23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

El Shatt - A Blueprint for Utopia

LFF21, In competition

LFF LAUREAT

Film je na 21. LFF-u osvojio:

  • nagradu publike
  • nagradu za najbolju fotografiju
  • nagradu za najbolju montažu

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Hundreds of frozen and starved people floating on boats in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea fleeing from the war... Familiar scenes that we are used seeing in recent times. But the year is 1944, and the refugees are traveling from Europe to Africa. After Italian capitulation, and before the arrival of German army, 28 000 Dalmatian Croats left their home villages and towns to live for two years under the tents in the middle of Egyptian desert, in a kind of a communist model village that was formed to show the Allies how the new Yugoslavia will look like when the war ends. This is a story about them.

Ivan Ramljak

Ivan Ramljak is a film critic, director and independent curator. He is currently the program coordinator of Kratki utorak ("Short Tuesday") at Tuškanac cinema in Zagreb. So far, he has directed five short films, four of them in collaboration with Marko Škobalj. His current filmography includes: "Baba Višnjina 38" (2008, documentary), "Najpametnije naselje u državi" (2009), "Oslobođenje u 26 slika" (2009), "In Utero" (2011), "Trapula" (2013), "Islands of Forgotten Cinemas" (2016, documentary), "Once Upon a Youth" (2020) and others.

Title: El Shatt - A Blueprint for Utopia
Year of production: 2023
Duration: 96
Director: Ivan Ramljak
Screenplay: Ivan Ramljak
Photography: Boris Poljak
Sound design: Vladimir Živković
Production: Tibor Keser
Production company: KOMPOT, Horopter filmska produkcija