VUKOVAR SE VRAĆA KUĆI
Return to vucowar
The early nineties in the Croatian city of Vukovar, close to the border with Serbia. The inhabitants are expelled by Serbian paramilitary forces; a discarded train abandoned at a railway station serves as temporary accommodation. The hope of one day returning to Vukovar remains the only consolation, yet the siege continues and tensions arise among the displaced as a result. Created during the armed hostilities between Serbs and Croats and shaped by the shock at the Serbian invasion in then multicultural Vukovar, the film preaches perseverance and the will to win. A document of contemporary history.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Pavao Pavličić
Goran Trbuljak
Igor Savin
Dejan Aćimović, Stjepan Bahert, Branimir Bakula, Ivan Brkić, Ivo Gregurević, Srdjan Ivanisević, Palmira Ivanković, Sime Jagarinać, Horst Janson
Jadran Film
Sandra Basso
Oporovečka 12
10 040 Zagreb
Branko Schmidt - born 1957 in Osijek, Croatia. Studied directing ot the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Shot his debut cinema production SOKOL CA NIJE VOLIO in 1988, winning the award for best debut at the Pula Film Festival in the process. Has since then won a number of awards at Pula, including three Golden Arenas for PUT LUBENICA and METASTAZE respectively. In recognition of his current work LJUDOZDER VECETARIJANAC, Croatia's submission for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, he was the recipient of five further awards. As well as feature films he has also shot documentary films, children's TV shows and directed theatrical productions.
SOKOL GA NIJE VOLIO (1988)
DJUKA BEGOVIC (1991)
VUKOVAR SE VRAĆA KUĆI (1994)
BOŽIĆ U BEČU (1997)
SRCE NIJE U MODI (1999)
KRALJICA NOĆI (2001)
PUT LUBENICA (2006)
METASTAZE (2009)
LJUDOŽDER VEGETARIJANAC (2012)