Ivana Roščić

Routinely, but with dedication, Mare runs her small family’s modest household, even though a new washing machine is not the only thing that is missing. When a chance encounter rekindles her libido, she does not hold back for long.

On a faraway Dalmatian island in the 1920s Pogana, a woman from the inlands, is sold to be the new wife of a widow sailor with five children. When the Sailor is lost at sea, Pogana is left at the mercy of the cruel villagers and their customs.

When Alma discovers that her father’s company plans to demolish the playground, she gets determined to save green areas. Alma has no choice but to join forces with her worst enemies – Luna’s skate gang.

A stormy winter approaches and a small Dalmatian island soon becomes more and more deserted. A typical Croatian family featuring members from across the generational pool gathers in a small dilapidated household in order to discuss inheritance. However, the discussion quickly takes a snappy twist as new questions begin to pop up that start bringing the crumbling tradionalist family structure down. One of them, a woman named Anica, is determined to keep the situation afloat, no matter what risks it may pose.

Years ago, Toma recieved widespread acclaim for saving the Croatian president from a stroke via his supernatural powers. Years later, he arrives on a small Adriatic island, intending to build the headquarters of his would-be healing organization, which he names The Temple of Pure Love. Toma uses this opportunity to scam the locals out of their money and sleep with as many women as possible, but, when his son Ante falls in love with one of these women, a local baker named Ana, the generational conflict begins to create a strong disconnect between the two.

Rosa is an exhausted mother of a newborn baby and an owner of a village hairdressing salon. One day, a beautiful young widow Ines returns to the village and begs Rosa to come back working with her in what was once their mutual salon, which the latter, rather curmudgingly accepts. However, as her child begins to grow more ill after Ines' arrival, Rosa begins to suspect that her former best friend had cursed her newborn out of jealously, deciding to turn to the local witch doctor for help.

Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken marriage behind him, he doesn't have a clear conscience, either. Is there anything positive to be said about infidelity, or does it simply deserve the utmost contempt, particularly when it's more premeditated than spontaneous?

An anthology of several intertwining stories that takes place during a New Year's Eve celebration in the coastal city of Split, that blends together the criminal underworld, love, music and sexuality into a story about a desperate search for inner peace and one's place in the world, both of which may not always be far from home.

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the ocean to find there a better life. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy parable on loss, loneliness and the power of imagination.

During a reality show a war starts, but the producer will do anything to hide it from the contestants.

Yugoslavia, late 1980s. Parents and son are hastily making the final preparations for Christmas Eve dinner. Their beloved uncle will be turning up from Germany any minute now. But, hang on, are things really as they seem? An unnerving debut à la Haneke that cleverly balances on the edge of farce and oppressive thriller while ingeniously toying with narrative structure.

The Trampoline is not a romantic love story - it is a film about a powerful and sometimes double-edged love, and the darker side of a mother-daughter bond that has been stretched to breaking point.

A sequel to omnibus "Zagreb Stories" tells about love and families in present-day Zagreb.

Iris is ingenious neo-noir comedy set in Croatia 90, in the gloomy post-war era dominated by tycoons, corruption and war profiteers.

Antonio and Nikola are inseparable friends who live across the road from each other, and share a love of pyrotechnics and mobile phones. Their families have been in dispute for years over an easily resolvable problem: the water that flows from the top house to the bottom house. The boys’ friendship, as they are about to enter puberty, is put to the test at Christmas time when their families uncover much more dangerous secrets and interests, and the water just carries the hate of the adults to the children.

After many years, Karla returns to her home island where she must face everything she left behind.

Arriving on an island, a young woman embarks on a journey to discover her identity and place in the world. Her experiences on the island unravel a tapestry of past events, bringing hidden truths to light. As the situation grows increasingly complex, she is driven towards a profound reconciliation and acceptance, starting with herself and gradually encompassing those around her.

Nine short films are connected into one whole, and they describe life in Croatia's capital of Zagreb.

While researching or playing a role, an actor decides to quit acting and live the life of their character instead.

When Slavko's old friend Djulaga dies, Slavko feels obliged to go to the funeral. But in his hometown of Mostar, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, this simple social obligation has the potential to get him into all kinds of trouble: with his neighbors or even with local political bigwigs. Yet if he does not go, his wife will think he's a coward, the grieving family will never forgive him - and he might have trouble forgiving himself. This is a compelling tale of everyday life in a fractured society, and a world where paranoia, comedy and drama co-exist. It is also an astute psychological portrait of a man who is forced to cross the invisible line that divides two communities. Above all, it is the story of a man who lost everything that defined him, when his country disintegrated.

Siniša Mesjak, an arrogant and ambitious politician on the rise, finds himself in the middle of a scandal. To hide him from the public, the president appoints him as the commissioner of Croatian government on the furthest settled island Trečić, where he is tasked with the organization of local elections. The previous seven commissioners haven't succeeded.

The movie "Swineherds" is a satirical anti-musical which deals with the phenomena of the media sensationalism that trivializes even the most serious and the most painful subjects. The movie depicts the phenomenon of media manipulation, mass hysteria, thirst for fame and people that will, more than ever, do whatever it takes to keep their fifteen minutes of fame.

After several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.

Five yuppies go on a paintball session up in the hilly area of Zagorje where they soon lose contact to one another, but they've been discovered by a family of native villagers who make a home-made delicacy. They soon find out what are the ingredients of their hosts' recipee.

A deep dive into the Bosnian War, that tore the country apart at the dawn of the 1990s, A Life’s Worth explores with intensity the unimaginable dilemma faced by the peacekeepers sent to the region, unable to intervene in a conflict that was beyond their control. A gripping series and a much-needed look back at one of the most violent wars in recent European history, prompting an essential discussion about the weight of commitment, interventionism, and the cost of peace.

Follow the intertwining stories of four strangers who are bound together by a violent event.