Prebaci na Hrvatski

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Yet Another Departure

26.08. :0
Synopsis:

In 2016, the ex-Yugoslav Navy flagship Vis was deliberately sunk in order to turn it into a scuba diving attraction in Croatia. The ship lies on the seabed of the waters close to Brijuni Islands where in 1956 Nasser, Nehru and Tito met to discuss their opposition to the Cold War and the formation of the Nonaligned Movement.
By employing visually impressive shots, the film establishes a signature spatial and temporal narrative, at the same time entering the space of fusion of personal and collective memory and dismemory, which, in the context of political and economic changes that have been occurring in Croatian society for the past several decades, acquire metaphorical and symbolic meanings, imbued with powerful socio-psychological implications.

Director:
Renata Poljak (Split, Croatia, 1974) is a visual artist and director. She graduated in 1997 at the Art Academy in Split, and completed her post-graduate studies, AV creation, in 1999 at the Fine Arts Academy in Nantes (majoring in film and video). She exhibited works at numerous independent domes...
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