They include a diverse group from the award-winning Slovak/Czech/Croatian documentary Velvet Terrorists to the hit Croatian children’s film The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker, and from the debut film Zagreb Cappuccino to the minority Croatian coproduction Monument to Michael Jackson.
A record number of films were submitted for the festival, some 21 feature films. The film selection committee was comprised of Mike Downey, Tanja Miličić and Hrvoje Pukšec. Croatian films as well as Croatian coproductions and minority coproductions were eligible for selection.
The complete list of films in the Croatian Programme follows:
• Velvet Terrorists (Baršunasti teroristi), Kerekes, Pekarcík and Ostrochovský, Nukleus, Croatian/Slovak/Czech, Peter Kerekes Film, partizan films, Slovak TV, Czech TV, Hypermarket Film, Sentimentalfilm
• Number 55 (Broj 55), Kristijan Milić, Croatian TV, Telefilm (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Happy Endings, Darko Šuvak, Croatian/U.S., Alka Film
• The Reaper (Kosac), Zvonimir Jurić, Croatia/Slovenia, Kinorama, Forum Ljubljana
• The Bridge at the End of the World (Most na kraju svijeta), Branko Ištvančić, Croatia/Serbia/Bosnia & Herzegovina, Artizana, Croatian TV
• Monument to Michael Jackson (Spomenik Majklu Džeksonu), Darko Lungulov, Serbia/Germany/Macedonia/Croatia, Propeler Film
• The Enchanting Porkers (Svinjari), Ivan Livaković, Fos Film (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Croatian TV
• The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker (Šegrt Hlapić), Silvije Petranović, Maydi Film
• Walk the Dog (Trebalo bi prošetati psa), Filip Peruzović
• The Wind Blows (Vjetar puše kako hoće), Zdravko Mustać, FAGEP
• Vlog, Bruno Pavić
• Zagreb Cappuccino, Vanja Sviličić, Maxima Film, Croatian TV