Croatia

by Karla Skok

The main subject of the film is the unexpected arrival of the period and the protagonist’s perception of other people’s reactions towards her ‘condition’. As soon as the M arrives, the protagonist realises she is completely unprepared, since there are no menstrual pads or tampons in her purse. With that, an absurd mission filled with obstacles begins. She tries to keep the ‘red waterfall’ gushing between her legs hidden, which symbolises overthinking and a panicky state of mind. Through the protagonist’s actions, the author is questioning society and its relation to the individual. She also questions the attitude of the society towards period and how the individual deals with the same red taboo subject.

• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Božidar Trkulja

Five brave heroes. Three incentive dwarfs. One tempting prize. Greed, vanity and lust in the contest until the very end. Who is worthy of the prize?

• Fantasy
• Tragicomedy
• Adventure
• Experimental

by Pavao Štalter

The light signal of a secondary railway station stops the composition of the night train. The railwayman checks the correctness of the axles by tapping on the wheels. All the passengers are asleep, respond to knocking, but do not wake up. Only the passengers in the most elegant part of the train, in the sleeping cars, get upset. They are energetically demanding that the railwayman who taps the wheels with a hammer be driven away. When the train officials do this, the composition starts. Due to a faulty axle on the sleeping car, the train falls into a ravine at one turn.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Vatroslav Mimica

The inspector carefully walks through the streets of the city, avoiding “dangers”. He’s coming home. He washes his feet and reads the newspaper. Suddenly he sees a fingerprint that suddenly starts to run away. The inspector follows him… This cartoon satire on a fantasy burdened with the desire to experience something mysterious, tense and dynamic contains a series of humorous situations and comical details.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Zlatko Pavlinić

On its quest of death and terror, plague approaches a small village. The village knows nothing and lives its normal life…

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Pavao Štalter

A horse becomes a man.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Dragutin Vunak

The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspector Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.

• Comedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Crimi

by Marko Meštrović, Davor Međurečan

The film is based on a poem Ciganska, written by Miroslav Krleža, one of the greatest Croatian literary authors. The atmosphere, the complex surreal characters, and furthermore, the choice of an austere Krleža’s poem (1936), shows authors have made an aware reference to German expressionism. That way they have focused on depicting the psyche of characters, particularly stressing out ultimate angst, alienation in urban jungle, or baffling drive for self-destruction.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Krešimir Zimonić

The cup-final. Who will be the winner? A fierce struggle has been developed for each inch of the opponent’s terrain. Fans are impatient and require a clear victory of their team.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy
• Action
• Sci-Fi

by Dušan Vukotić

Boy and girl are fighting as a part of their game. They start slowly by drawing pictures: girl draws flower, boy draws car which run over flower, girl destroys car on a drawing etc… Their fight is increasing until they destroy all the papers and pencils. Nice mixture of animation on real film with very anti-war statement.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Petra Zlonoga

Don’t be afraid. All the traps you see are set for the fox and by the fox while the fox wasn’t looking.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša

A film about the relationship between a man and a fly in which the aggravating persistence of the fly grows into an obsession with the man and becomes a veritable monster.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Pavao Štalter, Zlatko Grgić

A short cartoon, humorous about human stubbornness, which is shown through the play of a harmonious quartet and the indestructible bugger of the trumpeter.

by Lea Vidaković

As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras’ brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.

by Norbert Neugebauer

The short animated film The False Canary.

• Comedy
• Romance
• Musical

by Balázs Turai

After the Great War, the few survivors huddle together in the post-apocalyptic paradise of the Dome. There they continue to worry about inflation, interior furnishing and the hordes of mutant frog-people waiting at the gates, eager to devour their children. Despite the danger, the children of Carl venture outside the Dome and confront the Enemy.

by Tomislav Šoban

The synopsis revolves around the bans impeding my work. Without loud and clear rules of the game, they cannot be omitted or tricked. – In the forest, near the rail tracks. – The sky is not blue. – There are no people. – Everything is connected. – The camera is in motion. – The camera moves in six directions. – No camera. – Avoid one of these rules in the film.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Vatroslav Mimica

Cartoon about a sculptor who lays an egg and his friends who give it various meanings.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Romance
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Nedeljko Dragić

Memories, memories, nostalgia, alienation, transience… these are the themes of this animated diary. The film is made outside of the usual forms (screenplay; recording book), and it was created at the moment when the author sat down at the drawing table and started animating.

• Abstract
• Experimental

by Zlatko Grgić

Dobričina’s people reciprocate the good deeds with such evil that it is too much for Dobričina himself, so he turns into the Devil. Returning evil for evil, he went so far that it was too much even for the devil himself, so he became Dobričina again.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance
• Abstract
• Experimental