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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?
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.)
SEEfest - programme: competition programme - Los Angeles, USA (2025)
UnderhillFest - programme: competition programme - Podgorica, Montenegro (2025)
Oktavijan Award for Best Documentary Feature Film