24. LFF
Opatija
25 - 29.8.2026.

Film

Krešo

(Festival premiere)
LFF22, Out of competition, Regionale

ABOUT THE MOVIE

In 2017, Krešo Kovačiček, a key figure in Rijeka's alternative scene, disappears. The search, involving police, journalists, and film directors, takes them to France. Along the way, they discover fragments of Krešo’s art and life, unravelling the mystery behind his enigmatic disappearance.

Marina Musulin

Marina Musulin (Croatia) is an actress currently pursuing an MA in Documentary Film Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. Her first documentary, Krešo (2023), explores themes of mental health, identity, and life on the margins of society. The film premiered at the Liburnia Film Festival in 2024. Her first Academy production, From Morning to Tomorrow, won the Best Short Documentary Award at SEEfest in Los Angeles in 2026.

Zoran Krema

Zoran Krema, the founder and president of the Okodoko Association, has been directing, filming, editing and producing documentary films since 2006, and since 2010 he has been producing films under the said association. In 2013, his documentary film "Chaplin Theater - a tragicomedy in four acts" won the Oktavijan Award of the Croatian Society of Film Critics for the best Croatian documentary film. In addition to this, Krema directed a number of other documentaries that have achieved notable success atfilm festivals, such as "Če sem sem... ma beloga tovara ne zovem moro", a documentary film about the poet Nikola Kraljić or "Zoffski grč", a documentary film about Zoran Štajdohar Zoff, the controversial frontman of the Rijeka art rock group GRČ. The latest film, "Krešo", directed by Zoran Krema and Marina Musulin, follows the life path, creativity and shocking disappearance of the peculiar Rijeka artist Kreša Kovačiček.

Title: Krešo
Year of production: 2023
Duration: 62
Editing: Dora Slakoper
Sound design: Zoran Medved
Production: Zoran Krema
Production company: Udruga Okodoko