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Browse 120 movies from Akademija dramske umjetnosti (ADU)
Thursday morning, Jerusalem. Nira goes to work. Ahmad in London does the same, Ralf in Cologne and a priest in Prague too. Matija, Croat, goes to work as well. Ok, he doesn't, but he acts as if he does. Ahmad is taking his routine red bus journey. Out-of-breath young man comes in and interrupts it. Schoolteacher Nira is also interrupted - her pupil jumps out and performs a love rap song he wrote for her. The priest in Prague doesn't feel like singing today, he is in the mood for (over)sleeping instead. Someone falls asleep, someone else - Ralf - falls in love. All five mentioned above are listening to the top-news about the disappearance of bees. And trying their best, each one of them in his or her own 'hive': Zagreb, Jerusalem, London, Cologne, Prague...
Sep 2012
During a reality show a war starts, but the producer will do anything to hide it from the contestants.
Jul 2010
In the war-driven Balkans in 1991, four friends meet to pay respect to a dead friend...
Jan 1995
After discovering corruption among the school administration, three seniors and a freshman break into their high school to obtain evidence that would bring the perpetrators to light.
Nov 2025
Luna (20) and Nela (20) go on a seaside trip to celebrate their first anniversary. Instead of a blissful summer holiday, their relationship faces challenges - fears, jealousy, and disagreements that expose both the fragility and the complexity of their love.
A Croatian short film.
Nov 1993
A couple goes on an imaginary journey that will take them through an entire life span. Reality and illusion, highs and lows of human existence, moments of great tenderness and moments of sheer cruelty become interchangeable.
Jan 2009
Three sisters are desperate to escape from their family home in rural Croatia. They want to get away from their passive father and overbearing mother, who is feuding with the next-door neighbour over land ownership.
Jan 2011
Mirta is trying to get away from her family and her everyday routine full of statistics. She runs away with her boyfriend to find a better place for living, but he has some “other” ideas of a “better place” and is willing to gamble in his own life to find it.
Jan 1991
Two Croatian students meet at a party. One, Marina, dedicated to their degree, the other, Marko, somewhat of a rebel. They have a brief fling, have sex, but Marina gets pregnant.
Nov 2004
Five yuppies go on a paintball session up in the hilly area of Zagorje where they soon lose contact to one another, but they've been discovered by a family of native villagers who make a home-made delicacy. They soon find out what are the ingredients of their hosts' recipee.
Aug 2011
On the same day several interrelated characters try to change their own lives and, in the process, change the lives of others.
Jul 2008
Classical music program on one Zagreb radio station is suddenly interrupted when disturbed war veteran, armed with hadngrenade and explosives, breaks in with strange demands and convincing threats.
Zvonimir is in a hurry; Branka, however, is not – she would prefer to stay home. Zvonimir is persistent – although at times it seems that he too is unsure of what to do. They both know that they will have no way to return once they depart.
Aug 2019
A five-year-old boy is completely uninterested in food, which results in conflicts with his mother. The effort she invests in feeding him is equal to the boy’s effort not to eat the offered food. The longer the lunch, the clumsier is their balance on the verge of fight. The duel between the boy’s resourcefulness and the spoon, the tears and mother’s love, ends with the victory of the more persistent. The last bites are either left on the plate, or leave with the boy to bed in his mouth.
Oct 1998
Once the war is over, life becomes life again. But everything has to be done. During this degree-zero and in this crucial time, the young Zvonimir Jurić shot his first film, a powerful poem about the city of Osijek, but one of many other cities at the same time. An art testimony of great value about the people that faced a devastated present and an uncertain future; a film about their return to everyday life, their frustrations, their expectations and their escape from reality.
Dec 1996
Two friends on summer vacation on the island of Pag. While Marta is trying to get over a break-up, Lana is starting a new affair.
Dec 2011
Jagoda is leaving her apartment.
Jun 2021
A reporter and a documentary filmmaker join forces to trudge alongside the treacherous wilderness of Lika in order to find out the fate of a missing immigrant worker.
Apr 2026
The film is about a conflict between two men.
Jan 2000