Student films
Selected student films:
69, Dilian Pavlov (Bulgaria)
Alone, Lana Kosovac (Croatia)
Apartment Buildings of Rijeka, Matea Šarić (Croatia)
Audition, Lavinija Sofronievska (Macedonia)
Equilibrium, Alexandru Badea (Rumunjska)
Borba, Tomislav Jelinčić (Hrvatska)
Free Božidar, Klemen Berus (Slovenija)
If the Sheep Were Pink, Đurija Radivojević (Serbia)
U kući, Ana-Maria Comănescu (Romania)
Moonless Summer, Stefan Ivančić (Serbia)
Semifinals, Tomislav Šoban (Croatia)
Station #15033, Iulia Matei (Romania)
Strong Dialect, Dominik Grdić (Croatia)
Swimming, Katarina Rešek (Slovenia)
Ta'ruz: The colorful kids of the grey city, Sezer Ağgez (Turkey)
Institution, Kristina Marić (Croatia)
The Last Act, Dina Duma (Macedonia)
The visit, Hedda Bednarzsky (Romania)
Vlog, Bruno Pavić (Croatia)
69
(69), fiction, Bulgaria, 2014., 16’ 10’’
Director: Dilian Pavlov
Scriptwriter: Dilian Pavlov
Actress in a leading role: Snejana Makaveeva (Ana)
Actor in a leading role: Stoyan Radev
Actresses in supporting role: Yaroslava Pavlova (nurse)
Actors in supporting role: Todor Darlianov (medical assistant)
Director of photography: Anton Bakarski
Editing: Bohos Topakbashian
Set design: Christian Lekov
Costume design: Christian Lekov
Music: George Stresov
Sound editing: Bohos Topakbashian
Makeup: Christian Lekov
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A young girl is attacked on the street. In the hospital, she is mistakenly put in the same room with her attacker, where he attempts to finish her off. The attacker tells a different story – he is the victim of the accident, and in the hospital, he is trying to save her life.
Audition
(Audicija), drama, 2014., Macedonia, 12’ 24’’
Director: Lavinija Sofronievska
Scriptwriter: Gorjan Miloshevski
Actress in a leading role: Ivana Pavlakovik
Actor in a leading role: Milan Tocinovski
Actresses in supporting role: Tina Trpkoska
Actors in supporting role: Jakov Angelov, Igor Angelov
Director of photography: Dario Sekulovski
Editing: Martin Ivanov
Set design: Dejan Gosevski
Costume design: Emilija Ivanovska Atanasovska
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Sound editing: Sashko Potter Micevski
Makeup: Frosina Mitrovska
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Story of Victor (30 years), pianist who carries the trauma of childhood because of the death of his mother and the shortage of maternal love. Viktor is still carrying a mention in love to his piano- professor, which was in relation to her colleague. Memories tells the story, but they are incentive fails to succeed wink in his life - appearance before the jury for scholarships post-graduation studies in Hamburg.
Fight
(Borba), documentary, Croatia, 2014., 40’
Director: Tomislav Jelinčić
Scriptwriter: Tomislav Jelinčić
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Director of photography: Smiljka Guštak, Antonio Pozojević
Editing: Karla Folnović, Denis Golenja
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This is a documentary film about a fight for fight. In the ring. In the family. In school. In the society. In the spotlight.
Equilibrium
(Echilibru), fiction/drama, Romania, 2015., 27’ 53’’
Director: Alexandru Badea
Scriptwriter: Alexandru Badea
Actress in a leading role: Crina Semciuc
Actor in a leading role: Pavel Ulici
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Actors in supporting role: Andrei Runcanu, Mihai Niță
Director of photography: Ștefania Grigorescu
Editing: Răzvan Ilinca
Set design: Iulia Petrescu
Costume design: Iulia Petrescu
Music: Andrei Boanță
Sound editing: Andrei Boanță
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Apart from quitting her job, nothing much is going on in Daria's life. Although she's trying to find an inner balance, she seems unable to decide what to do next. She's stuck at the crossroads.
