Although they live right next to Pula's biggest tourist attraction, the people of Mahala, the city's destitute neighborhood, have been forgotten by everybody.
The population of Mahala, a destitute multicultural community only a hundred meters away from the Roman Arena – Pula's landmark – is slowly falling into oblivion. A Story from Pula is an ode of a sort, an ode to the ordinary lives of ordinary people. At the same time it is homage to a city which is irreversibly falling into the post-war depression.
The film was made as part of the documentary film workshop of the Grožnjan Imaginary Academy.
Days of Croatian Film 1999; Motovun Film Festival 1999; Trieste International Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema 2000