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Browse 45 movies from Akademija likovnih umjetnosti
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
On a bookshelf, two mice are having a heated discussion about the purpose of books. One is an intellectual that advocates spiritual and intellectual value of literature. The other is a glutton and only sees books as a tasty snack.
Jun 2025
Lucana (25) competes with her brother Stjepko (30) to win their mother's affection. Lucana has no chance of winning because she cannot change what's between her legs.
Oct 2022
Pig, in the countryside, gets slaughtered by two butchers. After he wakes up in his room, in his bed, he realizes that it was just a dream. On his way to work, Pig notices the butcher from his dream, who starts haunting him.
Jun 2010
A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.
Jul 2020
Benign demon deeply disappointed with his life in hell and drunkard father one day decides to leave his home.
Jun 2012
Every person we know, love and live with carries a stranger in their head. And they know we do too.
Jan 2017
When things go completely out of control, the main character must decide between accepting the reality or suffering through their own delusion.
Jan 2020
Communication is lacking. This can be felt, just like the things that can never be truly spoken. But lack does not mean a black hole, it is a space that fills itself.
Jun 2014
In the distant future, survivors in special groups on a post-apocalyptic, epidemic-ravaged Earth are tasked with finding signs of life, but are forced to leave after The Technology Unit discovered two dead bodies in a bath.
Jan 2009
A movie about a breakup. The narrative develops through the author's conversations with his long-time partner, and follows the contemplation of the end of a nine-year romantic relationship.
Jun 2024
We follow Emma, a young painter with a desire to create, through the process of facing her feelings of frustration, hopelessness, inspiration, excitement and, finally, pleasure. In the process, she dives into her imagination, a place she wishes to reach with her art.
Jun 2022
This is a story about a supernatural being named Tantos who lives on a red planet called Arbor Inversus. Tantos senses that the planet Earth is in danger and decides to do everything in his power to save the inhabitants of the Earth.
Jun 2021
Daily life of an old lady living all alone in a village in abandoned Zagorje. All houses are on sale and everyone is gone.
A fish is in a therapy session with a psychiatrist, complaining about its problems, but the psychiatrist is not taking it seriously and is making fun of it instead.
Klobučar's world was destroyed in a catastrophic event. There is desolation where once was his home. Where once life thrived, there are only remains in the now empty, misty valleys. In his loneliness, Klobučar creates his 'imaginary friend' from old socks. He chances upon Kondukter, whose worldview will be completely challenged by Klobučar. A misunderstanding involving a shiny sock that once belonged to the Kondukter's daughter will confront them with the trauma of the catastrophe that changed their lives.
A watchmaker's apprentice realizes that the perfect clockwork can be made only if he sacrifices himself completely.
May 2013
An anthropomorphic robot-lamp lives in a world populated only by humanoid electronic beings. By accident, he finds himself in an awkward situation when he falls into the heart of a secret organization, now blind without his eye-lightbulb.
Apr 2021
A young, innocent country girl comes to the big city to look for work. There she meets a charming businessman and their lives intertwine.
May 2011
A man and a woman accept each other in spite of all their insecurities.
Jan 2025