Of People and Donkeys

A group of partisans is under siege, surrounded by strong German forces. Some of them remember the events that preceded the siege. This is an omnibus of three intertwined stories.

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the liberation of Istria at the end of the World War II.

Story about famous ballet dancer Marija who was horrified by the terror of Ustasha regime, and joined the partisans.

Ivan Ivanović, a party functionary, arrives in a provincial town as a temporary replacement for a cultural official. The newcomer is fanatically eager to reform the town's cultural life in accordance with socialist ideals. He abolishes all five music societies and orders a monument of the town's most revered native, late composer Ciguli Miguli, removed from the main square. Ivanović's actions, however, meet stiff resistance from the townspeople, especially the youth.

A compilation of week journals made for Nazi-puppet regime in Croatia during WW II which show the warfare of Ustasha forces against Yugoslav partisans and Chetniks in eastern Bosnia.

A short wildlife documentary about dormouse.

A wildlife documentary about marmot.

Following a group of divers, amphora hunters, the camera immerses us into the wondrous world of the Adriatic underwater.

From a monastery in Makarska preserving an extremely valuable shell collection, we embark underwater. We study the life of the shell named after St. Jacob. It is a shell which can even jump, but sometimes it’s still not enough to escape its sworn enemy, the red comb star.

Documentary about mountain wildlife.

The fox is considered one of the most cunning animals. It easily outwits its prey, even hunting dogs, but will it manage to escape the cruelest and smartest of its enemies - the man? The depiction of the fox's life in nature confirms the character of this animal known from fables. However, the fox's lifestyle can also be seen as a cinematic allegory of survival in impossible conditions.

Documentary about one of the world’s smallest mammals.

Authentic documentary film about first four months of little bears’ lives.