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

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

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

6.50

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

Old Women

Old Women 1976

1

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

1976

Cricket & Antoinette

Cricket & Antoinette 2023

6.40

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

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

The Magician's Hat

The Magician's Hat 1990

6.30

Thistle the magician and his forest friends take on the emperor Mrazomor and his horde of ice witches.

1990

Satiemania

Satiemania 1978

6.20

The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of corn, the swaying of men hanging from the gallows, the ripple of water – seen by the eye of the animator…

1978

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

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

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

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

The Cake

The Cake 1997

1

A group of people are celebrating, sitting around the table. The celebration cake is served but unevenly divided among them...

1997

Per aspera ad astra

Per aspera ad astra 1969

5.00

Short movie where a little old man trying to get up from the toilet. He gets a helping hand.

1969

Hallo, Munich

Hallo, Munich 1968

5.30

The rut of Dalmatian hinterland changes with the arrival of returning guest workers, and things they bring along: cars, radios and new way of life.

1968

Kick and Scream

Kick and Scream 2022

1

Kick and Scream follows the final half-hour of a marriage. Through the perspectives of wife, husband and their six-year-old child, where reality is intertwined with puppet play, we learn about their own truths, becoming less certain of our initial judgment of character.

2022

As the Sea Rages

As the Sea Rages 1959

1

After five years of war, Clements, a professional seaman, has no ambitions other than to live in peace and carry out his activity. Having settled down in the archipelago of the Aegean Sea, he has founded a small sponge fishing company in an idyllic place and foresees an optimistic future. Unfortunately, he soon finds himself caught in a crossfire...

1959

Man: The Polluter

Man: The Polluter 1973

1

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

1973