Dora Slakoper

The residents of a quiet Mediterranean town are thrown into speculation overdrive with the unusual appearance of a bear in the midst of asparagus season.

Twenty-two-year-old Lana lives alone in an apartment in Zagreb. One day, an allegedly unknown man broke into her apartment. After a police insight, Lana remains living in an apartment with a broken front door and in anticipation of her father’s arrival.

Roko hasn't paid rent in months and now he has less than 24 hours to settle his debt. He will attempt to reach the most painless possible solution through a calm and rational talk with those closest to him.

Three men decide to rob a wealthy manor, however, the situation gradually begins to turn against them.

Štefanija spends her days working a repetitive job in a small, cramped space. Behind the glass, tobacco shop workers are almost invisible to the buyers and the passers-by, although their jobs are an essential part of urban everyday life. Using hybrid form and stylization, the film depicts the working conditions in tobacco shops from the worker’s perspective.

The city of Vukovar, covered during the 90’s with rubble and corpses crammed on the streets, today is a controversial place of memory and symbol of the sufferings for Croatia’s independence. The film reflects on the silence of history.

A saleswoman hears her colleague scream as a masked robber threatens her with a knife. She calls the police and seeks help from passersby. A little later, 13-year-old Edi and his four friends watch social media videos of the robbery, while neighborhood dealer Anel arrives with weed. Teenagers are on edge; they know that Anel's mother works at the robbed store. At first, Anel is utterly unaware of what’s happening, but it doesn’t take long for his mother to call him, blaming him for the possibility that it was his friends that might have committed the robbery. Feeling unjustly treated despite his innocence, Anel is very upset and turns to drinking, which escalates into a fiery clash with Edi. In a moment of chaos, Anel stumbles and crashes to the floor. The others help him to bed. Edi remains by his side, grappling with the weight of his foolish action.

On a remote Adriatic island, goats have roamed freely for 40 years, following a failed farming project. Now deemed a problem, armed men arrive to restore "natural balance" through a chilling cull – revealing how easily violence can be justified as the only solution.

A reporter and a documentary filmmaker join forces to trudge alongside the treacherous wilderness of Lika in order to find out the fate of a missing immigrant worker.