CROATIAN FILM
BUMBLEBEE’S SUMMER
DIRECTOR: Daniel Kušan
WORLD PREMIERE
COUNTRY: Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
YEAR/DURATION: 2025. • 82′
children’s film
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Ivan Turković-Krnjak, Marko Hrenović, Daniel Kušan
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ivan Zadro
- EDITOR: Ivor Šonje
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ivan Veljača
- COSTUME DESIGN: Emina Kušan
- SOUND: Zoran Maksimović
- SCORE: Šimun Matešić
- MAKE-UP: Simona Risevska
- VISUAL EFFECTS: Krsto Jaram
- LEAD ACTRESS: Luna Vručinić Perić
- LEAD ACTORS: Jozo Mornar, Frano Mašković
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Anica Lazić, Martina Stjepanović, Lucija Alfier, Cvita Lakoš, Marta Blinja, Ema Barišić
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Stjepan Perić, Mijo Kevo, Mijo Jurišić, Lovre Kondža, Jakov Bilić, Franko Bručić, Adrian Šakić-Računica, Jibril Kai Budimir
- CASTING DIRECTOR: Jadran Parunov
- DEBUTANTS: Jozo Mornar, Franko Bručić, Adrian Šakić-Računica, Luna Vručinić Perić, Cvita Lakoš, Marta Blinja, Ema Barišić, Jibril Kai Budimir, Lucija Alfier, Martina Stjepanović
- PRODUCER: Ivan Maloča
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Interfilm
- CO-PRODUCED: Zillion Film (Srbija), Krug Film (Sjeverna Makedonija), Palčica (Bosnia and Herzegovina
) - DISTRIBUTION: Duplicato
Synopsis
One flash from the sky, one secret lighthouse – and summer turns into the greatest adventure of a lifetime! For the children on the small island of Trs, summer is endlessly monotonous – until Fran arrives, a city “slicker” with a vivid imagination. His telescope captures a mysterious flash in the night sky, and he leads the crew – headed by the jealous Bumbar – on a night time search. Near an abandoned lighthouse, they discover Chiku, a frightened boy from Africa, and realize the “meteor” wasn’t a rock from the sky but the result of a smuggling accident at sea. Pursued by the Man in Black, the children hide Chiku and set out to expose a human trafficking network. The conflict comes to a head when Bumbar uncovers the identity of the threatening figure. Torn between his friends and family, Bumbar ultimately sides with the team; Chiku is saved, and the smuggler ends up behind bars. A summer that promised boredom transforms into an adventure that changes the children forever.
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About the director
Daniel Kušan (Zagreb, 1975) is a Croatian film and TV director. He directed two feature children’s films: Koko and the Ghosts (2011) and Love or Death (2014). Koko and the Ghosts is one of the most watched Croatian films since independence, and Love or Death had the best domestic opening in its opening weekend in 2014. He directed and wrote for theatre, and published several short stories in literary magazines. From 2012 to 2014 he was a member of the supervisory board of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild, and from 2014 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild. From 2014 to 2017 he ran the workshop for feature film at the Dr. Ante Peterlić School of Media Culture, organised by the Croatian Film Association. Since 2020 he has been teaching the course Screenplay for Feature Film at the graduate programme Film and Television Directing and Producing at VERN University. He has been a member of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild since 2000, and a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association since 2011.
Screening
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- ARENA – FRIDAY 11.7.2025.
21:15
- ARENA – FRIDAY 11.7.2025.
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- INK – SATURDAY 12.7.2025.
14:15
- INK – SATURDAY 12.7.2025.
FREE ENTRANCE
