Drinking Water and Freedom III

A three-decade-long story about water, freedom, a well and censorship.

In 1973, a very short (running time: one minute) documentary film, Drinking Water and Freedom, was made. Its broadcasting was banned by then communist authorities in Croatia.

Its sequel, Drinking Water and Freedom II, was made in 1986. While it is a story about the fate of its predecessor, it also tells us about the fate of one well and one stone slab – the objects that caused the ban of the first film.

Drinking Water and Freedom III was made in 1998 as a sequel to both predecessors. It is a continuation of the story about water, freedom and the well.

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Rajko Grlić

One of the most important Croatian directors and scriptwriters, a member of the so called Prague Film School and author of numerous fiction and documentary films shown and awarded at the most prestigious world festivals. He is the founder of Motovun Film Festival and is today its ''artistic director, honorably retired''.
Original title: Pitka voda i sloboda III
Year of production: 1999.
Screening time: 14'
Format: 35 mm
Production: Factum, Zagreb film, Filmoteka 16
Written and directed by: Rajko Grlić
Produced by: Nenad Puhovski, Ljupče Đokić
Cinematography by: Živko Zalar, Enes Midžić, Slobodan Trninić
Edited by: Rajko Grlić, Mirna Supek, Ed Talavera
Sound dubbing: Marijan Lončar, GAMA Studio

Festivals & Awards:

Days of Croatian Film 1999 – Jury's Special Mention for Artistic Contribution; Trieste International Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema 2000; Videopolis 2002, Italy; ZagrebDox 2007

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Drinking Water and Freedom III postcard

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Drinking Water and Freedom III

Director Rajko Grlić with the award, producers Ljupče Đokić and Nenad Puhovski