23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Dear Neighbours

LFF15, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

A building in a small suburbian street in Zagreb became a new home for a dozen asylum-holders from Africa. But their new neighbours are not particularly welcoming.

Nebojša Slijepčević

Nebojsa Slijepcevic was born in 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2005 he graduated with Film Directing from the Academy of Drama and Art, also in Zagreb.He directed numerous TV documentaries and series, but also creative and author driven documentaries for which he received awards from various festivals (EDN talent grant at Sarajevo FF, human rights award at Sarajevo FF, best director at Verona FF, Audience award at Zagreb Dox…). Nebojsa is also the author of a short animated film Dog / Rabbit and a short fiction Slap in the Face, which is part of the fiction omnibus Zagreb Stories. He is director of feature documentary Gangster of Love, coproduced by Restart (Croatia), ZDF/ARTE, Kloos & Co. (Germany) and Subcultura Films (Romania).

Title: Dear Neighbours
Year of production: 2017
Duration: 26
Sound design: Robert Stanić
Production: Daniela Draštata
Production company: HRT