Katarina Lukec
Directing
Biography
Katarina Lukec was born in 1992 in Bjelovar. She graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in 2017 with a degree in ethnology and cultural anthropology, as well as Croatian language and literature. In 2019, she completed the Restart School of Documentary Film and workshops on documentary and ethnographic film in Krško and Belgrade. The following year, she enrolled in a graduate program in documentary directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, which she completed in 2023.
Known For
A documentary film which shows how hope and faith do not disappear despite difficult, almost hopeless life situation. The protagonists of the film are a mother and daughter, Elizabeta and Mia, who testify by their example how faith in God helped them survive the hardest moments in life.
Roman Dream
People from the villages with a majority Serbian population in the Knin area, exiled after the Croatian military and police operation ‘Oluja’ in 1995, decide to return home - where they were born and raised.
Breadcrumb Trail
We live in a predominantly male world, and maybe the most important task women have is creating their own identity. We are guided through the path of eight decades of life by eight female characters, starting from the youngest one who is at the age of five, to the oldest one at the age of 85. Tila is bravely pedalling towards growing up. Jana can set a great example for both younger and older people around her. Tina waits for her sudden growing-up milestone with excitement. Ana Marija is at the end of her 20s with a dash of fear... Eight authors directed a documentary omnibus which offers us an opportunity to observe the creation of these identities and surpassing the obstacles laid ahead of a little girl, a teenager, a woman, a mother, a non-mother and a grandmother.