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  • The Cat

    1971 Adults 10 min

    by Zlatko Bourek

    As in the ancient fable of Aesop, the young poet is alone with his art until the goddess Venus gives him company, turning his cat into a beautiful girl.

    • Drama
    • Musical
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Lovers of Flowers

    1971 16+ 10 min

    by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo

    A sensational discovery is made: exploding flowers. The whole world is impressed. Not interested in the ordinary flowers any more, people now rave about the new ones. Exploding flowers becomes a mania and a matter of social prestige.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • The Man Who Had to Sing

    1970 16+ 10 min

    by Milan Blažeković

    He started singing his song already in the nursery. And so he continues all his life. The song is not ugly, the voice is not unpleasant, but everything is constantly the same. He tries to fit into the middle, but it always ended with resentment, expulsion, blows, harsh reactions. However, he did not give in.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Schooling

    1970 7+ 9 min

    by Zlatko Bourek

    Until yesterday, it never occurred to the three birds to look at the world around them, but today, when they heard certain voices for the first time, they decided to do something significant…

    • Educational
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Mask of the Red Death

    1969 Adults 10 min

    by Pavao Štalter, Branko Ranitović

    Based on the story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. The plague is ravaging the whole world. Prince Prospero with his decadent company locks himself in a castle where he continues his orgies. But the court dance will be interrupted by a seductive lady who lures the prince further and further through the luxurious halls of the castle. At the end, in a passionate embrace, Prospero discovers that the mysterious guest is actually the plague, which destroys both his life and the carefully guarded court

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Gorilla’s Dance

    1968 10+ 9 min

    by Milan Blažeković

    This animated musical is an easy-going and entertaining satire about a relationship between a man and a monkey. The observer is given a chance to conclude that the man still has a long way to go before finally climbing down the tree.

    • Comedy
    • Musical
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Between Lips and the Glass

    1968 Adults 10 min

    by Dragutin Vunak

    One endless line of people journeys incessantly and inevitably to their grave: the funeral of mankind. We bury one another but live nevertheless. As one person is happy, the other dies. No sooner than we draw a cup to our lips… fate has come.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Romance
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Diogenes, Perhaps

    1967 16+ 10 min

    by Nedeljko Dragić

    A lonely man roams around an absurd world in pursuit of happiness. Perhaps it’s Diogenes, perhaps not.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Captain Arbanas Marko

    1967 Adults 8 min

    by Zlatko Bourek

    The film is based on the old folk song »DOČEPALE GA SE«. Captain Arbanas Marko wakes up from a drunken hangover, his head has no strength, but as soon as he manages to stand on his feet, he grabs the cat, which magically restores his strength. He is again the bravest, the strongest, like yesterday, he kills the ox with one stroke of the cat. His presence gave strength to the boys of the ball, which reverberated over three hills and valleys. Across three hills and a valley where three beautiful sisters live, where Arbanas rushes madly, promises them and brings them to his drunken company as a trophy. Marko falls again at the mamuran mountain from which three white knights will impale him on the cross. Marko still manages to see who the three white knights are at the posthumous bully…

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Tamer of wild horses

    1966 16+ 8 min

    by Nedeljko Dragić

    A tamer of wild horses encounters a metal monster in the shape of a horse. When he tried to move it, the horse turns into a mechanized freak, which threatens to destroy the world. But, when he started the right lever, this miracle of technology spread its wings and carried man into space.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Curiosity

    1966 16+ 8 min

    by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo

    While a man is trying to rest on a public bench, passersby want to know what he keeps in the bag next to him

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • The Musical Pig

    1965 16+ 9 min

    by Zlatko Grgić

    This is a film about an exceptional pig that could sing. Even though he could sing, all people could see in him was roast pork. The pig finds himself in a number of difficult situation.

    • Comedy
    • Musical
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • The Devil’s Work

    1965 13+ 9 min

    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
  • Elegy

    1965 10+ 4 min

    by Nedeljko Dragić

    The Great Wall. At one small window, behind the bars, a man looks resignedly. At the foot of the wall grows a red flower that is unattainable for him. And so the years pass… One spring, the prisoner is released, but now he no longer notices the flower and goes on with his life.A crushed flower remains behind him.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Non-narrative
  • Woof Woof

    1964 4+ 9 min

    by Boris Kolar

    In Vau-Vau, a dog in the forest scares many small creatures like a bird, a snail, and a ball. Then he encounters a cat who tries to scare the dog back. Then they both go at it with smaller versions of themselves.

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • A Visit from Space

    1964 4+ 11 min

    by Zlatko Grgić

    A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.

    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Family
  • 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
    • Experimental
  • The Game

    1962 4+ 13 min

    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
  • The Substitute

    1961 10+ 10 min

    by Dušan Vukotić

    On a beach at the seaside, a tourist is blowing up and creating an entire camp out of plastic. In this colourful inflatable environment there is a plastic surrogate for everything, even feelings. The beach sees the birth of a thrilling love, jealousy and revenge, and finally tragedy. Everything deflated and came down with the appearance of one small realistic nail.

    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • A Thousand and One Drawings

    1960 10+ 14 min

    by Dušan Vukotić

    The film reveals the secret of the magical revival of drawings.

    • Documentary
    • Making of
    • Comedy
    • Experimental