Dialogue: Igor Bezinović’s shorts

The programme of diverse short documentaries, which explore complex interpersonal relationships with affection and humour, will be followed by a discussion on the contexts and impacts of Bezinović’s documentary filmmaking between Kino Otok’s programmer Varja Močnik and columnist and activist Miha Blažič aka N’toko. Free admission, registration required at kino@agrft.uni-lj.si.

A Short Family Film / Kratki obiteljski film, Igor Bezinović, Croatia, 2016, 20′

A few years ago, Marica was convicted for assaulting her daughter-in-law with a knife. After 2 years and 7 months spent in prison, she returns to her son Đuro in Novi Perkovci.

Microcassette – the Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen / Mikrokazeta – najmanja kazeta koju sam ikad vidio, Igor Bezinović, Ivana Pipal, Croatia, Serbia, 2020, 19’

Among the garbage heaps of a big landfill on the island of Lošinj, Zoki uncovers a microcassette. A close study of the discarded object serves as a tribute to chance and imagination.

Veruda – A Film About Bojan / Veruda – film o Bojanu, Igor Bezinović, 2015, 33’

Bojan is 24. He spent four and a half years of his life in prisons in Turopolje, Sisak, Glina, Remetinec, Pula, Zagreb and Rijeka. He spent 20 years of his life in the Pula neighbourhood called Veruda. The making of this film was the first time in his life he’d ever recorded a song.

Microcassette – the Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen, Igor Bezinović, 2020