4th CROATIAN
FILM FESTIVAL

Roman Novotny, once a respected screenwriter, is now a forgotten author who reluctantly accepts a job at the bizarre tourist resort called Simula Peninsula.
There, under the leadership of the enigmatic Doctor Doppler, a strange experiment is taking place: a simulated “cinematic” resort where guests play pre-written roles, and the screenwriters — “operators” — create their stories anew every day.
At the heart of the fictional drama are Klara and her fiancé, whose relationship is falling apart, and an enigmatic figure wearing a porcelain mask, Persona — the only character fully aware that they are all inside a film.

The work of Dalibor Barić, a director who achieved Croatia’s first-ever entry into the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and was honoured with selection among the top 28 films.

A drug smuggling crew from Bosnia-Herzegovina faces chaos when a Syrian migrant’s explosives attract ISIS terrorists into the country, forcing them into a deadly game of loyalty and survival on the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia border.

A student on the run from a bad employer comes to a remote island to harvest tomatoes, but there awaits a team of goofy people, one true love and a fight for his life.

An acting troupe tries to bring the joy and sparkle of Santa Claus to children in post-war Bosnia, but the shadows of the past do not rest……

This is a story about Paulina P. in which we follow her adventures in class and at home, as well as all the problems she successfully overcomes during the school year.
The movie is based on a famous children’s book in which she talks about her friendship, love, and family-related problems through comic situations.
The plot of the movie itself is set in the real world……

“A myth after the end of myths.”

An inverse fairytale set after the world has ended.

Onceuponia is not a place but a myth of the time before fallout, retold in fragments. Fairytale elements survive only as distorted echoes — symbols of loss, grief, and trauma.

A ragged gang of archetypes — the Child, the Queen, the Fool, the Beast, the Outcast — drift across the post-apocalyptic plain. They are seekers, though they don’t know what they seek. They carry fragments of the fairytale world in their gestures, clothes, and rituals, but none of it whole.

The work of Dalibor Barić, a director who achieved Croatia’s first-ever entry into the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and was honoured with selection among the top 28 films.

1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them.

“Slice of Life” is an original short Science Fiction film.
Story about a low-life drug dealer who tries to turn his life around, but finds himself at the mercy of fate when he encounters a cop with an agenda of his own. The whole film is made the old school way like the legendary Sci-Fi movies of the 80’s).
Think miniatures, matte paintings, rear projections – You won’t find any CGI here!
Slice Of Life is a love letter to the Science Fiction genre of the 80’s. We invite you to follow our journey back to the future envisioned by the 80’s!