Movies

The Face of the Language

The Face of the Language

1998., director: Sanja Iveković, feature film

The video was commissioned as a clip by the coalition of Croatian women’s NGOs as a part of the campaign against violence against women. It consists of the shot of a face of an abused → more

The Bride, The Bachelors. Even

The Bride, The Bachelors. Even

1992., director: Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis, feature film

Is this a love song transmitted through the air, or is it just the buzz of the desire mechanism in the ears of the receivers? The symmetry of male and female aspirations, fears and angers → more

Voice of Silence

Voice of Silence

1987.-89., director: Sanja Iveković, feature film

The video takes Samuel Beckett’s Texts For Nothing (see Nouvelles et Textes pour rien), as the basis for a visual essay on a woman who has to deal with the death of her mother and the → more

Black and White

Black and White

1985., director: Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis, feature film

A man and a woman are about to begin a game of chess. The chess-board gradually turns into a battlefield of opposite views of life. The man’s attitude can be deduced from the Zen story → more

Chanoyu

Chanoyu

1983., director: Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis, feature film

Simplicity, serenity, harmony, achievement of great subtlety through entirely natural means – these are the main values of chanoyu, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. This video mocks the typical Western equivalent: a conjugal quarrel, with → more

No End

No End

1983., director: Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis, feature film

The theme of this piece is the disturbing mental state of a woman whose life has become routine and who does not have the chance to experience the world in its richness and complexity. Although → more

Još samo malo

Još samo malo

Ensilumi, Finska, 2020., director: Hamy Ramezan, feature film

Trinaestogodišnji Iranac Ramin živi s obitelji u izbjegličkom centru u Finskoj. Baš kada počne uživati u školskim praznicima, dobivaju vijest da im je odbijen azil. Raminovi roditelji podnose posljednju žalbu i nastavljaju sa svakodnevicom, trudeći → more

Oaza

Oaza

Srbija / Nizozemska / Slovenija / BiH / Francuska, 2020., director: Ivan Ikić, feature film

Tinejdžerka Marija dolazi u dom za mlade s posebnim potrebama. Ondje se brzo sprijateljuje s temperamentnom Draganom. No kada se obje djevojke zaljube u povučenog Roberta, među njima počinje opasna igra nadmetanja. Osuđeno na izolaciju → more

Nemirni

Nemirni

Les Intranquilles, Belgija / Luksemburg / Francuska, 2021., director: Joachim Lafosse, feature film

Damien (Damien Bonnard) boluje od bipolarnog poremećaja i ima povremene, ali intenzivne napadaje manije koji zadiru u svaku poru njegove interakcije s okolinom što mu kao slikaru možda čak ide na ruku jer se radi → more

Čovjek koji je prodao svoju kožu

Čovjek koji je prodao svoju kožu

The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunis / Francuska / Belgija / Njemačka / Švedska, 2020., director: Kaouther Ben Hania, feature film

U očajničkoj potrazi za novcem i papirima koji će mu omogućiti da se domogne Europe i spasi voljenu ženu od prisilnog braka, mladi Sirijac Sam Ali prihvaća ponudu glasovitog umjetnika koji njegova leđa želi pretvoriti → more