The Blacks
2009, 75 min, 35 mm, colour,
Directed by Goran Dević and Zvonimir Jurić
Screenplay: Goran Dević and Zvonimir Jurić
Cast: Ivo Gregurević, Franjo Dijak, Krešimir Mikić, Rakan Rsuhaidat, Nikša Butijer, Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Director of photography: Branko Linta, h.f.s.
Editor: Vanja Sirućek
Art director: Mladen Ožbolt
Costume designer: Ivana Zozoli
Composers: Jura Ferlina and Pavao Miholjević
Sound Designer: Dubravka Premar
Producer: Ankica Jurić Tilić
Production: Kinorama in association with Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Looking for the enemy, they found it where nobody expected - in themselves.
War. A city under siege. The truce has been recently signed, and the squad known as the «Blacks», who used to do the dirty jobs, needs to be disbanded. Ivo, the squad commander who has lost three of his soldiers, prepares the action to retrieve their dead bodies from the forest and, despite the ceasefire, blow up the dam, thus causing a great damage to the enemy: The survived members of the squad, tortured by their personal doubts and guilt, move into action. On the battlefield, they find the enemy they are searching for is in the place they least expect – inside themselves.
Festivals and Awards
56 Pula Film Festival
Golden Arena for Best Directing
Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Arena for Best Sound Design
Zvonimir Jurić was born in 1971 in Osijek, Croatia. He graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1999, with a degree in Film and Television Direction. Since then, he has directed several documentaries and one feature film based on his own script Onaj koji će ostati neprimijećen (The One Who Will Stay Unnoticed). He has also directed television series and contributed to a portmateau feature film Seks, piće i krvoproliće (Sex, Booze and Short Fuse). He lives and works in Zagreb.
Goran Dević was born in Sisak, Croatia, in 1971. He studied law, archaeology and film art at the Academy of Dramatic Arts at Zagreb University. He has directed some very successful documentaries:Nemam ti šta reć' lijepo and Uvozne vrane (Imported Crows), as well as several short films, one of which will be shown as a part of Croatian Shorts programme, also screening at this year's EFM.
