THE SOFT SHIPS

TIME MACHINE

THE SOFT SHIPS

DIRECTOR: Željko Zorica-Šiš

COUNTRY: Croatia

YEAR/DURATION: 2022. • 88′

GENRE: documentary

Info

  • COMPLETED BY : Ana Janjatović-Zorica, Viktor Krasnić
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY:Dragan Ruljančić H. F. S.
  • EDITOR: Viktor Krasnić
  • PARTICIPANTS: Zlatko Burić-Kićo, DB Indoš, Anica Vlašić Anić, Naco Oster, Branko Matan, Hrvoje Grgić, Igor Šuljić, Zoran Fiolić, Neven Jurić, Krunoslav Mavar, Mladen Babić, Ante Pamuković, Goran Šuljić, Branislava Stefanović, Zlatko Sviben, Branko Brezovac, Gordana Vnuk
  • SOUND: Dubravka Premar
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY : Studio Artless

Synopsis

The documentary film tells the story of the theatre company Kugla glumište, the most important avant-garde theatre, multimedia and interdisciplinary art collective in Croatia from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Instead of a traditional theatre, Kugla saw theatre as urban ritual and social situation. It disrupted theatre as a “cube” where the place for the audience was known in advance, and instituted theatre as Kugla, a non-drama theatre, total theatre overlapping with life…

Festivals and awards

Human Rights Film Festival 2022 ― World premiere

Trailer

About the director

Željko Zorica Šiš (1957–2013) was a multimedia artist and member of the Kugla glumište, which enjoyed cult status, production designer, puppet maker, playwright, graphic designer, and writer. He was active in culture from 1976, in various artistic fields. He was the founder of theatre companies Ulješura, Kačinsky trupa, and Uplašene žirafe. He wrote comic books, books from the Fantastični bestijarij cycle, and a number of picture books. He won numerous awards across different disciplines (design, comic books, production design, social action).

Screening

    • VALLI CINEMA – FRIDAY 21.7.2023.

      18:00

FREE ENTRANCE

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