CROATIAN FILM
SAFE PLACE
DIRECTOR: Juraj Lerotić
COUNTRY: Croatia, Slovenia
YEAR/DURATION: 2022. • 104′
GENRE: drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Juraj Lerotić
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Marko Brdar
- EDITOR: Marko Ferković
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jana Plećaš
- COSTUME DESIGN: Katarina Pilić
- SOUND: Julij Zornik
- MAKE UP: Matea Katunar
- LEAD ACTRESS: Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov
- LEAD ACTORS: Goran Marković, Juraj Lerotić
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Biljana Torić, Sunčana Zelenika Konjević, Katarina Bistrović Darvaš, Blanka Bart, Tanja Smoje, Ivana Bakarić, Daria Lorenci, Oriana Kunčić, Mirjana Ševo, Jolanda Tudor
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Damir Klemenčić, Neven Aljinović Tot, Jasmin Mekić, Mario Knezović, Darko Plovanić, Ivan Pašalić, Igor Samobor, Peđa Gvozdić, Ivan Jončić, Marinko Prga, Donat Zeko, Branimir Rakić, Mate Gulin, Izudin Bajrović
- PRODUCER: Miljenka Čogelja
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Pipser
- CO-PRODUCED BY: Zelena zraka (Hrvatska • Croatia), December (Slovenija • Slovenia)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Nevenka Sablić, Saša Ban, Vlado Bulajić, Lija Pogačnik
- DISTRIBUTION: Hulahop
- SALES AGENT: Cercamon
Synopsis
A traumatic event – a suicide attempt – creates a rift in a family’s everyday existence. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself.
Festivals and awards
Locarno film festival – najbolji debitantski film festivala, Concorso Cineasti del presente – najbolji redatelj, najbolja muška uloga.
Sarajevo film festival- najbolji film, najbolja muška ulogu, nagrada Cineuropa
Ljubljana film festival – najbolji film
Festival autorskog filma / Beograd – najbolja režija
Cottbus film festival – najbolji film
Peking film festival – Forward future section – najbolji film, najbolja muška uloga
Lisabon film festival – najbolji film
Istanbul film festival – nagrada Mladog žirija
Crossing Europe film festival – nagrada publike
Festival cinema Mediterraneen – najbolji scenarij, najbolja muška uloga
Rotterdam film festival
New directions film festival / Moma – New York
Trailer
About the director
Juraj Lerotić (1978) is a director, screenwriter, and actor. He studied early childhood education and theology, and later graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His mid-length film Then I See Tanja, which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was broadcast on ARTE. He is the director, screenwriter, and lead actor in his debut feature fiction film Safe Place, which premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival.
Screening
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- ARENA – FRIDAY 21.7.2023.
21:30
- ARENA – FRIDAY 21.7.2023.
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- VALLI CINEMA – SATURDAY 22.07.2023
14:00
- VALLI CINEMA – SATURDAY 22.07.2023
FREE ENTRANCE
- BRIJUNI – SATURDAY 22.07.2023
21:30
Boat tickets are sold at the Brijuni National Park office on the Fažana quayside on the day of the screening, starting from 4 p.m. The price of boat transfer is 8.00 € kn and film screenings are free of charge.
