DAYS OF CROATIAN FILM ’97

Prolonged Agony

A review article about the film production presented at the national short film festival Days of Croatian Film.

There is nothing fundamentally new to be said about the Seventh Days of Croatian Film, because the state of Croatian film industry has not changed a bit — it is still practically non-existent.

We have nevertheless seen several fine films, such as documentaries Plašitelj kormorana (The Cormorant Scarecrow), Nešto osobno (Something Personal), Američki san (American Dream) and Đ uro Adamović, animated film Kolač (The Cake), experimental films Emit, Nešto osobno (Something personal), Konvergencija (Convergence) and U jednom smjeru (One Way Only), video clips White Xmas, Ospice (Measles) and Dead Horses, as well as special purpose films O’ivi nedjelju (Perk Up Sunday), Zagorje-dvorci (The Zagorje Region — Castles) and Ospice (Measles).

This hopefully means that only a lack of funds and infrastructure prevents the artistic potentials of Croatian film from blooming.

Nikica Gilić