Free
- Title: Free
- Year of production: 2015
- Duration: 73`
- Director: Tomislav Žaja
- Screenwriter: Tomislav Žaja
- Camera: Jasenko Rasol
- Sound: Vjeran Šalamon
- Editing: Davor Švaić
- Music: Vjeran Šalamon
- Producer: Tomislav Žaja
- Production: Gral Film
"Free" is following a group of people with intellectual disabilities that are locked away in Croatian institutions and their path to freedom. When they leave from the institutions they start to change in front of our eyes. We are observing these people as they are trying to fulfill their dreams – but this time from their perspective.
Director:
Earned his masters degree in documentary film directing at the film academy FAMU in Prague. Multi-awarded author and/or producer of more than fifty documentaries.
Festivals where it was shown:
- 2016. - One World Romania Human Rights International Film Festival (Bukurest, Romania)
- 2016. - Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
- 2016. - 1st Wales Documentary Film Festival (Blackwood, Wales)
- 2016. - Lisbon International Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
- 2016. - Near Nazareth Film Festival (Nazareth, Izrael)
- 2016. - New York Sun Film Festival (New York, USA)
- 2016. - Ekurhuleni International Film Festival (Ekurhuleni, South Africa)
- 2016. - Esperanza International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
- 2016. - Toronto Film Week (Toronto, Canada)
- 2016. - New York Film Screenings (New York, USA)
- 2016. - Swedish International Film Festival (Sweden)
- 2016. - Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA)
- 2016. - Cannes International Film Festival of Disability (Cannes, France)
- 2016. - Special Affects Film Festival (Novato, USA)
- 2016. - Venice Film Week (Venice, Italy)
Awards and recongitions
- Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 - Best Feature Documentary
- Top Indie Film Awards 2016 - Best Feature Documentary
- Accolade Global Film Competition 2016 - Award of Merit: Disability Issues
- Venice Film Week 2016 - Best Documentary Feature Film Award
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