23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Statute

LFF13, Out of competition, Regionale

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Statute -experimental documentary. Using small cameras in the London underground could be seen as a potential act of terrorism.The author of this documentary has been detained by the police of Westminster underground station while he was filming the interior of the station for his college research. After several hours of examination, the police have confirmed that he was just a student of Scenography and that there are no suspicious intentions in his act.  Nevertheless, he is being asked to delete all of the video material that has been recorded on his camera. The video was filmed by mini dv/tape camera. In order to delete this footage it was necessary to rewind the tape, to shut down the lens cower and to record the blackness over the tape. While the material has been deleting, a new material has been captured. This short documentary presents the sound inside the police office along with the authentic testimony of police officer who talks about civil rights and models of risky behavior.

David Lušičić

David Lusicic was born in 1976 in Rijeka, Croatia. He works as an independent filmmaker, lecturer and interdisciplinary culture project manager. He holds an MA in FTV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, an MA in Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London, and an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana. His first independent film project, the feature omnibus Transmania, premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016, after which he started the production company Zebra Production and the art organization Greta Creative Network. His last short documentary premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival in 2020 and was awarded Best Regional Film at Liburnia Film Festival. ’Mlungu – The White King', his first feature-length documentary, premiered at ZagrebDox and won Best Cinematography at the Croatian Film Days, as well as Best Editing and Sound Design at JIFF 2023. He is currently developing his second feature film 'Via Roma’.

Title: Statute
Year of production: 2015
Duration: 7
Photography: David Lušičić
Production: David Lušičić
Production company: Zebra Creative Production