The Thing to Be Done

In Croatia in 2005, a machine tools factory was occupied by its workers. Since then, they have operated collectively, becoming the only successful example of a worker occupation in post-socialist Europe. Today, as they seek a new model of collective ownership, the microcosmic world of the factory clashes with the forces of the globalized market economy, having an increasingly brutal impact on wages and the organization of the factory, causing rising disaffection among the workers. Filmmaker Srđan Kovačević returns regularly over a five year period to make a film that charts the evolution of this communal enterprise. Factory to the Workers tells the inside story of the workers who challenged the dominant economic narrative with their actions. After a decade, the same question remains: can a factory in the hands of workers survive at the periphery of capitalism, or do we need a bigger dream?

This film is a cry for help, an attempt to stop the suffering and pain of innocent animals that have been inflicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years.

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.

Nineteen years after the war, Goge, a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives in a UNHCR center located in what used to be a school. Jelena, a returnee of Serbian nationality, is alone among the ruins of a village that remains mined to this day. Branko, a veteran of Croatian paramilitary units, is unemployed and renting a room in the house of an owner of Serbian nationality. Endless waiting is the only remaining option for them in a dysfunctional society.

This is a film about confronted parallel memories of a village that brutally changed twice its name, population and its own history. The village that got trapped in a vicious circle of never ending traumas of the 20th century.