{"id":32149,"date":"2021-07-24T22:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T21:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motovunfilmfestival.com\/?p=32149"},"modified":"2021-07-24T22:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T21:05:36","slug":"unlocking-what-was-locked-away-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinehill.eu\/en\/unlocking-what-was-locked-away-during-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"UNLOCKING WHAT WAS LOCKED AWAY DURING LOCKDOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This side program points spotlights at great films that haven\u2019t found their way to audiences due to the pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Lumi\u00e8re<\/em> brothers to the present day, it never happened that literally all the cinemas on the planet had been closed for months. The past year saw films put on hold, waiting for silver screens to come alive again, for cinemas and festivals to reopen and for audiences to return. Due to the general lockdown, many great films remained more or less locked away from their audiences. The purpose of this program is to support such films born in bad times and to help them reach their audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most acclaimed Croatian film of the past season, Tereza37<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, won no less than six Golden Arenas, including the one for Best Film. Tereza is a 37-year-old woman from Split, who just had her fourth miscarriage. After her gynecologists suggests, for a joke, that she should try with a new partner, Tereza finally decides to turn over a new leaf. Directed by Danilo \u0160erbed\u017eija<\/strong> and written by its lead actress Lana Bari\u0107<\/strong>, the film superbly depicts the pressure of one\u2019s immediate environment, including family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her third feature-length film, Mare<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the member of the festival\u2019s main jury Andrea \u0160taka<\/strong> deals with the position of a woman in a small Croatian town. Mare lives near an airport but she has never traveled by plane. Sometimes she feels like a stranger in her own home. Yearning for a change, she will put her life to a test when she meets a stranger. Marija \u0160kari\u010di\u0107<\/strong> was awarded in Sarajevo for the title role. Goran Navojec<\/strong> plays her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M<\/em>ater<\/strong><\/a>, the acclaimed feature-length debut by Jure Pavlovi\u0107<\/strong>, a member of the festival\u2019s main jury, tackles life in a small town, where the locals are always right. Pavlovi\u0107\u2019s short film Picnic <\/em>won a European Film Award (the \u201cEuropean Oscar\u201d). After years spent in Germany, Jasna returns to Croatia in order to look after her mother who, although on her deathbed, radiates terrifying authority. Will Jasna manage to confront her mother or will she vanish in her stranglehold? Darija Lorenci Flatz<\/strong> won a Golden Arena at Pula Film Festival for the role of daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a film by Serbian director Srdan Golubovi\u0107<\/strong>, is coming to Motovun with awards from Pula and Berlin under its belt. It is the only film in the history of Pula Film Festival that was rated 5.00 by the audience. When faced with corruption of civil servants, Nikola takes matters into his own hands and walks all the way to Belgrade in order to get his children back. Goran Bogdan<\/strong> was nominated for European Film Award for his outstanding performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Lockdown Diaries<\/strong> program proudly presents Croatian animated filmAccidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>a sensational candidate for this year\u2019s Oscar nominations. It is an experimental and surrealistic stream-of-consciousness film. See if you can figure out this animated riddle by Dalibor Bari\u0107<\/strong>, the author of Motovun Film Festival\u2019s trailers since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n