Greetings from the secretariat
Written and directed: Ivan Ramljak
Editing: Ivor Šonje
Sound: Hrvoje Nikšić
Producer: Igor Grubić
Production: Kreativni sindikat
Festivals: Beldocs
On the paradise island, not everything is as idyllic as it seems. Compiled from photographs discovered in an abandoned police station, this criminal found footage film takes us to the other side of the mirror of sunny serenity and colorful attractions of a popular tourist destination in Croatia. Spanning several decades and two political systems, the photographs of crime scenes take on their own syntax and weave a story about a society and its pathologies.
Ivan Ramljak (1974) film director and independent film curator. He established Human Rights Film Festival in Zagreb in 2003. From 2013. to 2022. He was curating Short Tuesday ― short film programme at cinema Tuskanac. He has been artistic director of Tabor Film festival, oldest festival for shorts in Croatia, since 2016. Since 2022. He is programming for International film festival Rotterdam (IFFR). His films have been screened at more than 80 international film festivals around the world (Cinéma du réel, DOK Leipzig, Sarajevo Film festival,, Dokufest, GoEast…), where he won numerous awards.