Sunčica Ana Veldić

Hundreds of frozen and starved people floating on boats in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea fleeing from the war... Familiar scenes that we are used to seeing in recent times. But the year is 1944, and the refugees are travelling from Europe to Africa. After Italian capitulation,and before the arrival of German army, 28 000 Dalmatian Croats left their home villages and towns to live for two years under the tents in the middle of Egyptian desert, in a kind of a communist model village that was formed to show the Allies how the new Yugoslavia will look like when the war ends. This is a story about them.

Sunčica, an author and veterinarian, re-examines her own ethical position on her journey, building a portrait of the Croatian islands through the attitudes of the local population on the castration of free-ranging cats. When faced with surgery on her own body, her empathy deepens, as she begins to relate her position to the fate of the animals she cares for.

While state authorities chase down supplies of increasingly rare Covid vaccinations, the queues of those waiting for them stretch endlessly along streets. Those queuing comprise a microcosm of the populace – a tapestry of personalities that range from stern gatekeepers to elderly women deliberating over vaccine preferences. As it moves from the bustling queues to the hushed interiors of vaccination centres, Pavilion 6 shifts from patients to the nurses and other members of staff.

Cat rescue volunteer Mirna Kirin goes to the island of Mljet in an effort to castrate local cats. In only seven days, she traps dozens of cats. Her Don Quixotesque struggle, both with the cats and the islanders, intensifies as they often refuse to collaborate, and her attempts to explain the reasons for her actions cause her to break.

The end of the year 2021 is approaching in the Croatian capital. Thirty-three-year-old Karlo lives in his mother's apartment in the city centre, works remotely, and occasionally hangs out with his friends.

The dog Hux Flux is diagnosed with cancer. His vet found herself in the middle of intimate home atmosphere with his owners, friends and other pets in their household at this critical life period. The vet made this film.

The gulls on the junkyard are feeding on human trash. The whiteness of their bodies is completely opposite to the garbage beneath them.

A wise-ass Croat reporter goes to Krško, the site of the only nuclear plant built in Former Yugoslavia. It turns out that her reporting trip coincides with the plant disaster that has apocalyptic consequences.