23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Meat

(World premiere)
LFF16, In competition

LFF LAUREAT

Film je na 16. LFF-u osvojio:

  • nagradu za najbolji film
  • nagradu za najbolji regionalni film
  • nagradu za najbolji dizajn zvuka

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Traditional customs of Istria. Singing. Gastro pleasure. All this in the ancient ritual of pig slaughter. What is the significance of meat today? Can we give up on its utilitarian rudimentary due to political, ecological, nutritional and other contemporary trends?!

Elvis Lenić

ELVIS LENIĆ, born in 1971 in Pula. Graduated mechanical engineering at the Technical Faculty in Rijeka, worked for a while at the Uljanik Shipyard, and now teachesmechanical group of subjects at the Pula Technical School. He is a permanent film critic of The Voice of Istria newspaper, and occasionally writes for the Croatian Film Chronicle. Author of many short and medium-length documentaries.Filmography:SHIP/BROD (65 min, 2023)MEAT/MESO (18 min, 2018)9. JANUAR, documentary (15 min, 2015)PROLOGUE/PROLOG, experimental (7 min, 2014)ETHAN, experimental (8 min 30 sec, 2013)COMRADE FERLIN/DRUG FERLIN (45 min, 2011)HUNT/LOV (39 min, 2007)STABLE/TEZA (10 min, 2004)PIG SLAUGHTER/PRAŠĆINA (20 min, 2002)GOURDS/CUKI (10 min, 2001)

Title: Meat
Year of production: 2018
Duration: 18
Director: Elvis Lenić
Screenplay: Elvis Lenić
Photography: Matija Debeljuh
Sound design: Martin Semenčić
Production company: Kinematograf