Jasna Žmak

From the moment we got engaged and set a wedding date, we began thinking about the reasons we chose one another. What was so special about this relationship that we decided to spend our lives together? Would our love be the same if we were born in another time or at another place? What is love exactly? Driven by those questions, we decided to embark on a one year journey around the world to research whether love, one of the highest values in our lives, is universal, or it is completely conditioned by the circumstances around us.

The third part of "Zagreb Stories" franchise that connects short films about Zagreb into one whole. The plot of six short stories takes place during public holidays.

A group of forest animals set out on the adventure of learning to write. A squirrel, a tiger, a hedgehog and an elephant will write many wrong letters and scrambled words, and in the end, learn the importance of togetherness, perseverance and knowledge.

A sequel to omnibus "Zagreb Stories" tells about love and families in present-day Zagreb.

Early 20th century London. Detective Gloria Scott and her companion Mary Lambert are spending a quiet evening in their office. Then, an unknown murderer kills Professor Jansen on their doorstep.

When Mia and Sara move into their new apartment their love gets cracks and communication through post-its becomes a serious problem.

A story about a father and a son who are drinking milk together for the last time.

The sudden death of Oleg leads to the reunion of his group of long-lost friends who are back together after a long time. Their last goodbye to him turns into a trip down memory lane, to their years of youth before adult life hit them so hard.

A living room. A place where the private space of a flat is on public display. Using memory, supposition and measurable architectural elements, the space of the living room is continuously constructed and reconstructed, and the action grows into an interpretation of past, present and possible events and relationships.

Presented in the form of a series of fictional letters sent from Nina Kurtela to Aki Kaurismäki read against a backdrop of atmospheric exterior shots, Dear Aki is an experimental visual-narrative essay on the nature of identity, nationality and belonging in the globalized world.