MALI – Antonio Nuić (Croatia, 2018) 90′
THIRSTY EYES – 838 – Ioan Gavriel (Austria, 2018) 5’48’’
August 17, 2019
SKYSCRAPERS – Fabienne Giezendanner (France, Switzerland 2017) 12’50”
August 18, 2019
Sarajevo Film Festival – Nominee for Best Film, Pula Film Festival – Grand Golden Arena for Best Film, Oktavijan Award for Best Film, Golden Arena for Best Special Effects
After spending four years in prison, Franjo hasn‘t changed. He was, and still is, a drug dealer. His wife is dying, and her parents want to make him look as an incompetent parent in order to take away the custody over his son, Mali. However, Mali loves his father, and wants to live with him. Franjo‘s parenting methods are unconventional, but he has no intention of explaining them to anybody. He also won‘t let anybody take his son away from him. For his 40th birthday, Franjo will receive a gift that will solve all his problems.
Director – Antonio Nuić (Sarajevo, 1977) is a writer and director. He graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, Croatia, where he has been working as a professor since 2013. He directed one of the stories in a feature-length anthology film Sex, Booze and Short Fuse (2004), after which he went on to write and direct All for Free (2005), Donkey (2009), and Life Is a Trumpet (2015). He is a commissioning editor at Zagreb Film Festival, as well as a member of the Croatian Film Directors‘ Guild Board of Directors.
