ABOUT THE MOVIE
The director found the film's starting point in media articles that elevate Istria as an Arcadia of superlative happiness. Yet while filming across the peninsula, he encountered a completely different image, one his film speaks of subjectively - questioning the intentions of Those Responsible, but also the small man's short-term opportunism, as Istria's centuries-old character disappears under illegal construction, corruption, and suspect capital. He wonders: in which Istria, and whose?
Robert Pauletta
Robert Pauletta was born in Pula, Croatia. He graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1985, in the class of Professor Ferdinand Kulmer. From 1983 to 1985, he worked in the studio of the renowned Croatian painter Edo Murtić. In 1987, he was one of the founding members of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists of Pula, later renamed the Croatian Association of Visual Artists of Istria. In 1991, he initiated the establishment of the School of Applied Arts and Design in Pula, where he served as Head and Professor until 2003. From 2003 to 2009, he was the Artistic Director of MMC Luka, curating and organizing a wide range of cultural programs, including exhibitions, panel discussions, lectures, film screenings, artists' workshops, and performances.
He also played an active role in the initiative to establish the Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria. In 2013, he founded the artistic organization Robot and, together with fellow artists, launched the Poola Gallery. Pauletta has participated in numerous group exhibitions and biennials in Croatia and abroad. He has held more than one hundred solo exhibitions in galleries and museums, both nationally and internationally.
His works are included in public and private art collections in Croatia and abroad.
