13 Jun BIGGER THAN TRAUMA

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BIGGER THAN TRAUMA

Croatia / 2022 / 90’

DIRECTED BY: Vedrana Pribačić
SCREENPLAY BY: Vedrana Pribačić, Mirta Puhlovski
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dario Hacek
EDITED BY:: Marta Broz
PRODUCER: Mirta Puhlovski
PRODUCED BY: Metar60 PRODUKCIJA: Metar 60, HRT Television
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: ZagrebDox 2022. – Regionalna konkurencija – posebno priznanje, Zaba – Nagrada publike; Kanadski međunarodni festival dokumentarnog filma Hot Docs 2022. – Changing Face of Europe; Dani hrvatskog filma 2022. – Nagrada za etiku i ljudska prava; nagrada Zlatna uljanica; posebno priznanje (dokumentarni film); Nagrada publike; Sarajevo Film Festival 2022. – Nagrada za ljudska prava; Filmski festival Slobodna zona 2022. – posebno priznanje; Ženski međunarodni filmski festival u Beirutu 2023.

For three years the film follows three women raped in the War of Croatian Independence, connecting with their deepest truths during the strengthening programme. Marija feels she doesn’t deserve to be free, for Katica any change is very scary. Ana describes herself as a little lonely duckling that doesn’t belong anywhere. She is the only Serbian in the group and the issue of nationality is still a burden that our protagonists feel. The fact that they were all raped by Serbian soldiers doesn’t diminish the group’s distrust towards Ana…Today, the discovery of who they could be without the trauma they’re identified with, is changing their life and relations.

Vedrana Pribačić is a Croatian journalist, director, and screenwriter born in 1977. She holds a master’s degree in politics and is a member of the Filmmakers Association of Croatia. Until 2013, she worked as a journalist, TV reporter, and editor-in-chief for different Croatian and international broadcasters: OTV, NOVA TV, RTL, and CNN World View. Afterwards, she wrote several scripts for documentaries and short films and in 2016 directed the award-winning documentary The Factory is Ours!. She’s interested in the state of society she lives in, and by making documentary films she wants to contribute towards positive changes that are happening to (and through) ordinary people. Bigger Than Trauma is her first feature documentary.