BLACKMUCK
By Tin Žanić, short fiction, 2025, 12 min
An immersive descent into a nightmarish landscape—what fever dreams feel like, not just what they look like. A cinematic adaptation of a night terror: a video collage of vivid imagery, a noxious atmosphere, and disjointed connections stripped of human logic. An apocalyptic fable of a virus from beyond the stars—one that fell from the skies, only to watch us from the earth. It used what we cherished most to dismantle our world.
And now we ask: Did we ever deserve anything better?
And now we ask: Did we ever deserve anything better?
CAST
Lovro Čepelak
DIRECTOR
Tin Žanić graduated from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) with an MA in Fiction Directing as a Croatian Audiovisual Centre scholar. Prior to NFTS, he finished BA studies in Film and Theatre Production in Zagreb. His first two short films Komba (2011) and Manjača (2014) received awards and special mentions and were shown at A-list Film Festivals, TV and Film Markets such as International Film Festival Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Hamburg International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, etc.
CREW
Author: Tin Žanić
Sound designer: Luka Gamulin
Producer: Tena Gojić
Sound designer: Luka Gamulin
Producer: Tena Gojić
FESTIVALS
21st International Experimental Film and Video Festival 25fps – Reflexes: Croatian Competition – Grand Prix
34th Days of Croatian Film – Official Competition
34th Days of Croatian Film – Official Competition
WORKSHOPS AND MARKETS
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