The Little Gypsy Witch
view in croatian- HR, AT, MK
- 2014
- 90'
- 35 mm
- color
- fantasy, children's film, comedy
- debut feature
- Orig. Title: Duh babe Ilonke
The story of an unusual Roma family told through the eyes of a 10-year-old girl Manuša. When the spirit of her grandma, Ilonka, starts haunting her house, it doesn’t take long for Manuša to reveal the family secret that is causing the curse.
- Director
- Tomislav Žaja
- Screenplay
- Irena Krčelić
- Cinematography
- Mario Delić
- Editing
- Hrvoje Mršić
- Production Design
- Ivica Trpčić
- Costume Design
- Blanka Budak
- Music
- Vjeran Šalamon
- Sound Design
- Vjeran Šalamon
- Cast
- Selma Ibrahimi, Marin Arman Grbin, Rakan Rushaidat, Aleksandra Balmazović, Sabina Ajrula, Krunoslav Šarić
- Producer
- Boris Dmitrović
- Co-producers
- Knut Ogris, Zoran Risteski, Gorjan Tozija, Vedran Vukašinović
- Production
- Formula film (HR)
- Co-production
- Knut Ogris Films (AT), Geyzer Film Production (MK), Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
- Support
- Hrvatski audiovizualni centar (HAVC), Eurimages, ORF, Makedonski filmski fond, ÖFI, Filmstandort Austria (FISA), Grad Zagreb, Kulturelle Filmförderung des Landes Oberösterreich
- Croatian Distribution
- Blitz film & video
Tomislav Žaja (1967) is a graduate of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. He has written several screenplays and made more than 30 documentary films, as well as adapting two successful stage plays for TV. In 1995 he set up his production company Gral Film, through which he produced and co-produced several short films and documentaries, and two internationally coproduced feature films.
