Every tenth day of a month, in a small town of Benkovac in Dalmatian hinterland, one of the largest cattle fairs in Croatia takes place. People from various parts of Dalmatia contribute to the its unique atmosphere. They come from Šibenik and Split area, from the islands and mainland near Zadar... they sell cattle, tools, clothes, footwear, food, elixir of life... A huge crowd of people are getting together, bargaining, buying, selling, singing, eating and drinking a lot...
Zdravko Mustać
Zdravko Mustać was born 1961 in Zadar. Belonging to the fourth generation of the Split school of alternative film, during the 1980s he made around 20 alternative films. In the 1990s he pursued film on a professional level, and started expanding his interests to different forms of film and video expression. He has made over 30 documentaries, video works and short fiction films. His works have been successfully shown at screenings and festivals in Croatia and worldwide (New York, Moscow, Washington DC, Copenhagen, Budapest, Berlin, Ljubljana etc.). He won three Oktavijan awards for his short experimental and fiction films at Days of Croatian Film 1996, 1999 and 2001. His documentary Purgatory screened at ZagrebDox 2005.
General sponsor
Purgatorij
Croatia
2005, 24'
Directed by:
Zdravko Mustać
Screenplay by:
Zdravko Mustać
Cinematography:
Boris Poljak
Edited by:
Damir Čučić
Producer:
Vera Robić Škarica
Produced by:
HFS
