the museum, he learns that workers have found a box with documents during excavations of the site where there was the infamous World War II concentration camp for Jews and Roma. The box was buried by camp inmate Isaac Weiss as far back as in 1941 and it will change his life forever…
DIRECTOR: Goran Paskaljević (Belgrade, Serbia, 1947) holds a degree in Film Directing from the FAMU in Prague. He has made more than 30 documentaries and six short and16 feature-length films, shown at the most prestigious international film festivals – Cannes (Special Treatment, 1980), Berlin (The Dog Who Loved Trains, 1977; Beach Guard in Wintertime, 1976), Venice (Tango Argentino, 1992; Cabaret Balkan, 1998; How Harry Became a Tree, 2001), etc. The film Cabaret Balkan (1998) earned him the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize for Best European Film at the European Film Awards. He lives between Belgrade and Paris and has both French and Serbian citizenship.
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production company Arsmedia
producer Franci Zajc
co-production companies Jadran film Zagreb (Croatia)
co-producers Franjo Senjak
executive producer Boštjan Ikovic
director Marko Naberšnik
written by Marko Naberšnik prema literarnom after the book written by Feri Lainšček
cast Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram, Senad Bašić, Marjuta Slamič, Jasna Diklić, Miodrag Miki Trifunovdirector of photography Miloš Srdič
editor Janez Bricelj
art director Miha Ferkov
costume designer Nataša Rogelj
composer Saša Lošić
sound Jože Trtnik, Boštjan Kačičnik
make-up Mirjam KavčičSUMMARY: Lutvija Belmondo Mirga tells a story about four generations of his Roma family. Belmondo earns a living by smuggling and his power and influence are growing. He wins the support of local politicians and the police, which makes him untouchable and above the law. He becomes the gypsy king and decides to build his gypsy village and name it Shanghai. However, during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, instead of smuggling goods, people start smuggling arms…
DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, Slovenia, 1973) attended a film directing course at the New York Film Academy in 1996. There he made his first short film The Beginning and it was with this film that he passed the entrance examination to study Film and Television Directing at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), from which he graduated in 2010. He has been working as assistant lecturer at the Academy and as director of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. His full-length directorial debut Rooster’s Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk, 2007) was seen by 183,000 spectators, which makes it one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia of all-time.
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Tuesday, 23. July in 10:00, INK
Goltzius and the Pelican Company
Erotic drama | Croatia, France, The Netherlands | 129 min | 2012.
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production company Kasander Film
producer Kees Kasander
co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
directed & written by Peter Greenaway
cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolićdirector of photography Reiner van Brummelen
editor Elmer Leupen
art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
composer Marco Robino
sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
make-up Sara Meerman
special effects Branko RepalustSUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…
DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.
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production company Bela Film
producer Ida Weiss
co-production companies RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Studio Dim (Croatia), FVG Film Commission (Italy), RAI – Regionale FVG (Italy)
directed & written by Martin Turk
cast Boris Cavazza, Sebastian Cavazza, Jure Henigman, Maša Derganc, Miranda Caharija, Iza Veselkodirector of photography Radislav Jovanov – Gonzo
editor Tomislav Pavlic
art director Maja Moravec
costume designer Emil Cerar
composer Chris Eckman
sound Miha Jaramaz
make-up Mojca Gorogranc PetrushevskaSUMMARY: Robert is a graphologist and he is convinced that based on Jesus’s description he can reconstruct his handwriting. In order to complete his research, he travels to Italy, where he meets an unusual homeless man. Enchanted and confused by the encounter with a mysterious man, he follows him and disappears without a trace. Robert’s disappearance forces his father Janez to call his elder son Matej after many years of estrangement. Despite their unsettled conflicts from the past, Matej decides to help his father. Matej’s wife Ana and their daughter Veronika temporarily move in with Matej’s demented mother…
DIRECTOR: Martin Turk (Trieste, Italy, 1978) holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His short films were presented and awarded at more than sixty festivals around the world, including the Cannes (Quinzaine des realisateurs). Feed Me With Your Words marks his full-length directorial debut, developed as part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residence Programme in 2009. Filmography (selection): short films Excursion (2002), Slice of Life (2006), Every Day is not the Same (2008), Stealing the Corn (2009), The Things We’ve Never Done Together (2011), and the TV film Room 408 (2009).
