The goal of the documentary film ‘Anxiety’ is to portray the mother-child relationship that is not based on the orthodox foundations: a shared life, physical proximity and parental love. The protagonists are the inmates of the Požega penitentiary; physically and emotionally separated from their own children, they seek to preserve the illusion of family life through phone conversations or sparse visits from the children. The film documents several months in the life of a group of bold inmate mothers, centering on their therapy meetings and everyday prison routine. Highly charged emotional relationships permeate the film ‘Anxiety’ in an effort to paint an intimate portrait of an extraordinary dimension of parental love.
Damir Čučić
Damir Čučić began pursuing film in 1989 at Enthusia Planck Filmmakers’ Group. In the past 20 years, he has developed in several areas within the audiovisual media, mainly as a film director. He has directed documentary, experimental, short fiction films, science TV serials, documentary radio dramas and two feature-length films, which garnered 24 awards and were shown at around 130 festivals in 40 countries and on more than 20 public TV channels. His fiction film A Letter to Dad (2012) won the Golden Arena for best Croatian film in 2012, while Čučić was awarded for best editing and best debut director. Mitch – Diary of a Schizophrenic Patient (2014) received a Jury Special Mention at FIDMarseille. Documentary The Spirits Diary screened in the 2015 ZagrebDox Regional Competition, while Čučić was a member of the ZagrebDox international jury in 2014.
General sponsor
Tjeskoba
Croatia
2010, 70', color, video
Directed by:
Damir Čučić
Cinematography:
Mario Britvić, Damir Bednjanec
Edited by:
Damir Čučić
Producer:
Daniela Draštata
Produced by:
HRT
