Lana Barić

In the 1990s, the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb from a patriarchal community, and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a gay couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, intimate and public, are shaken up by the aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose devastating consequences unfold in inter-ethnic hatred.

Rio, an introverted young man, tries to make a living for himself by commiting petty theft in restaurants and resorts around the Croatian coast. His life, however, drastically changes when Andrea, a young Serbian part-time worker, enters his life, with the two becoming partners in crime, planning a major heist of two wealthy women staying at the hotel Andrea works at.

A young woman begins to work on a dream journal after she realizes that all of her travels to the dreamscape (be they dreams or nightmares) are related to an old cemetary situated nearby her childhood home.

Iva fights a loosing battle against her abusive mother who tries her hardest to control every aspect of the former's life. The way she sees it, there's only one way out of her continously deteriorating mental state: running.

After the death of her father, young scientist Ana struggles with an identity crisis, being the last member of a once large family. The changes inside her are suddenly reflected in reality – loneliness, crisis, emigration – and her scientific research on mystical symbols and human traces left in stone are mysteriously intertwined with her life.

The Trampoline is not a romantic love story - it is a film about a powerful and sometimes double-edged love, and the darker side of a mother-daughter bond that has been stretched to breaking point.

Jagoda is leaving her apartment.

Young biologist Marta Medved comes to the small town of Veliki Dabar to investigate the murder of a large bear, whose body has been discovered before the mayor's holiday home. Her arrival will suddenly wake up the sleepy highland town and its collection of seemingly normal residents, each with secrets of their own, including Marta's ex-husband Mauro and his agressive brother Mišel. To get to the bottom of the mystery at hand, Marta has to join forces with inspector Bolf, a kind hearted, but clumsy law enforcement officer, but, unbeknownst to both of them, they'll stumble upon a grand conspiracy that, in one way or another, involves the entire town.

A young woman who has just moved into a new flat pays a courtesy visit to her pregnant neighbor. Chatting over coffee, the situation intensifies when the secretive neighbor starts begging the woman not to leave.

A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war itself.

Colombian girl, who studies law in France, arrives to Sarajevo in order to write a study about the War Crimes Tribunal. Unexpectedly she finds herself in the center of the intimate tragedy of her new friend, a native woman.

Dora is a neglected girl, who dreams about becoming a football manager. Suddenly, her outlaw father enters her life and they build a close relationship. Ives, a soap opera director, nurses her father who suffers from Alzheimer’s. As she loses him, she gradually loses the ground beneath her feet. Nataša, successful producer, is pregnant. When things go awry for her, she decides to confront her estranged father. Three daughters battle for acceptance, redemption and new opportunities.

Three women of different ages and backgrounds meet in the waiting room of an ophthalmologist’s office. Overhearing the conversation of the two older women, the young woman Sasha learns of the tragedy they experienced in the war. The indifference she felt towards them until that moment is replaced by a sense of closeness and connection. However, the chance to share this is irreversibly lost.

Nine short films are connected into one whole, and they describe life in Croatia's capital of Zagreb.

Eva lives cut off from the outside world in het sterile blue apartment. She's allergic to just about everything. Are her allergies caused by a polluting multinational corporation, or is she so sensitive and vulnerable she's making herself ill?

Zagreb, last days of the year. In an old apartment where every object belongs to the past, Tina is trying to revive the holiday rituals. As New Year's Eve is approaching, festivities and fireworks keep intruding into her private space.

Haunted by his dark past, a labourer in a small Croatian village has a series of fateful encounters over the course of a single night.

While researching or playing a role, an actor decides to quit acting and live the life of their character instead.

Can the thread of bad luck, violence and suffering which is braided deeply into the generations of one family be broken? Beba's mother is a woman of poor health and weak character. Beba's father is sullen and violent. Beba's brother is possessive and problematic. Beba's boyfriend is from a correctional institution. Has Beba's daughter any chance to break this vicious circle, has she got any chance to become a beloved, happy person?

Summer fruits are refreshing but high temperatures can make them go bad.

Family tensions are slowly eroding what should have been a carefree summer for the young boy Jakov. A series of events ending in tragedy will incite his emotional revolt against the grown ups, but also his sense of guilt.

After several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.

Amra is an attractive and talented teenager living in the outskirts of Zagreb. Her dirty rap music has made her quite popular in the neighborhood. She has plans to shoot a music video, but she is supposed to babysit her sister. Amra is not willing to sacrifice her big chance.

The thematic framework of the anthology feature film DEEP CUTS is violence in all of its forms: as a destruction of intimacy, family, integrity, trust.

Olga moves into a new apartment, but realizes that each new neighbor she befriends with mysteriously disappears and is replaced by a completely different person a few days later.

Olga moves into a new apartment, but realizes that each new neighbor she befriends with mysteriously disappears and is replaced by a completely different person a few days later.

After several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.

Željka is a 40-year-old woman, living a quiet life in an isolated village. An unexpected visit will take her back to the past, shaking up her daily routine.

Željka is a 40-year-old woman, living a quiet life in an isolated village. An unexpected visit will take her back to the past, shaking up her daily routine.

After many years, Karla returns to her home island where she must face everything she left behind.

After many years, Karla returns to her home island where she must face everything she left behind.

After a massive earthquake hits Zagreb, Žana decides to reinvent her life, creating the persona of Eve. However, how will this affect her mental state, friendships and life as she knows it? Or, much like the city around her, will it have to be built anew?

After a massive earthquake hits Zagreb, Žana decides to reinvent her life, creating the persona of Eve. However, how will this affect her mental state, friendships and life as she knows it? Or, much like the city around her, will it have to be built anew?

A famous film director in midlife crisis invites his fatal ex-girlfriend to a lake hotel to help him write a script based on their relationship.