Saturday, March 16th at 5:00 PM \u2013 Free Movie Afternoon \u2013 Community Center “Matko Laginja”, M. Laginja Street 11. \u2013 From 6:00 PM, a pleasant conversation with filmmaker Juraj Leroti\u0107 and producer and activist Arijana Leki\u0107 Fridrih, moderated by dramaturge, writer, and activist Dorotea \u0160u\u0161ak.<\/p>\n
The Shadow Casters project, “Urboglyphs \u2013 City Multiplication”<\/strong>, which reflects on the city, its relationships, and its resources, continues this Saturday, March 16th, starting at 5:00 PM. in the Community Center “Matko Laginja”<\/strong> with a carefully selected cinema program, where children are more than welcome. We will be screening two renowned short films, “Little Light” by Alain Gomis and “Then I See Tanja” by director Juraj Leroti\u0107, both of which, through children as the main characters, address young people’s life experiences, play with the perception of reality, and explore film as an art of deception and manipulation. They also address serious themes in a wise, sensitive, and conceptually designed manner, topics that parents and teachers often hesitate to discuss with children and young people.<\/p>\n In addition to Leroti\u0107<\/strong>, this screening will be attended by producer and activist Arijana Leki\u0107 Fridrih<\/strong>, with the conversation moderated by dramaturge, poet, and activist Dorotea \u0160u\u0161ak<\/strong>. We would love to involve children and young people in the discussion and are ready to answer all their questions, especially since we are very inspired by Juraj Leroti\u0107’s text from the Film Chronicle about working with children in film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Continuing our twenty-two-year practice of engaging with the city, its material and immaterial heritage, reading spaces, and educating citizens about the resourcefulness of shared spaces, the Shadow Casters organize this project titled “Urboglyphs: City Multiplication”, which continues on March 24th<\/strong> with a cinema program where children are once again welcome, featuring the Croatian film “Into the Blue” directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovi\u0107 and the Portuguese film “Stone in the Pocket” directed by Joaquim Pinto. Both films address puberty and its challenges in very different ways, which could be particularly interesting for younger audiences, but also for those a little older.<\/p>\n Juraj Leroti\u0107<\/strong> was born in 1978 in Kiel, Germany. He graduated in preschool education from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar and in television directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. From 2002 to 2022, he worked as a screenwriter and director on children’s programs for Croatian Television (Parlaonica, Ni da ni ne, Drugi) and on documentary series for Robert Knjaz (Exchange Office, College Around the World, Accidental Tourist, Croatian Giants). In 2014 and 2015, he worked at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) as a commissioner for short fiction films. His first professional film, the medium-length fiction film “Then I See Tanja” (2011), had its European premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival, was acquired for television broadcast by the Franco-German television program ARTE, and won five awards. His feature film debut “Safe Place” (2022) is currently in festival distribution and has received 42 awards so far.<\/p>\n Arijana Leki\u0107-Fridrih<\/strong> was born and lives in Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated in Film and Video from the Arts Academy in Split and in Documentary Film Directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She works in the fields of film and video art. She regularly exhibits her multimedia works and works in film (as a director and screenwriter), video art, and performance art since 2005. Her filmography includes the films “Online”, “The Parade”, “Begin again”, and the web documentary “From5To95”, which have been shown at numerous domestic and foreign festivals.<\/p>\n Dorotea \u0160u\u0161ak<\/strong> is the executive director of the Center for Women’s Studies in Zagreb. She graduated in Dramaturgy from the Academy of Dramatic Art at the University of Zagreb. She is a doctoral student in the postgraduate program of Literary Studies, Theaterology and Dramatology, Filmology, Musicology, and Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, and is an education candidate in reality therapy and choice theory. She is a triple laureate of the national Marin Dr\u017ei\u0107 award for best drama texts, the Rector’s award for artistic projects, the Radiofonon award for radio drama texts, as well as the HNK Mostar award for best contemporary drama text. Her poetry has been included in several different editions and regional anthologies. She is responsible for the dramaturgy and\/or direction of a number of theater and other artistic projects on the independent and institutional scene in Croatia and the region. She has been an activist in the field of social accessibility and quality education and feminism for many years. She is an alumna of the OSCE\/ODIHR program ‘Advocacy School on Gender and Politics’ and a member of the American educational advocacy program of the organization Vital Voices called ‘Intergenerational Fellowship on Women, Peace and Security in South Central Europe’.<\/p>\n