LFF LAUREAT
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ABOUT THE MOVIE
This short documentary essay follows the process of installing a monument of the first Croatian President, Franjo Tudjman in Zagreb, just before its unveiling. It brings out a critical social context by using video footage that guides us from the very beginning of the process till the end when we see protests of crowds and police corridors protecting this piece of sculpture from human presence.
The documentary combines observational and archival footage taken just a few days before the opening ceremony when the monument was wrapped in a thick layer of nylon. During these few days it was exposed to all weather conditions. The location is determined by roads that separate the monument from all pedestrian paths. The visual concept of the film is determined by the continuous contrast between the extreme stillness of the monument and the continuous motion that occurs either in front of or behind this object.
David Lušičić
David Lusicic was born in 1976 in Rijeka, Croatia. He works as an independent filmmaker, lecturer and interdisciplinary culture project manager. He holds an MA in FTV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, an MA in Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London, and an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana. His first independent film project, the feature omnibus Transmania, premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016, after which he started the production company Zebra Production and the art organization Greta Creative Network. His last short documentary premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival in 2020 and was awarded Best Regional Film at Liburnia Film Festival. ’Mlungu – The White King', his first feature-length documentary, premiered at ZagrebDox and won Best Cinematography at the Croatian Film Days, as well as Best Editing and Sound Design at JIFF 2023. He is currently developing his second feature film 'Via Roma’.
