ABOUT THE MOVIE
Galeb (en. the seagull) was Yugoslav president Tito's ship that served to promote peace between East and West. This documentary essay traces its reconstruction through the testimony of its last officer. Meanwhile, the locals near the shipyard burn an effigy in a carnivallike ritual, symbolising the end of winter and the dispelling of all evil. The story of Galeb is not only that of a ship, but the story of a society that, bent on shedding the specters of its past, destroys its own ideas of unity, peace and collective productivity, the very ideals embodied by Galeb.
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’.
