24. LFF
Opatija
25 - 29.8.2026.

Film

I, the Mighty Velebit

(World premiere)
LFF24, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

An emotional cinematic tribute to a rugged and beautiful landscape, a place where Nature and Man touch one another in a special way. Through the interweaving of the intimate and the monumental, the film builds a metaphysical experience of Velebit and life upon it. This is not just a love letter to a mountain, but a film about exceptional spaces of transcendent power and primordial energy that change us and reduce us to our human scale.

Neven Hitrec

Neven Hitrec was born in 1967 in Zagreb and graduated in film and TV directing in 1992 from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made several award-winning documentaries that attracted attention in Croatia, but also scored good results at international film festivals. He won the annual Vladimir Nazor Award in 1993 for his documentary films The Hall and 730 Days Later. His fiction debut came with Madonna in 1999. He won the Pula Festival Grand Prix and Vjesnik’s Breza Award for best debut, complete with another two Golden Arenas for best male and female leading role.

Title: I, the Mighty Velebit
Year of production: 2026
Duration: 62
Director: Neven Hitrec
Sound design: Tihomir Vrbanec
Production: Neven Hitrec
Production company: Zagrebačka filmska radionica
Co-production company: Zagreb Film, Jaka produkcija