Free Božidar
(Free Božidar), documentary, Slovenia, 2014., 16’ 30’’
Director: Klemen Berus
Scriptwriter: Klemen Berus
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Director of photography: Uroš Hočevar
Editing: Sara Gjergek
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Music: Klemen Berus
Sound editing: Sara Gjergek
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The film portrays a Slovenian activist Božidar Radišič and his struggle for legalization of marihuana in his country. The struggle takes place all the way from his home garden and up to higher Slovenian courts.
Strong Dialect
(Jaki dijalekt), dokumentarni/eksperimentalni, Hrvatska, 2014., 8’23’’
Director: Dominik Grdić
Scriptwriter: Dominik Grdić, Andreja Jandrečić
Actress in a leading role: gđa. Filomena
Actor in a leading role: Marco Wenegger
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Actors in supporting role: Ante Božanić Pepe
Director of photography: Dominik Grdić
Editing: Dominik Grdić, Michel Mesarić, Andreja Jandrečić
Set design: Dominik Grdić, Andreja Jandrečić
Costume design: Andreja Jandrečić
Music: Naracija – Ante Božanić Pepe
Sound design: Michel Mesarić
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In this video young tourist in Komiža meets up with old Komizan women. She teaches him about old traditions through making a traditional pie. It is the only indigenous product available to everyone, so it symbolizes Komiža through folklore, food and culture...
Alone
(Nasamo), drama, Croatia, 2015., 19’ 21’’
Director: Lana Kosovac
Scriptwriters: Lana Kosovac / Beatrica Kurbel
Actress in a leading role: Sanja Milardović
Actor in a leading role: Petar Cvirn
Actresses in supporting role: Branka Trlin
Actors in supporting role: Željko Duvnjak
Director of photography: Bojan Mrđenović
Editing: Denis Golenja
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Costume design: Slađana Buljan
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Sound editing: Srđan Popović
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Mirna is a serious girl. She decides to cross the line to experience excitement. Alone.
Apartment Buildings of Rijeka
(Neboderi Rijeke), experimental, Croatia, 2015., 3’28’’
Director: Matea Šarić
Scriptwriter: Matea Šarić
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Director of photography: Matea Šarić
Editing: Matea Šarić
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A different view of Rijeka through its apartment buildings. Focused on contrasting architectural form of the building shot from the outside with the sounds of life which happens inside of it.
Semifinals
(Polufinale), drama, Hrvatska, 2014., 17’30’’
Director: Tomislav Šoban
Scriptwriter: Tomislav Šoban
Actress in a leading role: Barbara Nola
Actor in a leading role: Kristian Bonačić, Svebor Kamenski Bačun
Actresses in supporting role: Jadranka Đokić
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Director of photography: Matija Pekić
Editing: Bojan Ocvirek Mijatović
Set design: Tomislav Šoban
Costume design: Katarina Pilić
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Sound editing: Srđan Popović
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For the first time, Kristian will join his older brother Svebor in the Croatian Juniors’ Fencing Championship. While Kristian merely wants to participate, Svebor has great expectations.
Ta’ruz: The colorful kids of the grey city
(Ta’ruz: Gri Şehrin Renkli Çocukları), documentary, Turkey, 2015., 9’15’’
Director: Sezer Ağgez
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Director of photography: İbrahim Esmer, Sercan Karataş, Sezer Ağgez
Editing: Oğuzhan Erdoğan
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Graffiti gives colour to every city it is made in. As the root of this movement is illegal, recently it has gained great popularity in Turkey and interpreted in many different ways. Each of these interpretations have created a different perspective but never discouraged the colour from the city.
