{"id":4926,"date":"2025-04-13T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T13:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacaci-sjenki.hr\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:24:00","slug":"vitic-plese-na-22-crossing-europe-festivalu-u-linzu-2-4-svibnja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacaci-sjenki.hr\/en\/vitic-plese-na-22-crossing-europe-festivalu-u-linzu-2-4-svibnja\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8221;VITI\u0106 DANCES&#8221; at the 22nd CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival in Linz \u2013 May 2\u20134"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upon the invitation of the curators and coordinators of the 22nd Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz \u2014 Sabine Gebetsroither, Katharina Riedler, and Gerald W\u00f6\u00df \u2014 our feature-length documentary &#8220;Viti\u0107 Dances&#8221; will be presented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/crossingeurope.at\/en\/film\/vitic_plese\">section Architecture and Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since its premiere at ZGDOX in 2023, the film has travelled widely, screening in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, India, Sweden, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Malta, Turkey, Uruguay, Italy, Bolivia, Armenia, Romania, and Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed over nearly two decades and edited over the course of five years, Viti\u0107 Dances vividly explores the complex relationship between architecture and society through the lens of the restoration of the mixed-use residential and office complex of the National Bank, designed by architect Ivo Viti\u0107 in Zagreb. The building\u2019s restoration, carried out between 2016 and 2018, was part of the community art project of the same name by Boris Bakal and the Shadow Casters, and represents the largest investment in residential renovation in Croatia since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The film has received nine distinguished awards to date, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Recognition at the 2023 Days of Croatian Film,<\/li>\n<li>Special Award for Memory Preservation and Cultural Heritage at the 18th Balkan New Film Festival in Stockholm (Sweden),<\/li>\n<li>Best Documentary Award at the 2024 Asian Talent International Film Festival in Ahmednagar (India),<\/li>\n<li>Best Documentary at the San Antonio Festival (Ecuador),<\/li>\n<li>Best Film, Best Production, and Best Director at the London Festival, (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Third Prize at the Architecture and Film Festival in Venice (Italy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to Crossing Europe, Viti\u0107 Dances has also been invited to festivals in Germany (Berlin Z\/KU), Bangladesh, France, and Croatia in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Director: Boris Bakal<br \/>\nScreenwriters: Boris Bakal, Martin Semen\u010di\u0107<br \/>\nCinematographers: Adam Luka Turjak, Ante Cvitanovi\u0107, Bojana Burna\u0107, Bojan Haron Marki\u010devi\u0107, Boris Bakal, Damjan Nenadi\u0107, Danko Vu\u010dinovi\u0107, David Ogui\u0107, Davorin Fahn, Dubravka Kuroba\u0161a, Filip Tot, Ines Lambert, Jadran Boban, Jasenko Rasol, Katarina Pejovi\u0107, Lovro Cepelak, Mark Modri\u0107, Rino Barbir, Sandra Uskokovi\u0107, Plakor Kova\u010devi\u0107, Sr\u0111an Kova\u010devi\u0107, Veno Mu\u0161inovi\u0107, Vedran Senjanovi\u0107, Tamara Cesarac, Tomislav Sutlar, Toma\u0161 Kratochv\u00edl<br \/>\nEditor: Martin Semen\u010di\u0107<br \/>\nComposer: Stanko Juzba\u0161i\u0107<br \/>\nProducers: Boris Bakal, Adrijana Prugove\u010dki, Tibor Keser, Ivan Kelava<br \/>\nProduction Company: Multimedia Arts Organization Shadow Casters<br \/>\nCo-producers: Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)<\/p>\n<p>Supported by:<br \/>\nCity of Zagreb \u2013 Department for Culture and Civil Society,<br \/>\nNational Foundation for Civil Society Development,<br \/>\nKultura Nova Foundation,<br \/>\nCroatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bacaci-sjenki.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crossing-europe.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bacaci-sjenki.hr\/en\/?attachment_id=4803\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bacaci-sjenki.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crossing-europe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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