The Blockade
Blokada, Croatia, 2012, 93 min, Beta SP, DCP, Digi Beta, HD, Culture, Human Rights, Social Issues
"The Blockade" is a unique view from within on the most massive, longest and politically most significant student protest in the country, since 1971, that started in April of 2009 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. The struggle against the commercialization of education and the blockade of teaching classes lasted for 34 days. The rebellion spread onto more than 20 faculties across the country and the students became an active and relevant political subject. The director followed everything: from the exhilarating preparation of meetings and blocking of classes to the first signs of exhaustion, through personal situations and discussions late at night, from the initial support of most faculty members to the moment they turned their back to the movement and the attempt to reach the missing minister of education. This film shows that the blockade was not just physical and that it had a much broader meaning.
Director:
Igor Bezinović
Producer:
Oliver Sertić, Nenad Puhovski
Director of photography:
Duro Gavran, Eva Kraljevic, Igor Bezinović, Haris Berbić
Editor:
Hrvoslava Brkušić, Maida Srabović, Miro Manojlović
Screenplay:
Igor Bezinović
Sound:
Igor Bezinović
Music:
Zli bubnjari, Atentat - Ima nas dovoljno, Ibrica Jusić, Naš mali afro band - Moribayassa, Tigrova mast - Tehnika narodu, Idoli – Maljčiki
Languages:
Croatian
Subtitles:
English
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(Production company)
Trg Vladka Mačeka 1
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Factum Documentary Film Project
(Production company)
Nova Ves 18
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
ZagrebDox, 2012, Croatia
Special Mention -
UnderhillFest, 2012, Montenegro
DokuFest 2012, Kosovo
Special Mention (BETWEEN THE SEAS) -
Jihlava IDFF 2012, Czech Republic
Oktavijan Film Critics Award for Best Documentary -
21. Dani hrvatskog filma 2012, Croatia
5. Festival Mediteranskog Filma 2012, Croatia
Makedox 2012, Macedonia
10. Liburnia Film Festival 2012, Croatia
Planete +DOC Film Festival, Poland