CROATIAN PROGRAMME
THE DAWN
DIRECTOR: Dalibor Matanić
COUNTRY: Croatia, Italy
YEAR / DURATION: 2021. • 126’
GENRE: drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Dalibor Matanić
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marko Brdar
- EDITOR: Tomislav Pavlic
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Luca Servino
- COSTUME DESIGN: Ana Savić Gecan
- SOUND: Mirko Perri, Julij Zornik
- SCORE: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- MAKE UP: Sanja Rivić
- LEAD ACTRESS: Tihana Lazović
- LEAD ACTOR: Krešimir Mikić
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Lara Vladović, Nataša Matjašec Rošker, Edita Karađole Šegović
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Marko Mandić, Boris Isaković, Trpimir Jurkić, Siniša Popović, Maks Kleončić, Mijo Jurišić, Mario Knezović, Livio Badurina, Mate Gulin
- PRODUCER: Ankica Jurić Tilić
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Kinorama
- CO-PRODUCTION: Ascent film (Italija)
- DISTRIBUTION: Duplicato
- SALES AGENT: Cercamon
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Sofia Film Festival, FEST
Synopsis
As Matija struggles with his own demons, his neighbours flee from demonic extremism. For both Matija and the other people, the only right way is to face it and confront it. Matija’s and Ika’s family have suffered irreparable damage from the recent tragedy, which divides them in terms of staying in the valley or leaving. Their neighbours are leaving, concerned about the rising political extremism that divides them into the chosen and the undesirable. As Matija struggles to not lose his faith and find his true self, dawn breaks over the valley, revealing that the only way to fight trauma and evil is to face them head on.
Trailer
About the director
Dalibor Matanić (Zagreb, 1975) graduated in film and TV directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has directed several short films, TV series, theatre plays, and 10 feature-length films. Select filmography: The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside (2000), Fine Dead Girls (2002), 100 Minutes of Glory (2004), I Love You (2005), Kino Lika (2008), Mother of Asphalt (2010), Daddy (2011). His most successful film was The High Sun (2015), the first film in The Sun Trilogy, which saw its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Festival, where it received the Jury Prize. The film was screened at more than 100 festivals, sold in more than 20 territories, and has received 30 film awards. The Dawn is the second film of The Sun Trilogy.
Screening
- Arena – 22.07
21:30
- Kino Valli – 23.07
14:00
