POPULAR PULA
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
DIRECTOR: Nebojša Slijepčević
COUNTRY: Croatia, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia
YEAR/DURATION: 2024. • 13′
drama
CLOSING FILM
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Nebojša Slijepčević
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gregor Božić
- EDITOR: Tomislav Stojanović
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ivan Veljača
- COSTUME DESIGN: Geo Pavlov
- SOUND DESIGN: Ivan Andreev Bfsa
- CAST: Goran Bogdan, Alexis Manenti, Dragan Mićanović, Silvio Mumelaš, Lara Nekić, Priska Ugrina, Dušan Gojić, Nebojša Pop Tasić, Mijo Pavelko, Martin Kuhar, Jakov Zovko, Robert Ugrina
- PRODUCERS: Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Antitalent (Croatia)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Katya Trichkova, Noëlle Lévénez, Boštjan Virc
- CO-PRODUCED BY: Contrast Films (Bulgaria), Les Films Norfolk (France), Studio Virc (Slovenia)
- SALES AGENT: Manifest
Synopsis
27 February, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar 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. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.
Festivals and awards
Cannes Film Festival 2024 – Palme d’Or for Best Short Film
Trailer
About the director
Nebojša Slijepčević
(Zagreb, 1973) is a Croatian film director and the first ever Croatian winner of the Golden Palm. He graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, and started his career as one of the authors of the acclaimed TV series Direkt. He directed two successful feature-length documentary films (Gangster of love and Srbenka), and a number of short documentary and fiction films screened at the most important world documentary film festivals that have won more than 40 awards. He received four awards at Sarajevo Film Festival, two awards at ZagrebDox, the Doc Alliance Selection Award, among others, and his film Srbenka was shortlisted for the European Film Award. Srbenka also received the annual national Vladimir Nazor Award for Best Film. His TV films earned him three nominations for Prix Europa. He is a lecturer and mentor at the School of Documentary film – Restart.
Screening
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- ARENA – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
21:30
- ARENA – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
