Celebration
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This film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Damir Karakaš features wonderful photography of rural landscape, but also a testimony about commonplace brutality, exploring the reasons why innocent people become easy pray for ideological crusaders.
Set in an impoverished Croatian village between 1926 and 1945. The constant deprivation, repeated changes to the regime, and war pervaded the forests and shrouded the place in a miasma that obscured all visions of a better future. Village life was also tough for Mijo, former member of the Ustaše militia: His young, innocent soul was burdened by the outside world and troubled by inhumane orders. He later fell prey to the false sheen of right-wing ideology, which seems to have tainted everything beautiful and innocent about his past, including memories of Drenka, his childhood sweetheart.

"This is not merely a Balkan story; there is an ideological matrix at work in its very centre, the variants of which we can see around the world, working their way through various socio-political systems, in the past as well as in the present. Sadly, the humanity doesn't seem to have progressed much in the past century." (Bruno Anković)
Section: PERSPECTIVES
Directed by: Bruno Anković
Country, year: Croatia, 2024
Length: 86 minutes
Subtitles: English,Slovenian
Language: Croatian

Screening in cinema:

Mon, 18.11.2024 16:00 Kosovel Hall
Tue, 19.11.2024 19:00 Kinodvor Cinema
Sun, 24.11.2024 15:00 Slovenian Cinematheque

VOD service:

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Please note that this film is not available as VOD service.
Screenplay:
Jelena Paljan
Cinematography:
Aleksandar Pavlović
Cast:
Bernard Tomić (Mijo), Krešimir Mikić (oče), Klara Fiolić (Drenka), Lars Štern (mladi Mijo), Jan Doležal (mali Mijo), Nedim Nezirović (Rude), Tanja Smoje (mama), Izudin Bajrović (Drenkin oče), David Tasić Daf (dedek)
Producent:
Eclectica
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About director
Bruno Anković

Born in 1976 in Split, Croatia. He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He has directed short fiction and documentary films, as well as TV formats. Since 1999 he has made a great number of high-profile award-winning commercials. Celebration is his debut feature film.
Filmography
2024 Proslava (Celebration/Proslava)