23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

The Spirits Diary

LFF13, In competition

LFF LAUREAT

  • najbolja fotografija
  • najbolji dizajn zvuka

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Mario Haber (aka Eric Maria Strom) was a modern-day alchemist: a professional sound engineer who illegaly distilled spirits in his basement, a sort of sanctuary where he used to invite his friends and occasional lovers to taste and enjoy his home made brandy. For over a decade, Mario recorded conversations taking place around the house and the fermenter, until the day he himself turned into a spirit. The Spirits Diary is a later day visual reconstruction of those original audio recordings, a film you need ”to see with your ears”.

Damir Čučić

Damir Čučić (1972) has directed more than 20 documentaries, 12 experimental films and two short films. He is the winner of 17 national and international film awards and his films have been shown at over 130 festivals in 40 countries on almost every continent. In 1999 he also became involved in film education and he teaches at many documentary and experimental film workshops. He is the founder of Mikrokino, a chain of movie theatres reserved for short film screenings. Filmography: A Letter to My Dad (2012) – feature film City Killer (2007) – documentary short La petite mort (2006) – experimental short La Strada (2004) – experimental short Forgotten (2002) – documentary short Creatures From the Pictures (1999) – documentary short

Title: The Spirits Diary
Year of production: 2015
Duration: 81
Director: Damir Čučić
Photography: Boris Poljak
Sound design: Martin Semenčić
Production company: Hrvatski filmski savez
Coproduction: Rakijaški dnevnik