Goran Dević
Author of documentary and fiction films, awarded in Croatia and abroad. Together with Zvonimir Jurić, he directed the awarded feature film ''The Blacks'' (2009), proclaimed by critics as the best Croatian (anti)war film.
I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You
Owing to the unusual blend of a socially relevant subject and a highly aestheticized auteur style, one critic called this film "Croatian documentary (anti)Twin Peaks"!
The unresolved 1991 murder of the young Sisak girl Ljubica Solar inspired the director to tell a story about the young generation he himself belongs to. The lives of these people were to a large degree affected by the war and they are facing the eternal small-town dilemma: to go or to stay?
By telling a story about a dead girl and her mother – who has an idea who the murderers of her daughter might be but gets no help from anyone – Dević also tells a story about Sisak's dark side. I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You is a documentary film noir about a city that the war has made even darker than it would normally be. Owing to the unusual blend of a socially relevant subject and a highly aestheticized auteur style, one critic called this film "Croatian documentary (anti)Twin Peaks"!
| Original title: | Nemam ti šta reć' lijepo |
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| Year of production: | 2006. |
| Screening time: | 30' |
| Format: | HD |
| Production: | Factum |
| Co-financiers: | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, OSI: Croatia |
| Written and directed by: | Goran Dević |
| Producer: | Nenad Puhovski |
| Cinematography by: | Jure Černec |
| Edited by: | Vanja Siruček |
| Original score: | Jeff Tweedy |
| Sound recording: | Hrvoje Grill |
| Production assistant: | Marina Andrijašević |
| Assistant cinematographer: | Bojana Burnać |
Festivals & Awards:
DokMa Maribor, 2006 – Grand prix; Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2007 – Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury; Dokumentart Neubrandenburg Film Festival, 2007 – Special Mention for Documentary Film; ZagrebDox, 2006; DOKAVIV – Tel Aviv, 2007; Images Festival, Toronto, 2007; Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz, 2010; DOK Leipzig 2013 - retrospective programme Storm! 2
I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You - DokMa 2006
Nenad Puhovski and Goran Dević with DokMA Grand Prix, Maribor 2006.