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)