Lucija Barišić

Rosa is an exhausted mother of a newborn baby and an owner of a village hairdressing salon. One day, a beautiful young widow Ines returns to the village and begs Rosa to come back working with her in what was once their mutual salon, which the latter, rather curmudgingly accepts. However, as her child begins to grow more ill after Ines' arrival, Rosa begins to suspect that her former best friend had cursed her newborn out of jealously, deciding to turn to the local witch doctor for help.

Anica (60) resists her ongoing chemotherapy while perceiving her daughter’s care as an assault on her dignity. Vlatko (60) is an alcoholic and a loner, completely written off by his work colleagues. Filled with mutual contempt, Anica and Vlatko separated long ago and seemingly no longer communicate. On their drawn-out paths toward oblivion, they search for an ally who will hear their desperate cry for the will to live.

Josip is a goalkeeper. Known and loved among football fans. As a result of an accident, the security network of social and material assurance suddenly disappears from around the goalkeeper. Josip falls on a skiing trip and now has to undergo rehabilitation at a sanatorium. In this world filled with tedious and meaningless chatter, Josip assumes the role of an outside observer.

Searching for her role, a young Actress is trying to grasp what she sees in her own reflection. She notices how her outline, albeit blurry enough for her exhausted and weary face not to shame her, is in fact unrecognisable. The long, almost incurable insomnia has made the world surrounding the Actress also fade. Objects and spatial parameters have disappeared and time frames vanish. We are left with the expression of the Actress’s body and the flow of her thoughts in the background.

Too afraid to confess to his wife that he fell for another woman, a middle-aged man turns into a ticking bomb that might explode right into his face.

The power went out twice that night. Other things happened as well. Created for the purpose of Šuma — a sound design workshop conceived as a collaboration between generations of filmmakers who are a part of Kino klub Osijek.

Sex chat-line operators realize that their messages could destroy the life of an unknown client who fell in love with an imaginary woman.

Neanderthals cross their territory hunting a mammoth. Once a friendly mammoth notices the danger, she joins in the fight making the Neanderthals flee in turn. As the mammoths take chase, more Neanderthals join in the hunt and turn away the mammoths. As both groups grow in numbers, the sabretooth tigers take this opportunity to try and catch some easy prey. The mammoths and the Neanderthals must now both run away from the danger.

Learning from his previous encounter with the dragon the knight decides to change his plan of attack. Taking an intelligent approach to the fight seems to pay off. However, ego can be the downfall to any victory.