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Due to some new rules, Pero (Goran Navojec), the head of a small place on a remote Dalmatian island, decides to do everything he can so that his village earns the status of a town. In order to achieve that he has to overcome some boundaries: raise the number of inhabitants from 99 to 100 and turn his villagers into citizens. People are finding it hard to adapt to the new situation, but Pero is determined to have his own way – as a politician and as the head of the family. In conflict with problematic brothers (Bojan Navojec, Moji Jurišić), torn between his ill mother (Ingeborg Appelt), love problems (Marija Škaričić, Bojana Petrović) and politics, Pero finds it ever harder to cope with the situation and he loses control. Things get even more complicated when a famous Italian fashion designer (Petar Mišo Mihočević) and his favourite model (Miran Kurspahić) come to town and when Pero’s intentions to turn their visit into a marketing opportunity for the village turn into a nightmare.
directed by Filip Šovagović
written by Ivica Đikić, Robert Perišić, Filip Šovagovićproduction company Zona Sova
producer Filip Šovagovićcast: Marija Škaričić, Goran Navojec, Bojana Petrović, Marijana Mikulić, Milena Blaženović, Ingerborg Apelt, Mijo Jurišić, Bojan Navojec
director of photography Mirko Pivčević
editing Dafne Jemeršić
art design Veronika Radman
costume design Marita Ćopo, Zorana Mejić
music Filip Šovagović
sound Damir Valinčić
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Wednesday, 24. July in 12:00, INK
The Forger
Comedy | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia | 100 min | 2012.
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production company Drina Film
produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
directed & written by Goran Marković
cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojecdirector of photography Dušan Joksimović
editor Snežana Ivanović
art director Veljko Despotović
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composer Zoran Simjanović
sound Roland Vajs
make-up Dubravka BusatlijaSUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…
DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).
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Nina, a young activist, is selling the family home, located near a factory in Vranjić. Srđan, her boyfriend, is moving to Germany for good to work as a dentist, leaving Nina with her strong but blind mother. Nina goes for a medical check-up to find out if she has inherited a genetic condition from her father, who died from asbestosis. Nina’s doctor is in a secret lesbian relationship with Nina’s friend and doesn’t want anyone to know about it. Nina and her mother can no longer keep it silent and it all comes to the surface through tears and laughter. Srđan is trying to comfort Nina with his love, but Nina can no longer carry her destiny.
directed and written by Dan Oki
production company Udruga Kazimir
producent Slobodan Jokićcast: Andrea Dea Mladinić, Nikša Arčanin, Bruna Bebić, Danijela Vuković, Elena Orlić, Linda Vladislavić, Leon Lučev, Danijel Rafaelić, Damir Duplančić Cunko, Ivan Perić
director of photography Raul Brzić
editing Davor Švaić
art design Ivan Bura
costume design Buga Cvjetanović
music and sound Vjeran Šalamon
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Thursday, 25. July in 12:00, INK
Adria Blues
Drama | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia | 91 min | 2013.
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production companies Gustav Film, Filmostovje, Senca Studio
producer Frenk Celarc, Miroslav Mandić, Ida Weiss
co-production companies Propeler Film (Croatia), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Comrad (Slovenia), TV Slovenija (Slovenia)
co-producers Boris T. Matić, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Mitja Senčur
directed & written by Miroslav Mandić
cast Senad Bašić, Mojca Funki, Peter Musevski, Grega Zec, Iva Babić, Franjo Dijakdirector of photography Jure Černec
editor Stanko Kostanjevec
art director Matjaž Pavlovec
costume designer Emil Cerar
composer Aldo Kumar
sound Samir Fočo
make-up Alenka NahtigalSUMMARY: Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980’s, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive ever since, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni’s annoyance and fits of jealousy, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is Max, the owner of a hotel called Adria and an avid fan of the 80’s New Wave. He offers Sonia to organize a come-back concert for the former star, without his knowing it. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. Sonia begs him to play, believing a concert is the only way out of his depression.
DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1955) holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Sarajevo and a master’s degree in Dramaturgy and Film Directing from the New York Columbia University. After the award-winning short film Workers’ Marriage (1985), he shot his full-length debut A Worker’s Life (1987). He directed The Surrealists’ Top Chart (1989-90), the most popular TV show in the former Yugoslavia. From 1995 till 2002, he directed a number of documentaries for the Czech television. He is the author of fulllength documentaries Borderline Lovers (2005) and Searching for Johnny (2009). Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Ljubljana.
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The action takes place during one of the sessions of a final-year programme in group therapy. The head lecturer for the programme is an American psychiatrist-psychotherapist and the group is made up of psychiatrists, special education teachers and pedagogues. Their motives for attending this programme are twofold: because of their own professional ambition and because of the American professor’s worldwide reputation. The plot is driven by rather turbulent relationships between the characters. At the centre of the story is a 40-year old psychiatrist, Simona K., who is much more successful in her professional life than in her private life. This is not, however, a film about group psychotherapy. That is simply a means for exploring the film’s real themes.
directed by Zrinko Ogresta
written by Lada Kaštelanproduction company Interfilm
producer Ivan Maločacast: Jelena Miholjević, Bojan Navojec, Polona Juh, Ksenija Pajić, Ksenija Marinković, Doris Šarić Kukuljica, Jasna Bilušić, Luka Petrušić, Vladimir Jurc
director of photography Branko Linta
editing Tomislav Pavlic
art design Tanja Lacko
costume design Slavica Šnur
sound Martin Semenčić
make-up Slavica Šnur
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production company Perfo Production
producers Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof
co-production companies Studio Dim (Hrvatska / Croatia), Beofilm (Danska / Denmark)
co-producers Morten Kjems Juhl, Peter Hyldahl, Marina Andree Škop, Darija Kulenović Gudan
director Nejc Gazvoda
written by Nejc Gazvoda, Janez Lapajne
cast Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Jure Henigman, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Matjaž Tribušondirector of photography Darko Herič
editors Nejc Gazvoda, Marina Andree Škop, Janez Lapajne
art director Niko Novak
costume designer Nadja Bedjanič
composer Monkey Cup Dress
sound Matjaž Zdešar Moraus, Roar Skau Olsen
make-up Anja Godina, Snježana Gorup
SUMMARY: Due to bad weather, an airplane from Denmark is forced to land at the Slovene airport. Amongst the passengers being taken to a hotel in Ljubljana, is a quiet, beautiful young Danish girl Iben (25). This is how she meets Tina (25), who drives a shuttle as a summer job. Iben asks Tina to take her for a midnight drive around town and Tina agrees even though the request seems a bit odd. The unexpected love blooms between the two girls. However, they aren’t able to realise their love because of a dark secret that one of them carries and the other one’s attempt to find her place in the world.DIRECTOR: Nejc Gazvoda (Novo Mesto, Slovenia, 1985) won the Golden Bird and Fabula Awards for his short stories Nothing Escapes the Squirrels when he was in high school. He received the Kresnik, Presern and Grossman Awards for his plays, novels and screenplays. He holds a degree in Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. His debutant feature film A Trip (2011) was presented at more than thirty festivals around the world, winning five national film awards at the Slovene Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the festival in Nashville.
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(Omnibus: Birthday, Bomb, Subtenant)
OUT OF COMPETITION (wish of the author and the producer)
Matea is a twelve-year-old whiner who wants her house birthday party to be a turning point towards school popularity. Nera is a girl at a crossroads in life. An incident in front of a shopping mall could give her a new perspective on things. Miran is a newly-fledged husband, son-in-law, and a father-to-be who is simply trying to move his things to a new apartment with the help from neighbours that start giving him a hard time. Three neighbours on the verge of a breakdown on a winter night.
directors: Birthday – Hana Jušić and Sonja Tarokić, Bomb – Dario Juričan, Subtenant – Andrija Mardešić
production company Croatian Radiotelevision
producer Goran Radman, Mario Oreškovićcast: Marija Piliškić, Daria Lorenci, Mia Biondić, Karla Brbić, Rakan Rushaidat, Marko Cindrić, Ivan Glowatzky, Andrea Rogan, Hana Mahmuljin, Nina Mileta, Manuele Bajan, Branka Cvitković, Matej Pek, Tin Takač, Bojan Navojec, Damir Šaban, Filip Radoš, Ozren Grabarić, Boris Miholjević
director of photography Dragan Ruljančić
editing Iva Blašković
art design Ivana Škrabalo
costume design Lena Andrijević
music Dubravko Robić
sound Tomislav Gašparić
make-up Irena Hadrović
special effects Branko Repalust
Kaštel
National program
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Friday, 19. July in 21:30, Kaštel
The Forger
Comedy | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia | 100 min | 2012.
