Directing

Vinko Brešan

Born February 3, 1964 · Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia) (age 62)

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Known For

Events Meant to Be ForgottenEvents Meant to Be Forgotten · 2020
Events Meant to Be Forgotten
2020
MovieAnimation
Filmed on 16mm film, this visual expression is rooted in its archival materials and backed up by the poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It speaks of the forgotten people, their lives and their deeds. These two Archives have been found on the flea market in Zagreb. One is of a famous architect and the other one is of a famous composer. This film ponders on this occurrence, on the vanishing of and forgetfulness of humans.
The Priest's ChildrenThe Priest's Children · 2013
The Priest's Children
★ 6.52013
MovieComedyDrama
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and the pharmacist Marin. After they abolish all forms of birth control on the entire island, the consequences become more and more complicated.
CockperaCockpera · 2020
Cockpera
★ 6.02020
MovieAnimationComedy
A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.
Asparagus BearAsparagus Bear · 2025
Asparagus Bear
2025
MovieDocumentaryComedy
The residents of a quiet Mediterranean town are thrown into speculation overdrive with the unusual appearance of a bear in the midst of asparagus season.
Wake Me UpWake Me Up · 2015
Wake Me Up
2015
MovieAnimation
A boy wakes up in the unknown place and starts searching for his home. When he finally finds it, the things are not as they seem to be.
What a Country!What a Country! · 2018
What a Country!
★ 5.92018
MovieComedyDrama
A story about suicidal general, a minister in the Croatian government who voluntarily locks himself inside a prison cell, and 4 pensioners, who steal the coffin with the remains of the late Croatian president.
How the War Started on My IslandHow the War Started on My Island · 1996
How the War Started on My Island
★ 6.21996
MovieComedyWar
On a small island in the Adriatic, tensions rise between the local population and the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army. The locals try to fight the enemy with song, dance, music and motivational speeches, but, major Aleksa, the head of the batallion situated on the island, threatens to blow their barracks up with everyone inside them if the civilians don't retreat.
WitnessesWitnesses · 2003
Witnesses
★ 6.62003
MovieDramaWar
Karlovac, Central Croatian Front, 1991. Three Croatian soldiers try to detonate a Serb civilian's home, but are stopped in their efforts by the homeowner, whom they kill in retaliation. The only witness to the murder is the man's daughter, whom they decide to kidnap to prevent the truth from spreading out and causing political unrest. Nevertheless, the case gets out and, unebenknownst to each other, five different people: a homicide investigator, a medical examiner, a local politician, a reporter and the brother of one of the perpetrators, decide to track the perpetrators down to stop the truth from getting out.

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