Kraljica NoĆi
Queen of the Night
Summer of 1968. The Slovenian provincial town of Osijek is preparing to host a junior rowing competition which President Tito has announced his intention to attend. Seventeen-year-old Tomo is supposed to impress the honoured guest with sportsmanship and socialist spirit. He however is more interested in girls than rowing and Tito's non-aligned movement. With affection the director portrays the everyday life of his home town, describes the peaceful coexistence of political rituals and the daily grind, from adolescence to politics. At some point however the lightness of youth is over and Tomo has to grow up.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Josip Cvenić
Silvije Jesenković
Ruben Albahari
Duško Jeričević
Ante Mažuran
Luka Dragić, Barbara Vicković, Mustafa Nadarević, Gordana Gadžić, Dražen Kühn, Nenad Cvetko, Matija Prskalo, Franjo Dijak
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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)