Urboglyphs – Urbotheque: Trnje in Film, Trnje on Film, Trnje through Film, Trnje and Film

After more than six months of research, workshops, and public lectures, the Shadow Casters’ project Urboglyphs–Urbotheque enters its final phase of film and heritage reflection on Trnje – this time through film screenings of movies that were either shot in or take place in Trnje.

This project, supported by the City of Zagreb through the “Culture and Art in the Community” program, and in partnership with the Zagreb City Libraries (DK “Marin Držić”, GK “Ivana Gorana Kovačića”, GK “Savica”), the Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth – Pogon, the State Archives – Croatian Film Archive, the Zagreb Public Open University, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, MO Savica, Zagreb Film, and Jadran Film, invites interested citizens and professionals to participate through workshops, public discussions, film screenings, Open Offices, lectures, urban tours, as well as film shoots and AV installations.
More about the program “Urboglyphs–Urbotheque”: https://bacaci-sjenki.hr/projekti/urboglifi-urboteka/

Participants in the project have included, among others: Bojana Burnać, Nikica Gilić, Jadran Boban, Damir Radnić, Sandra Uskoković, Nikola Strašek, Sara Simić, Iva Rosandić, Leo Vukelić, Goran Trbuljak, Boris Cvjetanović, Stanko Juzbašić, Ivan Posavec, Saša Vojković, and numerous citizens, students, pupils, and teachers from Trnje.
The project was conceived and is coordinated by Boris Bakal, with project design by Ivan Klisurić.

Film Screenings at Pogon, by date:

Thursday, May 15 at 4:30 PM

• Zoran Tadić: The Rhythm of Crime (1981), co-production Centar film Belgrade/Television Zagreb, 89’ – this unusual feature film is almost entirely set and filmed in Trnje, specifically in Paromlinska Street where the main characters live.
  About the film: http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=156

• Saša Vojković: Dimana (1978), produced by the Academy of Dramatic Art, 22’ – this short documentary, made during the director’s second year of film school, is almost entirely filmed in Trnje, where the main protagonist also lives.

Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 PM

• Milivoj Puhlovski / Bruno Gamulin: Live and See (1979), produced by Zagreb Film, 103’ – this feature film is entirely set and filmed in Zagreb, with parts specifically taking place in Trnje.
  About the film: http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=73

• Zvonimir Berković: My Apartment (1962), produced by Zagreb Film, 13’43” – this short pseudo-documentary is entirely set and filmed in Zagreb, with significant scenes shot in Trnje.

Special thanks to Zagreb Film for their support in realizing this program, and to film professional Ms. Dubravka Berković and cinematographer-director Mr. Željko Sarić for their permission to screen Zvonimir Berković’s film, as well as directors Milivoj Puhlovski and Bruno Gamulin for their permission to screen their work.

Friday, May 16 at 5:30 PM

• Fadil Hadžić: The Journalist (1979), co-produced by Croatia Film & Jadran Film, 113’ – this feature film is in large part filmed in Trnje, along the Sava River and in the neighborhoods of Savica and Vrbik.
  About the film: http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=138

• B. Žižić: The Flood (1964), produced by Zagreb Film, 24’34” – this short documentary recounts the devastating flood that struck Trnje and the city of Zagreb in the 1960s.

Special thanks to the Croatian Film Archive and Zagreb Film for their support, and especially to film and theater actress Ms. Elizabeta Kukić for permitting the screening of her late husband Fadil Hadžić’s film.

Thursday, May 22 at 4:30 PM
Panel: Trnje in Film and Photography
Participants: Goran Trbuljak, Ivan Posavec, Boris Cvjetanović, Damir Radnić, and Boris Bakal

• Vatroslav Mimica: The Last Mission of Diverzant Oblak (1978), co-produced by Jadran Film / Croatia Film, 114’ – this feature film is almost entirely set and filmed in Trnje.
  About the film: http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=149

• Zoran Tadić: Kašinska 7, produced by Zagreb Film, 16’ – this short documentary is a portrait of Trnje, focusing on one street and one building and their transformations.

Special thanks to the Croatian Film Archive and Zagreb Film for their support, and to director and producer Mr. Sergio Mimica-Gezzan for his permission to screen the film by his father, Vatroslav Mimica.

Shadow Casters (Bacači sjenki, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia) is a multi-award-winning international artistic and production platform for interdisciplinary collaboration, creation, and reflection on intermedial art. It seamlessly weaves together international collaboration, filmmaking, theater performances, urban intermedia projects, activism, educational work, video art, and curatorial practice into a holistic artistic endeavor.