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Celebration

Crystal Globe Competition 2024 / Proslava / Croatia, Qatar 2024

Synopsis

Bruno Anković’s feature film debut is set in an impoverished Croatian village between the years 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: His young, innocent soul was burdened by the outside world and troubled by inhumane orders, and he then fell prey to the false sheen of right-wing ideology. This film adaptation of the successful novel of the same name by Damir Karakaš presents us with wonderful shots of the rural landscape, but it is also a testimony of commonplace brutality and demonstrates the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders.

Vojtěch Kočárník

About the film

86 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Bruno Anković / Screenplay Jelena Paljan podle předlohy / based on the book by Damir Karakaš / Dir. of Photography Aleksandar Pavlovi / Music Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz / Sound Julij Zornik / Editor Tomislav Stojanović / Art Director Bojan Drezgić / Producer Rea Rajčić, Tina Tišljar / Production Eclectica / Coproduction Pakt Media / Cast Bernard Tomić, Krešimir Mikić, Klara Fiolić, Lars Štern, Jan Doležal, Nedim Nezirović, Tanja Smoje, Izudin Bajrović, David Tasić Daf / Contact Eclectica, Brigitta Portier, Gary Walsh

About the director

Bruno Anković (1976, Split, Croatia). Selected filmography: Jesters Strike Again (Vanka Škvare, 2001, short doc.), Correctional Facility for Parents (Popravilište za roditelje, 2009, short), Celebration (Proslava, 2024).