Short Pula - Short Documentary Films

A newly discovered protozoan has brought the noble pen shell to the brink of extinction; however, Aquarium Pula has contributed to the rescue of this critically endangered endemic bivalve.

Croatia | 2020 | 22’ 
documentary

DIRECTOR Matko Mičić, Matea Stankić | SCREENPLAY Žana Moslavac | CINEMATOGRAPHY Zoran Mičić | EDITOR Matko Mičić, Matea Stankić | PRODUCER Milena Mičić | COMPANY Aquarium Pula

Matea Stankić (Pula, 1992) studied marine sciences at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula and marine conservation as a graduate programme at FAMNIT in Koper. She has been working at Pula Aquarium since 2017 in the fields of quarantine, breeding and taking care of the animals at the Aquarium, as well as on the project School for Life, developing educational videos on nature and biology. In her free time, she works in photo and video editing.

Matko Mičić (Pula, 1994) enrolled into the Department of Informatics at the University of Rijeka, and into the College for Information Technologies in Zagreb a year later. He is a part of compTIA association and started work at Pula Aquarium in 2017. Other than developing the web page of Pula Aquarium, he has also been a part of developing educational material for the project School for Life.