Aleksi

Barbara Vekarić201827:3615

Availability: Croatia / Subtitles: Eng

Aleksi, a 28-year-old who is stuck under her parent’s roof, ignores pressing family responsibilities and follows her impulses with various men, while figuring out how to escape a safe but boring upper middle class life her family intended for her.

Barbara Vekarić

Barbara Vekarić was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1987. As an undergraduate, she studied at once between two separate colleges, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature and Philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb and a BA degree in Film and Television Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She then went on to receive a Masters in Film Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Filmography:

2018 Aleksi (fiction feature film) – writer/director/co-producer
2018 Krijesnice (music video) – director/producer
2018 Isprati od soli (music video) – director/producer
2018 All Against All (fiction feature film) – co-producer
2017 Mouth of Truth (short film) – writer/director/producer/editor
2017 Deer Boy (short film) – co-producer
2017 Into the Blue (short film) – producer
2016 Bound by Beauty (short fashion film) – writer / director / producer
2015 Couch-surfer Girl (documentary tv series) – writer/director/producer
2014 Space Lab (children tv-series) – writer / director
2013 My! My! My Little Room! – writer / director
2013 The Little Raccoon – writer / director / producer
2012 Adieu, N – writer / director
2011 First Lady of Dubrava – writer / director
2010 Nina, please – writer / director / producer

Production: Studio Dim

Director: Barbara Vekarić

Screenplay: Barbara Vekarić

Co-production: Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), Motion (HR), Filmkombajn (RS)

Music: Juraj Ferina, Pavle Miholjević

Co-producer: Kazimir Bačić, Barbara Vekarić, Snežana Penev, Gordan Kičić

Sound Design: Zoran Maksimović, Ognjen Popić

Production Designer: Ines Atman

Editing: Dragan Petrović

Costume Design: Suzana Tkalčec

Producer: Darija Kulenović Gudan, Marina Andree Škop

Director of Photography: Filip Tot

Festivals and awards:
2019. Best debut in National Competition (Barbara Vekarić) – Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST
2019. Best Feature Film – New Jersey International Film Festival
2019. Best Feature Film; Best Director (Barbara Vekarić); Best Actress (Tihana Lazović) – Directors Cut Int'l Film Festival
2019. Best Cinematography (Filip Tot) - Woods Hole Film Festival
2019. Best Feature Film - United Workers Film Festival