In the House
(In the House), fiction/drama, Romania, 2014., 17’ 4’’
Director: Ana-Maria Comănescu
Scriptwriter: Ana-Maria Comănescu
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Actor in a leading role: Alexandru Sinca
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Lucian Ionescu, Rareş Andrici, Cristian Bota, Cosmin Teodor Pană
Director of photography: Tudor Platon
Editing: Patricia Chelaru
Set design: Victor Diaconu
Costume design: Andrei Radut
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Sound editing: Patricia Chelaru
Makeup: School of make-up Diana Ionescu
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In an attic, a group of young people gather for a party…
Swimming
(Plavanje), fiction, Slovenia, 2014., 23’43’’
Director: Katarina Rešek
Scriptwriter: Katarina Rešek
Actress in a leading role: Merisa Porić
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Actresses in supporting role: Edina Mehić Silić
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Director of photography: Rok Kajzer Nagode
Editing: Andrej Avanzo
Set design: Neža Zinajić
Costume design: Mateja Fajt
Music: Kukla Kesherović
Sound editing: Peter Žerovnik
Makeup: Petra Hartman
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12-yearold Sanela, growing up in a Muslim family, loves swimming and wants to attend a swimming competition at her school but her path changes when she gets her first period. The theme of the film is religious and cultural conflict between the West and Islam through the eyes of youth growing up between the values of the western society and the Islamic tradition.
The Visit
(În vizită), documentary, Romania, 2015., 13’ 57’’
Director: Hedda Bednarszky
Scriptwriter: Hedda Bednarszky
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Actor in a leading role: Peter
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Director of photography: Hedda Bednarszky
Editing: Hedda Bednarszky
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A solitude that can be extrapolated to the majority of Romanian retired persons who are condemned to loneliness after their family left to try and seek better chances elsewhere.
The Last Act
(Враќање), drama, FYRM, 2014., 28’
Director: Dina Duma
Scriptwriter: Aleksandar Rusjakov and Dina Duma
Actress in a leading role: Ivana Pavlakovik
Actor in a leading role: Dimitrija Doskevski
Actresses in supporting role: Kristina Lelovac, Sofia Kunovska,
Actors in supporting role: Ivica Dimitrijevik, Vlado Jovanovski, Nikola Ristanovski
Director of photography: Naum Doksevski
Editing: Martin Ivanov
Set design: Martin Spasevski
Costume design: Rade Vasilev
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Sound editing: Sashko Potter Micevski
Makeup: Irena Senokozlievska
Special effects: Dejan Krajcevski
Visual effects: Oliver Velickovski
Maria is an Italian actress who comes to visit her lover, in occupied Macedonia in 1942, but unfortunately her need for adventure ends tragically.
Station #15033
(Stația #15033), documentary, Romania, 2015., 65’39’’
Director: Iulia Matei
Scriptwriter: Iulia Matei
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Director of photography: Marius Mîndruțău
Editing: Vlad Voinescu, Iulia Matei
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Rodnei Mountains National Park, altitude 1785m. In a glacial cauldron, close to the Pietrosu Peak (2303 m) lays the Iezer Weather Station. Tiucu (Istrate Danci) is 45 years old, a short and slender man that, contrary to his appearance, possesses a rare physical strength and work drive. The love for Pietrosu, which he himself is unable to explain, has been keeping him as a meteorologist at the station for 24 years. The documentary follows his story for the duration of four seasons, where the symbiosis between men and nature represents the core of the narrative.
Moonless Summer
(Leto bez meseca), drama, Srbija, 2014., 31’ 6’’
Director: Stefan Ivančić
Scriptwriter: Stefan Ivančić
Actress in a leading role: Isidora Marković
Actor in a leading role: Matija Ristić
Actresses in supporting role: Jelisaveta Karadžić
Actors in supporting role: Stefan Djordjević
Director of photography: Igor Djordjević
Editing: Jelena Maksimović
Set design: Dragana Baćović
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Sound editing: Mladjan Matavulj
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Before moving abroad, sixteen-year-old Isidora spends a few days at her childhood countryside house. Lost in the summer’s stillness, she fears the coming changes...
