Scaffold

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Matija Debeljuh202021:20

Feature Experimental Short length

A man returns to his hometown after a long absence to visit his dying father. He re-enters the house where he once lived, only to find there a boy who reminds him of himself. Through a lavish, decadent story, the boy reveals to him a childhood secret that has haunted him his entire life. This revelation will finally allow him to say goodbye to his father.

Matija Debeljuh

Matija Debeljuh was born on the 14th of April 1980 in Pula / Croatia. In December 2004 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Split / section Design of Visual Communications – Video Art in the class of prof. Vlado Zrnić. Matija represent Croatian video at the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean 2003. Matija has exibithed in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Pula, Rijeka, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Skopje, Turin, Trieste, Athens, Vilnius, New Yorku, Brussels… With several national and international workshops we should also abstract the participation of the Sarajevo Talent Campus, Sarajevo City of Film and the Berlinale Talent Campus. Experimental films and video works of Matija Debeljuh screened at international festivals where they have won significant awards.

Short filmography: K51, La cantina di ferro, Obsession, Contrada, Steel City, Scaffold

Production: Kinematograf

Director: Matija Debeljuh

Cast: Sergio Rovina, Livio Badurina, Tomislav Letinić

Producer: Dijana Mlađenović

Director of Photography: Josip Ružić Pino

Co-producer: Matija Debeljuh, Branka Benčić

Make-up Artist: Petra Pekica

Sound: Luka Gamulin

Production Designer: Luka Stojnić

Screenplay: Matija Debeljuh

Editing: Matija Debeljuh

Costume Design: Desanka Janković

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