Director: Zrinko Ogresta
Length: 2003, Colour, 90 mins
Screenplay: Josip Mlakic, Zrinko Ogresta
Cinematography: Davorin Gecl
Editor: Josip Podvorac
Cast: Jasmin Telalovic, Marija Tadic, Zlatko Crnkovic
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Director Biography: Zrinko Ogresta (1958) graduated from The Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb, Department for Film and TV Direction, January 1982. He is an author of a number of short features and TV films, often awarded at home and abroad. His short feature ‘The Forbidden Toy’ (Zabranjena Igračka) was awarded Grand Prix at The Madrid International Film Festival in 1988, Gold Medal at the National Film Festival, and others. ‘Shatters’ (`Krhotine,’ 1991), his first feature-length film was selected as ‘one of five best young European films of the year’ in 1991 in The European Film Award ‘Felix’contest. At The Golden Chest International Festival (‘Plovdiv’, 1992) ‘Shatters’ won the second prize, The Silver Chest Special Prize. At ‘The Days of Croatian Cinema’, the first Croatian Film Festival ‘Shatters’ won the First Prize for the Best Film of the Year. ‘The Washed Out’ (Isprani, 1995), Ogresta’s second feature-length film was awarded ‘Prix Italia’ (Naples, 1996), one of the world’s most renowned TV awards, and ‘Prix Budapest’ for the Best Central European film of 1996. At the Croatian Film Festival ‘Pula’ ’95, ‘The Washed Out’ won the Golden Arena for the Best Film of the year. The film was the Croatian representative for the 68th Annual Academy Awards (Oscar). In 1998, the film won its third European Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Rome – ‘Medfilm’ (1998), under the auspices of the famous film foundation ‘Eurimages.’ The third Ogresta's film ‘Red Dust’ (Crvena Prašina, 1999) was in the official section of the 56th ‘Mostra’ in Venice. After a world premiere in Venice, the film was invited to many film festivals around the world and won three Grand Prix, at the festivals in Haifa, Rome and World Fest Flagstaff, Houston (USA). The film was also awarded the Best Croatian Movie of the Year 1999, and was Croatian representative for the Oscar. Since 1990, Zrinko Ogresta has been lecturing Film and TV Direction at the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb. ‘Tu’ (Here) is Ogresta's fourth feature-length film.
Filmography: ‘Izlaz Za Nuždu’ (Emergency Exit) 1981
‘Zabranjena Igračka (The Forbidden Toy)’1985 ‘Posjet’ (The Call) 1985 ‘Konzerva’ (A Tin) 1986 ‘Olujna Noć (A Stormy Night)’ 1987 ‘Leo I Brigita’ (Leo And Brigita) 1989 ‘Krhotine (Shatters)’ 1991 ‘Isprani’ (The Washed Out) 1995 ‘Crvena Prašina’ (Red Dust) 1999 ‘T u’ (Here) 2003.
