With the Star Film Fest celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Star Gardens celebrates 5 years of watching movies in the hidden gardens of the city of Sisak.
Given that it is obvious that 2023 is a celebratory year for film culture in the city of Sisak, Star Gardens is getting a special celebratory edition this year with the patronage of the city of Sisak and the Croatian Audiovisual Center.
This summer tradition continues this year in an old, but also in a new location. The first edition of this year’s Star Gardens will be held on Saturday, August 19 for the first time at the Željezara lake (Slovenski trg 109) starting at 9:00 p.m. We are watching short films awarded at last year’s edition of Star Film Fest – winner of the award for the best animated student film Nowhere (dir. Asaki Nishino), winner of the award for the best regional film – Divljač (dir. Bojana Babić), best documentary film 9th SFF – Killer dog (dir. Alexander Lemus) and winner of the award for the best editing – Krotki (dir. Jovan Dimoski), and after the screenings, along with socializing and relaxing, DJ BROOX from Rijeka will provide a good atmosphere.
Nowhere / Asaki Nishino / 2022 / Japan / animated / 8′
Even though I feel like I’m living in the present, here, I don’t think I’m anywhere all the time. And to nowhere, I find now and here.Divljač / Bojan Babić / 2020 / Serbia / fiction / 16′
Three women secretly leave their native village and go hunting for wild boar. With each new shot, they discover a passion for a different prey.Killer Dog / Alexander Lemus / 2022 / Spain / experimental / 12′
Killer Dog follows Chispers a few days after his first kill. What drove him to commit this crime? What is Chispers like in his everyday life? This documentary combines opera, true crime, verité style and deepens our perception and construction of the mind of our pets through the life of a dog.Krotki / Jovan Dimoski / 2022 / Serbia / fiction / 22′
Lukica is looking for a job, hangs out on the street with friends and is in love with a girl who makes a living from pornography.
For this year’s prelude and warm-up for the big celebration of ten years of Star Film Fest, at the second edition of Star Gardens, we return to the magical yard of the Margić family (Ulica kralja Tomislava 9), where from 9:00 p.m. the second block of films that won awards at last year’s edition are shown, and these are – winner of the selector award Ant Hotel (dirz Yu-Hsuan Teng), winner of the award for the best feature film Body Parts (dir. Svetislav Dragomirović), Sam’ se sekiramo (dir. Nikola Kašić) – winner of the award for the best experimental film and winner of the Stardust award and the film Balakor (dir. Daria Stilin) which won the audience award.
Ant Hotel / Yu-Hsuan Teng / 2022 / Taiwan / animated / 9′
Somewhere in the middle of this rainy city is a tiny hotel with one staff at the counter. Three guests came that day, along with the pesky ants that never leave.Body Parts / Svetislav Dragomirović / 2021 / Serbia / fiction / 20′
Anita is a 16-year-old girl with deviant behavior and a strong sexual attraction towards her mother. Anita manages to hide her feelings from her depressed and absent parents. But day by day the feelings get out of control.Sam’ se sekiramo / Nikola Kašić / 2022 / Croatia / experimental / 2′
An experimental-documentary film that explores the frustrations caused by everyday obligations and the physicality of space. A young girl (narrator) and her fiance have moved into a house where they “worry themselves” because of tedious household chores.Bakalor / Daria Stilin / 2020 / Croatia / fiction / 20′
Branko is a contemporary Don Quixote. His windmills are the complaints of the locals, a disgruntled wife and an impossible bureaucracy. One Christmas Day in Vrboska on the island of Hvar will prove to be the biggest test for him and his little town.
Star Gardens is a project of Kino Klub Sisak, which began as the Star Cinema in Fluid, and in 2018 was renamed Star Gardens, better known to the citizens of Sisak as the tradition of enjoying film art in Sisak’s hidden gardens under the starry sky.