If the Sheep Were Pink
(Kad bi ovce bile roze), drama, Srbija, 2015., 29’ 13’’
Director: Đurđija Radivojević
Scriptwriter: Đurđija Radivojević
Actress in a leading role: Jelena Vrcibradić
Actor in a leading role: Vasilije Prvulović
Actresses in supporting role: Katarina Kovačević, Zinaida Dedakin
Actors in supporting role: Predrag Ejdus, Veljko Smiljanić, Miloš Arsić
Director of photography: Filip Orlandić-Stojanovski
Editing: Davor Bosankić
Set design: Mina Lazarević, Sanja Bulat, Jelena Prekajski
Costume design: Kristina Kostić
Music: Dorotea Vejnović
Sound editing: Marko Đukić, Nikola Janković
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Special effects: Ivan Čolić
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Marko is the only child in the village. His childhood is lonely, bored and focused on adults. That changes when he meets Lacho, Biber and Shotka, who came to help him in the fight for children's rights. Marko experiences adventure and the true joy of growing up.
The Institution
(Institucija), experimental, Croatia, 2013., 12’16’’
Director: Kristina Marić
Scriptwriter: Kristina Marić
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Actors in supporting role: Domagoj Mrkonjić, Josip Brandis, Jakov Gavran, Filip Eldan, Nino Pavleković, Krešimir Jelić, Dario Šeremet, Tihomir Ranogajec, Hrvoje Nemec, Jurica Perharić, Matija Medverec, Kristijan Žakić, Matko Brekalo, Jurica Hrenić
Director of photography: Kristina Marić
Editing: Kristina Marić
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Music: Danijel Šimić
Sound editing: Vlatko Galić
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Visual effects: Vedran Marjanović
The film deals with the questions of time and space in the urban area in which the author spent several years of artistic education.
Vlog
(Vlog), drama, Croatia, 2014., 70’ 9’’
Director: Bruno Pavić
Scriptwriter: Bruno Pavić, Anamarija Pavić
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Actor in a leading role: Matija Kačan
Actresses in supporting role: Dara Vukić, Jelena Posavec Tušek
Actors in supporting role: Ivan Matijašević, Ivica Ljubić Žila
Director of photography: Ratko Ilijić
Editing: Goran Čače
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Music: Gildo Bavčević
Sound editing: Gildo Bavčević
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The film portrays the contemporary issues of a young man struggling with a financial and existential crisis.
Focus on production design
LECTURES:
PRODUCTION DESIGN AS STORYTELLING
Lecturer David Munns
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 9:30
David Munns will explain that the research into the process of production design and the creation of a new world is an integral part of film narration. The story is visualized, meanings are revealed, there is a sense of place being developed, the film world seems real, all of this is in a way at the same time being visible and invisible.
David Munns has been a film production designer since the 1980’s working on features, television dramas, commercials, music videos and others. He has worked consistently with director Milcho Manchevski since designing Before The Rain (Golden Lion for Best Film - Venice Film Festival 1994; Academy Award Nomination - Best Foreign Film 1995). Other films include Six Shooter (directed by Martin McDonagh - Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2006) and This Little Life (directed by Sarah Gavron - BAFTA winner 2004). In 2009, David received an award from the Government of Macedonia for contribution to Macedonian film and cinema. He has recently become course leader of MA Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth having been course leader of the BA (Hons) Film Production course since 2006.
CROATIA – FANTASTIC AND FANTASY FILM DESTINATION
Lecturer Hrvoje Hribar
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 10:30
Hrvoje Hribar will talk about Croatia as a very interesting country in terms of shooting a film, Croatia as a true film boutique where top things are being and will be shot. A film destination as a film set plays a powerful role in film creation. As an audio-visual tool, the film communicates through its ideas and values. It transmits feelings, positioning a country as a film-friendly destination.
