The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla 1980

6.10

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.

1980

Don Quixote

Don Quixote 1961

4.80

"Don Kihot" is a satirical, Klee-esque meditation about Don Quijote in the contemporary militaristic and regimentistic world.

1961

The Substitute

The Substitute 1961

6.52

Simple story about the man who goes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1961

Tusta

Tusta 2019

1

A biographic documentary about a punk-rock icon who surpassed the music and became a symbol of common sense and free thinking.

2019

The Canyon of Dangerous Games

The Canyon of Dangerous Games 1998

5.80

A German family Keller arrives to the coastal village to spend summer holidays with their Croatian friends. Horst Keller and Roger Katushic were friends ever since Karl May's film adaptations took place there. Their children were friends for years, too, and they look forward to the reunion. Fantasizing about free life and "cowboys & Indians" adventures in the canyon of the Cetina river, the boys go there without knowing that the three cruel Chetniks who had just escaped from prison hide there.

1998

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker 1997

5.30

Fed up with the harsh treatment his master has given him, a brave little mouse (and later his dog, Brewster) sets off on an adventure.

1997

Cricket & Antoinette

Cricket & Antoinette 2023

6.30

Two main characters, Cricket and Antoinette, represent two separate worlds, the world of noise, chaos and creativity on the one side, and the world of work, order and discipline on the other. As they fall in love, in spite of obvious differences, they manage to create harmony.

2023

Old Women

Old Women 1976

1

Short Croatian documentary by Ante Babaja that centers around the everyday lives of elderly Yugoslav women.

1976

The Hub

The Hub 1969

7.00

A new, modern train station in the province of Croatia, where the only problem seems to be the numerous, unemployed people or as the station master complains: Why do films always have to show the bad side?

1969

Across the Blue Sea

Across the Blue Sea 1979

5.00

The film offers several variants of growing up at the Mediterranean coast.

1979

Sand, Love and Salt

Sand, Love and Salt 1957

6.00

Love story between a fisherman of the Adriatic coast and a young girl of the village.

1957

Let Our Voices Be Heard Too

Let Our Voices Be Heard Too 1971

5.30

A loving portrait of a pirate radio stations, which is run by the rural population with plenty of passion and talent in the face of opposition from the authorities.

1971

The Elm Chanted Forest

The Elm Chanted Forest 1986

6.50

A painter falls asleep beneath a magical elm tree and awakens with magical powers that allow him to communicate with the creatures of the forest. In the limited time that he possesses these powers, he must help save the forest from the threat of the evil Cactus King.

1986

Fisheye

Fisheye 1980

6.20

A fishing village falls prey to a nightmare revenge from the sea. Award-winning Yugoslavian animated short film.

1980

Djuka Begovic

Djuka Begovic 1991

5.70

After spending 13 years in prison, forty-year-old Djuka Begovic returns to his home-village in Slavonia. He promises to his mother that he will begin a new and honest life. He finds new meaning in taking care of his daughter Smilja. He tries to chase away destructive thoughts that threaten to overwhelm him by throwing himself into hard work. However, everything around him reminds him of his past and his family's tragic destiny. His family was wealthy at the beginning of the twentieth century, but was destroyed by the capitalist powers that took over the villages and broke the traditional family cooperatives. Djuka's personal life was marked by constant conflicts with his father.

1991

Dreaming Colors

Dreaming Colors 1958

1

Makavejev archives the symbolism of a folk tradition by piecing a cinematic quilt from Kilim weavings of different hands.

1958

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons 1979

7.00

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to adopt a five-year-old girl, Zeljka. The emotionally undeveloped child has a hard time adapting to her new environment. In Ferije, fifteen-year-old Visnja spends her winter holidays in a gloomy home for young delinquents, where she experiences her first romance. The heroine of the third story is nineteen-year-old Branka who, after her graduation, tries to find a job and become independent from the social institutions she has lived in her entire life.

1979

A Journey

A Journey 1972

6.80

This film shows a surreal train ride by several passengers whose journey is not quite what they expect in this brilliant short film.

1972

The Wall

The Wall 1965

6.20

A wall blocks the path of two people. One man submits, while the other refuses to admit defeat.

1965