70. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D`ARTE

MEET
CROATIA!
70. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE
D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA
La Biennale di Venezia 2013
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTRE AND
FILMMAKERS PRESENTING PROJECTS
Sunday, September 1, 2013
11.00 – 13.00
Spazio Luce - Cinecittá
Salone Tropicana
Hotel Excelsior
Venezia Lido
IN COLLABORATION WITH
croatian audiovisual centre
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CROATIAN
AUDIOVISUAL
CENTRE
Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) is the Government-backed strategic agency for
the audiovisual sector in Croatia and its remit ranges from supporting development,
production, distribution, exhibition, marketing and promotion, to professional training
and supporting national film archive through the system of public subsidies.
It was founded in 2008 as a result of the new Law on Audiovisual Activities
unanimously passed by the Croatian Parliament in July 2007.
As the main film agency in the country, we invest significantly in minority coproductions: both with our traditional partners from the countries of former
Yugoslavia and other neighbouring countries, and with new production partners from
further afield.
In January 2012, we have introduced a cash rebate scheme for film and television
productions in Croatia which applies to feature films, documentaries, television
drama and animation.
During 2012 and 2013, we have developed and started to implement the national
strategy support for independent cinemas, resulting in 90% of all screens being
digitized by now.
Members of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre’s team will present its activities in
further detail at the Industry Networking Event “MEET CROATIA!”, focusing on the
recent Croatia’s entry into European Union and the possibilities of funding projects
through its minority co-production scheme.
Following the introduction of the Centre’s activities, there will be a presentation of 4
projects, currently in stages of production and post-production, that are being realized
in co-production between Italy, Croatia and Slovenia.
For more information please contact:
Tina Hajon, [email protected]
Ivana Ivišić, [email protected]
THE THIN LINE
Directors Paola Sangiovanni and Nina Mimica
Feature Documentary, Italy / Croatia
DocLab
Roberta Ballarini, Head of Production
croatian producer: Dijana Mlađenović (Kinematograf)
italian producers: Roberta Ballarini (DocLab), Francesca
Casaccia (Altreforme)
project status: In production
searching for: Sales agent, distributors
Tel. +39 06 37518267
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.doclab.it
Altreforme
Francesca Casaccia, Producer
THE THIN LINE explores cause and effect of war rape, through
the story of two former Italian soldiers, involved in acts of violence
against civilians, during a peacekeeping mission; and the story of
a woman, victim of violence in Bosnia, who rejects the silence of
an entire community and tries to obtain justice, compensating the
fragility of the law system, at her best.
The film intends to explore also the reason behind war rape, highlighting some aspects of a system of patriarchy values, and the
signs of this dreadful violence, through some unusual characters.
The stories of Michele and Andrea and the story of Bakira belong to two different countries and two different political and
cultural backgrounds. But they are sharing common grounds,
whose sense, going from one story to the other, is revealed in
its bareness.
croatian audiovisual centre
Augusta Eniti, Producer
Tel. +39 0432 227853
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.altreforme.net
Kinematograf
Dijana Mlađenović, Producer
Tel. +385 (0)1 383 13 29
E.mail [email protected]
Website: www.kinematograf.hr
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TIR
Director Alberto Fasulo
Feature Documentary, Italy / Croatia
Nefertiti Film
Alberto Fasulo, Nadia Trevisan
croatian producer: Irena Marković (Focus Media)
italian producers: Alberto Fasulo, Nadia Trevisan (Nefertiti Film)
project status: In post-production
searching for: Sales agent, distributors
Mob: +39 335 1016766,
+39 338 9429241
Email: [email protected],
[email protected]
Website: www.nefertitifilm.it
Branko, 50 years old teacher from Croatia has trouble providing
for his family. That’s why he decided to get a job as a truck driver
for an Italian shipping company. He travels all over Europe with
Maki, another more experienced Croatian driver. Maki teaches
him about his new job that consists of many hours spent at the
wheel or being stuck nowhere on the road. Together they spend
long and endless days waiting for an order that never comes.
While Branko is trying to cope with the new job, he is also trying to be present at least over the phone in the life of his family.
He finds himself entangled in increasingly difficult situations at
work, not only the long hours waiting, road blocks, or even the
loneliness… it’s the very nature of work itself that challenges his
deepest values.
Focus Media
Irena Marković
Mob: +385 (0)98 171 5624
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.focusmedia.hr
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croatian audiovisual centre
LIFE AS A COIN
Director Franco Dipietro
Short Animated, Italy / Croatia
Due Monete
Franco Dipietro, director
croatian producers: Matija Radeljak, Bojan Kanjera
(Aning Film)
italian producer: Emanuela Barbano (Due Monete)
project status: In post-production
searching for: Sales agent, distributors
Tel. +39 32 941 955 46
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.duemonete.it
Aning Film
Matija Radeljak, producer
Dante is a 2 euro coin. He lives as all the other coins, moving
from hand to hand, from pocket to pocket, all around European
Countries. Dante knows that his life is perfectly set, he knows he
can’t decide about himself. He’s a coin, his destiny is to bounce
here and there with no control at all. But he feels that something
in his life could change. Maybe, if he could find a place to hide,
his life could take some other directions. A day Dante falls at the
bottom of a lake. There, beneath the surface, he met Venere, a 10
cent coin. The life at the bottom of the lake is safe, warm and still.
But a fish come to eat Dante, taking he back to his usual life. If
you’re a coin, you should know that you can’t decide for yourself.
That’s the truth.
croatian audiovisual centre
Mob. +385 (0)91 628 45 27
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.aning.hr
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PERSERVERANCE
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Director Miha Knific
Feature Fiction, Slovenia / Croatia
Nukleus film
Siniša Juričić, producer
Producer: Siniša Juričić (Nukleus film)
Project status: In pre-production
Searching for: Co-producers, sales agents
Mob. +385 91 502 1871 /
+386 41 663 709
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nukleus-film.hr
Film PERSEVERANCE consists of 15 stories inspired by true
events and characters that span the world and the last 60 years.
They are not formally connected, their narratives are separate but
create a larger one.
The stories cover the period from the past to the present day and
are located around the world. PERSEVERANCE is a poetic travel
through the collective memory of mankind and it tries to answer
the questions of who we are, where we do come from and where
are we going. Through intimate stories, the film describes the
phenomenon of the human being, of the human race. We are
faced with the miracle that has brought us to the top of the food
chain, the miracle that created civilisations and helped us survive
in the first place.
Survive and persevere.
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croatian audiovisual centre
HAVC
CONTACT
INFO
www.havc.hr
Hrvoje Hribar
Chief Executive
Tel: +385 (0)1 6041 080
Email: [email protected]
Maja Nikolić
Coordinator of Development
Tel: +385 (0) 1 6041 081
Email: [email protected]
Sanja Ravlić
Head of Co-productions
National Representative to Eurimage
Tel: +385 (0) 1 5509 340
Email: [email protected]
Tina Hajon
Head of Cinemas Digitisation
and Development
Email: [email protected]
Mob: +385 (0)91 4655 449
Ivana Ivišić
Head of Promotion
Tel: +385 (0) 1 6041 087
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Ana Starčević
Filming in Croatia, Coordinator
Tel: + 385 (0) 1 6041 080
E-mail: [email protected]
Jadranka Hrga
Head of Programmes Dept.
Tel:+385 (0) 1 6041 085
Email: [email protected]
Martina Petrović
Head of Media Desk Croatia
Tel: +385 (0)1 465 5434
Email: [email protected]
www.mediadesk.hr
Mario Kozina
Press Office
Email: [email protected]
Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Hrvatski audiovizualni centar
www.havc.hr