A story about workers at the ‘Uljanik’ shipyard in Pula whose difficult and dangerous job is to apply anti-corrosion protection to ship metal. The combination of dust, rust, poisonous gasses, inhumane conditions and long hours without rest breaks has slowly turned these workers into apathetic working machines. Unscrupulous exploitation, under the guise of ‘privatization’, has stripped them of the last traces of their dignity and pride.
Andrej Korovljev
Andrej Korovljev was born 1970 in Pula. He studied film directing the University of Westminster. In 2000 he returned to Croatia and began his artistic and commercial activity. He directed hundreds of TV commercials for local and international clients. From the artistic point of view he made a name for himself in the field of documentary film. His film Years of Rust was screened and awarded at film festivals across the globe and was included in the anthology of Croatian documentary film. A long-time programmer of short fiction film category at Motovun Film festival and a member of the Croatian Association of Film Directors, he won two Porin and Oktavijan awards and the Jelena Rajković Award.
General sponsor
Godine hrđe
Croatia
2000, 35', color, 16 mm
Directed by:
Andrej Korovljev
Cinematography:
Igor Savatović
Edited by:
Dana Budisavljević
Producer:
Nenad Puhovski
Produced by:
Factum
