Author's Night - Boris Poljak

Autofocus

Boris Poljak
Screening time  
02.03. / Friday, 19:00 - 21:00 Theatre 2  
Tourists, unaware of the proximity of the camera, become performers in a daily show.

Every summer, the twelfth-century church of Saint Nicholas draws large crowds of tourists. Situated on a picturesque hill and next to a lone tree, it is as if the site becomes a stage where various unusual events take place. Thus, the tourists, unaware of the proximity of the camera, become performers in a daily show.

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Boris Poljak

Boris Poljak (Split, Croatia 1959.) is one of the most prominent Croatian experimental and documentary filmmakers, an acclaimed cinematographer and director of photography. A long-time member of Split Film Club and one of the initiators of Split Film Festival – an international festival of new film and video. Since 1989. he is a professional DoP filming more than 50 short and feature films, and eight national film awards for best camera. He directed award-winning experimental titles Beyond (2003) and Sky Spirits (2010), both co-directed by Damir Cucic, and three short documentary experimental films The Split Watercolour (2009), They Just Come and Go (2017) and Autofocus (2013). The latter being awarded as best short film at both  Karlovy Vary international film festival and Visions du Reel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland.

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Autofocus


2013, 26'

Directed by:
Boris Poljak

Cinematography:
Boris Poljak

Edited by:
Damir Čučić

Producer:
Milva Čučić

Produced by:
MILVA film i video

Festivals & Awards:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013 – Best Short Documentary Visions du Réel 2014 – Best Short Documentary; Liburnia Film Festival 2013 – Best Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography; Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2014 – Best National Short Film; 25 FPS 2013 –  Green DCP Award; Days of Croatian Film 2014 – Best Documentary; Martovski Festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2015 – Best Camera Work; Visions du Réel 2014; Sarajevo Film Festival 2013; DOK Leipzig 2014; DokuFest Prizren 2014; Supetar Super Film Festival 2014; Vukovar Film Festival 2014; Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico;  DOKUart – International Festival of Documentary Film 2014