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production company Drina Film
produceri Tihomir Stanić, Bogdan Stanić
co-production companies Jadran Film (Hrvatska / Croatia), Balkan Film (Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina)
co-producers Sandra Basso, Dragan Davidović, Dejan Jocić, Vlado Lojak
directed & written by Goran Marković
cast Tihomir Stanić, Branka Katić, Dragan Petrović, Haris Burina, Sergej Trifunović, Goran Navojecdirector of photography Dušan Joksimović
editor Snežana Ivanović
art director Veljko Despotović
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composer Zoran Simjanović
sound Roland Vajs
make-up Dubravka BusatlijaSUMMARY: The story is set in the sixties of the last century. Anđelko, the director of a primary school in Dubica, a small place in Bosnia, leads a modest family life. He believes in Yugoslavia and adores its leader, President Josip Broz Tito. However, Anđelko has one major flaw: he is a forger, he forges school diplomas. He never asks for money because he is a philantrophist by conviction. One day, a neighbour, with a forged diploma of a leather school, reports to the police that the local vet has Anđelko’s diploma too. Anđelko escapes to a big town…
DIRECTOR: Goran Marković (Belgrad, Serbia, 1946) received a degree in Film Directing from the Prague FAMU in 1970. He works in film and television. He has directed a number of documentaries and more than fifty television films. In 1976, he made his directorial debut with the very successful film Special Education. Reflections (1987, Grand Golden Arena) is probably his most acclaimed film. Since 1979, he has taught at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Filmography (selection): National Class (1978), All That Jack’s (1980), Variola vera (1982), Taiwan Canasta (1985), Reflections (1988), Meeting Point (1988, Grand Golden Arena), Tito and Me (1992), Tragedy Burlesque (1995), documentary Serbie, Année Zéro (2001), The Tour (2008).
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Friday, 19. July in 23:15, Kaštel
Goltzius and the Pelican Company
Erotic drama | Croatia, France, The Netherlands | 129 min | 2012.
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production company Kasander Film
producer Kees Kasander
co-production companies MP Filmska Produkcija (Hrvatska / Croatia), Portpictures (Velika Britanija / UK), CDP (Francuska / France)
co-producers Catherine Dussart, Igor A. Nola, Suza Horvat, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
directed & written by Peter Greenaway
cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Giullio Berutti, Anne Luise Hassing, Vedran Živolićdirector of photography Reiner van Brummelen
editor Elmer Leupen
art directors Ben Zuydwijk, Ivica Hušnjak
costume designers Marrit Van Den Burgt, Blanka Budak
composer Marco Robino
sound Huibert Boon, Ivica Slivarić, Krešimir Rodić
make-up Sara Meerman
special effects Branko RepalustSUMMARY: The film is set in the winter of 1590 when Hendrik Goltzius, a Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, holds an interview with the rich Margrave of Alsace in the castle on the Rhine trying to get finance for a new printing press. In return, Goltzius promises to print a superb book of pictures of Old Testament Biblical stories. In addition, to tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius’s company – engravers, printers and a few actors, united under the name the Pelican Company, promise to stage six dramatizations of Biblical erotic stories for the Margrave and his suite…
DIRECTOR: Peter Greenaway (Newport, Wales, Great Britain, 1942) trained as a painter in London for four years, and started making his own films in 1966. He now lives in Amsterdam. He has made 12 feature films and some 50 short films and documentaries, which screened at world’s most prestigious film festivals. His first narrative feature film The Draughtsman¹s Contract (1982) received great critical acclaim and established him internationally as an original filmmaker, a reputation consolidated by the films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Pillow Book (1996), the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003- 2004), and Goltzius and the Pelican Company.