International Documentary Film Festival
April 19 to 26, 2026
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Nature, Chemistry, and Society (Priroda, kemija i društvo )

Bojan Mrđenović

Nature, Chemistry, and Society

Many years of research based on a collection of archival material and photographic fieldwork provides insight into the history of industrialisation on the example of the Petrokemija factory, and its impact on the town of Kutina and its natural environment. Kutina is an example of a small town that experienced significant transformation and prosperity during socialist modernisation thanks to the development of industry, but the industrial metabolism of the rising standard of living has left strong consequences on the environment.

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DIRECTOR: Bojan Mrđenović

Bojan Mrđenović

Bojan Mrđenović

Bojan Mrđenović (Virovitica, 1987) graduated from high school in Daruvar in 2006. In 2011, he graduated from the undergraduate studies of art history and information sciences in Zagreb, and in 2015, from the graduate studies of film and TV directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He is a member of the Croatian Filmmakers Association and the Croatian Freelance Artists Association. His works are kept in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. He teaches as an assistant professor at the Department of Filmmaking at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. Mrđenović has established himself as an artist who, through the medium of photography, addresses complex social themes and develops his own works through long-term research processes. In 2021, he publicly presented two art projects at exhibitions that are the result of many years of research work: Toplice at the Galženica Gallery and Priroda, kemija i društvo at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.

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