Hrvoje Hribar graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has worked as a first assistant director, screenwriter, ra- dio playwright, cook and essayist. Through his production company FIZ, he produced and directed the comedy What Is a Man Without a Moustache?, the highest grossing film at Croatian box offices in 2006. Prior to that, he wrote, directed and produced two documentaries (The World is Great and Once There Was a Man), as well as his first feature The Tranquilizer Gun. As a director and a scriptwriter, Hribar is also the author of a TV film Croatian Cathedrals and the short film Between Zaghlul & Zaharias. In 2001, he directed the TV series New Age for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). He was awarded the Oktavijan several times. Hribar has been serving as a member of the Executive Committee of FERA. In 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the main audiovisual agency in Croatia.
CROATIA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE TV SERIES DIG
Lecturer Damir Gabelica
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 11:30
Damir Gabelica will talk about the shooting of the American TV series Dig in Croatia, i.e. about finding locations, placement of objects within the frame and the activities of the production design team.
Damir Gabelica became a member of the Croatian Film Makers Association after completing his studies. He started cooperating with Jadran Film as a freelance filmmaker. During this period he spent some time with London film studios. He authored the book Art Direction in Sketches – From Lisinski to the End of the 20th Century (2005) and co-authored the book Following the Trail of Winnetou Across Croatia with Vladimir Tadej. His credits include a number of national films as well as co-productions and TV series (Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, The Priest’s Children, Happy Endings, Biba’s World, etc.). He is a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists Association. In 2014, he won a Golden Arena for best art direction for the film Number 55.
SETSCENE ‒ THE COMPENDIUM OF FILM SETS
Lecturer Heizo Schulze
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 12:30
Heizo Schulze will talk about the birth of the idea of a setscene, an application that has developed into a research project. The screenplay, as a starting point in film production, determines the story, the dialogue and the location / scenery of the plot. The production designer has to arrange the location of the story with regard to the content and aesthetics. Analysing movies systematically by sets (not geographical locations) assists those who have to deal with movies/media professionally, as well as cinephiles in general.
Heizo Schulze started his career as a graphic and textual designer in Magdenburg. Apart from working as a junior researcher and lecturer at the Media Research Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig, he also worked as freelance designer. Later on, he was appointed professor of Audiovisual Media Design and dean and vice-dean at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences in Lemgo. His portfolio is very heterogeneous. It contains music videos, films and audiovisual works, as well as interactive artistic works, installations and iOS applications.
Presentation of students
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 17:00
DESIGNING PERIOD MOVIES
Lecturer Jelena Sopić
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 9:30
ANTHROPOLOGY OF IMAGINARY SPACES
Lecturer Tanja Lacko
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 10:30
Tanja Lacko will talk about the fact that art works do not only talk about themselves but also indirectly about the world in which they were created. Looking at the space of the film, we get to know the imaginary world of the film story and its characters but also the real world in which the story came into existence.
Tanja Lacko is an architect, art director and a senior lecturer at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Her film credits include: Behind the Glass, Sonja and the Bull, Cowboys, What is a Man Without a Moustache?, and many others. In 2007, she was granted a Golden Arena for best art direction for the film Play Me a Love Song.
USING COMPUTERS FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN PURPOSES
Lecturer Tomislav Vujnović
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 11:30
In Croatia, the use of computer technology has been moved from the postproduction phase to the production phase only in the last few years. Tomislav Vujnović will present cases where the use of computers for production design purposes largely reduced the cost of screenplay realization, enabling, in turn, the realization of an idea that would not be feasible with classic art direction considering Croatian film budgets. The aim of this lecture is to present the idea that the use of computer technology should be considered as a creative production tool (not just intended for error correction) when plans for the production of a film start.
Tomislav Vujnović started using computers for image processing in the early 1990s. At that time he established Studio Visions together with Robert Vidić and started working on a large number of Croatian music videos and films made for specific purposes, as well as feature-length and short films. He is one of Croatia’s visual effects pioneers. He won a special Golden Arena for visual effects at the 2010 Pula Film Festival for The Show Must Go On by Nevio Marasović, as well as other awards. He is a member of the Croatian Film Makers Association.
BEST KEPT SECRETS
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 17:00
