Croatia

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When Maja arrives on a remote island to resolve the issue of family inheritance, she doesn’t expect to stay there longer than she planned.Read More »

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Brightly patterned knitwear, synchronized waving and twanging electronic music. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in 1980s Yugoslavia. But wait, is that an iPhone ringing at the dinner table? And wouldn’t it be pretty cold and dark on an evening at that time of year? – David Kapac and Andrija Mardešić’s The Uncle is one of those films that’s fun to watch because you can pick up things that are a bit off, and in the mad-cap dash that is The Uncle’s 1h 44 minutes, there is certainly a lot to pick up on.Read More »

In a dystopian future, Matja and his family face an unresolved tragedy. Despite losing his faith and struggling to find his true self, the dawn breaks over the valley, revealing that the only way to deal with trauma and evil is to face them head-on.—Camse CorpsRead More »

A two-part omnibus consisting of b/w comedy about a group of friends who try to cover up a murder, and thriller set in an abandoned warehouse where three policemen guard their witness-collaborator who claims “they” will come and shoot them all.Read More »

Three loosely connected stories about football fans in Zagreb, Croatia, during the day of the country’s biggest derby between Zagreb’s GNK Dinamo and Split’s NK Hajduk.Read More »

A new school counsellor tries to stay out of power dynamics imposed by the Headmistress, teachers and parents.Read More »

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The film is set in Croatia in mid-1991, after the Croatian Parliament had proclaimed the country’s independence, seceding it from Yugoslavia. However, army garrisons around the country are still held by the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), which does not acknowledge the parliament’s decision. The JNA garrisons are largely manned by conscripts hailing from all over Yugoslavia who are serving their compulsory military service, and headed by senior officers who ignore Croatian demands that the JNA should leave Croatian territory and release Croats under their command. In this backdrop, the film begins with the arrival of art historian Blaž Gajski (played by Vlatko Dulić) to a small unnamed Croatian island with the intention of rescuing his son Zoran (Leon Lučev) who is serving at the local JNA barracks…Read More »

Three daughters battle for acceptance, redemption and new opportunities. Dora is a neglected girl, who dreams about becoming a football manager. Suddenly, her outlaw father enters her life and they build a close relationship. Ives, a director, nurses her father who suffers from Alzheimer’s. As she loses him, she gradually loses the ground beneath her feet. Natasa, successful producer, is pregnant. When things go awry for her, she decides to confront her estranged father. All three carry their fathers, yet they need them to confront themselves.Read More »

Stola has been spending his summer in the sweltering haze of festival parties. But one day, he runs into Roko, an old acquaintance, who is on a mission to discover medieval frescoes at a nearby monastery. Roko convinces Stola and a random group of partygoers to join him in his search. However, when their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, their brief excursion turns into an allegorical journey into the unknown.Read More »