Writing

Dana Budisavljević

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Known For

The Boy Who RushedThe Boy Who Rushed · 2002
The Boy Who Rushed
9.02002
MovieDocumentary
An intimate story about the author's search for her brother who went missing in action during war in Croatia in 1991. In a way, the film is a follow-up of the author's grandmother whose husband was killed in World War II. For the rest of her life the grandmother was awaiting his return. The Boy Who Rushed won numerous national and international awards, including the annual Vladimir Nazor Award for Film. It was shown at more than twenty international festivals. In 2001, it was Croatian candidate for Oscar for Best Documentary Film. The Boy Who Rushed is one of the best and most awarded Croatian documentaries in the past two decades.
The Feast of the WolfThe Feast of the Wolf · 2026
The Feast of the Wolf
2026
MovieDocumentary
The wolves are returning to a barren region in the Croatian-Dalmatian hinterland. Though the tourist destinations of the Adriatic coast are less than half an hour away, people in the deserted villages of Bukovica believe that "Brussels" represents evil and flies the wolves over by helicopter. Ana, a dedicated veterinarian, attempts to refute these theories and engage with the people on the ground.
Family MealsFamily Meals · 2011
Family Meals
6.02011
MovieDocumentary
Do you remember the last time you've talked to your parents? What did you talk about? Have you gone step further from weather forecast and daily politics? Five years after last gathering, a birthday celebration brings together an ordinary four member family. They start questioning what made them turn away from each other... Can having a conversation about buried family secrets help them eat without cramps in the stomach in the future? Can a failed birthday cake help them overcome the past? Through the ritual of family meals, the film tells how important is for us to feel accepted by our loved ones.
Straight A's!Straight A's! · 2003
Straight A's!
10.02003
MovieDocumentary
Lidija is 37, she was born in a small town on the Croatian coast. At the age of 19 she left for Amsterdam, where she was promised a waitressing job, but she ended up in the Red Light District. After 15 years, she returns to her hometown to turn a new page and become a mother. In the film she speaks up for the first time about leaving and returning to a conservative community, everything she experienced in between and describes Amsterdam’s windows, porn sets, Playboy covers.
When the War ComesWhen the War Comes · 2018
When the War Comes
4.72018
MovieDocumentary
Hundreds of teenagers join the Slovak Recruits paramilitary group to get ready for the final clash of civilizations and to fight whoever invades their country.
A Story From PulaA Story From Pula · 1998
A Story From Pula
9.01998
MovieDocumentary
Although they live right next to Pula's biggest tourist attraction, the people of Mahala, the city's destitute neighborhood, have been forgotten by everybody.
The Cars We Drove into CapitalismThe Cars We Drove into Capitalism · 2021
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
7.72021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.
The Diary of Diana B.The Diary of Diana B. · 2019
The Diary of Diana B.
7.02019
MovieDramaHistory
Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing more than 10,000 children from the Ustasha camps in Nazi-occupied Croatia.

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