Regional Competition

They Just Come and Go

Boris Poljak
Screening time  
27.02. / Monday, 21:00 - 23:00 Theatre 2  
02.03. / Thursday, 12:00 - 14:00 Theatre 4  
03.03. / Friday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 5  
The film follows morning events at Bačvice beach.

The film follows morning events at Bačvice beach. At dawn, before sunrise, the beach becomes a place of an unusual clash. From nearby clubs and cafes, numerous groups of young people cross the beach on their way home. At the same time, older people start coming. They walk, come, pass by and go.

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Boris Poljak

Boris Poljak (Split, Croatia 1959.) is one of the most prominent Croatian experimental and documentary filmmakers, an acclaimed cinematographer and director of photography. A long-time member of Split Film Club and one of the initiators of Split Film Festival – an international festival of new film and video. Since 1989. he is a professional DoP filming more than 50 short and feature films, and eight national film awards for best camera. He directed award-winning experimental titles Beyond (2003) and Sky Spirits (2010), both co-directed by Damir Cucic, and three short documentary experimental films The Split Watercolour (2009), They Just Come and Go (2017) and Autofocus (2013). The latter being awarded as best short film at both  Karlovy Vary international film festival and Visions du Reel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland.

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Oni samo dolaze i odlaze

Croatia
2016, 20'

Directed by:
Boris Poljak

Screenplay by:
Boris Poljak

Cinematography:
Boris Poljak

Edited by:
Damir Čučić

Producer:
Vera Robić Škarica

Produced by:
Hrvatski filmski savez

Festivals & Awards:

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2017 – First Prize of the Jury of the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia; Croatian Film Days 2017 – Oktavijan Award for Best Documentary Film; Best Directing; Tabor Film Festival 2017 – Best Film; Dokufest Prizren 2017 – Special Mention in Balkan Dox Competition; Liburnia Film Festival 2017 – Best Photography; FeKK Short Film Festival 2017 – Best Movie; Tenerife Shorts 2017 –  Best Short Film; ZagrebDox 2017; Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2017; Motovun Film Festival 2017; Avanca Film Festival 2017; 25 FPS 2017; Pančevo Film Festival 2017; Pravo Ljudski Film Festival 2017; Cinemaforum International Short Film Festival 2017; 2ANNAS International Short Film Festival 2017