23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Catamine

LFF18, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

The film shows explicitly the castration of cats under general anesthesia, which is achieved through a combination of sedatives and narcotics.

Sunčica Ana Veldić

Sunčica Ana Veldić is a veterinarian and filmmaker from Zagreb. She began her film career in 2013 when she enrolled in film school at the Zagreb Cinema Club, where she made several award-winning documentaries and experimental shorts (Croatian Virgin, The Tenant, Hux Flux, co-directed with Martin Semenčić). She received an award for best editing at the 25th Croatian Film Days for her short Festival Tourism (2016). In 2017 she enrolled in a master's degree in documentary film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. Documentaries she shot during the study, “White Trash” and “Person” have been internationally recognized, while “Drama is Overrated”is still frequently shown today for educational purposes at various panels and lectures. Sunčica has directed three episodes of the documentary series “Pijaca, pazar, plac” which were shown in 2025 as part of the HRT television program, where they were well received by viewers.

Vedran Husremović

Vedran Husremović was born in 1992 in Zagreb, where, after studying English and French, he enrolled in the undergraduate study of dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He works as a dramaturgist on a number of student and several professional feature and documentary films. He makes and directs short feature and documentary films as well as commercials and music videos.

Title: Catamine
Year of production: 2019
Duration: 6
Photography: Vedran Husremović
Sound design: Sunčica Ana Veldić
Production company: Kinoklub Zagreb