
Šime Šimatović
Directing
Known For

Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of Croatia". Through the period of 25 years, he appeared as actor in several co productions made in Croatia (David and Goliath, Tartars, Austerlitz) - acted in few Yugoslavian film (Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Nicola Tesla) and directed two of his own film: The Trial and The Deep. As a Hollywood maverick, in Croatia he often found his shelter. Through the never before seen archive materials and the interviews with the people who worked with him, directors of this film, in the 90th anniversary of his birth and 20th of his passing, reveal the other side of Orson Welles
The Other Side of Welles

A young man's fight between love and the monastic discipline.
Ivo, the Monk

Fabris, a center-forward and the key player of the harbour town's football team, is a selfish individualist who is believed that he's irreplaceable in the first squad. He's also a womanizer who tries to seduce pretty Nena, a member of the working's committee and successful swimmer. However, she's emotionally close to Zdravko, who is, same like Fabris, a worthy center-forward himself.
Blue 9

The year is 1940, Croatian coast, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Jakov, a poor peasant from hinterland, and his daughter Mala, go to the city, trying to find a job to repay a debt...
Stone Horizons

Story of the dream of a lonely woman lying mentally ill in a sanatorium.
Adventure at the Door

Documentary short on a park consisting of 16 terraced lakes in the thick forested mountains of Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia.
The Lakes of Plitvice

A group of partisan illegals entangled in a love triangle during Ustasha reign in Nazi-occupied Zagreb.
We're Going Separate Ways

In the "Nature & Comp." reserve, animals live in perfect comfort, until their turn comes. A rich hunter buys a license to shoot a lion. Dignified and brave, the lion dies as befits him. A poor hunter buys a license for a rabbit. The rabbit escapes into the wild, but in freedom it experiences so many troubles that it returns again under the auspices of "Nature & Comp.".