ABOUT THE MOVIE
Formed around four main stories, the film combines visually impressive segments with the testimonies of female partisans. Nanica (18) died young during the war and left behind a diary. Marija (87) gave an audio interview a couple of years ago and we have her audio recording. Hilda (105) and Zdenka (96) passionately testify about their war and post-war experiences. The film searches for hidden feminine principles, forms and meanings in the stories that we know, that we think we know and that we have yet to find out. This film is a monument to the stories because those stories are not important only to them.
Renata Poljak
Renata Poljak (Split, Croatia, 1974) is a visual artist and director. She graduated in 1997 at the Art Academy in Split, and completed her post-graduate studies, AV creation, in 1999 at the Fine Arts Academy in Nantes (majoring in film and video). She exhibited works at numerous independent domestic and international exhibitions, film festivals and biennials. She is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including the T-HT Award at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb in 2012. Her residencies include stays at the Art Institute of San Francisco, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, Art In General in New York, Cité Internationale des Arts and Récollets in Paris, etc.
