Miljenka Čogelja
Filmography
The Diary of Diana B.
2019
88:07
Deeply troubled by the persecution of innocent mothers and children in Nazi-occupied Croatia, Diana, a distinguished Austrian, undertakes what is to become one of the largest rescue campaigns of World War II – one that saved 10,000 children from certain death. Eighty years later, few survivors return to the ruins of former camps only to […]
I Like That Super Most the Best
2015
42:50
A portrait of two sisters. Mia is cheerful and open. She has Down syndrome, doesn’t care about fashion and loves people. Eva filmed their relationship during a period of ten years in an effort to get closer to her sister and to reconcile their differences.
The Verdict
2013
11:39
Sixteen years after the war on the main square in Zagreb, several thousand people gathered to watch the direct transfer of the first-instance verdict to Croatian generals. The movie in a series of big plans shows a breakdown of emotions triggered by a verdict.
We Wanted Workers, We Got People
2011
28:46
A man doesn’t choose his parents or the country he’s born in. The question of national identity determines fates of many, whether they like it or not. Citizens of many European countries go looking for a better life in the promised lands of the West, doing work local population doesn’t know or want to do. […]
