SOFT CREATURES
director: Ivana Škrabalo
short fiction, 18:43 min
Nena recently started working as a school assistant to seven-year-old Dejan who has learning disabilities. It’s one of the first Nena’s grown-up jobs, and Dejan is a tough cookie so every day is a new challenge for the two of them. Apart from that, Nena also has to struggle with the rigid school system around them. Things look pretty bleak until one day a fluffy white friend comes to visit.
Ivana Škrabalo is an awarded filmmaker from Croatia working as a film director, screenwriter, art director and production designer, with a degree of Zagreb University in Architecture and film direction.
Her short films were screened internationally: She Dreamt She was Happy was in the competition of Drama Film Festival and Cinema Jove, and was awarded in the Balkan region. She has extensive experience in big international and small local productions as an art director and production designer over the last ten years. Her production design was awarded twice with the national film award – Golden Arena (Cannibal Vegetarian, 8th commissioner). Ivana participated at Berlinale Talents, Midpoint shorts, and Ekran+ programme.
CAST
Valentina Lončarić
Maks Kleončić
Mirela Brekalo
Mia Petričević
Stojan Matavulj
Antonija Stanišić-Šperanda
CREW
Director: Ivana Škrabalo
Screnwriter: Ivana Škrabalo
Producer: Tena Gojić
Cinematographer: Danko Vučinović
Editor and sound designer: Martin Semenčić
Production designer: Ivana Škrabalo
Costume designer: Duška Nešić Dražić
Make up artist: Iva Kurobasa
Choreographer: Irma Ormezo
Graphic designer: Orsat Franković
Production: Dinaridi Film
Supported by: HAVC, City of Zagreb
Workshops and markets: MIDPOINT Shorts
FESTIVALS
Motovun Film Festival 2021 – Best Croatian Short Film – Corto Montonese Award
Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival 2021 – Best Narrative Short
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2021 – Official Selection Family Friendly
Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2021 – Official Competition
Linz International Film Festival 2021 – Official Competition
Hong Kong International Short Film Festival 2021 – Official Competition
I Socialmed Valencia Mediterranean Human Rights Film Festival 2021 – Official Competition
Asti International Film Festival 2021 – Official Competition
Tuzla Film Festival 2021 – Official Selection
Cinefagos Festival Venezuela 2021 – Official Selection