Petrinja 12:19 P.M.

Wednesday, September 13 at 20:00

Director: Branko Schmidt

Country of origin: Croatia, 2022

Runtime: 52'

SUMMARY

Not even two years after the catastrophic earthquake in Petrinja, nothing was done to rebuild the city. Over the course of a year, we are following the survival of the remaining citizens. Although they live in inhumane conditions, their spirit and faith in a better tomorrow are unwavering.

Director Biography

Born in Osijek in 1957. In 1981, his graduate work at the Academy of Fine Arts was created, the notable TV drama "Rano sazrijevanje Marka Kovača". The following year, he filmed the TV drama "Hildegard", which was declared the best TV drama of the former state. In 1988, he directed his first full-length film "Sokol ga nije volio" based on the play of the same name by Fabijan Šovagović and won the award for debutant of the year at the Pula festival. For HRT, he recorded several dramas, documentaries and the TV series "Hajdučki gaj" in 1985, with Pavlo Vujisić and "Operation Barbarossa" in 1989 based on the work of the writer Ivan Kušan. In the 1990s, he directed four more full-length films, "Đuka Begović" in 1991, "Vukovar is coming home" in 1994, "Christmas in Vienna" in 1997, and "Srce nije u modi" in 1999. Then follows the movie "Queen of the Night" (2001). Schmidt was a member of the Pula jury several times, and was a member of the jury of international film festivals in Moscow, Cottbus, Orenburg and others. In 2006, his most awarded film "The Melon Route" followed. In 2009, "Metastases" won the Pula Festival and the Belgrade FEST. Branko Schmidt received the annual Vladimir Nazor award. In 2012, "Vegetarian Cannibal" won 5 Golden Arenas in Pula. In 2014, he won in Yerevan with "Ungiven". 2017. Followed by: "Agape" and "Once We Were Good For You" in 2021. Documentary film "Petrinja 12:19 PM" in 2022 is his last work.

ISTRA FILM predstavlja HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL

Izvršna direktorica TIHA MODRIĆ

Producenti TIHA MODRIĆ & DEJAN BOJC

Video produkcija ROBERT KALČIĆ & IGOR MODRIĆ

Dizajner ROBERT KRANČIĆ

Fotografije RINO GROPUZZO

Grafičko i web oblikovanje GRAFIK, Rijeka