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Cast:
Lordan Zafranović, Pavo Marinković, Rajko Grlić, Nenad Polimac, Jiří Bartoška, Julietta Sichel
Production:
8Heads Productions, Mitropa
Program:
Studio Cinema -
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 18:00
Studio Cinema -
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 14:00
Original title:
Okupacija, 27. Slika
Section:
Written by:
Pavo Marinović
Synopsis:
We encounter the controversial Croatian film director Lordan Zafranović in his voluntary exile in Prague. The film follows his rise from a talented outsider to the celebrated Yugoslav director of the acclaimed war film AN OCCUPATION IN 26 PICTURES, presented at Cannes Competition in 1979. His life story is an unconventional depiction of a rise and fall that reveals compromises made in order to survive artistically during communism, as well as the missed opportunities and miscalculations that led to his inability to adapt in later years.
Director:
Pavo Marinković was born in Zagreb, where he graduated Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. Since the early 1990s, his theatre plays, performed in Croatia and abroad, have gained several awards. In 2006, he wrote and co-directed his first feature film, the highly acclaimed TRESSETTE – A STORY OF AN ISLAND. He is currently living in Bucharest, Vienna and Zagreb.
Selected filmography:
- 2009 LOVE LIFE OF A GENTLE COWARD / LJUBAVNI ŽIVOT DOMOBRANA
- 2006 TRESSETTE – A STORY OF AN ISLAND / TREŠETA
Statement:
This stimulating portrait documentary, with strong political connotations, is looking for an answer to the question how a film can influence human lives and change history. The film in question is AN OCCUPATION IN 26 PICTURES (1978), still the most controversial one directed by Lordan Zafranović. Highly aestheticized, at the same time brutal and poetic, this film, which was selected in the Competition of Cannes Film Festival and made his director famous, was, however, in line with the ruling regime of Yugoslavia. After the fall of communism, mostly because of this film, Zafranović became the only Croatian director beloved by the former regime whom the new government completely shunned.
Festivals, awards:
- Karlovy Vary IFF 2013; Sarajevo Film Festival 2013
- Avvantura Festival Film Forum Zadar 2013
- Liburnia Film Festival Ičići 2013
- Kiev Molodist IFF 2013; Jihlava IDFF 2013
- Belgrade Auteur Film Festival 2013; Zagreb DOX 2014
- WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival 2014