Vjeran Šalamon

by Darian Bakliža

This graduation work is an animated film based on a short story by Mihovil Rismondo, a colleague from the Academy of Dramatic Art. The theme is bullying, with an accent on the socio-psychological aspect. Set in school days, it is a story about boys who physically demonstrate their misunderstanding of someone who is different and take this behaviour to its limit. With the idea to create an original visuality, different techniques of material preparations have been used, as well as different animation techniques. In terms of genre, the film combines drama and horror, ending in a catharsis.

by Kata Gugić

Just a regular cock fight.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Musical

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 Matea Kovač

The film questions the universal understanding of love, connecting that phenomenon with the phenomenon of rigid consumerism. Traders tend to dehumanize the human smile by continuously and aggressively offering goods and services on the market of absurdity. Osmijeh represents an act of resistance against uprooted social norms.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Petra Balekić

A short animated film that puts the main focus on the instability of memory.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Tea Nucak

There is only fleeting pleasure on Earth. When it comes to lasting happiness, I doubt anyone knows it. The island is a place of constant colors, sounds, horizons, smells. The person merges with the island and the island grows in him and thus the continuity of mutual fulfillment is born.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Pavao Štalter, Zlatko Bourek

The author recalls the beginning of the Second World War. Mrs. Sarika moves into a Jewish retirement home. However, what was supposed to be a peaceful autumn of her life turns into the horror of the Holocaust as Mrs. Sarika becomes another one of its numerous victims. The film was inspired by the paintings of George Grosz and Otto Dix.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Irena Jukić Pranjić

This film tells about how women idealise and romanticise love affairs, and all they do and tolerate to be loved.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance
• Experimental

by Manuel Šumberac

A watchmaker’s apprentice realizes that the perfect clockwork can be made only if he sacrifices himself completely.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Fantasy
• Experimental

by Darko Masnec

Communication is lacking. This can be felt, just like the things that can never be truly spoken. But lack does not mean a black hole, it is a space that fills itself.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Darian Bakliža

This graduation work is an animated film based on a short story by Mihovil Rismondo, a colleague from the Academy of Dramatic Art. The theme is bullying, with an accent on the socio-psychological aspect. Set in school days, it is a story about boys who physically demonstrate their misunderstanding of someone who is different and take this behaviour to its limit. With the idea to create an original visuality, different techniques of material preparations have been used, as well as different animation techniques. In terms of genre, the film combines drama and horror, ending in a catharsis.

by Kata Gugić

Just a regular cock fight.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Musical

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 Irena Jukić Pranjić

This film tells about how women idealise and romanticise love affairs, and all they do and tolerate to be loved.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance
• Experimental

by Darko Masnec

Communication is lacking. This can be felt, just like the things that can never be truly spoken. But lack does not mean a black hole, it is a space that fills itself.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative