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CROATIAN PROGRAMME
SAVAGES
DIRECTOR: Dario Lonjak
COUNTRY: Croatia
YEAR/DURATION: 2022. • 94’
GENRE action comedy
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Velimir Grgić, Dario Lonjak, Ivo Balenović
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mirko Pivčević
- EDITOR: Ivor Šonje
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Antonio Patljak
- COSTUME DESIGN: Branka Tkalčec
- SOUND: Tihomir Vrbanec
- SCORE: Bojan Petković
- MAKE UP: Tina Jesenković
- VISUAL EFFECTS: Antonio Patljak
- SPECIAL EFFECTS: Drago Poldrugač
- LEAD ACTRESS: Maja Jurić
- LEAD ACTOR: Branko Janković
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Alen Liverić, Dejan Aćimović, Borko Perić
- PRODUCER: Jozo Patljak
- COMPANY: Alka Film
- DISTRIBUTION: Alka Film
Synopsis
Summer of 2018. The Croatia national football team supporters – Zolja, Jasmin and Mali decided on robbery in order to get money for the trip to the World Cup Final in Moscow. Fleeing the police, they cross the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and wander into a terrorist camp in the woods.
Trailer
About the director
Dario Lonjak (Karlovac, 1987) graduated in directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012. He made a number of genre live-action films and short and TV documentaries, with many screened at numerous Croatian and foreign festivals. Savages is his debut feature live-action film.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT ON MOTIVATION: The topical theme of football and terrorism was the perfect backdrop for a genre film; an action comedy with strong characters and an original story that has not caught on in Croatia.
Screening
- Arena – 21.07
21:30
- INK – 22.07
15:30
