Silvestar Kolbas
Croatian cinematographer who had his directorial debut in 2003, with his acclaimed autobiographical film ''All about Eva''. In recent years he has been making feature-length documentaries, mostly for Factum.
OUR CHILDREN
A film on its director, Silvestar Kolbas, his wife Nataša, and their three children – Jakov, Eva, and Ante.
Silvestar has for some time been the oldest Kolbas in his family. His parents are dead; his father died before the war, his mother a few years back. He is 68. He had a younger brother, who died from the consequences of the war. This is his second marriage. He has three children: Jakov, from his first marriage; Eva, from his second marriage, conceived in vitro; and Ante, adopted from an orphanage when he was 8.
Some of the questions the director asks in this film are: How the children affect the feelings and opinions, as well as the relationship between himself and his wife? How does he affect each child? What is his relationship with a particular child, and does he give them all equal amounts of love? Do children change him? Does each of them do it differently? How do the children see him and his wife and how do they see their parents’ attitude towards themselves?
| Original title: | Naša djeca |
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| Year of production: | 2024. |
| Screening time: | 93' |
| Color: | color |
| Format: | DCP |
| Produced by: | Factum |
| Co-financers: | Croatian Audiovisual Centre, The City of Zagreb |
| Written and directed by: | Silvestar Kolbas |
| Producer: | Nenad Puhovski |
| Sound Recordist: | Silvestar Kolbas |
| Cinematographers: | Silvestar Kolbas, Jakov Kolbas, Eva Kolbas, Ante Kolbas, Nataša Kraljević Kolbas, Stanko Herceg, Goran Fuzul, Luka Matić, Romano Grozić |
| Executive Producers: | Davor Kanjir, Neda Frank, Vedran Šuvar |
| Edited by: | Denis Golenja |
| Sound Designers: | Tihomir Vrbanec, Luka Gamulin, Ana Grujić |
| Graphic Designer: | Iva Kraljević |
| Colour Grading: | Matko Vodopija |
| Technical Manager: | Matija Mamuča |
| Promotion and Distribution Managers: | Luka Rinčić, Davor Kanjir |
| Production support: | Edita Sentić |
Festivals & Awards:
ZagrebDox - programme: Factumentaries - Zagreb, Croatia (2024)
Pula Film Festival - programme: Croatian Film - Pula, Croatia (2024) - Golden Arena for Best Director and Golden Arena for Best Editing
Sarajevo Film Festival - programme: competition programme - documentary film - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2024)
Rab Film Festival - programme: official competition - Rab, Croatia (2024)
Liburnia Film Festival - programme: competition programme - Opatija, Croatia (2024) - Best Film
Shpeena DOX - Labin, Croatia (2024)
Film Festival Ivo Šubić - Mursko Središće, Croatia (2024)
DOKUart - Bjelovar, Croatia (2024) - Audience Award
Croatian Film Days - programme: competition programme - Karlovac, Croatia (2024) - Audience Award
Free Zone Film Festival - programme: Regional competition - Belgrade, Serbia (2024)
Porečdox - programme: competition programme - Poreč, Croatia (2024.)