Zlatko Grgić
Directing
Biography
Zlatko Grgić was a Croatian animator, director, and screenwriter, renowned for his contributions to animated film. Hen the Zagreb School of Animated Films and co-created the beloved animated series Professor Balthazar (1967–1978), which gained international acclaim. Grgić also directed Muzikalno prase (The Musical Pig, 1965), which won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival. His innovative animation style and storytelling have left a lasting legacy in the world of animation.
Known For

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.
Dream Doll

With his inventions, Baltazar is always happy to help his fellow villagers out of all sorts of problems. In his colorful laboratory, very unusual inventions are created every day.
Professor Balthazar

Poor and unhappy, Rafael leaves Pauline and tries his luck at the roulette, but loses his last coin. Fate gifts him with the miraculous "Shagreen leather" that fulfills all wishes. In his new, luxurious life he wins the heart of wonderful Foedora. But with the power of the leather comes a rule: for every fulfilled wish it becomes shorter, and so does the life of its owner. Using the leather abundantly, Rafael soon spends his time.
Shagreen Leather

A mouthy frog gets his wish when a princess’s kiss turns him into a human. But just because he’s got a voice doesn’t mean he has much to say.
The Enchanted Prince

Canadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists, adaptable to whatever climate or history place in their way. It is a boisterous, bubbling analysis of the Canadian character and, although it may not answer the question of the title, it does leave the feeling that being Canadian is not so exhausting as one might expect.
Who Are We?

This tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness in the form of overloaded sockets, smoldering cigarettes and other fire hazards can have highly undesirable consequences.
Hot Stuff

A film about an unhappy man who catches his wife with a lover. He leaves to buy a gun, while plotting to kill the wife and the lover. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.
Revenger
The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
Anijam

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Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story

George cuts out a paper star to top his Christmas tree but, dissatisfied, decides to go for the real thing - an unusually bright star that seems to beckon him from the sky.
George and the Christmas Star

A persistent trumpeter tries to join a string quartet that doesn't want him.
The Fifth One
The Astromutts prepare for space flight.
Operation Moonshot
An old frustrated bird who cannot fly tries to ventilate his anger by attacking a worm.
The Bird and the Worm
A short animated film by Dušan Vukotić.
Concerto for Sub-Machine Gun

This film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
Twiddle-Twaddle

A group of eccentrics are playing. A little man wants to join in but is always sent away and is finally murdered. In heaven he meets others of his kind and plays with them but a still tinier man wants to crash their games.
Tolerance

Professor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.
Professor Balthazar: Lighthouse Keeping

Zlatko Grgic's short animated film depicts how humans evolved from the sea and the problems that ensued. Using humour, he shows how industry leads to waste and pollution, which in turn wreak havoc on the delicate balance of our ecosystems.
Deep Threat

The musical pig in quest for a friend. It eventually finds one, but at what cost...
The Musical Pig

An unusual appointment with the doctor.