Choreography for a Camera and Dancers

Choreography for a Camera and Dancers 1968

1

The first experimental dance film from Croatia, which pays homage to the pioneer of experimental and dance film Maya Deren and her "Study in Choreography for Camera" from 1945. The theme of the film is inspired by a composition by Ivo Malec "Miniatures for Lewis Carroll", and the dance is performed by the members of the Studio for Contemporary Dance who, in black suits and white surroundings, seem to float in the space captured by the eye of the camera.

1968

The Elm Chanted Forest

The Elm Chanted Forest 1986

6.50

A painter falls asleep beneath a magical elm tree and awakens with magical powers that allow him to communicate with the creatures of the forest. In the limited time that he possesses these powers, he must help save the forest from the threat of the evil Cactus King.

1986

The Life and Times of August Šenoa

The Life and Times of August Šenoa 1981

1

Life and times of August Šenoa, popular Croatian novelist who was one of the most influential writers in 19th Century. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of his death.

1981

The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla 1980

6.10

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.

1980

The Substitute

The Substitute 1961

6.52

Simple story about the man who goes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1961

Djuka Begovic

Djuka Begovic 1991

5.70

After spending 13 years in prison, forty-year-old Djuka Begovic returns to his home-village in Slavonia. He promises to his mother that he will begin a new and honest life. He finds new meaning in taking care of his daughter Smilja. He tries to chase away destructive thoughts that threaten to overwhelm him by throwing himself into hard work. However, everything around him reminds him of his past and his family's tragic destiny. His family was wealthy at the beginning of the twentieth century, but was destroyed by the capitalist powers that took over the villages and broke the traditional family cooperatives. Djuka's personal life was marked by constant conflicts with his father.

1991

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons 1979

7.00

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to adopt a five-year-old girl, Zeljka. The emotionally undeveloped child has a hard time adapting to her new environment. In Ferije, fifteen-year-old Visnja spends her winter holidays in a gloomy home for young delinquents, where she experiences her first romance. The heroine of the third story is nineteen-year-old Branka who, after her graduation, tries to find a job and become independent from the social institutions she has lived in her entire life.

1979

The Devaluation of a Smile

The Devaluation of a Smile 1967

1

The film tells the story of a Roma worker in the Zenica iron-works Arif Heralić, whose figure was on the ten thousand dinar bill. Heralić was seeking a monetary compensation for using his character on a banknote he did not receive. He died in 1971 as a disability work in extreme poverty.

1967

The Fifth One

The Fifth One 1965

5.20

A persistent trumpeter tries to join a string quartet that doesn't want him.

1965

The Canyon of Dangerous Games

The Canyon of Dangerous Games 1998

5.80

A German family Keller arrives to the coastal village to spend summer holidays with their Croatian friends. Horst Keller and Roger Katushic were friends ever since Karl May's film adaptations took place there. Their children were friends for years, too, and they look forward to the reunion. Fantasizing about free life and "cowboys & Indians" adventures in the canyon of the Cetina river, the boys go there without knowing that the three cruel Chetniks who had just escaped from prison hide there.

1998

Satiemania

Satiemania 1978

6.20

The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of corn, the swaying of men hanging from the gallows, the ripple of water – seen by the eye of the animator…

1978

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker 1997

5.30

Fed up with the harsh treatment his master has given him, a brave little mouse (and later his dog, Brewster) sets off on an adventure.

1997

Old Women

Old Women 1976

1

Short Croatian documentary by Ante Babaja that centers around the everyday lives of elderly Yugoslav women.

1976

S.P.U.K.

S.P.U.K. 1983

5.00

A commander of the youth working action brigade wants his team to win the award, but the problem arises when a series of graffiti regarding his subordinates' dissatisfaction begins to appear on the facilities across the camp.

1983

Cricket & Antoinette

Cricket & Antoinette 2023

6.30

Two main characters, Cricket and Antoinette, represent two separate worlds, the world of noise, chaos and creativity on the one side, and the world of work, order and discipline on the other. As they fall in love, in spite of obvious differences, they manage to create harmony.

2023

Dream Doll

Dream Doll 1979

6.70

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.

1979

Don Quixote

Don Quixote 1961

4.80

"Don Kihot" is a satirical, Klee-esque meditation about Don Quijote in the contemporary militaristic and regimentistic world.

1961

Hallo, Munich

Hallo, Munich 1968

5.30

The rut of Dalmatian hinterland changes with the arrival of returning guest workers, and things they bring along: cars, radios and new way of life.

1968