An aesthetic and image-political examination of the glorification of war and the annually recurring military demonstration of power – emancipatory, without dialogue and in black and white.

Borjana Gaković

For decades, a couple managed a small pub at Sisak bus station, right next to the entrance of one of the once biggest steel mills in Eastern Europe. A former symbol of the growth of socialist economy, Sisak now looks like a ghost town. The factory is long closed, the workers have moved away or retired. The film documents the last days before the Buffet Željezara closes whose managers now want to try their luck in Germany. In the last pub talks, the few remaining regulars give free rein to racist resentment as well as conspiracy theories about global politics.

Borjana Gaković

The observant, patient camera documents dawn at one of the most highly-frequented party beaches on the Croatian coast during peak season. The tourists exuberantly end their day; the locals begin to clean up.

Borjana Gaković